Kitava, the Insatiable

Kitava, the Insatiable is the final boss of Act 5 and Act 10. He is the main antagonist of The Fall of Oriath expansion. The battle consists of multiple phases in which players must damage Kitava, then damage Kitava's Heart, and this occurs alternatively till Kitava is defeated.

Lore
Kitava is the Karui god of corruption. According to Karui tradition, Kitava is a cannibal deity with boundless hunger. He has the power to consume and corrupt the souls of people, like he did with King Kaom. Like the other gods of Wraeclast, Kitava's abilities are restricted by the Beast (which was destroyed by the player in Act 4).

There are several artifacts related to Kitava:

Strategy
Kitava deals mostly physical damage and fire damage. High armour will help mitigate the physical damage, while supporting flasks will help reduce received damage.

Recommended flasks are, , and/or. If you're using an evasion based defence,.

Life Regeneration will help against Devouring Darkness, which can be assisted with various tools such as a.

Taking Soul of Abberath from the Pantheon can also help with Kitava's Ultimate Death Breath skill.

Kitava permanently lowers all of your resistances by 30% after "defeating" him at the end of Act 5 (you can't win. You can only get him to about 50% health and then he turns on Enrage Mode, turns red, and fires a beam from his eyes that destroys the Purity of Innocence. Sin saves you at the last minute), and reduces them by a further 30% after being defeated in act 10. Caution should be taken to make sure your resistances are high enough so the drop doesn't affect you too harshly. The effect is permanent and cannot be removed.

Kitava has side bosses in heart phases, primarily Kitava's Heart and one additional side boss being Champion of the Feast and Shaman of the Feast.

Level 45
Slam
 * Deals 75% of Damage
 * 50% less damage to Minions

Swipe
 * Deals 20% of Damage
 * 70% less damage to Minions

Throw Debris
 * Deals 100% of Damage
 * 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
 * 25% more Attack Speed
 * 30% less damage to Minions

Devouring Darkness
 * Deals X Physical Damage per second
 * Base duration is 6 seconds
 * Base secondary duration is 3 seconds
 * 50% less damage to Minions

X Blast
 * Deals X to Y Physical Damage
 * 50% less damage to Minions

Level 67
X Blast
 * Deals X to Y Physical Damage
 * 70% less damage to Minions

Swipe
 * Deals 10% of Damage
 * 70% less damage to Minions

Beam Sweep
 * Deals X to Y Physical Damage
 * 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
 * 30% less damage to Minions

X Nuke
 * Deals X to Y Physical Damage
 * 90% less damage to Minions

Death Breath
 * Deals X to Y Fire Damage
 * 50% less damage to Minions

Devouring Darkness
 * Deals X Physical Damage per second
 * Base duration is 12 seconds
 * Base secondary duration is 4 seconds
 * 70% less damage to Minions

Beam Orb 1
 * Deals X to Y Physical Damage
 * 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
 * Base duration is 15 seconds
 * 60% less damage to Minions

Ultimate Death Breath
 * Deals X to Y Fire Damage
 * 95% less damage to Minions

Beam Orb 2
 * Deals X to Y Physical Damage
 * 50% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
 * Base duration is 20 seconds
 * 60% less damage to Minions

Map variants

 * Lord of the Grey
 * Kitava, The Destroyer

Trivia

 * In Finnish, "kitava" means something possessing a large mouth or jaws.

Related items
These unique items are named after Kitava:

Version history

 * Fixed a bug where brands hovered above Kitava's head (and typically offscreen).


 * Kitava's Heart can no longer be slowed below their base speed.


 * Introduced to the game as boss monster. (Introduced in the lore before that)
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