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==Fighting The Countess== She has three forms, each with unique attacks, stats, and resistances. She starts in a Thirsty form, with 3 actions per round. In this form, she injects a Parasite Egg to a hero, dealing damage over time until it rips off, dealing massive damage. She can also apply Stumble, which could be seen as a Shuffle DOT, i.e. every turn the hero affected will be shuffled, making party compositions that rely on a stable position bad for this boss fight. The abilities ''Sway with Me'' and ''Love Letter'' can no longer be riposted as of [[The Color of Madness]] update. After that, she will change form to Flushed. In her Flushed Form, she has only one action per round, and it's her weakest form because she has no way to deal HP damage. When transforming to Bloodlust Form, she applies [[Horror]] and cures status effects such as Bleed and Blight. However, the transformation ability, ''Metamorphosis'' has 0% accuracy and hits very rarely. Bloodlust Form is her most dangerous form, having 4 actions per round, plus increased stats and resistances. She has many attacks that deal massive damage, can stun two heroes at the same time, and can reach 75% PROT thanks to the Parasite Egg when it rips off from the hero. As the Countess has 3-4 rounds and a large amount of protection, bleed damage or direct armor piercing proves to be effective against her. Certain heroes such as [[Flagellant]] and [[Hellion]] can deal large amount of bleed, but can be easily disrupted by the Shuffle status effect, so it should be taken into account if you use these heroes. It can be useful to have abilities that reposition the heroes affected by shuffles, such as [[Crusader]]'s Holy Lance or [[Shieldbreaker]]'s Pierce; abilities normally used in suboptimal positions, such as [[Vestal]]'s Mace Bash; or bringing move resist trinkets such as Heavy Boots. Flagellant's massive heals can help a lot to deal with amount of damage the Countess has, but as they have limited uses, it's recommended to bring a Vestal to keep your party alive. When the Countess enters the Flushed form, she cures all DoTs, but loses a bunch of resistances, including [[Stun]] resist. You can try to keep her stunned in this form to delay the big damage output from Bloodlust form and stack a lot of DoT. In the Bloodlust form, the Countess gets access to a backline stun, so it can be useful to boost stun resist on your backliners with trinkets (Stun Amulet or Wilbur's Flag). Another strategy is to stack a lot of dodge buffs: [[Antiquarian]], [[Houndmaster]] and [[Man-at-Arms]] are the key heroes here. If you have the luxury to camp, stacking the Man-at-Arms's Tactics buff with his own Bolster ability is a long-lasting defensive asset, especially since Bolster will help weather the Stress damage happening throughout the fight. If you have [[The Color of Madness]] DLC, you can purchase the [[Shard Dust]] to refresh MAA's Bolster ability and use it multiple times during the battle. Accuracy debuffs, however, aren't that effective since the Countess has multiple actions. Parasite Egg will deal damage to a hero every time they attack and has a chance to hatch for higher amount of damage and a large debuff for ACC and SPD (chances and effects listed below). Healing, buffing or moving doesn't trigger the egg gestating/hatching. Be aware of possible hatching when you are going to attack with a hero that has an egg on themselves, and remember that the damage caused by the egg can kill a hero on [[Death's Door]]. If you caught an egg with your Vestal, you can ignore it and only heal with her, so the egg will never hatch. If you have the [[Shieldbreaker]] DLC, you can use [[Aegis Scale]]s to block the damage from the egg - it will not prevent the debuff, but can save a hero from a certain death. One viable party composition for Bloodmoon Countess is [[Vestal]] / [[Man-at-Arms]] / [[Hellion]] / [[Flagellant]]. The MVP here is the [[Man-at-Arms]], who will need to first use Bolster and then Guard the Vestal. Remember to equip him with something like Dazzling Mirror. When the Countess is in her Flushed form, land the stun and the fight will be much easier.
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