Nexus of Eternity CM - Scourge Stack Strategy

Squad Composition

2 Heal Quickness Troubadour

2 Alacrity Dps (Specter / Luminary / Toad Evoker / SE Tempest)

1 Scourge with Corrosive Poison Cloud / Epidemic

1 Scourge with Sand Swell / Epidemic

1 Scourge with Spectral Grasp / Epidemic

2 Scourge with Epidemic / Summon Bone Minions

1 Bossdps (some examples include Scourge, TB Harbinger, TB Weaver)

You can find the base Scourge build here.

Note that "reflection" below includes both Feedback and Corrosive Poison Cloud.

Markers

These are the markers that will be referenced below. These are entirely optional, but are useful for finding your way around the circular platform, and for having somewhere for the Fixated player to aim Vloxx at for his charges.

Staff Phase

At the start of the fight, one person runs in. The rest of the group stays on the original platform - once in combat, apply boons to the squad and wait to be teleported. This means that only one Green is applied and you can bait the fixate.

Make sure the fixated player is between Vloxx and Arrow. For this phase, the group stacks together on the Fixate, who should always be pointed either towards Arrow or Star. Tale of the August Queen can be used for the Surrounding Curse as it will happen at the same time as the Eternal Reflection, so you do not want a reflect down.

It can be helpful to make sure there is Stability on the group for the shockwave or use Sand Swell to go over it and be stacked, whilst also pulling the Champion Staff over.

Drop the Probability Distributions stacked near the boss but away so it isn't hitting his hitbox and move to the side once placed. Stay stacked and utilise Epidemic to cleave the Champion Staff. It will come within 400 radius.

Wait for all 3 of the Ascension's Sacrifice to be allocated and use a group Stun break. Spread and solve the green circles.

Walk out of the Surrounding Curse and point Vloxx towards Star to bait his Annihilating Orb charge. Try and pick up the Ascension orbs if/when the Champion Staff dies or if its Defiance bar is broken.

Spread the Judgment of Eternity Greens, ensuring you have at least 3 in each circle and then repeat the above.

Intermission Phases

These happen at 70%, 40% and 10%. They are basically the same, just with different types of Elite/Champion adds and additional Champion Weapon adds.

Kill the Champion Cosmic Piercer. Do make sure you use Crowd control on the Piercer to make it take longer to teleport. Pull the Champion adds with you, continuing to cleave with Epidemic whilst you kill the adds to phase. Break Vloxx's defiance bar.

Ensure the Fixated player is positioned to the left or the right, so that the Cosmic Charge is perpendicular to the stack, so that you don't have to walk through it when you follow him.

Spear Phase

This is the phase where Vloxx will often start to get much more Might from his Empowered stacks - ensure it is regularly stripped by the Scourges.

Everyone should stand in one section of the Worldpiercer. Once it is placed, ensure there are reflects over the squad for the Raging Storm. You will need 3 in a row - the squad comp above has 2 Feedback and 1 Corrosive Poison Cloud. If possible, cleave any Champion add left alive.

Face tank and heal through the Thousand Strikes. Ensure if Vloxx has Might, that you strip it before this goes through.

There will be Probability Distribution. Keep it on stack and let it place. Once placed, the Portal Scourge should use Sand Swell into the section next to where you're standing. This should allow you to avoid the 2nd Thousand Strikes.

Vloxx will cast Worldpiercer again so be ready to get out of the red arrows. There will then be Judgment of Eternity and Vloxx will choose the Fixated player to use Cosmic Charge on. Make sure he's baited towards the middle of the platform, or at least not towards the outside edge. Make sure he stays inside your Worldpiercer section. Note ideally you want him to charge close to the Worldpiercer blue line as otherwise the Cosmic Charge AoEs won't leave you much room in the slice. Do give Stability for the Cosmic Charge for the Fixated player's group.

Repeat the reflect rotation for the Raging Storm and continue with the phase, repeating the above until 40%.

Sword Phase

This phase you mostly want to play at range around Slice Through Reality. Alternatively, you can stand inside the hitbox for it instead. Do not be caught by the AoE that he leaves behind after grabbing someone to teleport. If you're getting teleported, the order of the skills may be slightly different due to different ranges on his Sword skills. This guide assumes you're playing at range and avoiding the teleport.

At the end of the split phase, use the Sand Swell to portal to Star. You'll get Division Eternal and Excision Extremis thrown at you before he casts Slice Through Reality. You want to be away from him for this. Ensure there is reflection on the group for the Echoing Blade sword projectiles - if you stand in the middle of the projectile block, you shouldn't get hit by the red sword projectiles. You can use all 3 reflects for this to create a bigger area.

Walk through towards the edge during the Excision Extremis. This allows you to bait the Division Eternal towards the edge, giving more space. You can place the Probability Distribution away inside the rectangle. Tale of the August Queen can be used to help keep the Probability Distribution people alive. Keep avoiding the Excision Extremis where possible. Spread the Judgment of Eternity towards the centre of the arena. Take the Probability Distribution circles away and cover the squad with Feedback for Echoing Blade. At this point ensure you're away from Vloxx at range ahead of him doing Slice Through Reality again. Repeat this until the phase ends.

10% Phase

Side step and heal through the AoEs. Choose one direction around the boss and make a circle - clockwise or counter doesn't matter, just pick one and stay together.

Try and put the Probability Distribution circles slightly away from the boss. Collect the Ascension Orbs as you go.

You might end up at range - ensure you are not trapped either really close to or super far from Vloxx by the dark blue AoEs.

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