How to fight The Maven

The Maven is an end-game boss added into Path of Exile in iii.thirteen, you can fight her past obtaining "The Maven'southward Writ" and opening it in the map device. The Maven's Writ is made up of crescent splinters which are obtained from fighting bosses in the Mavens Crucible.

Preparing to Fight The Maven

The Maven is a well-choreographed fight with seven different phases, we recommend you have the following before attempting the Maven:

  • Accept over 6000 constructive health
  • Have capped elemental resistances
  • Have some course of layered defense force i.e high dodge chance or mana before life
  • High DPS (4m+)
  • A good movement skill similar flame dash or nuance

Video Guide

Beneath is a video guide showing how to defeat the Maven:

The Maven Phases

The fight continuously alternates between fighting the Maven herself and fighting the Maven's nucleus, once you deplete the Maven'southward HP to 0 she volition swap out with her nucleus which is recognizable from the voice lines "Hurting will exist returned tenfold" & "Stop Resisting". Between the fights, yous must stand up on the panels on the side of the crucible equally the nucleus will unleash a powerful explosion that will one-shot any build hitting past information technology. The Maven's HP will replenish to 100% every time, even so, the nucleus HP will remain the aforementioned until it is completely killed.

The Maven's Attacks

Default Projectile Set on

The maven fires out a unmarried projectile in a straight line.

Mine!

The nucleus will shoot out small projectiles that hover around the arena, once enough of them are nowadays in the arena the Maven will shout "Mine!" and they will all plow pinkish and home in on the player, once they touch the player they will momentarily standstill and then explode, much like volatile flame blood.

Gravity Wells

The Maven'southward nucleus will spit out three orbs that will follow yous effectually, when they touch you they volition detonate and leave a puddle on the floor which slows action speed & deals moderate damage-over-time, the best expanse to place them is in the centre of the arena as you volition non typically stand at that place due to the retentivity game & nucleus phases.

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Place gravity wells in the centre of the arena

Circumvolve Slam

The maven highlights a circular surface area in front of her, afterwards a curt filibuster she unleashes a powerful slam.

The Maven's Circle Slam Path of Exile
The Maven'south Circle Slam

Deals 8741 to 13111 Physical Harm, 100% of Concrete Impairment converted to Common cold, Burn down & Lightning Damage.You lot have a 100% reduced risk to cake this hit & a thousand% reduced chance to dodge this hit.

Tri-Beam Claws

The Maven says "Stand up Even so" and then spawns two tri-beam claws that scrape forth the ground on each side of her, these claws deal consistent damage but are extremely easy to dodge. The maven volition exist standing still and vulnerable at this fourth dimension, it's a great opportunity to become some gratis damage in.

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The Maven is vulnerable during the Tribeam Claws

Cascade of Pain Projectiles

The Maven volition say "A Cascade of Pain" and so shoot multiple projectiles consistently, this is one of her deadliest moves and you should avoid being hit at all costs by staying further abroad from the Maven & using mobility skills or flasks to dodge incoming projectiles.

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Cascade of pain, one of the Maven'southward strongest attacks

Projectiles deal 3722 to 5583 common cold damage.

Maven Nucleus Cannon

The Maven's Nucleus will charge up a loftier damage cannon that is easily noticeable by the glowing majestic effect across the arena, don't walk into this surface area and you lot won't accept to worry near it.

Nucleus cannon path of exile
The cannon is slow and easily visible

Maven Super Fire Projectile

In the final stage, the Maven will say "Take This" and then fire a huge fire projectile in your direction, the projectile moves in a straight line and is easily dodgeable.

the mavens super fire projectile
The projectile has a cast filibuster

Deals 6203 – 9305 Burn Damage & 100% More Damage with Ignite

Rotating Beams

During the Nucleus phases, information technology will spawn two beams connecting to the panels on the outer crucible that rotate slowly effectually the arena, these beams apply a debuff that completely negates life regeneration and leech for 10 seconds, so you must avoid these beams at all costs, in one case the nucleus has died there will be 5 beams spawned with minor gaps for you lot to walk through, the gaps motion up and downwardly and all five beams rotate around the arena, these beams also completely negate life regeneration and leech.

The Memory Game

At certain points throughout the Maven fight, she may say "Decease will not be an escape" which means she has initiated the Memory Game. The Memory Game consists of splitting the arena into 3 unlike sections, the Maven will briefly calorie-free each section up and you must repeat her pattern by walking to the zones in the order they were lit up, whilst you do this the Maven will channel a mortiferous pinkish explosion from her feet in the heart that expands beyond the arena, if you fail to consummate the game by the fourth dimension it reaches the arena edges, information technology will explode – dealing between 42571 – 63857 damage. If you pass through the pink area that expands from her feet you volition accept periodic damage and may dice.

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The aura emitting from the Maven'south feet tin impale you

The Concluding Phase

During the final phase of the Maven fight, the nucleus will exist dead in the centre of the arena and emit 5 permanent rotating beams that prevent life regeneration and leech, you must fight the Maven with all of her normal abilities, typically you want to stay close to the Maven and burst her as quickly as possible, with the nucleus existence inactive in this phase it is quite easy to do as long as the area isn't bombarded with gravity wells.

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5 Degeneration beams will spawn in the final phase

The Maven's Rewards

The Maven has her own sectional rewards which include:

  • Maven's Orb
  • Arn's Ache
  • Olesya'due south Delight
  • Gravens Hugger-mugger
  • Legacy of Fury
  • Doppelganger Guise