Dread Legion

Dread Legion
Location	Hunt: Dread Legion, Mythic Hunt: Dread Legion
Faction	Gloom

Overview

The Dread Legion is a large floating monstrosity, resembling a warped form of an octopus and having a large number of eyes. It rules Bal Duum with dread, for which only shimmers of light are the only medicine. The Legion is capable of harnessing the Void energies, summoning a seemingly endless number of minions while also disrupting the flow of natural energies.

Guide

Before the Legion is confronted, an introductory segment teaches you a crucial mechanic for the fight, which must be completed in order to remove a shimmering blockage.

During the showdown, the Dread Legion is completely invulnerable against normal attacks and abilities. While it projects a Gloom bubble that deals damage when being outside of its influence, it also bestows its invulnerability on the numerous Husk minions that are constantly spawned in. In order to damage the Legion, the explosive balls of light dropped by the accompanying Seer must be transferred to the Husks with a melee attack, driving them into a frenzy. Balls of energy can be grabbed by killing Seer. Although the energy balls detonate after some time on their own, a detonating Husk infuses the Dread Legion with light, bringing them closer to vulnerability. When its broken, all minions despawn and the Legion can be attacked.

The Dread Legion is fought in three phases, changing to the next when it has spent some time broken or lost a portion of its health. Successive phases make the fight harder, as more enemies spawn in and the Legion adds more abilities to its arsenal. Between phases, the Legion unleashes a small Void burst around itself then moves to a new portion of the arena, bringing its damaging bubble with itself. The player must also keep up the pace, instantly failing the hunt if they fall to their doom while not inside the bubble. Some flickering platforms make it harder to traverse the vast depths.

Phase 1

The Dread Legion is fairly passive at this stage, occasionally sweeping a small part of the arena with a fast laser. Two light balls must be detonated to damage the Legion.

Phase 2

This battleground is reached by traversing the few disappearing platforms on the same level. The boss becomes more mobile and aggressive, laser beaming in eight directions from its eyes, as well as carpet-bombing as it moves forward, finishing it by a whirling attack. Three light balls must be detonated to damage the Legion.

Phase 3

This battleground is reached by climbing up the wall in the middle, then going around the spiky cliff by going through two sets of disappearing platforms. The Dread Legion fights at full strength, while also more enemies spawn. Its shield also becomes smaller in size, not covering the entire arena, making it crucial to reposition often.

It requires about five explosions to break the Dread Legion for a final time. When this happens, the Legion's bubble completely dissipates, leaving the player exposed to the Void DoT. You must work quickly to defeat the Legion and to conclude the Hunt.

Rewards

Drops

Echoes
Name	Quality
Dread Legion Echo	Any

Materials
Name	Quality
Optic Cortex	Common
Gold	Common
Resonance	Common
Reward Tower XP	Common
Gloomstone Shard	Common
Memory Fragments	Common

Accessories
Name	Quality
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Armor
Name	Quality
Wingrave's Lightbearer Gloves	Epic
Niss' Forlorn Blade Pants	Epic
Silo's Bloodrunner Vest	Epic
Kyros' Orphic Regalia Hood	Epic
Senja's Deathblossom Base	Epic
Venomess' Moonfallen Headpiece	Epic
Grendel's Dauntless Shoulders	Epic

Weapons
Name	Quality
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Potions
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Style
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Housing
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Crafting
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Old Rewards

Name	Quality	Drop
Quest
Dread Legion's Essence	Common	N/A
Echos
Dread Legion Echo	Any	32.3%
Materials
Gloomstone Shard	Common	N/A
Grey Gloomstone	Rare	N/A
Blue Gloomstone	Rare	N/A
Red Gloomstone	Epic	N/A
Optic Cortex	Rare	N/A
Crafting
Recipe: Greater Stomper Bloodbrew 3	Uncommon	4.3%
Recipe: Greater Windhowler's Tear 3	Uncommon	4.3%
Vestige of Kyros's Sorcery	Rare	16.1%
Vestige of Senja's Storm	Rare	16.1%
Epitaph Essence	Epic	16.1%
Accessories
Spider's Fang	Rare	3.3%
Last Breath	Rare	3.3%
Codex of the Shadow's Whisper	Rare	3.3%
Brain Matter	Epic	0.5%
Cerebral Defense	Epic	0.5%