Anabaseios: The Ninth Circle (Savage)

Kokytos channels either ice and lightning, or ice and fire. After the cast, one of the two elements flashes on the screen for all players, which indicates that this element will be enlarged. The mechanic itself executes several seconds after the element is shown to players.

Fire: all 4 players of one role (either all DPS or all tanks and healers) are targeted with Pile Pyre, a fire pillar that deals lethal damage when taken alone and survivable damage when taken with someone else and inflicts Magic Vulnerability Up. Overlap results in death.

Lightning: all 8 players are targeted with Thunder III, a lightning-aspected line AoE that inflicts Magic Vulnerability Up. Overlap results in death.

Ice: A giant dynamo, leaving only the center of the arena safe.

Kokytos channels ice and fire. After the cast, one of the two elements flashes on the screen for all players, which indicates that this element will be enlarged. The mechanic itself executes several seconds after the element is shown to players.

Kokytos channels ice and lightning. After the cast, one of the two elements flashes on the screen for all players, which indicates that this element will be enlarged. The mechanic itself executes several seconds after the element is shown to players.

Odd numbers (1, 3, 5, 7) appear above the orbs, while even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8) appear above four random players. This is a limit cut mechanic with four turns. After the cast resolves, the boss becomes untargetable and the first turn begins. In each turn the following three mechanics happen simultaneously:

Shock:

Kokytos dashes to the next orb in the numbered sequence, then kicks it toward the opposite wall. No players should be at that wall, as it releases a medium-sized chariot AoE, when it hits the wall, then spawns a tower. A player must quickly enter the tower to soak it. If the tower is not soaked, it explodes and wipes the raid. Inflicts Magic Vulnerability Up, so being hit by another mechanic in the next turn results in death.

Firemeld:

Kokytos dashes to the next target in the even number sequence and deals damage to them and everyone around them relative to the distance he dashed, with more damage taken the less distance was dashed. To reduce damage to survivable levels, the targeted player should be as far away from Kokytos's initial position (i.e. the last orb) as possible, and no other player should be near them at this time. Inflicts Magic Vulnerability Up, so being hit by another mechanic in the next turn results in death.

Icemeld: Before each turn, a blue marker appears above a random unnumbered party member. These party members will receive an enormous chariot AoE that inflicts Magic Vulnerability Up. Unlike Shock's and Firemeld's vulnerabilities, however, Icemeld's vulnerability lasts for the duration of the entire mechanic. This means that even after their Icemeld is resolved, these players cannot soak towers at any point. All towers must be soaked by numbered players two turns before or after their respective Firemeld dash.

Order (tower soaks): 6-8-2-4. An easy way to remember this is that, if you're 2 or 4, your first mechanic is a Firemeld. If you're a 6 or 8, your first mechanic is a tower soak. Afterwards, your other responsibility resolves exactly two turns later.

Note that, after the last tower is resolved, the boss immediately starts casting Two Minds, which essentially serves as a body check and also requires players to get into their assigned protean or partner positions quickly.

Identical to Dualspell except for one thing: Dualspell executes both the telegraph for the empowered element and the mechanic with a significant delay after the cast finishes, while Two Minds shows the element during the cast and executes the mechanic immediately at the end of the cast. To make up for this, Two Minds has a longer cast time.

This is another limit cut mechanic similar to Scrambled Succession, though this one is far simpler. Four numbers from 1-4 are placed above four players. These players will receive Icemelds in that order, which will likely kill any other players hit due to the Magic Vulnerability Up.

Between the second and third Icemelds Kokytos will use either Front Firestrikes or Rear Firestrikes. Similar to Firemeld, this will target a random non-Icemeld player and jump on them, inflicting enormous damage that falls off with distance and can also be shared. Afterwards, Kokytos will cleave everything either in front or behind him, depending on the which ability was used.

Unlike Scrambled Succession, these Icemeld targets are not random. The farthest player from Kokytos receives 1, the second-farthest 2, and so on. This allows you to give the same players the same role each time and use identical movement each pull.