Decaying Ekzykes
23,731 HP at Caelid · Caelid Highway South, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Fire and the least from Pierce.
- HP (NG)
- 23,731
- HP in NG+7
- 41,629
- Stance
- 120
- Weakest to
- Fire -100%
- Resists most
- Pierce -10%
- Nearest grace
- Caelid Highway South
How Decaying Ekzykes fights
At Caelid · Caelid Highway South, its toughest placement: 23,731 HP.
Phases by HP verified
- Its script checks its HP at 70% when it chooses what to do.
Attacks partly traced
The attacks it picks on its own, most used first. Damage is the attack power of its strongest hit at this placement, before your defense and negation.
| Attack | Parry | Block | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Forwards1 hit · first hit after 2.7 s | No | Yes | 962physical |
| Fire Sideways1 hit · first hit after 3.9 s | No | Yes | 962physical |
| 3 projectiles3 hits · first hit after 0.8 s | No | No | 213physical |
| Single hit (head)1 hit · first hit after 2.0 s | No | Yes | 775physical |
| 3-hit strike combo + 2 projectiles (1)5 hits · first hit after 5.0 s | No | Yes | 1,069strike |
| Single hit (1)1 hit · first hit after 3.6 s | No | Yes | 1,069physical |
| Strike + projectile (1)2 hits · first hit after 3.1 s | No | Yes | 775strike |
| Strike (1)1 hit · first hit after 2.3 s | No | Yes | 775strike |
| 2 projectiles (1)2 hits · first hit after 3.2 s | No | Yes | 962physical |
| Single hit + projectile (1)2 hits · first hit after 2.2 s | No | Some hits | 801physical |
| Strike (2)1 hit · first hit after 2.5 s | No | Yes | 855strike |
| Strike + projectile (2)2 hits · first hit after 1.7 s | No | Some hits | 721strike |
| 2-hit combo2 hits · first hit after 1.9 s | No | Yes | 855physical |
| Single hit (2)1 hit · first hit after 1.6 s | No | Yes | 775physical |
| Single hit + projectile (2)2 hits · first hit after 2.3 s | No | Some hits | 801physical |
| Projectile1 hit · first hit after 3.0 s | No | No | 213physical |
8 more attacks it chains after another one
| Attack | Parry | Block | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single hit (3)1 hit · first hit after 2.0 s | No | Yes | 775physical |
| Strike + projectile (3)2 hits · first hit after 3.1 s · after Strike + projectile (1) | No | Yes | 775strike |
| Strike (3)1 hit · first hit after 2.2 s · after Strike (1) | No | Yes | 775strike |
| Strike + projectile (4)2 hits · first hit after 1.7 s · after Strike + projectile (2) | No | Some hits | 721strike |
| 2 projectiles (2)2 hits · first hit after 3.6 s | No | Yes | 962physical |
| Single hit + projectile (3)2 hits · first hit after 2.2 s · after Single hit + projectile (2) and Strike + projectile (2) | No | Some hits | 801physical |
| 11 projectiles11 hits · first hit after 3.7 s | No | Yes | 962physical |
| 3-hit strike combo + 2 projectiles (2)5 hits · first hit after 5.0 s | No | Yes | 1,069strike |
Parry: whether a parry works on it (for combos, which hits). Block: whether a shield stops it; grabs go through. Its script also names 1 animation its model's files don't have; it isn't listed.
Attack choice by distance from its battle script
How often it opens with each attack at each range, from its main weight tables (it switches between 10 sets of tables by state; the main one is shown).
- Fire Forwards
- Fire Sideways
- 3 projectiles
- Single hit (head)
- 3-hit strike combo + 2 projectiles (1)
- Other attacks and moves
Show as a table
| Distance | Most likely picks |
|---|---|
| under 5 m | 3 projectiles 50% · 2 projectiles (1) 15% · Single hit + projectile (1) 15% |
| 5–10 m | 3 projectiles 56% · Single hit (head) 17% · 3-hit strike combo + 2 projectiles (1) 17% |
| 10–20 m | Strike + projectile (1) 30% · Strike (1) 30% · Single hit (head) 20% |
| 20–30 m | Fire Sideways 40% · Fire Forwards 40% · Moving or other actions 20% |
| 30–40 m | Single hit (1) 40% · Moving or other actions 20% · Fire Sideways 20% |
| 40–50 m | Fire Sideways 40% · Fire Forwards 40% · Moving or other actions 20% |
| 50 m + | Fire Forwards 50% · Fire Sideways 30% · Moving or other actions 20% |
- Attacks
- 24
- With a cooldown
- 18 10–40 s
What hurts it most
- Fire-100% +43%
- Standard-40%
- Slash-40% ±0
- Strike-40% ±0
- Magic-40% ±0
- Lightning-40% ±0
- Holy-40% ±0
- Pierce-10% −21%
Negation (lower lets more through), and how much more or less damage that type deals than Standard does.
Status procs to kill it
| Status | 1st proc | HP per proc | Procs to kill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bleed | 246 | 3,660 | 74,995 buildup |
| Frost | 246 | 2,403 | 108,394 buildup |
| Poison | 1,189 | 2,125 | 1219,295 buildup |
| Scarlet Rot | 1,189 | 5,194 | 57,773 buildup |
From full HP with that status alone; thresholds grow after each proc. Frostbite's extra 20% damage taken isn't counted.
Weapons that hit it hardest
Attack rating that gets through its negations at max upgrade with every stat at 50, best affinity per weapon (flat defense left out). Try your own build in the build planner →
Attacks, their hits, parry and block, grabs and damage are read from the boss's animation events and attack data; when it picks them, from its battle script. Attack names follow the names players commonly use; the rest are described from their hits.
Where you fight it 1
Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).
| Place | HP | Stance | Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caelid · Caelid Highway South | 23,731 | 120 | ×4.125 |
Damage negation
How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.
Flat defense
Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.
Status buildup to proc
Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).
| Status | 1st proc | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poison | 1,189 | 1,646 | 1,646 | 1,646 |
| Scarlet Rot | 1,189 | 1,646 | 1,646 | 1,646 |
| Bleed | 246 | 288 | 386 | 676 |
| Frost | 246 | 288 | 386 | 676 |
| Sleep | Immune | |||
| Madness | Immune | |||
| Death Blight | Immune | |||
HP in each journey
At Caelid · Caelid Highway South: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.
| NG | NG+1 | NG+2 | NG+3 | NG+4 | NG+5 | NG+6 | NG+7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,731 | 29,735 | 32,708 | 34,195 | 35,682 | 38,655 | 40,142 | 41,629 |
Patch history 2
Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.
- 1.02.1from 1.00
- HP6,201→5,753
- Pierce negation-20%→-10%
Every changed value (7)
Value Before to After Change Key changes 2 HP 6,201 5,753 −448−7.2% Pierce negation -20% -10% +10 pts Linked data 4 SpEffect ID [0] 0 5,401 changed SpEffect ID [27] -1 5,481 changed SpEffect ID [28] -1 5,890 changed SpEffect ID [31] -1 4,301 changed 1 technical value (sorting, effects, display)
Value Before to After Change Network Warp Display 95 400 changed - 1.12.1from 1.10
Every changed value (2)
Value Before to After Change Damage 1 HP Burn Damage % 0 100 +100 Linked data 1 DLC Completion SpEffect ID 0 -1 changed