PoE The Star-Strewn Abyss: Defeat The Black Star

The Star-Strewn Abyss

Defeat The Black Star

The Black Star is one of the Eldritch Horrors. It must be defeated before you can face The Searing Exarch.

Entry

Players must use the Polaric Invitation in their map device to fight The Black Star. The invitation drops after progressing through the Searing Exarch’s questline.

After finishing the The Searing Exarch quest, tradeable versions of the Polaric Invitation will drop by the boss in the 14th T14+ Map which is influenced by the Searing Exarch. This can be repeated every subsequent 28 maps.

The arena is called Polaric Void. Note that the quest invitation will open area level 79 and the repeatable and tradable version will open area level 83.

Skills

  • “Astral avalanche!” – a series of comets fall from the sky. Pillars on the red section will break when hit. Pillars on the blue section will shield the player from damage.
  • “Solar storm!” – a beam attack at the player. Pillars on the blue section will break when hit. Pillars on the red section will shield the player from damage.
  • “Simulacrum!”
  • “Deep space!”
  • “Star flare!”
  • “Replica!”

Strategy

  • When the Black Star uses Astral Avalanche, hide behind pillars on the blue section of the arena. (Pillars on the red section will break.) Ensure you are angled correctly away from the meteors. The meteors will always fall in the direction from the Black Star towards the center.
  • When the Black Star uses her Beam, hide behind pillars on the red section of the arena. (Pillars on the blue section will break.) The Black Star will strafe slightly while using this attack.
  • Be wary that being in the red section gives you a debuff that makes you more susceptible to fire damage, and being in the blue section makes you more susceptible to cold damage.
  • An alternate strategy is to gain stacks of the Annihilating Light debuff (red section) before Astral Avalanche and stacks of the Crushing Darkness debuff (blue section) before the Beam. Both of these debuffs will grant you less damage taken of the opposite element, allowing you to easily tank the damage if timed correctly.

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The Black Star

Stats
Resists Fire. Resists Cold. Resists Lightning. Resists Chaos.
Area: Polaric Void

monster dropped item rarity +% [15000]
monster slain experience +% [100]
Action Speed cannot be modified to below 70% of base value
cannot be stunned for ms after stun finished [2000]
cannot be stunned while stunned [1]
Cannot be Knocked Back
Spectre N

Area

Polaric Void
Tags caster, cleaving_weapon, cold_affinity, fire_affinity, flesh_armour, is_unarmed, melee, not_str, physical_affinity, red_blood, unique_map_boss, very_fast_movement
  • Life: 1400%
  • Energy Shield From Life: 50%
  • Evasion: +50%
  • Ailment Threshold: 294%
  • Resistance: (Resists Fire: 15/30/50) (Resists Cold: 15/30/50) (Resists Lightning: 15/30/50) (Resists Chaos: 7/20/30)
  • Damage: 160%
  • Accuracy: 100%
  • Critical Strike Chance: +5%
  • Critical Strike Multiplier: +130%
  • Attack Distance: 4 ~ 17
  • Attack Time: 1.5 Second
  • Damage Spread: ±0%
  • Experience: 200%
  • Model Size: 125%
  • Type: AtlasInvadersBlackStarBoss
  • Metadata: BlackStarBoss

Level 84

The following values do not include map affix bonuses, monster buff bonuses, altar bonuses, atlas skill bonuses(ex: Thirst for Knowledge -70% damage taken).

  • Life: 41,121,557
  • Armour: 16,265
  • Evasion: 12,180
  • Energy Shield: 8,133
  • Damage: 1,737
  • Spell Damage: 2,593
  • Accuracy: 538
  • Attack Time: 1.005
  • Experience: 145,750
  • Ailment Threshold: 4,058,698
  • Chill: 12,834
  • Shock: 12,834
  • Brittle: 72,606
  • Scorch: 12,834
  • Sap: 35,457

The following values are skill base values and do not include map affix bonuses, monster buff bonuses, altar bonuses, atlas skill bonuses, monster base damage(ex: The Maven 150% multiplier), monster rarity bonuses (ex: unique 70% more, unique attack 33% less).

MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique


Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, ProjectilesFromUser
Default Attack
Base Damage: 3448
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attack Time: 1.5 Second


Strike your foes down with a powerful blow.


action attack or cast time uses animation length [1]
projectile uses contact position [1]
skill can fire arrows [1]
skill can fire wand projectiles [1]
use scaled contact offset [1]

EASBlackStarSpawnCasterClone


Cooldown Time: 20 Second


action do not face target [1]

EASBlackStarSpawnMeleeClone


Cooldown Time: 20 Second


action do not face target [1]

DTTBlackStarFireLeap


Spell, Movement
Critical Strike Chance: 0%
Cast Time: 1.5 Second
Cooldown Time: 5 Second


leap slam minimum distance [20]
spell maximum action distance +% [-50]
walk emerge extra distance [-15]

GABlackStarFireLeapImpact


Triggerable, Attack
Base Damage: 3448
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attack Damage: 115%
Attack Time: 1.5 Second


Deals 15% more Attack Damage
Deals 175% more Damage
75% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
is area damage [1]

GABlackStarColdCascade


Triggerable, Attack
Base Damage: 3448
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attack Damage: 120%
Attack Time: 1.5 Second
Cooldown Time: 6 Second


Deals 20% more Attack Damage
Deals 175% more Damage
75% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+30 metres to Melee Strike Range
action attack or cast time uses animation length [1]
is area damage [1]

BlackStarCometBarrage


Cooldown Time: 25 Second


Deals 1016 to 1524 Cold Damage
Projectiles do not Chain
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
base is projectile [1]
black star comet barrage big projectiles [55]
black star comet barrage overall spawn time ms [4000]
black star comet barrage projectile start height [500]
black star comet barrage small projectiles per big [7]
monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-60]

GSBlackStarBossCometImpact


Triggerable


Deals 12010 to 18015 Cold Damage
is area damage [1]

GSBlackStarBossCometImpactSmall


Triggerable


Deals 6005 to 9007 Cold Damage
is area damage [1]

BlackStarLaserSpears


Cooldown Time: 25 Second


Base duration is 5 seconds
Deals 307.2 to 460.8 Fire Damage
is area damage [1]
monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-60]

Level 83

  • Life: 35,478,124
  • Armour: 15,319
  • Evasion: 11,790
  • Energy Shield: 7,660
  • Damage: 1,641
  • Spell Damage: 2,449
  • Accuracy: 518
  • Attack Time: 1.005
  • Experience: 144,452
  • Ailment Threshold: 3,501,691
  • Chill: 11,072
  • Shock: 11,072
  • Brittle: 62,642
  • Scorch: 11,072
  • Sap: 30,591

The following values are skill base values and do not include map affix bonuses, monster buff bonuses, altar bonuses, atlas skill bonuses, monster base damage(ex: The Maven 150% multiplier), monster rarity bonuses (ex: unique 70% more, unique attack 33% less).

MeleeAtAnimationSpeedUnique


Attack, RangedAttack, MirageArcherCanUse, Projectile, MeleeSingleTarget, Multistrikeable, Melee, ProjectilesFromUser
Default Attack
Base Damage: 3257
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attack Time: 1.5 Second


Strike your foes down with a powerful blow.


action attack or cast time uses animation length [1]
projectile uses contact position [1]
skill can fire arrows [1]
skill can fire wand projectiles [1]
use scaled contact offset [1]

EASBlackStarSpawnCasterClone


Cooldown Time: 20 Second


action do not face target [1]

EASBlackStarSpawnMeleeClone


Cooldown Time: 20 Second


action do not face target [1]

DTTBlackStarFireLeap


Spell, Movement
Critical Strike Chance: 0%
Cast Time: 1.5 Second
Cooldown Time: 5 Second


leap slam minimum distance [20]
spell maximum action distance +% [-50]
walk emerge extra distance [-15]

GABlackStarFireLeapImpact


Triggerable, Attack
Base Damage: 3257
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attack Damage: 115%
Attack Time: 1.5 Second


Deals 15% more Attack Damage
Deals 20% more Damage
75% of Physical Damage Converted to Fire Damage
is area damage [1]

GABlackStarColdCascade


Triggerable, Attack
Base Damage: 3257
Critical Strike Chance: 5%
Attack Damage: 120%
Attack Time: 1.5 Second
Cooldown Time: 6 Second


Deals 20% more Attack Damage
Deals 20% more Damage
75% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold Damage
+30 metres to Melee Strike Range
action attack or cast time uses animation length [1]
is area damage [1]

BlackStarCometBarrage


Cooldown Time: 25 Second


Deals 966.6 to 1450 Cold Damage
Projectiles do not Chain
Projectiles Pierce all Targets
base is projectile [1]
black star comet barrage big projectiles [55]
black star comet barrage overall spawn time ms [4000]
black star comet barrage projectile start height [500]
black star comet barrage small projectiles per big [7]
monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-60]

GSBlackStarBossCometImpact


Triggerable


Deals 11256 to 16885 Cold Damage
is area damage [1]

GSBlackStarBossCometImpactSmall


Triggerable


Deals 5628 to 8442 Cold Damage
is area damage [1]

BlackStarLaserSpears


Cooldown Time: 25 Second


Base duration is 5 seconds
Deals 296.2 to 444.3 Fire Damage
is area damage [1]
monster penalty against minions damage +% final vs player minions [-60]

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