Night Fox Yoho Introduction
Night Fox Yoho is the third Raid Level 5 Guardian and you need to be at least 1370 Item Level to enter this Guardian Raid. This Guardian drops Tier 3 Accessories, Upgrade Materials and Ability Stones as well as rare drops including Runes, Engraving Books and Cards. It takes 10% more damage from Light Element skills.
This Guardian has 4 phases. The first transition into phase 2 happens within a few minutes of the encounter. The Guardian advances to phase 3(first escape) and later to phase 4(second escape), upon escaping to a different battle area. Yoho is a guardian with tons of AoEs and high hitting skills. If you don't have a support class shielding you or don't have great gear, it can be a really hard and potion consuming fight. To reduce the damage you take, you have to kill the 2 Fox Ladies who are spawned frequently by Yoho. Once you kill a Fox Lady, they drop 2 orbs each. By picking up an orb grants a stackable defense buff up to 3 times, let the squishy classes pick those up first. Once everyone has 3 stacks, you can pick up the orbs in rotation to reset the buff timer.
Be careful, there are a few skills and mechanics that can turn you or your teammates into Fox Ladies for about 20 seconds. If a player gets turned into a Fox Lady, they won't be able to use any normal skills. In addition to that, you can take damage from the boss's and teammate's skills. If you fail a core mechanic and get turned into a Fox Lady, make sure to run away from the boss and your teammates.
Disclaimer: This Guardian has a lot of patterns in common with Flame Fox Yoho. This article focuses only on the unique and important attack patterns of Night Fox Yoho.
This Guardian guide assumes you know the basics of a Guardian Raid. Check out the General Guardian Raid Guide to learn more.
Special Interactions & Patterns
Stagger Check
There is a stagger check every 60 seconds during Phase 3 and if you fail to stagger the boss, everyone is turned in to Fox Ladies. Consider using Whirlwind Grenade if your party lacks Stagger Damage.
Tornados
In the last phase, Yoho's tails start to shine shortly before using a tornado skill. Once the Guardian starts this pattern, tornados start to appear from the Guardian and move towards a random direction in a straight line. If you are an agile class, you can afford to stay closer to the Guardian during the phase. If you want to play it safe, just run far away from where the tornados will not hit you. Some objects in the environment like rocks can block the tornadoes. On hit, the tornados imprison the player. You can lift the imprisonment by attacking the player. If not liberated fast enough, the player tuns into a Fox Lady.
Tail Cutting
During 4th phase, there is a tail cutting mechanic. It's important to know that during phase 4, Yoho takes reduced damage. To get rid of the defense buff, you have to incapacitate the Guardian first, by using Stagger Damage skills. This will expose her weak spots at the tail, which can be used to cut it off with Weak Point Damage skills. Consider using Destruction Bomb if your party lack part Weak Point Damage skills.
Orb Circle
Once Yoho starts the animation of the skill, you have to get out of the inner circle. The edge of the circle pushes you back in if you don't use your spacebar or a movement skill with super armor. After a short while, all players within the circle are turned into a Fox Lady.
Multiple Orbs
The Guardian stays still and summons multiple slow moving orbs around her. Every time you get hit by one of the orbs, your movement speed is reduced. Once you got hit by 3 of the orbs, you are turned into a Fox Lady.
General Patterns
Clone Spawn
Night Fox Yoho howls loud and spawns 4 clones that appear in cardinal or ordinal directions. It can be hard to see which variant Yoho will use, so avoid damage and be prepared to go near or far from Yoho after the initial swing.
Teleportation
Yoho teleports and dashes or jumps towards a random player. To avoid getting hit, keep moving after the end of the teleport animation, but avoid running straight towards or away from the Guardian.
Combo Charge Attack
Starting from phase 3, Yoho uses a combo dash skill. She starts with a charge attack into another dash or jump, so make sure to be prepared after the initial dash.
Passive Flares
Yoho spawns randomly flares and fireballs from the sky. This passive will activate from phase 2, so be prepared and pay attention to the red and blue glows on the ground.
Gameplay Video
Credits
Written by Perciculum
Reviewed by Starlast