In this video I do a fairly slow run of the Elder fight (not Uber Elder - that guide is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8AX8hHCwKY ) with commentary to give you an idea what to expect. Expect this to be a step up in difficulty from tier 16 map bosses, about the same difficulty as the Shaper fight, and miles easier than Sirus, Aul, Cortex or Uber Elder. The most important mechanics with a timestamp for each are: Phase 1 - Elder - Expanding Annulus 3:34 - this is a spell and after 7 seconds, it deals devastating physical damage (oneshot range for almost everyone, although it can technically be facetanked by some builds) to everyone INSIDE the annulus area. The 'eye of the storm' is safe, as is being outside the outer ring. - Slam 4:29 - Elder throws up a bunch of sparks then does a slow teleport. At the point of his teleporting, he sets his destination based upon where you are right then, appears above you, and smacks the ground dealing unsurvivable physical damage. Deal with this by running out of the sparks, waiting for Elder to commit to your location, then running away - Icicle Barrage 3:23 - This is a slow projectile attack. Sidestep it or use a moveskill to dodge. High physical and cold damage, survivable but can hit you multiple times. - Summons 3:46 , 4:06, 4:26- The Elder summons additional monsters on a 20 second cooldown. These fire a small projectile that deals lightning damage and shocks. But the reason they matter is that after they've been alive a few seconds, they conjure a pile of 'bad stuff on the ground'. Kill these ASAP. - Life Drain 3:39 - When Elder drains your life, you can walk behind him to get out of it, or just endure it. Shaper will arrive and do his slam, interrupting the Elder's channelled skill. This skill slows you down enormously, sometimes enough to render moveskills counterproductive. - Tentacle Tantrum - 4:35 - Keep moving during this. Elder targets you several times and does a small AOE at your feet, if you are constantly moving most will miss you. - At 5:31 he uses the annulus then slam in rapid succession, one of the most dangerous combos. Phase 2 - Protect Shaper 6:11 - Elder is invincible here. - Your goal is to protect Shaper for a set time. Portals respawn here but killing them helps. - Killing monsters is one way to achieve this goal. - Decoy Totem or (better) Frost Wall also help. Frost Wall is great here. - If you fail this phase, you return to phase 1 but you lose out on potential loot (Watchers' Eye cannot drop if you fail Phase 2) Phase 3 - Unstable 7:36 - Elder has less HP than in phase 1. - Incoming damage is really high and hard to dodge. Lifeleech is your friend. - Elder's various skills don't all centre upon him any more. Discussion of loot and other things: 9:45 - At the end, Elder explodes. RUN TO ZANA. also i've set up one of those silly merchandise stores. https://merch.streamelements.com/sirgog if you want to buy anything there. if you'd rather spend money on other stuff, that's cool too.