While Kakul-Saydon is the name of this Legion Raid, Gate 1 focuses primarily on a fight with Saydon. Kakul appears in the fight, but as a sidekick. Some patterns Kakul-Saydon uses here, he also uses in Gate 3. Like Vykas, you have something called Madness Meter. It doesn't have too much of an importance until Gate 3. Complete the required mechanics and Gate 1 should be simple. Easy peasy.
The recommended Combat Items are Whirlwind Grenade, Swiftness Robe, Sacred Bomb and your choice of health potion.
Disclaimer: In this guide, we will only focus on the important core & general patterns of the boss. Basic attacks of Saydon which are easy to predict or deal low damage, won't be explained in detail.
This guide assumes that you are familiar with the recommended Raid Build for your class.
Once you have read through the detailed description of the main patterns, use the “cheat sheet” during the raid, or check out our condensed Cheat Sheet Collection for all Legion Raids on one page.
Cheatsheet
x130 Break
Stagger where there is no purple shield.
x110 Heart
Ping hearts. If 3 hearts, face non-heart.
Ping hearts. If 1 hearts, face heart.
x85 Simon Says
Saydon Facing You Match Emote
Saydon's Back Turned Use Different Emote
x65 Break
Stagger where there is no purple shield.
x45 Roulette
Match suit/symbol above head with space. 3 rounds. Suit/symbol changes every round. Get out after 3rd round.
x25 Heart
Ping hearts. If 3 hearts, face non-heart.
Ping hearts. If 1 hearts, face heart.
Raid Mechanics
Raid mechanics cover the passive mechanics that are persistent through the entire raid.
Madness Meter
Sidereal - Nineveh
Sidereal - Innana
The Madness Meter is a bar shown under each player's character. It fills up when hit by Kakul-Saydon's attacks.
Depending on which percentage your bar is, certain events occur. 0% = Nothing. 50% = Upon hitting 50%, a cross laser will shoot out from you. These can hit teammates and fill up their meter. Any pattern that hits you while you have over 50% meter will cause the cross laser to shoot out. At 100% = You get turned into the clown's puppet. The boss gains an armor buff, reducing damage taken by 3% per stack. You gain access to 3 skills, Q, W, and E, detailed below.
50% Laser
Puppet Q
Puppet W + E
When you get turned into a puppet, Saydon will receive an armor buff. In Gate 1, Q removes the armor buff. In Gate 3, it no longer removes the armor buff. During Gate 3 when you want to intentionally turn into a puppet, you use it on the flame tower summon.
W
Reduces Madness Meter for party members within the area around the user.
Party members not within the area have their Madness Meter slightly increased.
E
Throws a gift box on the ground. Whoever takes it has their Madness Meter reduced.
Nineveh: CTRL+Z
Description
Nineveh is the Sidereal used for damage. It takes a short while for Nineveh to do damage once she is used.
When To Use
During Card Soldier summon.
Close to finishing Stagger mechanic.
During rain.
After yellow/red ball at the point where Saydon lands.
During the moment Saydon turns blue and you 100% know someone will counter.
Innana: CTRL+C
Description
Using Innana will spawn a dome in the target area. Inside the dome, Madness Meter will decrease. After the dome disappears, all players get a minor heal. Getting 100% Meter is not a raid wipe situation so Nineveh is the preferred Sidereal.
When To Use
You really don't want to use Innana over Nineveh unless your group is consistently struggling with Madness Meter.
If Innana is required, you can use it whenever you feel like it. You can use it during patterns like Spin and Rain.
Main Mechanics
Main mechanics occur at certain HP intervals.
x130 | x65 Break
x110 | x25 Heart
x85 Simon Says
x45 Roulette
Dice
Telegraph
Occurs at or near 130 and 65 bars of health.
Description
Stagger bar appears.
Purple shield appears at the back which reflects all incoming damage. More than 1 may appear.
What To Do
Use Stagger skills where there is no purple shield.
Telegraph
Occurs at or near 115 and 25 bars of health.
Description
Fake clowns appear at each of the 4 corners. Assign a player before starting the fight to cover each corner.
Two balls rotate around each clown so make sure to get close to the boss.
The fake clown will either show each player a heart or finger guns with confetti.
If the entire party sees 1 heart and 3 finger guns, all party members must face the corner with the heart.
If the entire party sees 3 hearts and 1 finger gun, all party members must face the corner without the heart.
After completing mechanic, the boss will TP back to it's original location.
What To Do
Ping your corner if you see a heart.
If you only see 1 ping, look towards the direction of the ping.
If you see 3 pings, look towards the direction of no ping.
1 Heart
3 Heart
Telegraph
Occurs at or near 85 bars of health.
Description
Each player has a suit assigned to them. You have 4 emotes assigned as skills. These are randomly ordered.
You must stand in the correct area that matches your suit/symbol.
What To Do
When Saydon does an emote facing you, you must match that emote by using one of your 4 skills.
When Saydon does an emote with his back turned towards you, you must use any emote that does not match.
Telegraph
Occurs at or near 45 bars of health.
Description
Each player gets a card assigned to them, either with a white background or striped background.
In the rotating roulette, you will see 8 different slices; 4 suits/symbol with the white background and 4 suits/symbols with the striped background.
The roulette spins 3 times, with the suit/symbol assigned to you changing after each spin.
What To Do
Match your suit/symbol with the correct background to the correct spot on the roulette after each spin. Remember it changes each time.
After the 3rd roulette, get out as the roulette will explode.
While not tied to any HP mechanic, the Dice mechanic does involve resolving the mech as a group. From repeated runs, I've notice this mechanic happens usually within 30 seconds of 9:00, 5:30, and 1:30 left on the enrage timer. If a HP mech occurs during those intervals, you will skip the Dice mech.
Telegraph
Saydon spawns a dice in his hands and throws it in the air.
Saydon will call the suit symbol very audibly.
Description
After the dice lands, a suit/symbol with a certain color is shown above the dice.
If the color of the suit/symbol matches the color of whichever player has the suit/symbol, the 3 other players on your team will be imprisoned and you will be free to move. (i.e. Dice: Black Club, Player: Black Club)
If the color of the suit/symbol is the opposite color of whichever player has the suit/symbol, the player will be imprisoned and your team will be free to move. (i.e. Dice: Red Club, Player: Black Club)
Variant 1 - Matching Color
Variant 2 - Opposite Color
Description
4 cards with suits/symbols will spawn from the boss. These cards follow the player that is free to move.
The suit/symbol shown on the dice will match the color of the person with the same suit.
Ex. Dice = Red Diamond, Player = Red Diamond
What To Do
All players must stand a decent distance away from the boss in a horizontal line. I suggest the diamond and heart stand next to each other and the club/spade stand next to each other.
The player that is free to move must lead each card into the player that matches the suit/symbol of the card.
The 1st card will always match the targeted player.
The 2nd card will be the other suit/symbol of the same color.
The 3rd and 4th card will be the opposite suits/symbols.
Ex. The 3rd card will be black club if 1st card is red diamond. The 4th card will be black spade.
Ex. The 3rd card will be black spade if 1st card is red heart. The 4th card will be black club.
Example in Video (Dice: Red Diamond ♢, Player: Red Diamond ♢)
1st Card - Red Diamond ♢
2nd Card - Red Heart ♡
3rd Card - Black Club ♧
4th Card - Black Spade ♤
Description
4 cards with suits/symbols will spawn from the boss. These cards target the player that is imprisoned.
The suit/symbol shown on the dice will be the opposite color of the player suit.
Ex. Dice = Red Club, Player = Black Club
What To Do
Only the person with the same suit shown on dice will be imprisoned. Stand far away from the boss.
Other players must match the cards being sent out.
The 1st card and 2nd card will always match the color shown on the dice.
Ex. If suit shown on dice is red club, the 1st card will be red diamond. The 2nd will be red heart.
Ex. If suit shown on dice is red spade, the 1st card will be red heart. The 2nd will be red diamond.
The 3rd card will always match the imprisoned player.
The 4th card will be the other suit/symbol of the same color.
Example in Video (Dice: Red Club ♧, Player: Black Club ♧)
1st Card - Red Diamond ♢
2nd Card - Red Heart ♡
3rd Card - Black Club ♧
4th Card - Black Spade ♤
Minor Mechanics
Minor mechanics occur at random intervals.
Mini-Roulette
Tower
Ether
Card Soldiers
Telegraph
Pimp cane in air.
4 suit/symbol board appears.
What To Do
Stand in the correct space that matches your suit/symbol.
Description
Fire breathing tower comes out of portal on side of arena. Kill it.
Description
Dice drops. One of two things can happen.
Ether buff drops for whatever suit/symbol ends up showing on the dice or dice explodes. Buff reduces meter.
When someone not the same suit picks it up, their meter goes up instead.
Description
Kill the card soldiers before they buff the boss.
Counter Patterns
Counter #1
Counter #2
Telegraph
Backsteps in slow motion.
Description
Failure to counter means Saydon dashes forward.
Telegraph
Ball appears and Saydon jumps on it in slow motion.
Description
Failure to counter means Saydon follows a targetted player for a short duration before jumping off of it.
Notable Patterns
Red Yellow Cross
Birds
Rain
Spin
Pools into Donut
Telegraph
Eats a ball (red or yellow) and then moves backward.
Description
After Saydon moves backward, he will create a damage area in the form of a X/cross pattern.
He then jumps into the air and lands at another location.
At this new location, a donut/ring damaging pattern extends outward from in front of Saydon.
Red Ball = X cross | Yellow Ball = + Cross
Telegraph
Saydon looks into hat, then teleports to another location.
NA Voice Line: "(Will Update Once Raid Hits)"
KR Voice Line: "something about a hat and a pigeons"
Safe Spot
Side of clown in melee range.
Telegraph
Starts juggling balls and then fires them upwards.
NA Voice Line: "(Will Update Once Raid Hits)"
KR Voice Line: "Something about ball play"
Telegraph
Starts spinning.
NA Voice Line: "(Will Update Once Raid Hits)"
KR Voice Line: "It's Card Magic Time!"
Telegraph
Flips backward and then disappears.
Description
After disappearing, pools appear.
After a short while, Saydon will do a donut pattern on a targetted player.
