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Shadowstorm Flayer
Location Carapace Cavern
Race Maormer Gender Female
Health 31,364
Reaction Hostile
Other Information
Faction(s) Shadowstorms
Condition Spirit
Drops
Ectoplasm
Shadowstorm Flayer

The Shadowstorm Flayer are Maormer spirits that can be found in Carapace Cavern fighting Hadolids near Headcracker.

In life, they were part of the Shadowstorms, a pirate crew under Sealord Gandelec. Their souls became trapped after the Sealord's necromantic was disrupted.

Skills & Abilities[edit]

Quick Strike
A basic melee attack that causes minor physical damage.
Low Slash
The Shadowstorm Flayer slashes the target's shins, dealing moderate physical damage and snaring. Blocking will reduce the damage, but doesn't prevent the snare.
Stunning Shock
The Shadowstorm Flayer throws lightning in a conal AoE in front of itself, dealing low shock damage and stunning for 2 seconds. This can be interrupted to set the Shadowstorm Flayer off-balance.
Stunning Shock
When standing further away, the Shadowstorm Flayer shoots at you with a glowing crossbow dealing low shock damage and stunning you for 2 seconds.
Ride the Current
When standing further away, the Shadowstorm Flayer holds their dual weapons in a rear-handed stance, with a yellow glow visible around their weapons, then dash forwards leaving areas of lighting behind them and finally strike their target. Any part of this ability deal moderate shock damage and stun. This is almost always used after "Stunning Shock" (the crossbow shot) lands successfully.
Roll Dodge
The Shadowstorm Flayer can perform a roll dodge to avoid incoming damage.
Backstabber
The Shadowstorm Flayer has a passive ability that causes them to deal 20% more damage when attacking the target's back.
Desecrated Ground
On death, the Shadowstorm Flayer rarely desecrate the ground under them as indicated by a red circle. This does moderate damage over time and snares all targets as well as healing undead enemies within the red circle.