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Augur Boss Fight Strategy

Maris, Fathom of Night (Augur) is a squid-like boss that floats gently through the air, although it can hover near the ground occasionally, allowing melee-based Nightfarers to attack it momentarily. Maris's abilities and attacks revolve around water and wind elements, creating sweeping waves, gusts of wind, and aquatic summons such as explosive jellyfish.

This boss can also hypnotize players in a wide area, which can be devastating if it is fully channeled. Maris is highly vulnerable to Lightning Damage, so players should plan their builds accordingly before starting their run.

Throughout the fight, Maris will summon hazardous creatures around the battlefield, which are recommended to be attacked by the players. For example, the jellyfish-like bombs will slowly drift toward players, exploding on contact or after a short delay. These can be avoided, as players can outrun the slow movement of these creatures. However, players can also use ranged attacks on them when they are close to Maris, as they will deal damage to the boss when they explode.

Maris can also summon tentacles coming out of the ground, which will lash out at players around it. Players can walk away from these creatures, but it will be better if these tentacles are attacked, as they only take a few hits to be disposed of.

The attack that players have to be cautious of when fighting Maris is its Hypnosis attack, wherein it will have a distinct audio cue before flying and curling into a ball in the ground. It will then channel a spell that builds up the Sleep Status Effect on players.

When players are fully afflicted with Sleep, players will be dealt damage over time that will usually put them in a near-death state if a party member survives the attack. To counter this attack, players must charge towards Maris after hearing the audio cue for the attack, then attack it until it stops channeling the spell. Using attacks or Incantations that deal Lightning damage will be more effective, as it will stop the spell much faster.

Maris uses a range of elemental abilities, such as summoning waves of water, launching gusts of wind, or violently whipping its body to create a damaging shockwave. It can also cause water to appear from beneath the ground, damaging players caught in its vicinity.

These attacks will often leave Maris exposed, as it will either be idle or take a long time to recover, giving players a substantial amount of time to counterattack. Dodging effectively and staying mobile will create opportunities for players to attack.

Once Maris drops to around 50% health, it will become more aggressive. It will begin flying higher and launching more attacks, such as summoning additional jellyfish creatures, and unleashing large, luminous droplets of water that explode once it reaches the ground.

Players should avoid these droplets by sprinting away to escape the blast radius. Although the second phase is more chaotic, most of Maris's attacks will still be telegraphed, allowing players to retaliate or dodge in time.

Attacks & Counters

Maris Fathom of Night Everdark Sovereign (Augur) Fight Strategy

The Everdark Sovereign variant of Maris will have significant changes compared to the regular encounter (see Maris Fathom of Night), increasing the difficulty of the boss.

Similar to the Everdark Sovereign variants of other bosses, such as Fulghor, the fight with Maris is expected to start during the second phase of the fight, wherein Augur will launch more aggressive attacks. Additionally, Everdark Sovereign Maris will be summoning more jellyfish in the arena, making it difficult for players to navigate around as they chase the flying Augur around the battlefield.

Everdark Sovereign Maris will still have the same weakness as its regular variant, which is Lightning. Players are recommended to plan routes that will yield Lightning weapons, which will be of significant help for staggering Everdark Sovereign Maris whenever it starts channeling the Hypnosis attack.

After completing the 1st phase of the fight, Maris Fathom of the Night will drop a legendary Storm Ruler. From Software veterans will recognize this as a long line of flying bosses that have appeared in games such as Demon's Souls. Here are some tips and important mechanics Storm Ruler:

• Each player gets one - and you should use it. The Storm Ruler skill from the weapon is key to this fight.
• When you hold the skill, not attacking, just in the stance - YOU REGAIN FP. This is crucial since many players are reporting that they run out of FP during the fight, or believe that they have to play heavy-FP Classes like Recluse or Revenant
• On the other hand, when you hold the skill without attacking for several seconds, you charge up a much stronger and larger attack. It creates a MASSIVE vertical attack. 

DON'T spam the weapon art immediately, it will drain your FP in a few seconds.

The first phase against Augur is pretty straightforward and does not pose much of a challenge. It can be defeated quite easily if you know what you are doing. This first phase ends once players have depleted Maris Fathom of the Night first health bar. As it dies, it will leave a legendary weapon that, as previously mentioned, is VERY IMPORTANT for this fight. Note that all players will be able to loot this legendary weapon.

After a few short seconds, Maris, Fathom of the Night will emerge from the skies and enter the battlefield. In a way, it is a similar fight that the Elden Beast in base Elden Ring. Maris will fly across the sky and meteors will shoot from its body to the ground.

You will have to strike a balance in order to fight it using the legendary weapon, while also dodging the projectiles since attacking leaves you stuck to the ground for a few seconds. (specially if you fully charge the attack). Try to be on the move while you are not attacking in order to dodge incoming attacks. 

As you remove almost half its health, Maris will enter its third phase, becoming an even bigger being, and meteors will float around its "Head" during the rest of the fight. During this phase it will also become more nimble, and agile, reaching higher speeds than in the previous ones.

Try to shoot the collar of meteors floating around it. You can lock onto each of them and use the legendary weapon art to destroy them. This meteor collar, allows Maris to shoot multiple targets at the same time, so dealing damage to them as fast as possible should be priority.

Once all of them are destroyed, Maris will fall down to the ground, stunned. Land as many hits as possible during this time. 

Try to focus on the meteors ASAP to avoid multiple attacks. and repeat this process until Maris Fathom of Night is down. This fight is about endurance and can become quite long given the boss flying around the whole battlefield.

Maris Fathom of Night Everdark Sovereign (Augur) Attacks & Counters