Lorroakan/Combat

Overview

Combat

This page focuses on Lorroakan's behaviour during turn-based combat.

Attacks and actions

 Chromatic Orb: Poison ( + )

Damage: 2~16

2d8⁠Poison

Hurl poisonous energy that damages the target and creates a bubbling surface to  Poison creatures.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Cone of Cold ( + )

Damage: 8~64

8d8⁠Cold

Make a flurry of frost, crisp air, and condensed snow crystals erupt from your hands.

 CON Save

 Range: Self

 Elemental Retort ()

Damage: 12~96

3d8⁠Lightning

+ 3d8⁠Poison

+ 3d8⁠Fire

+ 3d8⁠Cold

When you take damage, you can retaliate, blasting your attacker with the elemental damage of each myrmidon currently  Siphoned.

 DEX Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Fire Bolt ()

Damage: 1~10

1d10⁠Fire

Hurl a mote of fire.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Fireball ( + )

Damage: 8~48

8d6⁠Fire

Shoot a bright flame from your fingers that explodes upon contact, torching everything in the vicinity for 8d6⁠⁠Fire damage.

 DEX Save

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Fly ()

Fly to a target position

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Lightning Bolt ( + )

Damage: 8~48

8d6⁠Lightning

Call forth a blast of lightning that hits all creatures in the line of the eruption.

 DEX Save

 Range: Self

 Mirror Image ()   –  Shelter of Athkatla

Create 3 illusory duplicates of yourself to distract attackers. Each duplicate increases your  Armour Class by 3.

Whenever you successfully evade an attack, one of the duplicates disappears.

 Range: Self

 Recharge: Long rest

 Misty Step ( + )

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Poison Spray ()

Damage: 1~12

1d12⁠Poison

Project a puff of noxious gas, dealing 1d12⁠⁠Poison to a target.

 CON Save

 Range: 3 m (10 ft)

 Ray of Frost ()

Damage: 1~8

1d8⁠Cold

Reduces the target's Movement Speed by 3 m / 10 ft.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Shocking Grasp ()

Damage: 1~8

1d8⁠Lightning

The target cannot use Reactions. This spell has  Advantage on creatures with metal Armour.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

Allies

•  Krank
•  Miklaur
•  Rolan (conditional)
•  Air Myrmidon
•  Earth Myrmidon
•  Fire Myrmidon
•  Water Myrmidon

Encounter details

At the start of the fight, Lorroakan begins siphoning power from his four myrmidons, granting him immunity to ⁠Acid, ⁠Cold, ⁠Fire, and ⁠Lightning. If he is attacked, he casts  Elemental Retort as a reaction on the creature that attacked him, dealing significant damage from up to 4 different elemental types, one for each myrmidon he is currently siphoning from. Each siphoned myrmidon also grants an additional  Reaction to Lorroakan, allowing him to use this spell up to 5 times per round.

The Earth Myrmidon occasionally casts  Stoneskin on Lorroakan, giving him resistance to non-magical ⁠Bludgeoning, ⁠Piercing, and ⁠Slashing damage.

If the party saved Rolan from his expedition into the Shadow-Cursed Lands in Act Two, but did not save  Cal and  Lia during Rescue the Tieflings, Rolan chooses to fight alongside Lorroakan. If the party did save Cal and Lia, then Rolan chooses to turn on Lorroakan and fight alongside the party.

Lorroakan responds with  Elemental Retort regardless of what is targeting him, meaning even AOE spells and effects which do not deal damage trigger Lorroakan's reaction, despite the description only mentioning taking damage.

Tactics

Ignoring Lorroakan and killing his myrmidons first is a possible strategy. Each killed myrmidon removes the associated elemental immunity and damage from Elemental Retort, making it less punishing to then attack him.

Alternatively, it is also possible to simply tank the damage with a strong martial character and aim to kill Lorroakan outright, as he only has 98 HP on Balanced difficulty (or 127 HP on Tactician and Honour) and is the most dangerous enemy with his array of spells. Given his 4 damage immunities, it may be easiest to damage him through weapon attacks. On some difficulties, killing Lorroakan also causes the Myrmidons to vanish, though Krank, Miklaur, and Rolan remain.^[verify]

Lorroakan cannot cast  Elemental Retort if he is prevented from taking reactions, which can be accomplished in many ways. Conditions like  Prone,  Stunned, or  Hold Person all prevent reactions. Some spells, like  Shocking Grasp or  Arms of Hadar, also specifically block spending  Reaction resources. If the party can inflict one of these conditions, Lorroakan can safely be focused down without killing the myrmidons first. On the other hand,  Silencing Lorroakan does not prevent him from using Elemental Retort.

Despite being able to use  Fly, Lorroakan does not fly back to the tower if thrown off of it, making this a valuable tactic for an instant kill through actions like  Shove,  Thunderwave, or  Gust of Wind. Killing him this way does not trigger Elemental Retort. While this precludes looting him, his tower contains more powerful alternatives to the staff and robe he has equipped.

Finally, Lorroakan can be easily defeated by stealthy means; refer to this guide for more details. If defeated this way,  Rolan appears and, after being spoken with, becomes hostile to any party members present if not convinced otherwise.

Tactician difficulty

On Tactician and Honour difficulties, he gains Elemental Adept for Acid, Fire, Lightning, and Cold damage, which ignores resistances and slightly increases his damage. This can make his Elemental Retort even more powerful.

Notes

• Lorroakan's myrmidons have weaker weapons compared to other myrmidons encountered throughout the game. They do not have innate elemental damage and are not enhanced.^[verify] The unique weapon actions are not changed.

Bugs

• Prior to Patch #6, Lorroakan did not have a level 5 spell slot to cast  Cone of Cold.
• If Lorroakan's myrmidons are defeated by stealth prior to the party fighting him alongside the  Nightsong, the cutscene shows myrmidons by his side, but when the battle begins, he stands alone.