Prelude to Annihilation

Prelude to Annihilation
File:PreludetoAnnihilation.png The site of this World Event.
Description
Something from the other side roars through the portal with a hatred for all life. Annihilation is coming to the physical plane.
Access
Coordinates	X: 313, Y: ?, Z: -1289
Suggested Level	105
Length	Long
Difficulty	Hard
General Information
Time	30m
Wave Amount	1
Mobs	Caustic Phlegm Infernal Subjugates (Lv. 30) Mayhem Imps (Lv. 60) Bighorn Devils (Lv. 62) Magma Hulks (Lv. 65) Burning Irises (Lv. 60) Devil's Gazes (Lv. 65) New Sun
Boss	Annihilation (Lv. 250)
Rewards
15,000 XP Mephistophelian Syncope Cnidarian Hellspawn Adherence Watchman's Vendetta Scorching Horn Claw of Demise Frenetic Heart Third Clarion Corrupted Cache Various Items

The Prelude to Annihilation is a Major World Event found at the Corruption Portal within the Roots of Corruption. It takes place once every 3 days.

Prelude

When the Major World Event is soon-to-happen, the following message will appear in chat:

• Hateful echoes erupt from the Portal. Wynn faces Annihilation. Prepare to defend the province at the Corruption Portal in #h/#m!

Event

Only 1 wave of enemies will spawn, with the only mob within the wave being Annihilation itself.

This section is transcluded from Annihilation § Combat. (edit)

Annihilation's fight is meant to be fought with other players, due to its extremely high HP at level 105. While it can be attempted at lower levels, the rewards are primarily designed for endgame players.

Players are given 30 minutes to defeat Annihilation. It can use several abilities in its arsenal:

• Rake: Used when the player is in range, Annihilation will smack the player with its right hand for a notable amount of damage.
• Flense: Used when the player is in range, Annihilation will smack the player with its left hand for a large amount of damage.
• Secare: Used when the player is within range and below ?% HP, Annihilation will clap both of its hands, afflicting the player with a massive amount of damage.
• Cauterize Masses: Used when below ?% HP, Annihilation will raise its right index finger and cause 3 waves of 5 meteors to rain down.
• Cauterize Them All: Used when below ?% HP, Annihilation will raise its right index finger, causing 3 large meteors aimed at the player independently to rain down, exploding into smaller meteors upon impact for a massive amount of damage.
• Cleansing Inferno: This ability has three different variations, all of which involve Annihilation spewing out fire:
  • Short-ranged: It will spew in an arc around itself. It will only use this when players are close to it.
  • Bridge: It will spew down the center of the bridge.
  • Long-ranged: It will spew far away at players in the back. It will only use this when players are far away from it.
• Stoke the Blaze: Used when at ?% HP, Annihilation will create a sigil between its horns, buffing its other abilities.
• Apocalpytic Sigil: Used whenever, Annihilation will summon a red ring that is on the player's current spot and will follow them around. Eventually, the ring will stop following the player right before creating a red beam that will chip away at players' HP rapidly if within.
• Exhort: Used when above it, Annihilation will shout in the air as players get knocked back and drained of their mana.
• Caustic Phlegm: Used whenever, Annihilation will summon several mobs which are each called Caustic Phlegm. While they act like standard Jumper AI mobs, they can sometimes perform an attack which gives their target -25% Healing Efficiency.
• Blossoming Chaos: Used when below 70% HP, Annihilation will raise its left hand as a sigil will appear in the palm. Mayhem Imps, Bighorn Devils, and Magma Hulks will spawn on the bridge, but most importantly an Infernal Subjugate will appear on the end of the bridge opposite to Annihilation. The Infernal Subjugate can heal Annihilation quickly for a large amount.
• Eyes of War: Used whenever, Annihilation will bow down and put his arms to the side of the portal as 2 Devil's Gazes and 4 Burning Irises are summoned to the sides of the arena symmetrically. They will constantly fire beams of fire at players.
• New Sun: Annihilation's ultimate ability. Used when its at 50% HP and again when at 20%, it will raise both of its arms and open its mouth as it summons a ball of light from itself that gradually grows. This enemy is called the New Sun that travels down the bridge, and must be killed instantly or else all players participating in the fight will instantly die once it reaches its full size. Two Infernal Subjugates will also spawn at the far-left and far-right sides of the arena.

When Annihilation is defeated, it will collapse and reach its arms out in desperation as its pulled back into the Corruption Portal.

Rewards

Upon completion, Prelude to Annihilation awards 15,000 combat XP. The reward chest will also contain 15-50
Liquid Emeralds, and may contain
Az,
Nii,
Uth, or
Tol Runes,
Ability Shards, Tier VI
Powders, and broken
Corrupted Dungeon Keys.

Prelude to Annihilation is the only World Event that awards Corrupted Caches, which can be opened to obtain one of five exclusive Mythic weapons, as well as the Fabled Utility Trinket
Third Clarion. Additionally, the exclusive items
Mephistophelian,
Syncope,
Cnidarian Hellspawn,
Adherence, and
Watchman's Vendetta, and the ingredients
Scorching Horn,
Claw of Demise, and Frenetic Heart, can only be obtained as rewards from this event.

List of Mobs

As with all World Events, the health and damage of mobs encountered in Prelude to Annihilation will scale based on the number of players in your party and their combat levels.

Image	Name	Level	Health	AI Type	Abilities	Elemental Stats	Drops	Location
	Annihilation	250	435,000	Annihilation	Blindness Resist Knockback Immune Slowness Immune Rake Flense Secare Cauterize Masses Cauterize Them All Cleansing Inferno Stoke the Blaze Apocalyptic Sigil Exhort Caustic Phlegm Blossoming Chaos Eyes of War New Sun	Dam  Def	-	Prelude to Annihilation
File:CausticPhlegm.png	Caustic Phlegm	-	?	?	?	?	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
	Infernal Subjugate	30	?	?	Infernal Healing Meteor Infernal Rush	Def  Weak	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
	Mayhem Imp	60	700	Imp	Implosion	Dam  Def	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
	Bighorn Devil	62	800	Bighorn	Incinerate Meteor	Dam  Def  Weak	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
	Magma Hulk	65	1,000	Magma Hulk	Pulverize	Dam  Def	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
	Burning Iris	60	400	Devil Eye	Knockback Immune  ?	-	-	Great Bridge, Dernel Jungle, Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
	Devil's Gaze	65	1,000	Devil Eye	Knockback Immune  ?	-	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation
File:NewSun.png	New Sun	-	?	?	?	Def	-	Prelude to Annihilation: From Annihilation

Trivia

• Some time after 2.1 Rekindled World released, the Prelude to Annihilation happened a lot more often.
• The Prelude to Annihilation was going to occur once every week, but was changed after feedback about it being too long was considered.