Hey guys, in this guide I'll be informing you on the following topics:

Dec 08, 2017  Certain Chaos skills like Essence Drain are still very strong and fast, and mobs tends to have less Chaos resistance than they do Elemental resists (of course this might not be a problem if you're Inquisitor). Regardless, Chaos skills can be good on their own regardless of their ability to dodge reflect.

  • Yes if you do dmg in small hits, this is why I said except few builds. Scaling it down could help, but it still makes it less superior than chaos. Adding chaos reflect is bad idea, because I still think it's lame mechanic and the idea behind chaos damage was that it can't be reflected (but until 2.1 it was much weaker damage type than phys.
  • I thought that chaos damage cannot be reflected but one of my fellow keep saying that there is absolute reflect.(Reflect physical, elemental damage, and chaos damage) First time, I think he misunderstand thornflesh but he never back down his claim.
Can- Which Bosses actually use Damage Reflect
- At what HP remaining in which the boss triggers DR
- How often and for how long each boss' DR lasts
- The amount in which these bosses actually DR for
Before we get started, I feel it's important to clarify exactly what Damage Reflect is; so here's my take on it.
Definition: Damage Reflect is a skill that certain [typically harder] bosses can use. Once they use this skill, doing damage to them by any means [unless the skill enables otherwise] will result in them taking no damage while you take a set amount of damage regardless of your hp. The amount you take varies from boss to boss ranging from 200-999,999.
Sidenote: DR is commonly suggested to be the worst boss skill of all [worst meaning hardest to deal with], followed by Seduce. To 'get around' DR, you really have to simply be aware of the animation that each boss does right before they use the skill. It's also important to study this chart to know how long each boss' DR lasts for, and at what intervals it is used.

Bosses


  • Note: The amount each boss DR's for is not always the exact numbers shown below; but are always very close to them. For example Pink Bean will sometimes DR for 35k or even 29k, but I generalised it as 30k.
  • Full DR = Damage Reflects towards both Magical & Physical attacks.
  • Phys DR = Damage Reflects only towards Physical attacks.
  • Magic DR = Damage Reflects only towards Magical attacks.

Spirit of Rock - Full DR
Triggers at: 80% hp
Duration: 5 seconds
Interval/frequency: Every 45 seconds
Amount: 220 damage
Giant Balrog (from Balrog PQ) - Full DR
Triggers at: 50% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 1000 damage
Lilinouch - Full DR
Triggers at: 50% hp
Duration: 10 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 2000 damage
Chaos Horntail Head A [Right Head] - Physical DR
Triggers at: 60% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 5000 damage
Chaos Horntail Head C [Left Head] - Magical DR
Triggers at: 50% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 5000 damage
Dragonoir - Full DR
Triggers at: 60% hp
Duration: 12 seconds
Interval/frequency: 90 seconds
Amount: 15,000 damage
Cygnus Knights 'Black Witch' Boss [to make a UA] - Full DR
Triggers at: 50% hp
Duration: 10 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 2000 damage
Cygnus Empress - Full DR
Triggers at: 100% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 80 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage

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Mihile v2 [empress summon] - Full DR
Triggers at: 70% hp
Duration: 7 secondsChaos

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Interval/frequency: 70 seconds
Amount: 20,000 damage
Easy Arkarium - Full DR
Triggers at: 100% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 80 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Hard Arkarium - Full DR
Triggers at: 100% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 80 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Hilla - Full DR

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Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 80 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Hard Hilla - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 80 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Ranmaru - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 12 seconds
Interval/frequency: 50 seconds
Amount: 1000 damage
Madman Ranmaru - Full DR
Triggers at: 92% hp
Duration: 12 seconds

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Interval/frequency: 72 seconds
Amount: 2240 damage
Easy Von Leon - Full DR
Triggers at: 70% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 70 seconds
Amount: 20,000 damage
Hard Von Leon - Full DR
Triggers at: 70% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 70 seconds
Amount: 20,000 damage
Blackheart [DiPQ Boss] - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 80 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Crimson Queen [Root Abyss] - Full DR
ReflectedTriggers at: No specific hp, but rather a mode
Duration: 8 seconds
Interval/frequency: 30 seconds
Amount: 100,000 damage
Chaos Crimson Queen [Root Abyss] - Full DR
Triggers at: No specific hp, but rather a mode
Duration: 8 seconds
Interval/frequency: 30 seconds
Amount: 999,999 damage
Pink Bean - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 25 seconds
Interval/frequency: 43 seconds
Amount: 30,000 damage
Chaos Pink Bean - Full DR
Triggers at: 95% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Chaos Ariel [Final Statue] - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 15 seconds
Interval/frequency: 90 seconds
Amount: 50,000 damage
Huigin [Left Bird PB Statue] - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 25 seconds
Interval/frequency: 43 seconds
Amount: 30,000 damage
Chaos Huigin [Left Bird CPB Statue] - Full DR
Triggers at: 90% hp
Duration: 25 seconds
Interval/frequency: 43 seconds
Amount: 30,000 damage
Resistance 4th Job Boss - Full DR
Triggers at: 95% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 5000 damage
Aufheben [Neo City Boss] - Physical DR
Triggers at: 60% hp
Duration: 7 seconds
Interval/frequency: 60 seconds
Amount: 5000 damage
Some bosses may be missing, if you can think of one and know the stats of the boss (even if you don't) feel free to let me know and I'll happily add it if it's worth the addition!
Thank you ~ From Sorrowful
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[I originally made a large portion of the Guide colour-coated but Basil removed all my lovely colours now it looks so bland Sorry!]
I thought that chaos damage cannot be reflected
but one of my fellow keep saying that there is absolute reflect.(Reflect physical, elemental damage, and chaos damage)
First time, I think he misunderstand thornflesh but he never back down his claim.
Is there any mobs reflecting all the damage type?
Posted by
on Aug 18, 2015, 4:01:12 AM
There was for a bit on the beta. That didn't make it into live though, reflect rares maintained the phys/elemental split. I'm wracking my brains to think if there are any uniques that reflect chaos damage, but I'm pretty sure there aren't any. Not even Atziri's mirror clone does.
(By the by, Thornflesh no longer exists.)
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Posted by
viperesque
on Aug 18, 2015, 4:13:50 AM
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There was for a bit on the beta. That didn't make it into live though, reflect rares maintained the phys/elemental split. I'm wracking my brains to think if there are any uniques that reflect chaos damage, but I'm pretty sure there aren't any. Not even Atziri's mirror clone does.
(By the by, Thornflesh no longer exists.)

Thx for quick response!
Posted by
on Aug 18, 2015, 4:42:56 AM

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