Tips and Mechanics
Weak Point - Face
You can use the Teleport to reposition Abyss Mages to your advantage at the start of some abyss chambers.
Once you drop the shield, make sure to focus the Abyss Mage so that they stay staggered. The Dance attacks deal a lot of damage, and it can be hard to get close to them while they are active.
Prefer
to break the shield, as this will Freeze the Abyss Herald.
attacks will also work, but are less effective than
will also damage the shield, but are half as effective.
After the shield is broken, the Abyss Mage will be briefly stunned.
See Shields for more information.
Fires a projectile at the playerSummons a bubble that will travel towards the playerThe bubble will pop if hit by an attack.
The bubble can friendly fire on other enemy units. If possible, put another small enemy in between to avoid the attack and disable that enemy briefly.
The bubble will last about 5 seconds before disappearing.
Teleports close to the player, dealing Hydro damageMoving a distance away from the Abyss Mage will trigger this ability.
The Abyss Mage will appear where the player is facing. You can use this to reposition them to your advantage.
Spawns bubbles in an AoE around the Abyss MageThe Abyss Mage will start this attack after some time being stunned.
You can interrupt this attack by stunning/staggering the Abyss Mage with certain attacks.
After about 8 seconds of the Dance attack, the Abyss Mage will reshield.
Make sure to stagger the Abyss Mage in some way if you see it using Dance to prevent this from happening.
