Elatha

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Job: Dark Knight/Blue Mage Family: Fomors Crystal: Dark Weak Against: Light, Fire Strong Against: Dark, Ice Notorious Monster Title Obtained: Elatha Exorcist

Elatha

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Garlaige Citadel (S)		Bricta's Cuffs (???%) Cobalt Ore (???%) Dull Claymore (???%) Scintillant Ingot (???%) Orichalcum Ingot (???%) Wolfram Steel Ingot (up to x3) (???%)		1	A, T(H), M, HP ??? HP ??? MP
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Notes:

• Spawns at (F-9) of map 2 in Garlaige Citadel (S).
• Possesses an automatic Ice Spikes and Enblizzard/Enparalyze effect.
• Resistant to all non-Fire based elemental magic.
• Wields a Great Sword, and uses all the regular Great Sword weapon skills, plus Grim Halo.
• Retaliates against magic with instant cast Blizzard IV.
• Has a very high natural regen.
• Absorbs damage dealt by Job Abilities. eg: Shield Bash, Eagle Eye Shot, etc.
• "Levels Up" several times during fight.

• Has a maximum level that it can reach.
• Seems to level up after being hit by a spell which causes a status effect (doesn't have to be "enfeebling magic") on him such as Flash, Elegy, Stun, Slow etc. Can level up even if the spell is resisted.

• Uses Draw In similar to King Vinegarroon and Khimaira. When people with enmity are too far away, everyone on the hate list will be drawn-in to his original pop location.
• The above statement is false, the draw in is like that of the Minotaur from CoP. When you attack the NM it will draw everyone in the alliance to it, you cannot kite the NM more than 20-30 yalms from where it spawns. Anytime someone with hate is too far from the NM, everyone in the alliance (or possibly with hate) will be drawn in to the center of the NM.
• Uses ice-based blue magic such as Cold Wave and Frost Breath, and ice-based black magic such as Blizzaga III, Paralyga and Bindga.
• His Blizzaga III spell is not very potent, deals about 300 damage with Shellra V on.
• Will absorb physical combat damage while mid-cast or mid-weapon skill. Will never absorb Fire-based elemental magic.
• Despawns after emoting "The monster fades before your eyes, a look of disappointment on its face" when everyone with enmity dies.
• Can use Blood Weapon multiple times below 35% HP.

• Always pairs Blood Weapon with Shockwave. This combination is very dangerous, as Shockwave has a very large range (15+ yalms) and will put everyone to sleep. Poison potions and the use of Sentinel or Invincible is recommended.
• Attack speed increases during Blood Weapon as he will not cast or use weapon skills.
• Seems to have a Paralyze aura for all people in close-range during 2hr. Mages must be quick to Paralyna the tanks so they can use the appropriate Job Abilities.
• Re-uses Blood Weapon approx. every 5 minutes.
• As Utsusemi will absorb Blizzard IV retaliation, the use of many Black Mage/Ninjas will allow for an easy defeat of this NM. Even when Elatha reaches max level, a Black Mage in Elemental Magic gear can cast Fire IV for about 800 damage before taking resistances into account.

• Repop time is 4 hours.

Historical Background

In Irish mythology, Elatha (or Elathan) was a prince of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann. The imagery surrounding him (he visits Ériu at night by sea on a silver boat) suggests he may once have been a moon god.