Lost Ark: How to defeat Tytalos

Experienced Lost Ark PvE players who have beaten the first tier of Guardian raids will be looking for a more difficult challenge. Tytalos, a tier-two Guardian, is up to the task, with a moveset that can wipe out even the most well-equipped adventurers in an instant if they are ignorant of its attack cycles.

Challenging Tytalos: Grinding up Guardians

Players must reach level 50 before trying the fight against Tytalos, as is the case with all Guardian Raids. Guardian Raids are not available as an activity until players reach the continent of Vern, which occurs later in the usual playing, thus this shouldn't be too much of a problem for would-be raiders. While not a particularly difficult goal to achieve, reaching level 50 benefits the player by allowing them to optimize the damage output and utility of their skillset.

Tytalos, a step above the other four tier-one Guardians, is a far more formidable opponent than Ur'nil, Lumerus, Icy Legoros, and Vertus. To ensure that future raiders are ready for this more difficult challenge, they must first defeat the tier-one Guardians at least once. The fourth and most powerful of the tier-two Guardian Raids is Tytalos. As a result, the fight's ferocity necessitates the highest overall item level of the four. To have any effect in fighting against it, players must carry 580 total levels of gear into the raid.

Fighting Tytalos: Lion in the sand

Tytalos is a particularly nimble foe, capable of darting about its arena and unleashing a volley of medium-damage swipes and pounces in a flash. It will normally start an attack sequence with two or three of these smaller attacks before launching a wide-range AoE attack. This AoE strike is the most dangerous to players since it is powerful enough to kill any raider caught within its range in a moment. Worse, the area of effect is frequently too large in comparison to the size of the arena for players to simply rush out of harm's way. Because only three Feathers of Resurrection can be used every Guardian Raid, this attack cannot be tanked, putting parties at risk of being wiped unless they discover other ways to minimize damage.

The sandstorms that Tytalos creates throughout the raid are the centerpiece of the struggle against it. Players trapped in a sandstorm will experience a sequence of increasing slowness effects, which can compound up to three times on the player before temporarily petrifying them. Petrified players, on the other hand, do not take damage from Tytalos' AoE assault.

Tytalos raiders have a common technique of continuing the fight normally, then diving into the nearest dust devil at the first sight of its red AoE circle. Deathblades, Gunslingers, and Bards, for example, can use their improved mobility to skilfully avoid the doomsday strike.