Ansur/Combat

Overview

Combat

Ansur
Huge Undead
Level 17 Undead dragon
Stats
Armour Class	19
Hit points	400
Movement speed	12 m (40 ft)
Weight	4000 kg (8000 lb)
Initiative	0
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 25 (+7) 10 (0) 23 (+6) 16 (+3) 15 (+2) 19 (+4)
Proficiency bonus	+4
Saving throws	Str +7 Dex +4 Con +10 Int +3 Wis +6 Cha +8
Resistances
Immune	Lightning, Poison
Resistant	Necrotic
Conditions
Legendary Resistance: Incapacitation	+10 bonus to your next Saving Throw against an incapacitating condition.
Legendary Action: Draconic Fury	This great drake will use Lightning Breath on the next creature that attacks it.
Features
Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath Tactician	The dragon can retaliate against an attacker with its breath weapon once per round.
Greater Wyrm's Scales Tactician	All incoming damage is reduced by 4.
Immutable Form	Spells cannot alter your form, +5 to saving throws against Banishment.
Magic Resistance	Advantage on Saving Throws against Spells and other magical effects.
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Turn Resistance	Advantage on Saving throws against any effect that turns undead.

This page focuses on Ansur's behaviour 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

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

[[* Beat your draconic wings and take flight  Range: 30 m / 100 ft. ]]

 Lightning Breath ()

12d6 (12~72) Lightning

Breathe bolts of lightning that strike and possibly  Shock your foes.

DEX Save

 Range: 60 m / 200 ft

AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)

Recharge: Per turn

Multiattack (Ansur)

 Slam ()

6d8 (6~48) + Strength modifier Bludgeoning

Slam the ground, possibly knocking nearby targets  Prone.

 Range: 4 m / 13 ft

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

 Gather Power ()

Take flight, land, and begin to gather power.

 Range: 30 m / 100 ft

Recharge: Per turn

 Stormheart Nova ()

18d10 (18~180) Lightning

Blast the entire arena with an explosion of lightning, possibly  Shocking your foes.

DEX Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

AoE: 40 m / 130 ft (Radius)

Recharge: Per turn

 Bout of Storms

6d10 (6~60) Lightning

Ansur calls down tines of lightning that strike all around him in wild erratic patterns.

 Range: 99 m / 325 ft

[[* Ansur gains condition  Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath at the start of each round. While this status is active, he will use  Lightning Breath on the first creature who attacks him. ]]

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:

•  Command
•  Dazed
•  Frightened
•  Hypnotised
•  Prone
•  Sleeping
•  Wet
•  Hideous Laughter
• 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:

•  Bane
•  Blinded
•  Compelled to Duel
•  Entangled
•  Mental Fatigue
•  Shredded Armour
•  Silenced
•  Stunned
•  Open Hand Technique: Staggered
•  Moonlight Butterflies
• Control Undead (if above level 17, which requires a mod)

Encounter

Ansur can be fought in the Wyrmway, after completing the four chambers. He will summon two Water Myrmidons.

Reactions

Ansur's passive Legendary Action: Draconic Wrath will let him use Lightning Breath on the first creature that attacks him each round.

Phase one

When Ansur's health has been reduced enough, he will use 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 Stormheart Nova, dealing a massive amount of Lightning damage. This attack will only hit creatures which have the condition  Ansur's Ire, which can be removed by taking cover.

Phase two

After using his Stormheart Nova, Ansur will summon five lightning strikes each turn with his attack Bout of Storms. Any creatures standing inside the strikes will take damage at the end of the round.

Electricity Resistance Tactics

Equip The Sparkswall ring if you obtained it from the Arcane Tower in the Underdark. Then manually group the rest of your party into a huddle and throw an Elixir of Lightning Resistance (sold by Arron in the Emerald Grove). By breaking the elixir into the huddle, the rest of your party will become resistance to electricity until a Long Rest.

If playing with a mod that increases the maximum level cap, then an Oathbreaker Paladin above level 17 can use Control Undead on Ansur to defeat him in a single move. The Emperor and Wyll will act as if he was slain and you get the XP for slaying him. You cannot loot Balduran's Giant Slayer from his corpse this way, but can still reach the Helm of Balduran. The undead dragon has 0 movement speed and will not use its fly ability to follow you around to fight for you, but will go with you through some doorways and will fast travel with you to the waypoints in Rivington or the South Span of Wyrm's Crossing. Ansur will not follow you to waypoints in the Lower City region.