Azmadi Boss Guide: Time-Stop Phase, Dash Changes and Safe Positioning

Azmadi's difficulty has shifted across patches. Early versions dealt heavier per-hit damage and the Dash could double-hit; 0.5.2 reworked the Dash so it no longer double-hits and is used differently against melee targets.

Use current footage for positioning. Legacy clips that show a double-hit Dash or fixed one-shots describe a boss that no longer exists.

• 0.3.0 hotfix: lower skill damage — old one-shot claims do not apply.
• 0.4.0c: fixed mid-fight disappearance — still verify any softlock on current patch.
• 0.5.2: Dash no longer double-hits, melee treatment changed — rewrite positioning.

At low HP Zarokh intervenes and stops time. The arena gains telegraphed hazards you must respect; this is when Azmadi's radial attack (Death from every angle) becomes active.

The time-stop is a repositioning window, not a freeze you can ignore. Read the hazard tells and move before the radial fires.

• Zarokh stops time at low HP.
• Hazards are telegraphed — read them.
• Death from every angle is the radial payoff; respect its wind-up.

Azmadi rewards patient positioning. Keep at mid range so the Dash and radial attacks have clear dodge lines, and use the time-stop to set up outside the radius.

Melee still triggers Dash, but the 0.5.2 change means it is no longer the double-hit threat older guides describe — respect the lunge, do not over-fear it.

• Mid range keeps dodge lines clear.
• Use time-stop to move outside the radial.
• Melee: respect the lunge, no longer a double-hit.