The Apex of Sacrifice

The Apex of Sacrifice is an area where the battle with Atziri, Queen of the Vaal takes place.

Accessibility

The Apex of Sacrifice can be accessed by combining the following four Map fragments in the Map DeviceMap DeviceHideout ItemCreates an object in your hideout2 Variations.

• Sacrifice at DuskSacrifice at DuskStack Size: 10The Vaal shall never fear the setting of our sun.Can be used in a personal Map Device.
• Sacrifice at MidnightSacrifice at MidnightStack Size: 10Look to our Queen, for she will lead us into the light.Can be used in a personal Map Device.
• Sacrifice at NoonSacrifice at NoonStack Size: 10The light without pales in comparison to the light within.Can be used in a personal Map Device.
• Sacrifice at DawnSacrifice at DawnStack Size: 10Only those who aspire can dare to hope.Can be used in a personal Map Device.

Boss

• Vessel of the Vaal
• Q'ura
• Y'ara'az
• A'alai
• Atziri, Queen of the Vaal

Items found in this area

The following drop-restricted items can drop in this area.

Item	Drop Level
Alluring BountyAlluring Bounty710x Exalted OrbA treasure worth killing for is a treasure worth dying for.	68
AudacityAudacity5Doryani's Fist CorruptedA jolt, and it moves. Or smolders. A current, and it lives. Or dies. A surge, and it transcends. Or... not. Only one way to find out.	52
The EtherealThe Ethereal7Six-Link Vaal Regalia"Long ago, people looked to the stars, believing they influenced us. Soon, it will be us who influence the stars." - Doryani, Queen's Thaumaturge	51

Layout

The map is partitioned into 7 areas:

• The safe starting area where players begin.
• A network of vaal chambers filled with magic-type Constructs and Totems.
• A large empty room containing two altars that activate independently once a player approaches it. Each altar spawns Vessel of the Vaal.
• A second network of vaal chambers filled with magic-type Constructs and Totems.
• A large room containing Q'ura, Y'ara'az, and A'alai. They cannot be damaged and will not retaliate until the fight is triggered by approaching to a close distance.
• A third network of vaal chambers filled with magic-type Constructs and Totems.
• A large room containing Atziri. She will become aggressive as soon as the player moves closer from the entrance.

Preparation

There are no definitive minimum requirements for completing this map, but there are common benchmarks for a character if they plan to succeed:

• A large enough effective health pool to clear tier 9 to tier 12 maps without any deaths. (More than 4000 combined energy shield and life is strongly recommended)
• Enough Area Damage to kill a white pack in tier 9 to tier 12 maps under 2 seconds. This could be any number between 8,000 to 14,000 effective dps depending on the skill. (Note: This is not equivalent to the tooltip dps)
• A mobility skill that relocates your character in less than 1 second. (Lightning warp must be linked with reduced duration). Alternatively, +60% or higher movement speed will also suffice.
• At least 75% Fire and Lightning Resistance, and a recommended minimum of -40% - 0% Chaos Resistance.
• A bleed removal/avoidance mechanic (such as a staunching flask), and a Ruby Flask or Topaz Flask to
• Physical-hit-damage avoidance or mitigation, such as Evasion, Block, Acrobatics or Immortal Call. (If defenses are absent, 5500 minimum effective health is recommended)
• Spell-damage avoidance: Phase Acrobatics, Spell Block. (If defenses are absent, 5500 minimum effective health is recommended)

With approx. 50,000 effective dps or higher (accounting for curse/skill delay, projectile speed, elemental resists, curse effects, and status ailments), you can kill the 5 guardians before they use all of their skills. (6s to kill each Vessel, 5s to kill each trio member) This is an alternative approach than building for a strong defense.

With approx. 85,000 effective dps or higher, Atziri can be forced into the next clone-stage almost immediately; each time being unable to finish the first skill.

Progression

Each boss encounter introduces a different set of threats. It is common practice to carry multiple utilities in your inventory that you can equip for each challenge. Before each boss fight, a portal should be made just before entering the room. The player should fill their inventory with anything worth looting in case of an unexpected death or emergency escape, so they do not use a portal empty handed. After each boss room is cleared, the player should swap any flasks or Vaal Skill Gem to fill with charges on the way to the next boss encounter.

Vessel of the Vaal's skill set consists of only lightning spells, cold spells and a melee physical smash. Effective flasks used are Topaz Flask, Quicksilver Flask, and any flasks that remove shock, chill, or grants movement speed. Resources that grant spell damage avoidance and maximum lightning resistance are helpful in this fight. The Vessels' skill set can be trivialized with Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Base duration is (5.00-8.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
50% less Effect of Curse against Players
Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15-29)% less Action Speed
Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 25% slower
Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9-18)% less Action Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.; making them predictable and easy to avoid.

Q'ura, Y'ara'az, and A'alai collectively introduces physical attacks, physical spells, physical degeneration, chaos degeneration, fire damage and fire elemental reflect. Effective flasks are Ruby Flask, Granite Flask/Jade Flask, Quicksilver Flask, and any flasks that remove bleed, ignite, or grants movement speed. Resources that grants eHP (effective HP in the form of Health, Energy Shield or Damage Conversions), physical damage reduction, chaos resist and life leech are helpful in this fight. Using Enduring CryEnduring CryWarcry, AoE, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (13-19) Mana
Cooldown Time: 8.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Use Time: 0.80 sec
AoE Radius: 60Requires Level 10Performs a warcry, taunting all nearby enemies to attack the user and granting endurance charges. Gives a brief burst of life regeneration, as well as a buff which grants resistances and physical damage reduction based on your endurance charges.Base duration is 2.00 seconds
Regenerate (120-1976) Life over 1 second
(0-38)% increased Warcry Speed
Buff grants 2% additional Physical Damage Reduction per Endurance Charge
Buff grants +2% to all Elemental Resistances per Endurance Charge
Counts total Power of Enemies in Range
Gain 1 Endurance Charge per 5 Power

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Immortal CallImmortal CallSpell, Duration, Guard
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (21-36) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: InstantRequires Level 34Take less Physical and Elemental Damage for a short time. Consumes up to 5 Endurance Charges to lengthen the buff and further lessen Physical Damage taken. Shares a cooldown with other Guard skills.Base duration is 1.00 seconds
20% increased Buff Duration per Endurance Charge removed
This Skill's Cooldown does not recover during its effect
(25-34)% less Elemental Damage taken
(25-35)% less Physical Damage taken
15% less Physical Damage taken per Endurance Charge removed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. with increased duration passives/supports can trivialize the difficulty of this fight. The usefulness of curses vary depending on the kill priority of the three bosses and the player's character. Consult their wiki page for details.

Atziri's skill set consists of lightning spells, fire spells, physical projectiles, reflect, and summoning/healing. Effective flasks used are Topaz Flask, Ruby Flask, Quicksilver Flask, and any flask that removes shock, ignite, bleed, curses, or grants movement speed. Resources that grant spell damage avoidance, maximum fire/lightning resistance, and eHP are helpful in this fight. EnfeebleEnfeebleSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, reducing their accuracy and making them deal less damage.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
Cursed enemies have (10-19)% reduced Accuracy Rating
Cursed Normal or Magic enemies deal (15-29)% less Damage
Cursed Rare or Unique enemies deal (9-18)% less Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Base duration is (5.00-8.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
50% less Effect of Curse against Players
Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15-29)% less Action Speed
Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 25% slower
Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9-18)% less Action Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Elemental WeaknessElemental WeaknessSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their elemental resistances.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
Cursed enemies have -(15-30)% to Elemental Resistances

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Duration of Elemental Ailments on Cursed enemiesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. are common curses for this fight. But be warned that she has 100% curse reflection. During the summoning and healing phase of this encounter, the summons can be delayed from reaching Atziri with any form of chill, freeze, stun, knockback, Temporal ChainsTemporal ChainsSpell, AoE, Duration, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 24Curses all enemies in an area, lowering their action speed and making other effects on them expire more slowly.Base duration is (5.00-8.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
50% less Effect of Curse against Players
Cursed Normal and Magic Enemies have (15-29)% less Action Speed
Other effects on Cursed enemies expire 25% slower
Cursed Rare and Unique Enemies have (9-18)% less Action Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Curse DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., or Frost WallFrost WallSpell, Duration, Cold
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (9-33) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.50 secRequires Level 4Creates a wall of ice which holds back enemies. Targets under the wall are damaged and pushed back.Deals (8-462) to (12-693) Cold Damage
Base duration is (3.00-4.90) seconds
0.15 seconds between appearance of Wall sections
Wall will be (2.8-5.6) meters long

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.. Atziri herself remains a target (can be cursed but immune to damage) in this stage which may prevent Minions and Flicker StrikeFlicker StrikeAttack, Melee, Strike, Movement, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Attack Speed: 120% of base
Attack Damage: (142-210)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (142-210)%Requires Level 10Teleports the character to a nearby monster and attacks with a melee weapon. If no specific monster is targeted, one is picked at random. Grants a buff that increases movement speed for a duration. The cooldown can be bypassed by expending a Frenzy Charge.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
10% increased Attack Speed per Frenzy Charge
15% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Hit
Buff grants 20% increased Movement Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on HitPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. from hitting her summons.

The Apex's areas can be back tracked after killing the final boss.

The Apex of Sacrifice is not mechanically suited for large party play. Each boss encounter contains a very limited source of replenishing flask charges which cannot sustain a full party. Atziri's FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-7) Mana
Cast Time: 0.20 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion.Deals (31-405) to (46-608) Fire Damage
50% chance to Ignite enemies
165% more Spell Damage for each stage
60% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
10 maximum Stages
+0.3 metres to radius per Stage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
+(0.05-1) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. increases in quantity and can cover the entire room with several players; making it impossible to play until several players are killed (lowering the difficulty).

Atziri service

"Atziri Service" is a community operated activity where one player opens The Apex of Sacrifice and waits while the other player completes the area. This form of agreement is not regulated by the game and operated on a trust basis.

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Version History

Version	Changes
1.1.0	Introduced to the game.