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The Emberplume is a peacock-like Kemono inWild Heartsthat uses a barrage of blue fire attacks to overwhelm its opponents. Using flashy movements and dangerous explosions, the Emberplume can be a difficult beast to take down.
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To beat the Emberplume, you’ll need to use all the tools at your disposal. Preparation is key for this fight, so below, we’ll take a look at everything you need to know about fighting the Emberplume, including its strengths and weaknesses, the best equipment to use, a breakdown of its moves, and the materials it drops.
Emberplume - Strengths And Weaknesses
The Emberplume isweakest to Water and Earthattribute attacks fromSlash and Lunge-type weaponsto itshead. Conversely, it completelyresists Wood and Fireattribute attacks, andall ailmentsbesides Ablaze, which it iscompletely immuneto,only have one-star effectiveness.
Although theEmberplume resists attacks to its tail and hind legsmore than its head, these locations are the safest to attack, as its deadly fireball attacks can’t reach here as often. Throughout the fight, you’ll need to learn when to go for its head and when to back off and attack from behind.
Best Equipment To Fight Emberplume
The Emberplumealmost entirely deals damage through Fire attribute attacks, so be sure toequip armor that has high Fire resistance, like theFuma ClanorWayward Brigand sets, crafted from Mighty Lavaback and Mighty Cobalt Lavaback and Mighty Icetusk materials, respectively. The Fuma Clan armor set hasmore useful armor skills overall, likeBlaze Recovery,Hunter’s Hunger, andWar Ready, making it abetter choice than the Wayward Brigand set, although a combination of the two will work as well.
The Karakuri you bring to this fight must be chosen carefully. There are a few Fusion Karakuri that are almost essential to use, which are theRepeater CrossbowandElemental Lantern. Because of this, we recommend bringing at least theCrate, Stake, and Glider Karakurito create these Fusions.
TheElemental Lantern Fusion Karakuriis especially good against the Emberplume thanks to itsattribute damage-reducing aura. Because of the Emberplume’s large area attacks, activating the Lantern is easy enough, and it will providegood defense against almost all of the Kemono’s attacks.
TheRepeater Crossbow will help knock the Emberplume out of the sky, which is especially useful due to the Kemono’s tendency to fly into the air to reposition or avoid damage. Use the Crossbow to knock it down and gain an opportunity to attack.
During this fight, if you have theCelestial Anchor and Crate Karakuri, you can awaken to theCelestial Shield Fusion Karakuri. This device will create ashield wallaffixed with celestial thread that you canwalk through to gain a shield. This shieldblocks the next instance of damage, andcan be reacquired by walking through the Celestial Shield wall again. This Karakuri is great for this fight, and can help avoid some of the Emberplume’s high-damage attacks.
Emberplume - Fight Breakdown And Moves
The Emberplumemainly attacks with its fiery projectiles, onlyresorting to physical attacks when you get too close. At long range, you are at amassive disadvantage, as the Emberplume’s projectiles move fast and hit hard.Stick close to the Kemono throughout the fightfor the best results.
One of the Emberplume’s main attacks is itsvolley of blue fireballs. These willlock on to you, flying through the air until they hit you.Slide-dodgingis effective for dodging a few of these, but sometimes getting hit is inevitable. Luckily,each individual fireball doesn’t do the most damage, so taking a hit or two isn’t deadly.
Another of the Emberplume’s projectile attacks is itspurple fire rings. Similar to the blue fireballs, these willlock on to you, traveling slowly through the air until they reach your position, where they will explode, dealing high damage. The Emberplume shootsthree of these in a row, so be prepared to avoid each one. Run away from the rings to avoid their explosions, but keep in mind thatrunning too far away from the Kemono will make you vulnerableto its other projectile attacks.
When the Emberplumepuffs out a cloud of fireand thenspreads its wings, you will be targeted by aseries of three fire explosionsthat appearbeneath your feet. Dodge at just the right moment to avoid these, thenmove close to the Kemono to attack, as it leaves a lengthywindow of recoveryafter this attack.
These explosions are incorporated into a variety of other attacks, like aspread attack to the front of the Emberplumethat createsseveral rows of explosions. Dodging through the explosion will keep you safe while letting you reposition to attack.
If you remain too close to the Kemono for too long, it will perform atail swipe, spinning in a circle and dealing damage. There is ashort wind-up before this attack, so get ready to dodge through its tail and keep attacking.
The Emberplume may alsofly into the air before charging toward you, coating itself inpurple flames. This attack does high damage and can be hard to see coming, but once you get the timing down, you canroll out of the way. If the Emberplume remains in the air after this attack,set up a Repeater Crossbowto knock it down.
After the Emberplume has taken enough damage, it willenrage. Itstail will glow blue and purple, and its attacks will be powered up. Additionally, when the Emberplume enters the enraged state, it willblast the area with purple explosions, dealing massive damage over a large area. Quickly get away from the Kemono to avoid this attack, then prepare for a few changes and additions to its moves.
While enraged, the Emberplume has access to alaser breathattack that deals high damage in aconcentrated area. It may use this attack in ahorizontal sweepor avertical column. In either case, try toget behind the Kemono to avoid it. Running far away can also work, but again, this will put you at a disadvantage against its other ranged attacks.
The Emberplume willshoot more blue fireballs with each volleywhile enraged, making it even more difficult to avoid them all. Try runningdiagonal to the Kemonoto avoid the first few, thendodge slideto avoid the rest.
If the Emberplumeflies into the air with a spin, it is about to createnumerous fire explosionson the groundat random locations, indicated by a small circular blue/green fire. Get out of the markers for these explosions, butstay close to the Kemonoduring and after the attack, as it has alengthy recovery windowin which you can deal some damage.
Emberplume - Drops And Materials
The Emberplume will drop the following materials upon defeating it. These can be used to craft theGaruda armor set, as well as weapon upgrades for a variety of attribute types.
