Giganticus Lupicus

The Giganticus Lupicus was once the Temple's Guard of The Grand Temple of the Pantheon in the City of Arah, but is now just another servant of Zhaitan without a cause after the defeat of its Elder Dragon master.

In life, it was one of the Great Giants, a race whose extinction is thought to predate the arrival of the Gods on Tyria by thousands of years. As such, it is unknown how it came to be a Temple Guard in service of the Gods, or how it was affected by the Exodus of the Gods, the Cataclysm, or the Rising of Orr (saving that the latter ended in this creature's reanimation). It is also possible that the creature did not come from Orr originally, but was commanded there by Zhaitan post-reanimation to protect the Dragon's greatest secrets, but this still leaves the mystery of where it was from, and how Zhaitan obtained its corpse.

Locations[edit]

Ruins of Orr

The Ruined City of Arah
- The Grand Temple of the Pantheon
  - Temple's Guard

Combat abilities[edit]

For a specific phase, please click on one of the following:

All phases[edit]

Abilities

Summons Insects
Shadow Walk
Drains Life

Effects

Behavior

See also: The Ruined City of Arah (explorable)#Giganticus Lupicus

The giant uses different attacks in three different phases; when switching from phase to another, it briefly becomes determined.

Phase 1 [edit]

Effects

Empowered - upon devouring a grub

Skills

Summon Grub - curses one player, who will be knocked down after a few seconds, while a Risen Grub spawns. Lupicus will attempt to consume the grub to empower itself, greatly increasing its damage and armor.
Summons Insects - summons several Locust Swarms ^{[verification requested]} which attack players, dealing moderate damage and causing Bleeding.
Mighty Kick - short-range heavy damage kick that knocks back. Because Lupicus remains mostly stationary and does not chase, he will do this attack only when players move into melee range (<250 range).

Phase 2 [edit]

This phase occurs at 75% HP. The giant will stop summoning grubs and insects and will start attacking players more directly. While transitioning into phase two, he will infect the closest ally with a grub which is unavoidable.

Skills

Lupine Blast - shadow walks to a targeted player, charging towards them and dealing heavy damage and knocking down in a moderately large area when it reaches the targeted player. Evades all attacks while casting this ability.
Necrid Bolt - casts a powerful projectile at a single target, exploding on contact to cause Poisoned and moderate damage.
Necrid Barrage - casts a rain of projectiles, covering much of the arena with area of effect circles; projectiles explode upon hitting the ground, doing damage in an area. These projectiles fly outwards and can be reflected.
Melee claw attack - kicks players in mele range with its right claw, doing massive damage, Knockback, and three stacks of Bleeding.

Phase 3 [edit]

During the final phase, the giant will switch from heavy-hitting "spread" attacks to more specialized life stealing attacks.

Life Drain - points at a player and drains their health. Ticks 4 times, can be avoided with a double dodge.
Necrid Bolt - casts a powerful projectile at a single target, exploding on contact to cause Poisoned and moderate damage.
Necrid Trap - casts a ward dome spell which traps players within, draining a large amount of their health with each pulse for 5 seconds. The wall of the dome knocks back players.
Frenzied Blast - casts a rain of projectiles in a small AoE in front of it. Can be reflected. Will not cast if players are too close to him.
Life Drink - levitates and drains health from every unit in an ~800 range PBAoE every second. Knockback (~300 range) at the end of the cast.
Lupine Death - Upon defeat, Lupicus will fall, causing a moderate amount of damage to any players nearby.