Magitaur

Magitaur is the final guardian of the Forked Tower: Blood. The arena has two relevant parts that are referenced throughout this guide:

• Platforms: The three large squares on the ground.
• Non-platforms: The area outside of these squares.

You can find a simulator for the core mechanics here.

• Weapons:
  • Axe hits players or area close to the boss.
  • Lance hits players or area furthest away from the boss.
• Unseal:
  • Tanks go inside hitbox for Axe, or outside for Lance. Party stays on hitbox ring.
• Safe Spots:
  • Axe: Stay on the platform, far away from the boss.
  • Lance: Move off the platform, close to the boss.

• Daggers:
  • 3 line AoEs (Daggers) spawn either straight through platforms or between them.
  • Daggers travel outward and shoot back in (2 hits per Dagger), rotating for 6 Daggers total (12 AoEs).
  • Critical Axe- or Lanceblow follows after the 3rd and 6th Daggers.

• Positioning:
  • Targets closest and farthest player per platform (Tanks 1 stay inside hitbox; Tanks 2 stay outside; party stays on ring).
  • Always followed by auto-attacks on tanks.

The boss casts either Aura Burst, activating the Axe, or Holy, activating the Lance. The glowing weapon always matches the Unseal cast immediately before.

• The conduit matching the boss's active weapon colour must die before the raidwide resolves. Failure to kill it in time wipes the group.
• Two conduits spawn behind each platform:
  • A blue Lance conduit with an animated sphere in the middle.
  • A yellow Axe conduit with an animated donut in the middle.
• A single purple conduit spawns in one of the spots between platforms (sphere + donut).
• Every platform group finds and destroys the conduit behind their platform that matches the boss's active weapon colour. Ignore the boss entirely during this time.
• 2 Phantom Knights position below the targeted conduit to bait the tankbuster when it dies. Press Pledge when the conduit reaches 40% HP.
  • Non-Knight tanks can take the hit using invuln if required.
• The purple conduit is handled by the assigned Phantom Berserker.

• Three Staffs spawn next to each other: 2 on a platform, 1 in the space between those two.
• Each Staff fires a line stack in the direction of the closest player.
• These line stacks do not apply vulnerability debuffs.

The mechanic resolves as follows:

• Dodge a Critical Axe- or Lanceblow.
• Bait the line stack on the A waymark.
• Repeat a second time.
• The mechanic ends with a quick raidwide after the second stack.

• The boss assigns debuffs based on platforms. There are two types: big and small.
  • Platform A receives 2 big debuffs (one short, one long) and 1 small debuff.
  • Platforms B and C each receive 2 small debuffs (one shorter, one longer).
• This creates a total of 5 small and 2 big AoEs, resolving in 3 sets.
• Between the second and third set of AoEs, there is an additional Critical Lanceblow to dodge.
• The debuff is indicated by a circle AoE around the affected player. This circle AoE explodes the entire area it hits:
  • A debuff resolving on a platform will explode that platform.
  • A debuff resolving outside a platform will explode the rest of the arena.

The mechanic resolves as follows:

• The short big AoE moves behind any purple conduit. Everyone except the 3 small AoEs moves off their platform.
  • Small AoEs stay at the centre of their platform and do not clip the edges.

• Move off the platform and near the boss for the Critical Lanceblow. Sprint helps.
• For the second set of AoEs (1 big and 2 small):
  • The big AoE moves behind any purple conduit.
  • The 2 small AoEs return to their platform (B and C).
  • Everyone else moves north-west to the A platform.

• 12 Lances spawn around the arena, always starting north and going clockwise.
• Each Lance cleaves either the platform it overlaps or the area outside of it.
• The boss applies a debuff to 3 players on each platform (9 total). When the timer expires, the debuff becomes a stack. All timers are synced between platforms.
• The mechanic always starts with a Critical Lanceblow and ends with a Critical Axeblow. Dodge the Critical Lanceblow and immediately return to your platform.

The lances explode clockwise from north:

• North-east platform (C/3):
  • Make your way to the back of your platform.
  • The 1st Lance explodes on the outside.
  • Group C/3: move to the outside (you can clip your own platform with your stack) and wait for 3 Lances to resolve.
  • Once the last Lance on your platform resolves, move back and keep your stack centred.
• South platform (B/2):
  • Make your way to the back of your platform.
  • One Lance explodes on the outside.
  • Group B/2: move to the outside and wait for 3 Lances to resolve.
  • Once the last Lance on your platform resolves, move back and keep your stack centred.
• North-west platform (A/1):
  • Make your way to the back of your platform.
  • One Lance explodes on the outside.
  • Group A/1: move to the outside and wait for 3 Lances to resolve.
  • The boss then casts Critical Axeblow. Move far away on your platform.

The mechanic ends with a raidwide.

Markers will be different per party, as shown in the image below.

• Waymarks A, B, and C are used for orientation. Waymarks D and 4 are placed for the Assassin's Dagger mechanic.
• Platform assignments:
  • Parties A & 1: North-West platform.
  • Parties B & 2: South platform.
  • Parties C & 3: North-East platform.

Assassin's Dagger:

• Look at the boss and start on the marker left of the Dagger that hits your platform.
• Wait for 3 Daggers (6 lines).
• Move for Critical Axe- or Lanceblow.
• Wait for 1 more Dagger (2 lines).
• Move to your platform's letter marker (A, B, or C).
• Wait for 2 more Daggers (4 lines).
• Move for Critical Axe- or Lanceblow.

Forked Fury and Conduits:

• Tank 1 from each party stays close to the boss, inside the hitbox.
• Tank 2 from each party stays at max melee range, outside the hitbox.