Editing Sarevok Anchev/combat

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| title = Fighting Sarevok Anchev
| description = This page focuses on Sarevok Anchev's behavior during combat encounters and how to fight him.
| image = Edward-vanderghote-sarevok.webp
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{{Infobox statistics
| name = Sarevok Anchev
| image = Sarevok_Model.png
| imagesize = 0.6
| race = Human
| size = Medium
| type = Humanoid
| armour_class = 20
| hit_points = 262
| hit_points_tactician = 340
| hit_points_honour = 340
| movement_speed_meters = 9
| movement_speed_feet = 30
| weight_kg = 
| weight_lb = 160
| level = 16
| str = 20
| dex = 20
| con = 20
| int = 16
| wis = 14
| cha = 15
| str_save_proficiency = yes
| con_save_proficiency = yes

| condition1_name = Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation
| condition1_description = +10 to your next saving throw against being Incapacitated.
| condition1_mode = Tactician

| feature1_name = Exceptional Plate
| feature1_description = Take 2 less damage from physical sources.
| feature1_item = Plate Armour +2
| feature2_name = Extra Attack
| feature2_description = Make an additional free attack after an unarmed or melee attack.
| feature3_name = First Blood
| feature3_description = On a hit, inflict Bleeding on targets that have full Hit Points. 
| feature3_item = Amulet of Bhaal
| feature4_name = Indomitable
| feature4_description = On a failed saving throw, roll again and use the new result instead. 
| feature5_name = Legendary Action: Murderous Retort
| feature5_description = React to being hit with a weapon attack or Deathbringer's Assult.
| feature5_mode = Honour
| feature6_name = Opportunity Attack
| feature6_description = Make a melee attack against an enemy moving out of range.
| feature7_name = Perfect Sentry
| feature7_description = Cannot be surprised.
| feature8_name = Permanently Armed
| feature8_description = Cannot be disarmed.
}}
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This page focuses on [[Sarevok Anchev]]'s behavior during combat encounters.

This page is a list of information, rather than a guide. Please refer to separate pages for full combat guides.

== Attacks and Abilities ==
{{Feature box|Deathbringer Assault}}

{{Feature box|Deathbringer's Legacy}}

{{Feature box|Power Word Kill}}

=== Honour Mode ===

{{Feature box|Murderous Retort}}


===Common===
* Jump
* Opportunity Attack

Main Hand Attack
* Sarevok seems to have access to at least two melee attacks per action. If he is affected by "Haste", this can mean Sarevok is capable of firing off four{{Verify}} melee attacks in a single turn -- enough to allow his special ability on the next turn.

== Conditions ==
{{Cond|Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation}}{{Tactician}}

{{Cond|Murderous Strikes}}
* This is a stacking condition. Sarevok gains 1 stack when he successfully deals damage to another character in Melee range.
* Description reads: ''"After performing four attacks, Sarevok will have embodied Bhaal enough to use Deathbringer Assault."''
* This condition and all stacks are cleared when Sarevok gains the condition "Deathbringer's Legacy."

{{Cond|Deathbringer's Legacy}}
* Sarevok gains this condition for 1 turn, after reaching 4 stacks of Murderous Strikes.
* Description reads: ''"Sarevok is able to use [[Deathbringer Assault]] until the end of his next turn."''

===From allies===
The following conditions are commonly applied onto Sarevok, from allied characters such as Summons.
* {{Cond|Sanctuary}} (from Echo of Amelyssan)
* {{Cond|Warding Bond (Target)}} (from Echo of Amelyssan)

===Immunities===
Immunities include conditions that, ''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.

''Sarevok cannot be affected by any or all of the following Conditions:''

* {{Cond|Lethargic}}

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

''Sarevok can be affected by all of the following conditions:''
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* {{Cond|Compelled to Duel}}
* {{Cond|Frightened}}
* {{Cond|Hypnotised}}
* {{Cond|Mental Fatigue}}
* {{Cond|Prone}}
* {{Cond|Slowed}}
* {{Cond|Sluggardly}}
* {{Cond|Vicious Mockery}}
* {{Cond|Hideous Laughter}}
* {{Cond|Paralysed}} - NOTE: Even if Sarevok has received Echo of Illasera, the condition can be temporarily inflicted on him by e.g. [[Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet]] to benefit from the automatic critical hits, and he will not recover until his own turn.

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==Allies==
*[[Echo of Amelyssan]]
** While alive, this echo may cast {{SAI|Warding Bond}} and {{SAI|Sanctuary}} on Sarevok.
** Upon death of this echo, Sarevok gains {{Cond|Absorbed Essence: Amelyssan}} and each of Sarevok's attacks will heal him for 2-24 hit points.

*[[Echo of Illasera]]
** While alive, this echo may cast {{SAI|Haste}} on Sarevok.
** Upon death of this echo, Sarevok gains {{Cond|Absorbed Essence: Illasera}} and is permanently {{cond|hastened}} and cannot be affected by paralysis, restraints, or other attempts to reduce his movement speed.

*[[Echo of Sendai]]
** While alive, this echo may cast {{SAI|Slow}}, {{SAI|Command}}, and sometimes {{SAI|Contagion}} on the party.
** Upon death of this echo, Sarevok gains {{Cond|Absorbed Essence: Sendai}} and his armour class is increased by 6.

*[[Echo of Abazigal]] (Only if Sarevok is attacked after the player has become the ''Unholy Assassin'')
** Upon death of this echo, Sarevok gains {{cond|Absorbed Essence: Abazigal}} which causes Sarevok to deal maximum damage with all his attacks.

*[[That Which Guards]], [[That Which Lurks]], and [[That Which Watches]] (Only if the door is open and combat gets too close to them)
** These 3 Death Knights will automatically die once Sarevok does.

* 12x [[Tribunal Ghost]] (Only if combat is initiated in the sacrifice chamber)

== Encounters == 
Sarevok can be fought at the [[Murder Tribunal]] in the [[Lower City Sewers]]. He is joined by echoes of [[Echo of Sendai|Sendai]], [[Echo of Illasera|Illasera]], and [[Echo of Amelyssan|Amelyssan]], as well as other conditional allies.

If the player convinces [[Dolor]] to take up arms against the Murder Tribunal, Sarevok will cast [[Power Word Kill]] on Dolor, instantly killing him.{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/Kv0PNOK.png|title=Sarevok casts Power Word Kill on Dolor}}

This fight revolves around the powerful buffs that the various Echoes can provide Sarevok. Each of them will give him incredibly powerful permanent buffs once they die but allowing them to live will result in them casting other spells such as {{SAI|Slow}}, {{SAI|Sanctuary}}, and {{SAI|Haste}} which make the fight more difficult. Indeed, {{SAI|Warding Bond}} will often result in the death of [[Echo of Amelyssan]] no matter whom the party tries to kill first. It is generally advisable to avoid killing [[Echo of Sendai]] and [[Echo of Illasera]] for as long as possible, since their on-death effects make Sarevok much harder to kill and allow him to attack more often.

Sarevok is at his most dangerous during long and protracted fights in which the Echoes die off, but is much easier to manage if the party has enough burst damage and high initiative to kill him quickly. Once he dies, the Echoes and other conditional enemies can be killed quickly without fear of their on-death buffs.

This fight can also be "cheesed". Once the party has either presented the hand of a victim they killed or passed the {{Ability Check|Deception|20}} to convince Sarevok that they are worthy of becoming an ''Unholy Assassin'', he will stand up to walk into the sacrificial chamber next door and the Echoes will teleport into the room ahead of him. Attacking him at this moment leaves him extremely vulnerable because the Echoes will be too far to come to his aid.

== References ==
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