Akh Afah Ampitheatre

Shiva is fought as a Main Scenario boss in Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard) and as an optional boss in Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Extreme)

The Akh Afah Amphitheatre (Hard)
Shiva alternates between two stances throughout the fight: a staff that increases her damage output, and sword that grants her passive regeneration. She uses certain abilities in each mode, before using her Dreams of Ice ability to swap to a different weapon. The attack pattern thus follows:


 * Staff: Hailstorm --> Icicle Drop ---> Dreams of ice
 * Sword: Icebrand --> Heavenly Strike ---> Glacier Bash ---> Dreams of Ice

Hailstorm targets three players, and inflicts ice damage on anyone standing near them, making it important to spread out to avoid compounding damage. The Icicles appear over the arena at set points, and players caught in it will receive damage as well as Vulnerability Up (stacking if in concentric icicles), making them more vulnerable to later attacks.

Icebrand is used upon entering sword stance, and inflicts heavy damage in a cone in front of her. As this can easily destroy any non-tank class, it is important that DPS and healers stay behind or to the side of Shiva. Heavenly Strike hit everyone in arena with slight knockback. Glacier Bash hits the tank before she changes stance.

Once her health drops to below 65%, she summons four ice soldiers into the fight. These must be eliminated before she prepares her Diamond Dust attack. This attack is preceded by an Absolute Zero arena wide attack. Eventually she teleports above and begins coating the arena with ice as she glides around, eventually freezing the party. When she snaps her fingers for Diamond Dust, the party takes damage based on how many ice soldiers were remaining (if at all), with damage minimal if all four were slain. This switches the fight to the second phase and changes the battle music.

In the second round, a ring of ice exists at the edge of the arena, which will freeze any player that contacts it into an Ice Boulder. Her icicle attacks now appear in overlapping rings around the edge of the arena before the final appears in the center. Players must now carefully watch the pattern to sidestep the raining ice. She can also coat the arena with Permafrost, making the ground very slippery and risk causing players to slide into the ice ring if they move while the floor is icy. In addition, she also starts using Absolute Zero during her staff phase.