Malachai, The Nightmare

Hi

Malachai, The Nightmare - 17 tier before the shaper battle

There was a situation when this boss was inserted on 13 tier map from 15 tier map 2 years ago and already then this boss couldn't be killed and i wrote about it

There are many players who said that everything is ok nonetheless GGG heard to me and removed this boss back to 15 tier map

For now we have the same situation

I go against the shaper and this boss is forestalled by four unique bosses of 17 tier that we already saw in atlas and 10 acts when they were of less tier

When i appear in the the shaper realm then i immediately search for Malachai, The Nightmare because it is senseless to kill 3 bosses before the shaper battle and be killed by Malachai, The Nightmare before reaching the shaper

My build easily kills these 3 unique bosses before the shaper but when i go against Malachai, The Nightmare then i lose all my portals

It happened for last 2.5 years 20 times

Malachai, The Nightmare is an uder boosted boss and should be nerfed

I tested it using different builds and characters

What doubts there can be potentially if i easily kill all other bosses before the shaper battle except Malachai, The Nightmare

Here, nobody can say that I have a bad build or i have wrong hands. Everything is obvious

There is no point in discussing. Good luck :)

Completed twinned core a day ago with 5K HP character and around 2M Sirus DPS.
Hardest about him is that he stops transition if he's being stunned/frozen on HP threshold, so you have to stop stunning/freezing him and allow him to change phase.

Maybe just don't tank his bombs and slams.

Once, Core malachai was difficult, twinned core malachai was even more awful (back when it was only T15). Before Shaper was a thing, Twinned Core was the most difficult content (beside Grandmaster, of course) the game could offer you - expecially coupled with a +x% AoE modifier.

The power creep, and the lowering of tier, made the battle way easier. Where once I could win by popping up all 6 of those portals, now I do deathless even with 4k HP.
I would still not even dare try Shaper, however, not even after all of these years. I can't afford the constat bricking before learning the fight. Still, I am glad you finally found your resolve for Shaper battle.

In addition to what _Daybit_ said, "don't be a maniacal homicidal", which is a well-known problem all phase bosses have, there are two thing that makes Malachai tricky, but not impossible to kill:

> "bombs". As in, those sigil he puts on the ground that explode, dealing a high fire damage, when you step over them. The main problem of this skill is that they become completely invisible if you exit then re-enter the map (for example, when you die). Those bombs are invisible, but will still blow up - and kill you - if you step over them.

> The third heart. The slowly moving area deals a Physical DoT, against which most builds are weak. Try to keep your distance from that thing - but beware the bombs!