BossCrumbling Farum AzulaChanged in 1 patchVerified on build 25080141

Maliketh, the Black Blade

10,620 HP at Crumbling Farum Azula · Maliketh, the Black Blade, with the area's scaling applied. It takes the most damage from Standard and the least from Holy.

Where you fight it 1

Each place uses its own copy of the boss with that area's scaling. HP and stance as you meet them (first phase, offline, no new game plus).

Place	HP	Stance	Scaling
Crumbling Farum Azula · Maliketh, the Black Blade	10,620	80	×6.688

Damage negation

How much of each damage type it shrugs off. Lower is better for you; the type it takes most is highlighted.

Standard35%

Slash35%

Strike35%

Pierce35%

Magic40%

Fire40%

Lightning40%

Holy80%

Flat defense

Subtracted from each hit before negation; it matters most for weak hits. Area scaling raises it along with HP.

Physical120

Magic120

Fire120

Lightning120

Holy120

Status buildup to proc

Buildup needed for the first proc, and how much more each following proc needs (it grows after every proc, up to the fifth).

Status	1st proc	2nd	3rd	4th
Poison	351	449	739	1,196
Scarlet Rot	351	449	739	1,196
Bleed	575	865	1,322	1,322
Frost	575	865	1,322	1,322
Sleep	Immune
Madness	Immune
Death Blight	Immune

HP in each journey

At Crumbling Farum Azula · Maliketh, the Black Blade: new game plus multiplies HP, defense and resistances again on top of the area's scaling.

NG	NG+1	NG+2	NG+3	NG+4	NG+5	NG+6	NG+7
10,620	10,631	11,694	12,225	12,757	13,820	14,352	14,883

How its AI decides verified

Its attack choices change at 70% of its HP: some attacks unlock, get likelier or are forced below those points.
It picks attacks by how far you are, with cut-offs at 1.5 m, 4 m, 6 m, 15 m.
It chooses among 32 attack routines; 20 have a cooldown (10–60 s).

Read from the game's AI script for this boss. Which animation each routine plays isn't named yet.

Kill-speed simulator New

How many hits Maliketh, the Black Blade takes with your weapon and stats, in any journey: damage per hit through its defense and negations, stance, and status procs as its thresholds grow.

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Patch history 1

Every patch that changed its numbers, read from the game's balance file (regulation) of each version.

1.02.1from 1.00
- HP1,955→1,588
- Standard negation20%→35%
- Slash negation20%→35%
- Strike negation20%→35%
- Pierce negation0%→35%
- Magic negation20%→40%
- Fire negation0%→40%
- Lightning negation20%→40%
- Holy negation40%→80%