A new boss has arrived in Diablo Immortal. The first players tried the new raid and failed. Because Gorgothra sets new standards in terms of difficulty – like Vitaath before her.
What is this boss? Gorgothra the Retcher is the third raid boss in Hell’s Reliquary. It is visually reminiscent of the head of a Medusa with umpteen teeth, mouths and snake heads. Appropriately, she relies on poison.
Announced as part of patch 1.5.2 in early July, Gorgothra has been available in the Reliquary of Hell on EU servers since August 2nd at 3:00am.
What makes Gorgothra so difficult? Apparently, Gorgothra’s actual attacks aren’t so much the problem as simply the prerequisites she needs. As players show on reddit, a combat rating of 2,935 is already required for level 1.
This corresponds roughly to the jump from Hell 2 to Hell 3, where many players fail. One player, for example, writes that his group “just about” managed the first level of difficulty. Only one player somehow survived, although the players are said to have been well above the combat rating at 3,400.
If your combat rating is below the content requirement, you will receive more damage from enemies and deal less yourself. So everything just gets harder.
It was exactly the same as with Gorgothra with Vitaath, which hardly anyone could manage to release. The players are slowly realizing how exactly raids are actually intended – also by comparing the two bosses.
A correct group composition helps in the fight against raid bosses. In our tier list you will find the best classes in Diablo Immortal and in the video we show you gameplay for all 6:
Diablo Immortal: All 6 classes at a glance with gameplay
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The requirement, which is absurd for some fans, goes even higher in the further stages of the bosses. In direct comparison between Vitaath and Gorgothra you need:
As observed by reddit user RowanIsBae, this looks like returning to older bosses after defeating the following ones. At least that is shown by the comparison of the required combat ratings for Vitaath level 3 and Gorgothra level 1.
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So you shouldn’t be able to defeat every boss at the highest level in one month. At the same time, however, it is noticeable that Gotgothra at level 3 has an even higher requirement than the currently highest hell level. Hell 5 “only” needs 5,025.
Whether that means that new levels of hell are coming can only be speculated. Diablo Immortal will continue to be provided with content, but the current system of difficulty levels is something that is already causing massive problems:
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