Echo of Varshan Boss Guide

Welcome to the Echo of Varshan Boss Guide. Here you will find all the information to gather Boss Lair Keys, summon the Boss, and successfully defeat it.

Varshan can be summoned underneath the Tree of Whispers in the Malignant Burrow. To challenge him, use the quick travel option by clicking the Malignant Burrow or the Tree of Whispers and travel there normally.

Pay close attention to the attacks used by The Echo of Varshan! The following section guides you through the boss's most dangerous abilities. New Fight Mechanics were announced as of Campfire for Season 8, these are not included below as they have not been seen yet.

Echo of Varshan's

Throughout the encounter, Varshan uses 3 abilities, which don't change based on his health.

• Tentacle Strike - From time to time, Varshan lashes out with his tentacle-like intestines while releasing several putrid projectiles.
  • This ability doesn't hit particularly hard, but can be avoided by using Evade or your movement skill to jump behind the boss.
  • Varshan restores a portion of his Barrier on hit.
• Putrid Dance - Varshan draws upon pure putrescence to cover the floor in a pattern of corruption. Different sections of the floor highlight pink and then explode after a short delay.
  • Move out of the pink areas, and follow the pattern to avoid damage.
  • The boss uses 3 different patterns for this move.
• Summon Malignance - After summoning 3 Malignant minions, Varshan attempts to absorb their power.
  • Focus your damage on the malignant minions, and kill the one Varshan is targeting with his channel.
  • If you fail to kill the minion before his channel completes, he'll gain dangerous buffs!
  • These include the following:
    • Wrathful: Varshan inflicts Daze and deals damage over time on hit.
    • Devious: Varshan drains resources on hit.
    • Vicious: Increased damage.
  • As of Season 8, these turn into a persistent seeking projectile. The exact meaning of this remains to be seen!

Useful Tips!

Before confronting Varshan, consider stopping by the Alchemist to craft yourself either a Elixir of Shadow Resistance II or Elixir of Iron Barbs II to protect yourself from Varshan's Shadow and Physical damage, respectively.

Each Boss has a different loot table of Uniques and cosmetic item(s), with a chance of dropping the highly sought-after Mythic Unique items. How loot is distributed and rewarded has been changed with Season 8, and is now tied to using the Boss Lair Keys.

To receive loot, you must use 12x Malignant Heart to open the Hoard. The Hoard has 2 Unique items in Torment 1, granting one extra for each Torment difficulty increase, and 2 extra for Torment 4. You are guaranteed one boss-specific Unique when you open a Hoard. You can increase this by 1 for doing Torment 3 or higher, and another 1 for being in a party. While in a party, you have a 33% chance of getting 1 additional class-specific item per party member.

New for Season 8 is the General Unique Pool. On average, 50% of the non-guaranteed drops are now from the General Unique pool, and the other 50% are boss-specific Uniques.

Unique Loot table

The items listed below have an increased chance of dropping from this Boss. You can still find items that aren't on the list, and you are not guaranteed to find a Unique every time you kill the boss.

Mythic Uniques

• All bosses have a chance to drop Mythic Unique items.
• These items are very powerful and very rare.

Most endgame builds use one of these items. Thankfully, the Boss ladder encounters have a greater chance of dropping them. This means you can focus on any boss that drops regular Unique items you are looking to obtain or upgrade while still having a chance at a Mythic Unique.

• Check out our Unique and Mythic Unique Guide for more details and more ways to obtain these truly Mythic items.

Cosmetic Reward

You can unlock the following exclusive cosmetic reward when you defeat the Echo of Varshan.

Video

The Echo of Varshan boss fight video guide.

Summary

The Echo of Varshan boss guide covers everything you need to know about where to go, and how to complete this encounter.

• Defeat Grotesque Debtors while completing Grim Favors and other endgame activities to collect Malignant Hearts. Use 12 of them to loot Echo of Varshan within the Malignant Burrow.
  • This is located right next to the Tree of Whispers.
• Make sure your gear is the best it can be; Upgraded Armor and Gems.
• Varshan's attacks deal Shadow and Physical damage, so try grabbing Elixirs that increase your Shadow Resistance or Armor.
• You need to deal with the boss's abilities and his minions to complete the encounter.

Credits

Maintained by Avarilyn

Written by Tenkiei