The Enslaver

The Enslaver
The Enslaver
Level(s)	81+
Location(s)	Map with implict: Boss arena: Desert of Dementia River of Hysteria Wastes of Lunacy
Resistance(s)	Resists elemental damage Resists chaos damage
Skill(s)	ObsidianMortar TriggerWaveSlow TriggerWaveFast ObsidianSpellNova ObsidianMoveDaemon ElderGuardianDodgeBack ElderGuardianSlam ElderGuardianCurveProjectile1 ElderGuardianCurveProjectile2 ObsidianMortarDodge ObsidianMoveDaemonGolem

The Enslaver is one of the four Elder Guardians, and can be found on any map with the implicit modifier Map is occupied by The Enslaver, where The Enslaver will replace the map boss. The map will have alternative icon: .

The Elder will make an appearance in the map boss arena, slay the map boss, and steal its life essence. A portal will then open to the elder's domain and the players must enter through the portal. The Elder will then empower The Enslaver using the stolen life essence of the map boss, who will hatch from a black egg. Players can then enter combat with The Enslaver.

Defeating The Enslaver has a high chance of dropping the which is required to fight The Elder.

Such maps would also have the implicit modifier Area is influenced by The Elder, which drop enables Elder influenced items.

Zones

Desert of Dementia

• Stage 1: The arena spawns tornadoes that slowly move across the arena, dealing damage over time while standing near them.
• Stage 2: Larger, stationary tornadoes spawn in the arena.
• Stage 3: Smaller, faster tornadoes move around the arena.

Wastes of Lunacy

• Stage 1: Pillars of flame spawn in the arena, dealing fire damage over time.
• Stage 2: Volatile orbs of fire spawn in the arena.
• Stage 3: The arena contains four rotating pillars of flame.

River of Hysteria

• To be documented

Fighting Sequence

Each Elder Guardians is fought in one of three stages, each with different hazards. At higher tiers, the boss will change phases, teleporting you to a new area with different stage hazards. On yellow maps, this occurs at 1/2 health, and in red maps, this occurs at 2/3 and 1/3 health.

The Enslaver uses the following attacks:

• Melee attack
• Knife toss: Throws knives forward that fan out left or right.
• Sidestep knife toss: Dashes sideways and throws multiple knives a short distance forward at the ground, which then explode to deal damage.
• Backstep knife toss: Same as above, but dashes backwards while throwing knives in a line in front of him.
• Knife barrage: Jumps up and throws many knives at the ground in a cone pattern, then slams down to deal heavy physical damage, which is immediately followed by the knives detonating.
• Add spawn: Summons Obsidian Golems, which attack with fire projectiles. They can be killed for flask charges.

Items found from this monster

The Enslaver is guaranteed to drop the . The Enslaver has a chance to drop any one of the Elder Guardians-exclusive unique.^{[confirmation needed because of 3.14 change]}

Monster stats

The attack value is for the default attack only. Area level of the infobox can be changed to match in-game. The metadata id with "Standalone" suffix is for The Maven's Crucible.

Gallery

• 
  The Elder empowers The Enslaver who hatches from the black egg.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.14.0	(Not stated in patch note) Shaper Guardian, Elder Guardian and Elderslayer unique items are moved to core loot table.
3.9.0	The Elder story arc has retired. The Elder Guardian encounter now an itemized map encounter.
3.5.0	(Not stated in patch note) Now shared the loot table with other 3 Elder Guardians
3.2.0	No longer immune to Taunt, though they may not retarget based on being taunted. Slam ability now deals more Physical Damage relative to Fire Damage, and always applies Ignite.
3.1.0	Introduced to the game.