Alexander - The Fist of the Father (Savage)

Level: 60 (Sync: 60)
Item Level: 190
Difficulty: Normal

Party size: Full Party
8 man • 2 2 4
Unsyncing: Allowed
Time limit: 90 minutes
Phoenix Down: Not Available
Duty Finder: Savage Raids (Heavensward)
Tomestones: 15
Req. quest: A Song of Steam and Steel
Location: Machinery Bay 44 / Hangar 8, The Fist of the Father
Region: Dravania
Stone, Sky, Sea: Available
Patch: 3.05
The Echo: Permanent +20%

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What fun is there in merely restating the facts? Never one to be content with the truth, the wandering minstrel has taken the liberty of retelling the tale of your journey into Alexander with his trademark embellishments. Some may question the value of such entertainment, but none can deny the skill with which he weaves his tapestry of song and verse, immersing you in memory...

— In-game description

Alexander - The Fist of the Father (Savage) is a level 60 raid introduced in patch 3.05 with Heavensward. Also known as A1S, it is the first sector of Alexander: Gordias (Savage).

Strategy

A1S Guide

Faust

The door boss is a bit of a red herring and may trip up first-time runs. The only mechanics relate to dealing increased damage as time passes, which serves as a DPS check.

Faust's Abilities
Name	Description
Kaltstrahl	Physical damage frontal cleave cast very frequently. Used by both Faust and Sturm Dolls. All enemies should be faced away from the party by the two tanks.
Pressure Increase	Faust gains a stack of Damage Up. Cast every 20 seconds. The 8th cast is an Enrage that brings Faust to 16 stacks.
Sturm Doll	Small enemies that spawn infinitely throughout the fight. The first appears after 10 seconds, then every 20 seconds onward. Each has ~60,000 health.

All players need to do is focus on killing Faust as fast as possible before the two tanks are overwhelmed by the increasing damage. Sturm Dolls have too much health, so DPS should ignore them completely.

The Main tank should hold enmity on Faust while the off-tank grabs any Sturm Dolls that appear. The party has about 160 seconds (2 minutes 40 seconds) to kill Faust before he Enrages.

Oppressor

This fight has a hard enrage of 8m30s, which means DPS will have to maximize activity. The boss has more health and more damage output than in normal mode, and his main damage abilities do a lot more damage and will require focused healing. The damage mitigation and healing requirements for this fight are very strict.

Oppressor Attacks
Name	Description
Royal Fount	Untelegraphed frontal cleave that deals moderate magic damage. Oppressors must be faced away from the party.
Gunnery Pod	Unavoidable party-wide magic damage. Cast somewhat frequently.
Hydrothermal Missile	Each Oppressor marks a random player with Prey. When Prey expires, that player is hit with physical damage missiles six times.
Photon Spaser	A giant line AoE aimed at a random player. Deals high magic damage and massive knockback.
Emergency Deployment	Summons two Alarum enemies per Oppressor, which will tether to the first person who attacks them and completely ignore enmity.
Alarum	Small enemies that start with Minimum and 6 stacks of Nanoparticles. On death, leaves behind a puddle that inflicts Minimum to players inside. Attacks their target with Needle Spaser, which transfers one stack of Nanoparticles from the Alarum to its target. Once the Alarum loses all 6 stacks of Nanoparticles, it will lose Minimum and deal double damage. Six stacks of Nanoparticles on a player will inflict Minimum, increasing damage taken and reducing damage dealt. If left alive for ~50 seconds, they will self destruct in a (tiny) AoE that inflicts Minimum. No puddle is left behind, however.
Resin Bomb	Each Oppressor drops four AoEs on random players, aimed at where the players are standing when the cast finishes. Each AoE will deal high magic damage to those inside and leave behind a Resin puddle. Resin puddles inflict Resin to players AND enemies inside, massively slowing movement speed. Players, however, also get a Bleeding debuff.
3000-tonze Missile	Four giant missiles are shot into the air and slowly descend towards the ground, their locations marked by lasers around the arena. When these missiles hit the ground, they deal high magic damage to the entire party as well as inflict Damage Down and Infirmity. Placing Minimum puddles from killed Alarums under each missile will shrink them, nullifying their damage and effects.
Hypercompressed Plasma	High magic damage tank-buster on both tanks. Heavy mitigations and healing required.
Emergency Liftoff	Both Oppressors fly above the arena, launch eight Resin Bombs (four each at two players), then land — dealing proximity damage.

Mechanics

The fight begins with only one Oppressor. The boss will go through its rotation until 85 seconds into the fight, in which it will summon a duplicate of itself from the north side of the arena: Oppressor 0.5. This duplicate will match Oppressor's health when it is summoned, but not after.

Both Oppressors must be killed at roughly the same time. When one dies, the other will begin casting Self-destruct, which will wipe the party if the cast successfully finishes.

Oppressor and Oppressor 0.5 must be split apart at all times. If they are too close together, they will gain a permanent stack of Damage Up every three seconds.

Oppressor Rotation
Phase	Attack	Strategy
Phase 1	Royal Fount	The main tank should pull Oppressor towards the entrance facing the south wall. This attack is cast frequently so the boss should never face towards the party.
	Gunnery Pod	Healers should be prepared to heal the raid.
	Hydrothermal Missile	A player is marked to take repeated damage. Healers should be ready to keep the target alive.
	Gunnery Pod
	Photon Spaser	Avoid standing in the line AoE.
	Resin Bomb	All players should run towards the edges of the arena to place Resin AoEs out of the way.
	Royal Fount
	Photon Spaser	Avoid standing in the line AoE.
	Gunnery Pod
	Emergency Deployment	Two Alarum are spawned. As there are no 3000-tonze missiles this phase, these should be killed ASAP.
	Hydrothermal Missile	Healers should keep whoever is marked with Prey alive.
	Gunnery Pod
	Royal Fount
	Gunnery Pod
	Photon Spaser	Avoid standing in the line AoE.
	Gunnery Pod
	Royal Fount
	Distress Beacon	Oppressor 0.5 is summoned on the north side of the arena. The off-tank must take this boss and keep it facing away opposite to Oppressor.
Phase 2	3000-tonze Missile	Four lasers will appear around the arena. Take note of which two lasers are closest to each Oppressor, as Alarum will need to be brought to those later.
	Gunnery Pod
	Emergency Deployment	Each Oppressor will summon two Alarum. DPS should take one Alarum each and move to the edges in preparation for Resin Bomb.
	Resin Bomb	Drop these at the edges to prevent Alarum from getting stuck in puddles. Once the AoEs appear, run to the lasers and kill Alarum under each.
	Royal Fount
	Photon Spaser	Avoid standing in the two line AoEs.
	Gunnery Pod
	Hydrothermal Missile	Be prepared to heal a lot, as now two players will be targeted instead of one.
	Royal Fount
	Hypercompressed Plasma	Will hit both tanks very hard. Tanks must use large mitigations and healers must be ready to heal the tanks immediately. Invulns are a good alternative.
	Photon Spaser	Avoid standing in the two line AoEs.
	Gunnery Pod
	Royal Fount
	Emergency Liftoff	After the Oppressors fly away, two players will be targeted by four Resin Bomb AoEs shot one-after-another. Players should stack in the center and try to condense the Resin away from the edges where everyone will run to afterwards to avoid the proximity damage.
	Repeat until Enrage

Final Notes

After the first jump phase, it will be repeated until the hard enrage at 8 minutes and 30 seconds.

Keep the bosses within 3-5% of each other to prevent a hard enrage when one dies too far before the other

The fight has an attack-based progression rate, so the boss will use the exact attacks every time. You can use this as a timer.

Loot

Treasure Coffer 1

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Gordian Earrings of Fending	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Slaying	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Aiming	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Casting	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Healing	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Fending	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Slaying	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Aiming	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Casting	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Healing	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Fending	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Slaying	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Aiming	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Casting	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Healing	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Fending	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Slaying	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Aiming	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Casting	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Healing	Ring	210	CBlue	1

Treasure Coffer 2

Name	Type	Item Level	Rarity	Quantity
Gordian Earrings of Fending	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Slaying	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Aiming	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Casting	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Earrings of Healing	Earrings	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Fending	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Slaying	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Aiming	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Casting	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Neckband of Healing	Necklace	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Fending	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Slaying	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Aiming	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Casting	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Wristband of Healing	Bracelets	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Fending	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Slaying	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Aiming	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Casting	Ring	210	CBlue	1
Gordian Ring of Healing	Ring	210	CBlue	1

Music

Section	Theme
Pre-Boss	Sins of the Father, Sins of the Son
Boss	Locus

Alexander - The Fist of the Father (Savage)

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