The First Grey

School: EtherCountered by Chaos

Where you meet it

Location 20 of 25
Levels 58–60

Boss

The First Grey

Health 2320 · Attack 58 · Skill power 54 · Charge to cast 10

What counters it

Chaos hits Ether ×1.5

Escort

Rift Wraith — Health 760 · Attack 49
Echo of the Demiurge — Health 755 · Attack 49

What to bring against this boss

A party from all 38 heroes of the game, at level 1 and without stars — so what shows is the hero, not the investment in them.

Karmin — Chaos
Rubeus — Chaos
Taren — Chaos
Viridia — Life
Bron — Chaos

Why this party

Chaos hits the chapter's school for ×1.5
the boss reduces incoming damage by 8 — one big hit lands better than five small ones
the boss drains the skill charge — whoever's damage sits in the skill loses more
the rage turns on at 40% health — shields and barriers are worth more
the boss regains 6 health at the start of its turn — burst damage matters more than frequent hits
the party has team healing
the party has a tank

The advice is assembled from data: element against the chapter's school, the boss's traits, role balance and variety of abilities. The weights of the terms are reasoning, not a measurement in battle.

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Show the story

Opening

Here there are no colors, no dark, no name — only the one who was before all: the First Grey.

He lifts my face to his. "I am the shadow you severed to become light. Return me — and we will be whole again."

I know this lie. So the Void and Chromat lied in his voice. I step into the grey that is older than I am.

Ending

I did not let him devour me — nor did I sever him again. For the first time I looked my shadow in the eye and held.

From the quieted grey rises an ancient guardian: Aelon, Bulwark of the First Source. "You neither rejected the shadow nor yielded to it. So you are ready for what comes."

The First Grey drew back — but did not fall. He waits where the grey will part into every color at once. The Spectrum calls. The last battle lies ahead. End of the fourth campaign.