Daresso, King of Swords

Daresso, King of Swords
Location(s)	The Grand Arena
Quest(s)	The King of Desire
Resistance(s)	Resists Elemental Damage Resists Chaos Damage
Skill(s)	Cold wave Attack Combo Summon Ice Clones Charge Floating Swords Enrage

Daresso, King of Swords is a unique monster located in The Grand Arena.

He is the final enemy in this area and defeating him during the quest The King of Desire will cause him to drop The Eye of DesireThe Eye of Desire"It is a cruel joke that
Man was born with more
Intent than Life."
- Malachai.

Lore

Daresso was the Sword King, a title reserved to the most exalted duelist of the Grand Arena of Theopolis. An orphaned slave boy, at age 13, he was forced into fighting in the pits for the amusement of gamblers. Daresso had a knack for fighting; at age 15, he made his first kill on another man, and eventually went on to become a duelist at the Grand Arena.

At first, Daresso fought simply to survive. Daresso would eventually become outmatched, but just before he accepted defeat, he had first laid his eyes upon Merveil. With newfound purpose, Daresso turned the fight around and began fighting for his new desire: the favor of Merveil. He rose up in rank even higher and eventually challenged the Sword King. Following his victory against the Sword King, Daresso immediately asked for Merveil's hand in marriage.

Daresso proposed to Merveil with the Star of WraeclastStar of Wraeclast
Ruby AmuletRequires Level 28+(20-30)% to Fire ResistanceGrants Level 10 Frostblink Skill
(30-50)% increased Cold Damage
+(10-15)% to all Elemental Resistances
60% increased Area of Effect of Hex Skills
You cannot be Cursed with Silence
Frostblink has 50% increased Duration
Corrupted"I offer to you an eternal oath
that binds your heart to mine;
a bond that not even death will break.
Will you accept?"
- Daresso, to his beloved, unaware of its curse. Seeing his beloved slowly turn into a monster, Daresso slipped away into Wraeclast, hoping to find a cure for her curse. Although the details afterwards are unknown, Daresso eventually perished in Wraeclast.

The Grand Arena

area

Id	1_4_5_2
Act	4
Area level	38
Bosses	Daresso, King of Swords Dimachaeri Cassius Mevion Rudiarius Felix
Area type tags	barracks
Tags	act_boss_area, no_echo, einharbull, daresso_area, otherworldly_story_area, arena_area
Connections	Daresso's Dream

Dripping blood and weeping flowers.

The Grand Arena is an area in Act 4. It has a waypoint and is connected to Daresso's Dream.

Quests

• The King of Desire

Monsters

• Daresso, King of Swords
• Dimachaeri Cassius
• Mevion
• Rudiarius Felix

Inside:

• Figment of Swords
• Figment of Winds
• Majestic Statue
• Towering Figment

Outside:

• Fighting Bull
• Icy Manifestation
• Mad Gladiator
• Shackled Hellion

Items found in this area

Item
The VisionaryThe Visionary6Lioneye's VisionLioneye looked to the heights of glorious victory. And thus he missed the defeat right under his nose.	1
The DeceiverThe Deceiver4Belt of the Deceiver CorruptedBeware the combatant who shows no confidence, yet still enters the ring, for they are surely hiding something.	1

Lore

Plaque 1

Plaque 2

Plaque 3

The player finds here, divided into three parts of the story of the Daresso, from the time when he found himself on The Grand Arena, for the wedding of the Merveil.

Part 1

At age thirteen, carving knife in hand, I killed beast for
the amusement of the filthy. At fifteen, they thought
me worthy to fight a fellow man.

A butcher he was, twice as big and twice as stupid as I.
I butchered the butcher and many like him, earned my
way, kill by kill, out of the offal pit and into the Grand
Arena.

I thought I would find wealth and glory in the arena. I
was wrong. I found something far more precious. My
Lady Merveil.

Part 2

I knelt in the sand of the Grand Arena, awaiting the
killing blow. I rise my eyes to look upon my death.

Instead, I saw her. Merveil. Her beautiful eyes met
mine, and I knew that she saw me too. I turned my
opponent's strike and killed the man with his own
dagger.

Fighting had always been about survival. The primal
instinct to kill or be killed. Now the fight became
about something else. Love.

Part 3

The previous King of Swords was a giant of a man, both
faster and stronger than I. Yet I needed only look up at
my Lady Merveil to know that I had no choice. I could
not die this day.

I maade him shiver under every parry, striking with all
my might, so that my arms felt they might snap with
every impact. All the while, I studied his face, watching
for that moment when he bagan to doubt. It took an
hour, but finally it was there.

Burning with pain, empty with exhaustion, I stepped
inside his faltering swing and I slit the giant's throat.

I did not make my victory bow. I knelt in the sand,
looked to Merveil, and cried out for my Lady's hand in
marriage.

From that day forth, I wore the Crown of Swords upon
my head and a ring of eternal love upon my finger.

Version history

Version	Changes
2.0.2	Daresso's area now has lion statue monsters.
2.0.0	Introduced to the game.

Abilities

• Ice Clones - An attack skill that spawns projectiles from locations around the player with a short delay. The projectiles look like icy clones of Daresso, but are regular attack projectiles in all respects.
• Attack Combo - A single target melee attack skill that does three sequential hits. The final hit has a percentage of physical damage added as extra cold damage. This attack skips evasion and dodge checks because of a bug but it can still be blocked.
• Cold Waves - Similar to Reave skill, it does three waves per use with increased radius for each successive wave. 100% of the physical damage of this attack is converted to cold, and the skill has Resolute Technique (always hit, never crit).
• Enrage - Activates automatically each time a quarter of his life is removed. It grants him a buff increasing attack speed that lasts a short duration, except for the last time he uses it, in which case the duration is infinite. While kneeling, attacking him will restore health to him, up to the nearest 25% (25%, 50%, 75%).
• Charge - Pretty much the same as Whirling Blades skill.
• Sword Clouds - This is an environmental effect, meaning it isn't directly used by Daresso. The cloud is a physical damage spell that repeatedly hits everything in its area of effect, it cannot cause stun.

Related items

Item
Daresso's SaluteDaresso's Salute Citrine AmuletRequires Level 16+(16-24) to Strength and Dexterity50% reduced maximum Energy Shield +(30-40)% to Fire Resistance +(30-40)% to Cold Resistance 10% increased Movement Speed when on Full Life +2 to Melee Strike Range 60% increased Melee Damage when on Full Life"A bit short in the arm, are you? Then you'll be short of a head soon enough." - Daresso the Daring
Daresso's PassionDaresso's Passion EstocOne Handed Sword Quality: +20% Physical Damage: (61.2-70.8) to (108-120) Elemental Damage: (30-38) to (40-50) Critical Strike Chance: 5.50% Attacks per Second: 1.50 Weapon Range: 14Requires Level 43, 140 Dex+25% to Global Critical Strike MultiplierAdds (30-38) to (40-50) Physical Damage Adds (30-38) to (40-50) Cold Damage 20% reduced Frenzy Charge Duration 25% chance to gain a Frenzy Charge on Kill (60-80)% increased Damage while you have no Frenzy ChargesIt doesn't matter how well the young swordsman trains. All form and finesse are forgotten when blood first hits the ground.
Daresso's CourageDaresso's Courage Baroque Round ShieldQuality: +20% Chance to Block: (27%-30%) Armour: (268-292) Evasion: (268-292) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 54, 70 Str, 70 Dex120% increased Block Recovery+30% Chance to Block Spell Damage while on Low Life 20% increased Global Physical Damage (100-120)% increased Armour and Evasion +(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances +(3-6)% Chance to Block +20% Chance to Block Attack Damage if you have Blocked Spell Damage Recently +20% chance to Block Spell Damage if you have Blocked Attack Damage RecentlyBy tourney's end, Daresso bled and shivered. Yet even accursed treachery failed to steal the champion's victory.
Daresso's DefianceDaresso's Defiance Full DragonscaleQuality: +20% Armour: (1316-1504) Evasion: (1044-1193) Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 63, 115 Str, 94 Dex(160-200)% increased Armour and Evasion +(60-90) to maximum Life (0.4-0.6)% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life 6% chance to Dodge Attack Hits You lose all Endurance Charges when Hit You gain an Endurance Charge on Kill You gain Onslaught for 5 seconds per Endurance Charge when Hit (60-100)% increased Onslaught Effect"When your back is against the wall, And your opponent is bleeding you dry, There is only one appropriate response: Unbridled, overwhelming violence." - Daresso, the Sword King

Version history

Version	Changes
3.2.0	Daresso's spinning swords now play an effect when they appear and disappear, making it easier to see them.
2.0.0	Added to the game