MapleStory Lotus Boss Guide

Lotus is a boss in MapleStory which drops valuable items used to craft the Absolab equipment set, which tends to be a set that is a part of every Mapler's character progression. Lotus is a weekly boss, meaning you can clear him once per week. Lotus tends to be the first real challenge for Maplers who have started to progress well into 5th job.

• Lotus Prequests
• Lotus Boss Stats
• Lotus Boss Fight Preparation
• Lotus Phase One
• Lotus Phase Two
• Lotus Phase Three

Lotus Prequests

In order to fight Lotus, you must complete the entire Black Heaven Blockbuster. This can be found by using the Dimensional Mirror and selecting Ereve Conference Pavillion.

From there, you can choose to start the Black Heaven Blockbuster. This can take around 3 hours to complete and even longer if you don't skip the dialogue. So strap yourself in.

Once you've completed all 6 acts, you'll be able to enter the Lotus boss fight.

Lotus Boss Stats

There are two Lotus modes: Normal and Hard. Most players are looking to get their hands on the Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S) item that is used to create Absolab Coins to buy Absolab equipment.

In order to create an Absolab Coin, you need 1 Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S) and 20 Diffusion Line Energy Core (Grade A). You can get Diffusion Line Energy Core (Grade A) from weekly quests in Scrapyard.

Hard mode drops Absolab Equipment at a rare chance, but most players who can clear hard mode no longer need these equips.

You can also get Absolab Equipment from Damien.

Lotus Boss Fight Preparation

Before we look at the mechanics for the Lotus boss fight, here are some things you can prep to help make the fight a bit easier:

• Heaven's Door - If you have a Bishop, cast Heaven's Door for an extra life.
• Noblesse Skills - If you are part of a guild, you can use any Noblesse Skills that are available, which can increase your damage by quite a lot
• Buff Freezers - Very important to help keep all your buffs active after you die
• Link Skills - Check out the Link Skill guide for the best link skills for bossing.
• Familiars - If you have any Familiars with lines for Boss Damage or Ignore Defense, equip them. Remember, you need to resummon them if you die!
• You can go with a party of 6 other players. This can be chaotic, so turn down character transparency in your Graphics Setting so you can see the fight easier.
• Teleport skills for Lotus Phase 1 will help a lot as they mean you can dodge the lasers easier. Check to see if your MapleStory class has one.
• You need to be level 190+ to fight Lotus; however, you will want to be at least level 210 with 80-90% IED to be doing good damage. Damage range for this fight will vary; skilled players can solo Lotus with only 10K main stat.
• You can use Lotus Practice mode to try out the boss fight. It doesn't consume Buff Freezers either.

Lotus Phase One

Phase One of Lotus requires you to dodge a giant rotating laser whilst dealing damage to the core. The core has 400,00,000,000 HP.

The laser spawns after 5 seconds of you entering the stage, and will rotate in a random direction at a random speed. It is best to stay in the direct middle when the laser firsts spawns to avoid getting hit. If you get hit by the laser, you will be one-hit KO.

The laser can speed up and slow down, as well as change directions during the fight.

Having a teleport skill in this part of the fight makes it really easy as you can just teleport between the laser on the bottom platform.

For other classes you're going to have to get used to using the top two platform teleporters. You can use the image below to see where the teleports are and where they teleport you to.

You'll need to watch out for are the robot mobs that spawn. The Dynamo Robots can all cast random effects on you if you do not kill them quickly enough. They will spawn consistently throughout the fight and then move towards you, exploding on you and casting an effect.

• Green - Inverted Controls
• Yellow - Slow
• Blue - Seal
• Red - Stun

You'll also have random falling debris through the battle. If hit, you will get a 1 second stun and % HP damage. The damage isn't the difficult part; the stun is what can catch you out, especially if you're being chased by the Laser.

Lotus Phase Two

Phase two and three are very similar and can be a lot less tricky than the phase one lasers for a lot of players. Still, there are some mechanics which you need to master and even then, RNG can play a role in getting you to die very quickly. Phase Two Lotus has 400,000,000,000 HP.

During this phase Lotus will move around the map for you to attack (rather than a stationary boss). Lotus can also teleport, causing you to miss binds and vital attacks so make sure you time them right.

Possibly the toughest part of Phase Two is the electric lightning attack. This attack can be identified by falling platforms from the sky. A random amount will drop from the sky and land on the floor for players to jump on. If a platform hits you, it will be destroyed.

Once all the platforms land, Lotus will then perform an electric attack that covers the entire width of the map; anyone not on a platform will be dealt 70% HP damage. The laser will usually hit you twice if you're on the floor; you can normally tank the attack by healing 100% with a Power Elixir after the first hit.

You will need to watch out for Lotus's Push attack; this will knockback any player unless you have a skill that gives Super Stance. You can dodge the attack by jumping high into the air or getting behind Lotus when he attacks. This Knockback attack usually causes lots of deaths because it can knock players off the safe platforms and into the lasers.

During the fight, you will also have falling debris and other attacks to dodge, but usually aren't too much to worry about unless you get hit multiple times.

• Blue Energy Orb - Lotus summons a blue orb that floats around the map diagonally and gets bigger over time. Any player that gets hit by it loses 20% HP.
• New Falling Debris Robot - 40% HP + Stun
• Lotus Teleport
• Elevation Portals - Summons three portals that teleports you up into debris

Lotus Phase Three

Phase Three Lotus now deals more damage and has a couple of new attacks. It also has almost double the amount of HP as Phase Two (700,000,000,000 HP), so prepare for it to last a while.

The new attacks you need to watch out for are Lotus's Dark Purple Energy Orb Attack. Throughout the battle, Lotus will suddenly teleport to the center of the map (you cannot attack/damage him) and start firing down Purple Energy Orbs. Getting hit by these orbs will 1-hit KO you. You can see the hitbox of the Purple Orbs better by looking at the floor, as there are placements for where the orb lands.

There is a new falling debris to watch out for: Pulverizer. This giant machine will fall from the sky randomly throughout the battle; getting hit is an instant death.

Those are the new two main attacks to watch out for. During the fight, you will also have to deal with:

• Lotus Phase Three still does the electricity attack- the damage of getting hit by it is now at 85%.
• Lotus Knockback Attack
• Lotus Fire Energy Orb - Deals 30% damage on touch
• Lotus Teleports
• Falling Debris
• Gravitational Pull - Lotus will attempt to suck you towards him
• Elevation Portals
• Poison/Slow Platform - A platform is summoned which applies Slow/Poison to any player that is inside it.

Once killed, Lotus will drop loot that includes the sort after Extraordinary Energy Core (Grade S). He can drop between 1-3 cores, which are instanced per player.