This guide will help you prepare to Solo Hardmode Boss and Relic Defense as a Warrior.

You need to have a Level 30 Warrior class first.

This guide includes:

• Best Talents to take.
  
• Best Stats to choose.
  
• Best Gears to wear.
  
• Best Weapons to bring.
  
• Best Potions to carry.
  
• Best Shouts to equip.
  
• Best Spells to use.
  
• Brief "How to" guide for each Hard Boss.
  
• Best Gears to wear without the Rifts and Relic Defense DLC.

Finish the guide and you will be ready on taking out the Hardmode Bosses

Without further ado,

Hajimemashou

This is the start of our Warrior build, the Talents plays an essential role for building our MONSTER
Follow the image shown for the Best Talents to take.
These are the following Talents description. List are in order based on the picture.

• Sword Expert
  → Increases damage dealt with Swords and Sabers by 25%
  
  
• Commander
  → You and all players within 5 meters of you deal 15% increased damage
  
  
• Last Stand
  → When damage brings you down to low Health, your armor is increased drastically for 10 seconds.
  May only occur every 90 seconds
  
  
• Aggression
  → Reduces Warrior Shouts cooldown by 25%
  
  
• Chain Attacks
  → After dealing damage 3 times in a row, your next attack deals 50% more damage
  
  
• Empowered Lung
  → Increases the effectiveness of Warrior Shouts by 50%
  
  
• Combo Swing
  → Adds a 10% Multi-Strike chance to deal damage twice

Please follow the Talents accordingly. Thank you!

→ This is the Recommended Stats. Invest all Stat point to STR (strength). If you already invested all your Stat points, you don't have to worry as we can easily reset it and reallocate the Stat points again. All you need is Potion of the Void.

Please refer to Potions section to learn more on how to acquire it.

Before you rush and reset your stats, Read this guide first!



There is still hope if you don't want to reset your Stats. List below shows acceptable Stat point distribution.

Note: This Stat point distribution will not guarantee to have the same effects as the Recommended Stats

Acceptable Stat point distribution for STR. There are 87 Stat points that can be distributed to Stats. and the maximum Stats that a Stat can have is 155.

• Best
  → 100% Stat point invested to STR | 87 Stat points = 155 STR
  
• Good
  → 80% and above invested to STR | 70 + Stat points = 138+ STR
  
• Decent
  → 70% and above invested to STR | 49 + Stat points = 117+ STR
  
• Worst
  → 69% and below invested to STR | 48 - Stat points = -116 STR

Please pay attention to Stat point distribution as this will impact our build.

The Gears I recommended is chosen carefully based in order of Stats, Availability and Accessibility. The Gears shown on the Image below can be acquired easily without fighting the Hardmode Bosses.

Non-DLC also have an Alternative Gear.

We are building a Multi-Strike build for our Warrior

Click the text below for more info on the Gear.

• Outlaw Hood[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• DLC - Elite Eliminator Jerkin[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Outlaw Gloves[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Gladiator Champion Legbraces[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Cloak of the Eternal Watcher[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Ring of Divine Protection[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

The Recommended Gears are the best and easiest to acquire for our build.
→ The Gears listed below are the Alternatives and for those who don't have the DLC.

Click the text below for more info on the Gear

• DLC - Primal Unleashed Chest Piece[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• DLC - Hero Rift Warrior Tunic[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Breastplate of Retribution[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• High Reaper Robes[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

More Gears will be added soon.

If you want to explore more about Armors and Gears click here[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

Shouts are important and have a huge difference compared to not having it.

→ This is also where our STR matters as the Shouts effectiveness is based on STR.

These 3 Shouts are the best to use and nothing else but we will be only using 2 Shouts at a time.







Recklessness is a must have and it is our Main Shout in this build. This Shout will make our Warrior very Tanky and can soak up all the Attacks of the Boss and enemies as it greatly reduces the damage taken by our Warrior.

The other 2 Shouts is for our damage increase.

The best one to use is the War Cry, as our damage is significantly increased by this Shout and it can be stacked up to 2 times and can stack more if other players also use this Shout.

The Enrage Shout is an Alternative to War Cry. Enrage also increases your damage but not as huge compared to War Cry.
→ Only use this Shout if you don't have War Cry.

Spells are optional but I recommend having them as it will make the Fight much more easier and faster.

The only exception to the Spells is Greater Poison Rain as it requires you to defeat the Ancient Evil Electro Worm (Hardmode Boss) in order to have a chance on getting the recipe.

An Alternative for Greater Poison Rain is Poison Rain, a weaker version of the Spell. The recipe is dropped by Ancient Worm.

The list below will show you where and how to acquire the Spells.

• Poison Rain[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Greater Poison Rain[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Planetary Strike II[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Masterwork Lightning[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

The Potions can be crafted at an Alchemy Table

I recommend having these Potions as it will make Fighting the Boss easy and smooth.

→ Mighty Healing Potion and Mighty Mana Potion are for sustainability.

→ Strength Flask and Star Flask are optional. However if you use these Potions, Strength Flask is the best one.
You cannot use both Potions at the same time.

→ Potion of the Void is unique and is only used for resetting the Stats.

You can also use other Potions, this is just my recommendation. Bringing a stack of Potions will surely help.


The list below will show you how to Craft them.

• Mighty Healing Potion[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Mighty Mana Potion[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Strength Flask[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Star Flask[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Potion of the Void[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

Weapons are extension to our character. The Weapons will perform much better if the guide above is followed correctly.

I placed Weapons last because you can use anything you want to kill the Boss, may it be using your hand and fisting the Boss to death or use a drill and drill it.

The Weapons above are the best one to use in the Fight but some of them can only be acquired by defeating the Hardmode Boss. The only 2 Weapons above that can be acquired without Fighting the Hardmode Boss is Titanium Masterwork Fists of War and Crystal Executioner.

I recommend having Titanium Masterwork Fists of War first as it is the easiest one to get.

List below will show more details on how to acquire each of the Weapons.

• Titanium Masterwork Fists of War[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Crystal Executioner[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Skybolt[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Hoarfrost[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Celestial Wrath[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

I will give a brief explanation about each of the Hardmode Boss and a Tip on how to Fight them.





You will need Relics in order to summon the Bosses.

• Relic of Thunder[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Relic of Frost[portalknights.gamepedia.com]
  
• Relic of Light[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

Fight the Bosses in order:

→ This Boss is the Hardmode Variant of Ancient worm, although Ancient Worm is easy, don't compare it to this Boss because it is one of the Hardest Hardmode Boss.

→ My tip in fighting this Boss as a Warrior is to always use your Recklessness when it is off-cooldown because an unexpected blast will almost instantly kill you.

→ Know more about the boss here[portalknights.gamepedia.com].

Lists of Spells, Shouts and Weapon to use when fighting this Boss.

• Titanium Masterwork of Fists
  
• Recklessness
  
• War Cry
  
• Greater Poison Rain
  
• Planetary Strike II

→ This Boss is the Hardmode Variant of Dragon Queen. For me, this Boss is the Hardest of all the three because the minions can easily overwhelm you and the Eggs blast deals a lot of damage when you get hit or exploded.

→ My tip in fighting this Boss is to kill the minions instantly and don't forget to always use Recklessness as these minions are not to be taken lightly.

→ Know more about the boss here[portalknights.gamepedia.com].

Lists of Spells, Shouts and Weapon to use when fighting this Boss.

• Skybolt
  
• Recklessness
  
• War Cry
  
• Greater Poison Rain
  
• Planetary Strike II / Masterwork Lightning

→ This Boss is the Hardmode Variant of Hollow King. This Boss is by far the most Easiest one among them. With it's predictable pattern and less minions to deal with, this makes the boss the easiest to grind, granted that you follow my Guide.

→ Even though this is the easiest, don't forget to kill the minions immediately after destroying the crystal before moving to another one. Recklessness can tank all the attacks of the Boss, you don't have to dodge any attacks as long as Recklessness is active.

→ Know more about the boss here[portalknights.gamepedia.com].

Lists of Spells, Shouts and Weapon to use when fighting this Boss.

• Crystal Executioner
  
• Recklessness
  
• War Cry
  
• Greater Poison Rain
  
• Planetary Strike II

→ Only use the spells when the Boss is vulnerable to save Mana and resources.
→ Deal as much damage to the Boss in his vulnerable state.
→ Don't stay in one place, even if you can tank all the attacks. Move around and dodge.
→ Last tip, follow the Guide!

Big Thanks to the Portal Knights Wiki and the people behind making the content!
→ This is where I get most of the information making this guide. I suggest you also use it because it will help you a ton.

Official Portal Knights Wiki[portalknights.gamepedia.com]

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This is the end of the guide, now go and tell your friends how you smack all the Hardmode Bosses butts!