Heretical Flare

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Heretical Flare
Debuff
Heretical Flare status icon.png
You are taking Physical Damage over time from a Heretical Flare

Heretical Flare is a debuff from the monster skill of the same name. It deals physical damage over time. This is NOT a bleeding ailment.

It is used by the boss Cato, Defiler of Light and its map variants Barthol, the Corruptor. In the first phase of the boss (as Cato, Scholar of Light or Barthol, the Pure), he uses Divine Flare instead.

It is also existed in the boss room of Avarius, Reassembled (The Desecrated Chambers) and his/its map variant Woad, Mockery of Man (Defiled Cathedral MapDefiled Cathedral MapMap Level: 81
Map Tier: 14
Guild Character: ú
Crafted with reverence.
Defiled with ease.
Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once.
), which has a fixed pattern and does not chase the player and their minion.

The side-boss of Kitava, Shaman of the Feast, also use this skill.[1] The side-boss has multiple variant, which one variant summon a parallel Heretical Flares.

Heretical Flare is in fact coded as a minion.[2] The "monster" is not targetable and does not have a nameplate. It has a skill that deals the actual damage. For Avarius, Reassembled's case, it is known as InvisibleIonKitavaCannonWickerman internally.[3]

Monsters

The following monsters summon Heretical Flare skills:

Monster names skill ids
Barthol, the Corruptor BlackguardClericBossKitavaProjectile BlackguardClericBossKitavaCannonMap AxisClericBossIncinerateKitava BlackguardClericBossKitavaProjectileNova
Barthol, the Corruptor BlackguardClericBossKitavaProjectile BlackguardClericBossKitavaCannonMap AxisClericBossIncinerateKitava BlackguardClericBossKitavaProjectileNova
Cato, Defiler of Light BlackguardClericBossKitavaProjectile BlackguardClericBossKitavaCannon AxisClericBossIncinerateKitava BlackguardClericBossKitavaProjectileNova
Daemon MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava2 MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava3 MoveDaemonIonCannonCrossKitava MoveDaemonIonCannonCrossKitava2 MoveDaemonIonCannonParallelKitava2
Daemon MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitavaMap MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava2Map MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava3Map MoveDaemonIonCannonCrossKitavaMap MoveDaemonIonCannonParallelKitava2Map
Daemon MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitavaMap MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava2Map MoveDaemonIonCannonSquareKitava3Map MoveDaemonIonCannonCrossKitavaMap MoveDaemonIonCannonParallelKitava2Map
Shaman of the Feast MoveDaemonIonCannonParallelKitava KitavaBossXMortar KitavaMinionProjectileSpell


The following "monsters" use Heretical Flare (or similar) skills:

Monster names skill ids
Invisible InvisibleIonKitavaCannon
Invisible InvisibleIonKitavaCannonMap
Invisible InvisibleIonKitavaCannonWickerman

See also

Version history

Version Changes
3.0.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References