6 boss signs

Learn these 6 signs and you can read every boss. Signs are drawn on the field before the hit lands — the shape tells you what to do.

The 6 shared signs

Poise bar

Every boss has a thin Poise bar under its HP bar. Player stuns, freezes, roots and pins do not lock the boss — they fill the bar instead: 1 second of control = 10 points (up to 20 per hit), knock-up / pull / push = 4 points, and the boss is not moved. At 30 points the boss is Staggered for 3 s: stunned, its channelled skill pauses, and it takes 20% more damage. Then it is Recovering for 15 s: hard control does not land, and when that ends the bar starts again from 0. Slow, blind, weaken, vulnerable, dash lock and taunt work as before.

Other mechanics

Beyond the 6 signs, some bosses have their own mechanics. Counted from game data.

Mechanic	Bosses	How to handle
Summon adds	34	Kill the summons before they swarm the healer. Summons give no EXP or loot.
Curse	7	Damage over time that spreads to anyone close — cursed players stay apart.
Push storm	5	Wind pushes everyone one way — walk against the arrows, do not get pushed into zones.
Soul Mark	5	Marked players leave the group, return after the blast.
Soul Quake	5	Keep enough players in the Ring and heal / shield before the slam — damage splits between locked players.
Soul Cores	5	Split into 3 groups and break all 3 cores within 10 seconds.
Raise corpses	4	Pull summons away from the boss before killing them — corpses near it rise again.
Swallow	3	One player is swallowed: burst the boss so it spits them out early.
Heal	2	Drag the boss out of the silver ring / destroy the healing object first.
Soul Devour	2	The boss eats nearby monsters to heal — clear them first.
Chain pull	2	You get yanked next to the boss — dash out at once, avoid being pulled into zones.
Split	1	The boss splits into small copies — group them and use area skills.
Reaping Ring	1	Move in close when the outer ring blows, then out for the inner blast.
Reaper Scarecrows	1	Kill the scarecrow near you; dodge the lanes of any left.
Burning Fields	1	Stand on safe tiles and hop on the beat — 3 beats in a row.
Myriad Phantom	1	Find the real one by its shadow and call it out. Hitting illusions reflects damage.
Moon Mirror	1	Hide behind a mirror (far side from the Tyrant) during the sweep.
Soul-Seeking Foxfire	1	Kite the fireball away from the group until it fades.
Soul Charm	1	While charmed your controls are reversed for 4 s — dodge with reversed keys.
Landslide	1	Leave the falling rock lanes; each zone holds on its own until the walls fall.
Frontal cone	1	Only the tank stands in front; everyone else on the flanks.
Tail Sweep	1	Never stand behind the boss.
Soul Sting	1	Stay near the group — it erupts under whoever is farthest away.
Soul Lantern	1	Run against the pull or dash out of the blast around its feet.
Pincer Grip	1	Everyone hits the pincer to free the tank; supports heal the tank.
Black Sandstorm	1	Vision shrinks — watch nearby warnings and stay close to allies.
Borrowed Skill	1	Learn the other 4 Tyrants — each phase borrows 2 of their skills.
Shattered Seal	1	Walk the gaps between the spiral sweeps.
Three Punishments	1	Read the 3 icons in order: circle = out · donut = in · cross = diagonal.
Soul Union	1	Split up and kill the 4 Soul Echoes within 25 s, dodging their skills.