Diablo 4 Ashava, The Pestilent Boss

Ashava The Pestilent is a World Boss in Diablo 4. Ashava The Pestilent is located at Caen Adar north of Corbach. Bosses are special Enemies that can be defeated to complete Quests, progress through the game and to acquire special Equipment.

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If you got your hands on our BlizzCon demo or watched our gameplay trailer closely, you may have noticed a massive new addition: Ashava. Ashava, the first of our new World Bosses, is an ancient demon lurking below Sanctuary who will take more than just one mighty hero to fell.

Diablo 4 Ashava

  • Location: Can be found at Caen Adar north of Corbach.
  • Defeating this boss will complete the World Event Ashava The Pestilent
  • This boss is optional

Not only will you need to group up (or at least join several other players) to challenge Ashava, but you’ll want to pay close attention to her abilities and carefully make use of your skills. Avoid her deadly strikes with the baseline Evade ability and leverage the new Stagger mechanic in your favor. Rather than having bosses be immune to crowd control effects, they can instead become Staggered, losing some of their capabilities or powering down once a certain threshold has been met. When battling Ashava, Staggering her will shatter her arm blades and greatly diminish the range of her whirlwind attack, making her a little less deadly for you and your friends.

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Location

Each zone as a specific area that they spawn. In Fractured Peaks, these events spawn at the bottom right region known as The Crucible. When you arrive, there is a timer, letting you know how much time is left before it spawns. Use this time to prep for the fight or invite friends to tag along. You can enter this event after it has already started for a short window of time. These fights are so massive in scale that the camera actually zooms out. This confirms you are in battle.

  • Be sure to fit in a few World Bosses while traveling, as only they can drop a Scattered Prism. Adding sockets is a key part of gear progression.
  • Knowing when and where a World Boss can spawn saves you time. Get there before they start to ensure you don’t miss it.
  • Understanding health bar breakpoints, attacks and unique stagger mechanics make the fight easier to manage.

Health Bar

A World Bosses health bar has 4 breakpoints. Once a breakpoint is reached, the red arrow flips up and turn grey. This indicates that you are in the next phase of the fight, while also dropping multiple healing vials. Each phase becomes increasingly more challenging.

Stagger Bar

Immediately beneath the health bar is a stagger bar that fills when Crowd Control (CC) is dealt. Once full, the World Boss is rendered helpless for 12 seconds. Use this time to unleash as much hell as you possibly can. Each World Boss also has a unique mechanic in addition to being staggered. The Ashava World Boss arm blade breaks permanently when staggered, making her weaker for the rest of the fight.

Ashava World Boss Mechanics

We have separated the attack mechanics into two different categories based on threat level; Major and Minor.

Major Threats

These are attacks that can one shot you if you are not careful. Attacks are often telegraphed, giving you ample time to get out of the way.

  • Double Swipe – Carves the ground in a 360 degree sweep, then carves again right after in a 180 degree sweep. Wide attack, massive damage. When you see this start up animation, run! Remember, there are 2 attacks, so do not jump back in too early.
  • Leap – Jumps and tackles you, which can knock you down. She dips into a pouncing stance before leaping. Use evade to move anywhere but in front of her.
  • Ground Pound – Pounds the ground, then swipes behind shortly afterwards, hitting front and back. Pull effect and massive damage. The pound itself is no threat. Use this animation to evade out the way.

Minor Threats

These are attacks that deal relatively small damage than their counterparts. A decently built character should be able to withstand these attacks.

  • Acid spit – Vomits 3 blobs of Poison on the battlefield. Stays for 20 seconds.
  • Bite – Melee range. Bites 4 times consecutively, with the last bite having a bigger animation and dealing more damage.

All attacks deal Poison damage. It is a good idea to check and stack Poison Resistance for this fight.

Attacks & Counters

Attack Counter
Phase 1
Bite: Ashava will bite anyone that is standing in front dealing high damage. Unless you are playing as a tank, it is advisable to stay away from Ashava to avoid this attack.
Smash Attack: Ashava will lift it’s right hand and smash the ground in front dealing AoE damage Dodge either left or right when you see Ashava raising its hand to avoid the attack.
Leap Attack: Ashava will leap to reach ranged casters and attack them Try to use dodge to avoid the leap and then run away to a safe distance before attacking again.
Poison Breath: Ashava’s rib cage will glow green and then it will spit venom from its mouth. Poison patchs will remain in the ground dealing poison damage As soon as you see the rib cage becoming green run either left or right to avoid the attack. Avoid the poison patches on the ground.
Arm Blades Attack: Ashava will perform a 360º attack with its arm blades. This attack has long reach and deals high damage. Wait until the arm blades are near you and then perform a dodge to avoid the damage.

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