Fixated
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“All attacks are being focused on you.
— In-game description
Fixated is an effect applied during the fights involving various bosses.
Mechanics[edit]
- Players who are fixated will receive the message
You have been fixated.- Allied players may receive the message
<Allied player> has been fixated.
- Allied players may receive the message
- Players who are fixated will have a purple mark displayed above their head.
- If more than two players are fixated, there will be a tether connecting the fixated player to the enemy who is fixated on them.
- Enemies who have fixated a player will follow them and focus all attacks in their direction.
- If the fixated player goes downed or is defeated, it will automatically switch to another valid target.
- A player cannot be fixated by two different enemies at the same time unless all other valid players have been fixated by other enemies.
Notable encounters[edit]
Certain encounters will have additional mechanics in addition to the above. They are listed below.
- Captain Mai Trin
- Fixates on the furthest player away from her for 10 seconds[verification requested] every once in a while.
- Legendary Rampaging Ice Elemental and Legendary Dredge Power Suit
- Effect lasts for 30 seconds.
- The same player can be fixated multiple times in a row.
- Siax the Corrupted (Nightmare Fractal challenge mote)
- Echoes of the Unclean will fixate on each player and detonate when they reach their target, dealing damage and applying conditions in a small area.
- Slothasor
- Effect lasts for 30 seconds
- If the fixated player transforms into a Slubling, goes downed or gets defeated, another player immediately becomes fixated.
- The same player can be fixated multiple times in a row.
- Keep Construct - Projections
- Up to two projections may be up at one time.
- If the Projections walk into the pale white ring around each one, they will ignore fixation and start walking towards each other. When they meet, they will merge and turn into an Insidious Projection.
- Mursaat Overseer
- Fixates on the player who has Claim
- Samarog
- Initially fixates on the first person to enter the arena.
- Fixation will switch to the furthest player after breaking its defiance bar.
- Solar Bloom
- The enemy will follow the fixated player until it detonates itself, dealing damage.
- Soulless Horror
- Fixates on the player that uses Issue Challenge
- Fixated player receives stacks of
Necrosis - The non-fixated player that has Issue Challenge will receive the aggro of Tormented Dead.
- Qadim the Peerless
- Qadim tethers to the fixated player, inflicting them Unbearable Power and with
Sapping Surge. - Qadim casts Ether Strikes and Force of Havoc towards the fixated player.
- Qadim tethers to the fixated player, inflicting them Unbearable Power and with
Fixations overview[edit]
There are similar fixation effects throughout the game. The following table lists different variants and their respective articles:
