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FP: The Royal War

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The Royal War

FP: The Royal War is a tier 6 4-player operation in the World of Flashpoint episode. It is also available as elite version.

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You can skip all the mobs in the first map, Atlantis Frontline. With Movement Modes and Shield Powers, you can rush right to the end where Emperor Aquaman is and start the boss fight. The arena will be locked behind you, preventing the mobs from entering.

First boss: Emperor Aquaman[]

On PS, Hold Square to Lunge

Mechanics:

  • Periodically, Geo-Pulse Cracks will spawn on the ground. There will be on-screen text when this occurs, stating the following: "Move away from the Geo-Pulse Cracks leaking from the Ground!". After approximately 6 seconds blue columns of water energy (Geo-Pulse Emitter) will spawn in the affected areas. Players hit will take considerable damage in the normal version, and heavy damage or KO'd in the elite version.
  • The Flash will be close to the Geo-Pulse Emitter throughout the boss encounter, and adds that spawn may try to attack The Flash. It is important that these adds either get KO'd as soon as possible, and/or get pulled and aggro'd by the tank so that they aren't attacking The Flash. If The Flash is KO'd in the fight it is likely that the Geo-Pulse Emitter will gain full strength, spawning Geo-Pulse Cracks across the entire boss room and likely leading to a group wipe unless Emperor Aquaman is defeated in time (enrage mechanic).
  • Water Spray: Emperor Aquaman jumps and fires a cone of water at a targeted player. Does damage over time. Can be lunged/countered.
  • Violent Water: During the fight, bubbles will float around the map. If a player gets near one of these they will take heavy hits of damage and will lose power while affected.
  • Gunship Strike: Periodically, Emperor Aquaman will state the following in VA: "All Atlantis gunships, fire!" Several orbital strike AOEs will spawn on all players, and players will need to evade and move away from these straight away. If affected, players will take significant damage and may be KO'd in the elite version.
  • Emperor Aquaman may summon Trench Creature, Brine Hulk or Adolescent Trench Creature adds to assist him in battle. There will be on-screen text when this occurs, stating: "Aquaman summons Sea Creatures to fight at his side!". Aquaman will also say in VA: "Come, creatures of the sea! Destroy these assassins!"
  • Jellyfish adds will be present through the boss encounter. They can be KO'd. If players get too close to them they will take damage over time and may be stunned.
  • (Elite only) Emperor Aquaman may rise in the water a little while having a red skull icon above his head. He will then summon a large wave forward and then backward in the direction he is facing. This should be evaded by being out of range or affected players should block, otherwise this will deal heavy damage and may KO.

After beating Emperor Aquaman, you could avoid fighting the mobs by rushing to the portal to the next map.

The Flash is convinced Professor Zoom caused the Flashpoint timeline. Batman states that the war is in a stalemate as the Atlanteans have a superweapon and the Amazons have a super shield; he proposes to disable both to draw out Zoom in the ensuing escalation.

You must clear the mobs in New Themyscira Temple to proceed however. Queen Diana is revealed to have Circe captive to power the super shield. The group will then confront Queen Diana (the Flashpoint Wonder Woman).

Second boss: Queen Diana[]

Mechanics:

  • Occasionally, Queen Diana may jump over to a random player and do a Jump Punch, doing some damage to players in nearby range and knocking affected players back.
  • Bracer Deflection: Queen Diana may have a red skull icon above her head, and state the following in voice over: "Your lack of combat discipline will be your undoing!" She will then do a reflect ability, blocking while having a shield icon above her head. If players attack Queen Diana directly those players will take heavy damage, or likely KO'd in the elite version. While this occurs, Flashpoint Batman will say the following in voice over: "Don't attack if Queen Diana blocks!"
  • (Elite only) Queen Diana will have a red skull icon above her head while looking at and targeting a random player with a yellow/purple AOE ability, which will spawn multiple times on that player and follow that player for a time. This will do considerable damage over time and the player affected will need to move away until the AOEs stop tracking that player. Standing still (or not moving fast enough) with this ability will in all probability cause a KO. It is also best practice to avoid other players - or for other players to avoid the affected player while this mechanic is active. (It is also worth noting that if a player is KO'd from this that the AOEs will stay on top of that player for a time, so players trying to revive should have this in mind and only attempt to revive that player when it is safe to do so)

Matching Symbol mechanic[]

  • Periodically, all group members will receive an Ancient Curse, which will deal damage over time to the other three group members. When this first occurs, you will receive heavy damage over time due to having 3 Ancient Curse mechanics from the other 3 group members.
  • There will be on-screen text stating the following: "Stand on Tile with matching Symbol to Remove Curse". Flashpoint Batman will also say in VA: "Find the matching symbol and stand on it".
  • All players will receive a different Greek Symbol icon above their heads. On the floor will be different tiles with Greek Symbols on them. In the regular version there will be 4, and in elite there will be 8 (half of which won't be symbols any group members have at the time).
  • Players should move over and stand on the Greek symbol tile which matches the icon above their head. Then, the symbol will be removed and will no longer deal damage over time to the other group members via Ancient Curse. When all 4 players have matched their symbols the Ancient Curse damage over time will stop. Although you cannot avoid receiving the symbol, dodge can negate damage from Ancient Curse, so using dodge rolls to reach the tile can reduce damage taken.
  • If a player stands on a Greek symbol tile that doesn't match the icon above their head they will trigger a Greek Rune damage over time on themselves, taking heavy damage or will most likely be KO'd.

Note that the following phases below may not all occur in the same boss attempt.

Hera phase:[]

  • Queen Diana will say the following in VA: "Beloved Hera! Grant me your favour!" A cloud portal at the north of the map will spawn and Hera will appear.
  • Shortly after, there will be on-screen text stating the following: "Repeatedly Trample a Field of Lilies to Get Rid of It"
  • There will be small areas of flowers around the map which players can walk over to get rid of them. While they are active there will be Field of Lilies AOEs across the map, dealing damage over time and grounding affected players.

Zeus phase:[]

  • Queen Diana will say the following in VA: "Zeus, king of the storm! Raise death upon them!" A cloud portal at the north of the map will spawn and Zeus will appear.
  • Shortly after, there will be on-screen text stating the following: "Move Away from others if Marked by Zeus!"
  • Some/all players will receive a white lightning icon (proximity marker) above their heads, and will need to stay away from other players.
  • Shortly after, affected players will be hit by Empyreal Lightning. This will deal greater damage if players are close together.

Ares phase:[]

  • Queen Diana will say the following in VA: "Fearsome Ares! Crush all who oppose me!" A cloud portal at the north of the map will spawn and Ares will appear.
  • Shortly after, there will be on-screen text stating the following: "Avoid Ares' Charge or Block to Reduce Damage!"
  • Battle Charge: Ares will charge three times while active. Players will need to avoid his charges or block to mitigate incoming damage. If players are hit directly they will take heavy damage and will be knocked back.
  • In between charges, Ares may punch the ground (more info needed)

Hades phase:[]

  • A cloud portal at the north of the map will spawn and Hades will appear.
  • Volatile Shade adds will spawn. These should either be KO'd by the group as soon as possible or at least stunned.
  • After a time the Volatile Shade may have a red skull icon above their head. If they aren't defeated or stunned in time they will explode (Blissful Lamentation), disappearing from the fight but causing massive group wide damage in the process.

Aphrodite phase (Elite only):[]

  • A cloud portal at the north of the map will spawn and Aphrodite will appear.
  • One player may receive a pink heart icon above their head, and another player may receive a broken pink heart icon above their head. The player the broken heart won't be able to use their powers. (More info needed)
  • If a player with a pink heart icon moves close to a player with a broken heart icon, the other player will return to normal and they will be able to use their powers again.

After defeating her, Circe is freed and she teleports away. Professor Zoom appears with Aquaman in tow, tossing the nemeses off to the side to fight on their own, while you confront Zoom. The Flash realises he caused the Flashpoint timeline himself by going back in time and attempting to save his mother.

Last boss: Professor Zoom[]

Reasonable difficulty in the regular version, however can be tricky in the elite version.

On PS, Hold R1 to Block

On PS, Hold Square to Lunge

Mechanics:

  • Vortex Trap: Professor Zoom may sometimes spin around very fast while moving across the room. This may draw players in and deal damage over time to affected players. Players may need to roll away and maintain distance while this is occurring.
  • Professor Zoom may hard stun all players, and spawn a red vortex animation over himself. There will be on-screen text the first time this occurs, stating the following: "Break Free and Interrupt Zoom before it's Too Late!", and The Flash will say a similar warning in voice over. You will need to spam a button to break out (the Square button on PS), and lunge Professor Zoom to counter/interrupt his attack. If Professor Zoom isn't interrupted in time he will use his Detonating Momentum attack, dealing massive group wide damage and causing affected players to be grounded.
  • Velocitug: Professor Zoom may briefly have a red skull icon above his head. There will be on-screen text stating the following: "Block to avoid being Pulled to Zoom!" Professor Zoom will do a spinning attack, trying to draw players in. Affected players will take heavy damage and may be KO'd with enough exposure to this mechanic, regular or elite version.
  • Whirling Arms: Professor Zoom may teleport to a random player and do a cone attack, which may pull players in and do large damage. In the elite version this can KO players. This can be stopped by a player lunging him to interrupt this ability. (On PS, Hold Square to lunge)
  • As the fight continues, Speed Force Tempests may spawn. There will be on-screen text stating: "Stay away from Speed Force Tempests". If players are affected by these they will deal considerable damage over time.

Speed Force Energy Phase (Elite only):[]

  • Later in the fight, there will be onscreen text stating the following: "Disperse Speed Force Energy before it can Heal Zoom!"
  • 4 Speed Force Energy portals will spawn on each side of the room, with a timer icon. Players will need to activate all of these within approximately 5 seconds of them appearing or they will heal Professor Zoom. The more portals that are missed the more Professor Zoom will heal.
  • If Professor Zoom heals there will be on-screen text stating: "Speed Force Energy Heals Zoom!"
  • You will need group members to be positioned close to where these portals are going to spawn, as the reaction time is very short. You will also ideally need the entire group to stay alive for most or all of this boss encounter in the elite version. If you have especially agile players they may need to activate 2 of these portals.
  • Due to various other mechanics, such as Whirling Arms and Velocitug, you will require a tank for best results in this boss encounter in elite. Furthermore the tank may need to run a group breakout/immunity ability in their loadout, and pop it during this phase so that players can securely activate the portals in time without being pulled away by other mechanics.

When Zoom is defeated, Flash finds a strange gizmo with Speed Force energy and takes the team onward while Batman stays to interrogate Zoom.

Rewards[]

Collectibles[]

Briefings and Investigations[]

Collections[]

  • n/a

Feats[]

Elite

Trivia[]

  • Queen Diana and Emperor Aquaman can be seen fighting in the background during the boss fight against Zoom. They can be reached if you exit the boss area prior to the Zoom fight. However, while they have red names (considered enemies), they cannot be fought.

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