Doppelganger
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| Doppelganger | |
|---|---|
 
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| Affiliation | Not specified |
| Type | Not specified (boss) |
| Profession |  Special
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| Level(s) | 20 (30) |
| Campaign | Prophecies |
For those who have succeeded where many have failed and have come this far, the only thing that stands between them and Ascension is the Doppelganger, their mirror image that they must defeat alone which will test their ability to outsmart their foes. Here there is no relying on expensive equipment or hiding behind party members.
The Doppleganger copies your character's set of skills and has its own set of attributes, health, and energy. Because of this the player must devise a way of defeating the Doppelganger by using its weaknesses; It is limited in intelligence as it is an AI (It cannot use certain strategies or chain moves like a player) and it cannot use skills that are linked to a title track.
Defeating the Doppelganger will reward you with 50,000 XP and 1,000 bonus XP for defeating it in under 10 minutes (2 minutes in Hard Mode) and take your character to The Dragon's Lair.
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[edit] Missions
[edit] Skills
- The Doppelganger has the same set of Skills as his opponent.
- It has 12 in every attribute, even in Hard Mode, including the primary from the secondary profession.
- It can't have a Pet.
- It can't use any PvE-only skills (except Vampirism and Winds, level 8), however, they will be on his Skill Bar.
- Like all other AI opponents, the Doppleganger will attack even when afflicted with hexes such as Empathy and Insidious Parasite that punish it for attacking. It will continue to attack until it kills itself. Furthermore, since the damage from Insidious Parasite is life stealing, it is not subject to mitigation by protection spells, so a player can conceivably equip Shielding Hands, Protective Spirit, and Insidious Parasite to defeat the boss without lifting a finger offensively.
[edit] Notes
- The doppelganger has 480 Health in Normal Mode and 680 in Hard Mode.
- The doppelganger will not queue skills, which means that you can spam a skill chain more quickly than the doppelganger does.
- If you and the doppelganger both die at the same time, you will still get credit for completing the mission. This will count as a death however, so avoid using this strategy if you are trying for the Survivor title.
- At the beginning of the encounter, the Doppelganger is affected by the Enchantment Divine Fire.
[edit] Trivia
- Doppelganger was called "Mirror Self" prior to the June 15th, 2005 game update.
- The word Doppelganger originates from the word Doppelgänger (a German term that translated literally means 'Double Goer'), a copy of ones self.
- The Doppelganger formerly wielded an Eternal Bow for long ranged attacks, but now uses a Tormented Spear, and a Chaos Axe for melee attacks.
