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==Description==
Summons an army of skeleton rogues to his aid, traps players if they walk in certain areas, swings at players with his sword, throws throwing knives at various intervals. The High Roller version gains a roomwide attack which can only be avoided by standing in the highlighted safe zone or leaving the room. Additionally, it will spawn 3 rotating (and destroyable) crystals which emit damaging beams towards the center of the room.


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==Abilities==
*Spawns 8 [[Skeleton Royal Guard]]s
*Combo 1 = 48 Physical damage
*Combo 2 = 57 Physical damage
*Combo 3 = 70 Physical damage
*Combo 4 = 61 Physical damage
*Combo 5 = 61 Physical damage
*Bone Prison:
**60 HP
**15% Projectile Resistance
**-10% Physical Resistance
*Throwing Knives =
** 25 Physical damage each
** Move Speed Bonus: -15% debuff for 15 seconds, stacking up to 5
*Soul Steal = Absorbs the souls of fallen players and unkilled minions to increase his action and movement speed, PDR and MDR, as well as his sword length:
**Per soul absorbed, up to 25:
*** +4% [[Stats#Move_Speed|Move Speed]]
*** +1.2% [[Stats#Action_Speed|Action Speed]]
*** +2% [[Stats#Physical_Damage_Reduction|Physical Damage Reduction]]
*** +1% [[Stats#Magical_Resistance|Magical Damage Reduction]]
*** Unknown sword length increase
*Realm of Domination = AoE zone creating paralyzing Bone Prisons for 6 seconds unless destroyed first.

High Roller only
* Roomwide instakill attack with small safe spot
* Spawns 3 crystals emitting damaging beams towards the center of the room. Destroyable.

==Encounter==
This fight can be broken up into 2 alternating phases based on when the Warlord has his shield up or down. The fight always starts with Phase 1.

===Phase 1===
The Warlord starts by shielding himself, becoming immune to all damage. He will then run (if close enough) or teleport to the center of the room and become immobile for the rest of the phase.

Afterward, the Warlord will summon 8 [[Skeleton Royal Guard]]s which will climb out of random locations in the ground. Like any other Skeleton, these will pursue a target and attempt to stab them, but they can be killed and will not respawn until the next cycle. Each Guard will be connected to the Warlord by a glowing chain, but this is purely a visual effect which disappears once the corresponding Guard is defeated.

After summoning, the Warlord will use a different ability every few seconds in a fixed order. All of these aside from the last involve targeting a player, facing them, and either extending his off-hand or pointing his sword. This animation does not deal damage.

* First, the Warlord will use Realm of Domination, marking a cone-shaped area in the target's direction for 120s, persisting through phases. Standing in one of these areas will give you 1 stack of the Dominated debuff every .5s, refreshing the 6s duration each time. Stacks fall off one at a time, and losing a stack also refreshes the duration. If you reach 6 stacks they will be consumed, and you will become encased in a Bone Prison. While imprisoned, you will not gain Dominated stacks, but you will be unable to move. The Prison can be attacked and will crumble once it takes enough damage.

* Second, the Warlord will command a random Guard to teleport to the target on the side furthest from the Warlord and immediately attack.

* Third, the Warlord will command all Guards to throw a knife at the target's head.

* After that, the Warlord will repeat the above three abilities once each in the same order.

* Finally, the Warlord will signal to all remaining Guards each of which will simultaneously use their Soul Pass ability, die, and explode, dealing heavy damage to anything nearby. Each soul grants the Warlord one stack of the Speed Up buff which provides +4% [[Stats#Move_Speed|Move Speed]], +1.2% [[Stats#Action_Speed|Action Speed]], +2% [[Stats#Physical_Damage_Reduction|Physical Damage Reduction]], and +1% [[Stats#Magical_Resistance|Magical Damage Reduction]] per soul absorbed. The size of the glowing aura around his sword and thus his reach will also increase. This buff persists through phases and stacks up to 25.

This phase lasts ~35 seconds or until all Guards are defeated.

===Phase 2===
Having (possibly) powered up by absorbing any remaining Guards' souls, the Warlord will drop his shield and start running after targets, attacking them when in range. He may also choose to stand still and gesture with his off-hand. After extending his hand, he will teleport behind a target before immediately attacking.

The Warlord's damaging attacks primarily consist of a variety of close-range sword slashes. He also has a spin attack in which instead of using his sword, he uses his off-hand to throw a total of 12 knives all at once in a circle; one knife forward, one back, one to each side, and the remaining 8 knives divide each quadrant formed by the first four knives into thirds, leaving each knife separated by 30 degrees. Each of these attacks can occur individually, in which case the Warlord will return to a neutral standing pose briefly before acting again. These attacks can also be chained together, in which case the Warlord will skip the animation returning him to his neutral pose and attack again immediately. The Warlord can combo this way up to 6 times in a row, possibly more.

This phase lasts 35 seconds.

==Video Guides==
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