Editing Ansur/Combat

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{{Infobox creature
| name = Ansur
| image = edward-vanderghote-ansur.webp
| race = [[Undead Dragon]]
| size = Huge
| type = [[Undead]]
| ac = 19
| e hp = 280
| t hp = 600
| hp = 400
| movement m = 12
| weight kg = 4000
| level = 17
| str = 25
| dex = 10
| con = 23
| int = 16
| wis = 15
| cha = 19
| dex save prof = yes
| con save prof = yes
| wis save prof = yes
| cha save prof = yes

| resistances = necrotic resistance full, lightning immunity, poison immunity

| t conditions = Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath, Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation
| h conditions = Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath, Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation, Unrelenting Storm

| e passives = Immutable Form, Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack, Turn Resistance
| passives = Great Wyrm's Scales, Immutable Form, Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack, Turn Resistance
| t passives = Greater Wyrm's Scales, Immutable Form, Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath, Magic Resistance, Opportunity Attack, Turn Resistance
}}This page focuses on [[Ansur]]'s behaviour during combat encounters.

== Attacks and abilities ==
This section briefly describes Ansur's abilities, and how he uses them. See their individual pages for more information.


{{Feature box|Bout of Storms}}
* Ansur gains condition {{cond|Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath}} at the start of each round. While this status is active, he will use {{SAI|Lightning Breath (Ansur)|Lightning Breath}} on the first creature who attacks him.
{{Feature box|Fly (Dragons)}}
{{Feature box|Gather Power}}
* Ansur gains {{cond|Hoarding Energy}} for 2 Turns, after which he will use [[# Stormheart Nova|Stormheart Nova]].
* While this status is active, he takes no other actions and his animations show him flying in the air above his position.
* He gains resistance to all damage types, but can still be attacked while in this state.
* There is no means of interrupting or cancelling this state.
* Any enemies in range of Stormheart Nova will have the condition {{cond|Ansur's Ire}}; if this condition is removed (by taking cover etcetera), the character will not take damage.
{{Feature box|Lightning Breath (Ansur)}}
{{Feature box|Multiattack (Ansur)}}
{{Feature box|Slam (Ansur)}}
{{Feature box|Stormheart Nova}}
* Ansur uses this ability when Hoarding Energy wears off.
* All creatures and destructible objects are hit for {{DamageText|18d10|Lightning}}. Ansur will then begin to use [[# Bout of Storms|Bout of Storms]] at the start of each round thereafter.
* Local visual effects will change; it will start to rain and there will be frequent lightning flashes. The rain is superficial and does not cause entities to become {{Cond|Wet}}. In ''Honour mode'', the rain gives a permanent {{Cond|Wet}} status and makes the characters vulnerable to lightning damage.

==Conditions==
This information is not specified on Ansur's Examine page, but has resulted from contributor testing.

===Immunities===
'''Immunities''' include Conditions that, according to in-game UI messages, cannot be afflicted onto this character. Conditions that are not explicit "Immune to" messages can still go in this section, but please provide more detail about what combat actions are prevented.

''Ansur is immune to all of the following Conditions:''
* {{SAI|Command}}
* {{cond|Dazed}}
* {{cond|Frightened}}
* {{Cond|Fearful}}
* {{cond|Hypnotised}}
* {{cond|Paralysed}}
* {{cond|Prone}}
* {{cond|Wet}}
* {{cond|Nauseous}}
* {{cond|Turned}}
* {{cond|Hideous Laughter}}
* {{cond|Phantasmal Killer}}
* {{cond|Steeped in Bliss|Steeped In Bliss}}
* Is marked as an "Invalid Target" when attempting to use the melee ability [[Backbreaker]], for reasons unknown.

===Vulnerabilities===
'''Vulnerabilities''' include specific named Conditions that ''can be afflicted'' onto this character, even if the chance of ''successfully'' afflicting this condition on the character is very low.

''Ansur can be affected by all of the following Conditions:''
* {{cond|Aura of Murder}}
* {{cond|Bane}}
* {{cond|Blinded}}
* {{cond|Compelled to Duel}}
* {{cond|Confused}}
* {{cond|Corrosive Spit}}
* {{cond|Entangled}}
* {{Condition inline|Frozen}}
* {{cond|Guiding Bolt}}
* {{cond|Mental Fatigue}}
* {{cond|Moonlight Butterflies}}
* {{cond|Open Hand Technique: Staggered}}
* {{cond|Reverberation}}
* {{cond|Roiling Hellfire}}
* {{cond|Shredded Armour}}
* {{cond|Silenced}}
* {{Cond|Sleeping}}
* {{cond|Stunned}}

==Allies==
* 2x {{CharLink|Water Myrmidon}}

==Encounter details==
===Phase one===
When combat is taking place, all party members in the area automatically enter combat if present, even if hiding and were in the previous room when the conversation ended.

Ansur will generally use {{SAI|Lightning Breath}}, {{SAI|Multiattack (Ansur)}}, or {{SAI|Slam}} on nearby party members before flying to a nearby location. He will repeat this process until his hit points have been reduced to around 2/3 to 1/2 of his maximum hp.

Once Ansur's hit points has been sufficiently reduced, he will use {{SAI|Gather Power}} to begin hoarding energy. While in this state, he will not take any other actions, and will be resistant to all damage types. After hoarding energy, he will release {{SAI|Stormheart Nova}}, dealing enough Lightning damage to potentially kill the entire party in one hit. This attack will only hit creatures that have the condition {{cond|Ansur's Ire}}, which can be removed by taking cover.

On ''Honour'' difficulty, {{SAI|Gather Power}} lasts only one turn (despite the icon suggesting it's two turns), and Ansur will use this ability a second time: when it is first brought down to 0HP, it will remain alive at 1HP and use Gather Power again.

=== Phase two ===
After using his Stormheart Nova, Ansur will summon five lightning strikes each turn with his attack {{SAI|Bout of Storms|Bout of Storms}}. Any creatures standing inside the strikes will take damage at the end of the round. On ''Tactician'' or ''Honour'' difficulty, rain will begin to fall on the battlefield and make every party member permanently {{cond|wet}}.

==Tactics==
Ansur is a challenging opponent with high AoE damage, a large amount of hit points, and dangerous reactions. All of his attacks can hit multiple targets, punishing party members that stay close to one another or large armies of summoned creatures. Furthermore, his massive hitbox can make it extremely difficult to avoid taking his AoE [[Opportunity Attack]]s. Denying him his reaction, as with {{SAI|Arms of Hadar}} or {{SAI|Flurry of Blows: Stagger}}, can allow your party to move around safely.

Ansur is also very difficult to incapacitate. As an [[Undead]] he cannot be targeted by many spells, and most of his saving throws are extremely high. However, his INT saving throws are by far the weakest which makes {{SAI|Mind Blast}} and other Illithid powers an effective option to deal with him. [[Arrow of Dragon Slaying|Arrows of Dragon Slaying]] and [[Arrow of Undead Slaying|Arrows of Undead Slaying]] also prove effective against him.

The two [[Water Myrmidon]]s he summons can be quite problematic since their {{SAI|Healing Vapours}} ability covers a large area in a {{Area|Water (surface)}} that Ansur can turn into an {{Area|Electrified Water}} surface. It is generally best to kill them first before they become too much of a nuisance. They can be pushed into the surrounding chasm to defeat them instantly.

Ansur's {{SAI|Stormheart Nova}} can be survived by hiding near the various [[Attuned Crystal]] structures on the battlefield, though these structures will themselves be destroyed by the Nova. {{SAI|Globe of Invulnerability}} will also protect party members from the Nova. {{SAI|Wall of Stone}} can also provides cover, which might be necessary on ''Honour'' mode to survive the second Nova, since the first one will have destroyed all the attuned crystals.

Ansur seems to fly back and forth between two positions. As such, abilities like {{SAI|Wall of Fire}} can provide reliable damage.

Because his {{cond|Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath}} allows him to deal AoE lightning damage to the first character that hits him with an attack, it is recommended to keep the first attacking party member each round a good distance away from the others, and using someone with {{SAI|Evasion}} to trigger it can completely negate the damage from his {{SAI|Lightning Breath (Ansur)|Lightning Breath}}.

Since the majority of Ansur's damage is {{DamageType|Lightning}}, it can be reduced via sources of lightning resistance:

* {{SAI|Draconic Ancestry (Lightning)}}
* {{Cond|Elemental Affinity: Lightning Resistance}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Lightning}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Elixir of Lightning Resistance}} (can be thrown on the ground to hit multiple allies standing near each other)
* {{SAI|Fiendish Resilience: Lightning}}
* {{MdRarityItem|Gloves of the Automaton}} ''for {{Duration|10}} after using'' '''Circuitry Interface'''
* {{SAI|Protection from Energy: Lightning}}
* {{MdRarityItem|The Sparkswall}} (can also prevent electrocution on electrified surfaces)
* {{SAI|Transmuter's Stone: Lightning Resistance}}
On ''Tactician'' and ''Honour'' difficulty, Ansur reduces all incoming damage by 4 with {{SAI|Greater Wyrm's Scales}}. Damage resistance is applied first, and it applies to each type of damage individually, completely nullifying bonus damage from abilities like {{SAI|Hex}} and {{SAI|Singing Sword: Shriek (Condition)}} when attacking, and considerably reducing the effectiveness of multi-hit abilities like {{SAI|Magic Missile}}. Effects like {{SAI|Hunter's Mark}} and {{MdRarityItem|Elixir of the Colossus}} should still be beneficial since they add to an already existing damage type (though {{MdRarityItem|Elixir of Lightning Resistance}} should take precedence if the character doesn't already have lightning resistance). Ironically, the weapon that Ansur drops when killed, {{MdRarityItem|Balduran's Giantslayer}}, would be ideal for this fight.