Steelpath Matron

Steelpath Matron

Enemy Class	Wildlander/Human
Size	Average (1)
Actions per round
Has Corpse	Yes
Stats
HP	450
Dodge	38%
Protection	20%
Speed	16
Stealth	No
Resistances
Stun	150%
Blight	90%
Bleed	110%
Debuff/Mark	80%
Move	70%

The Steelpath Matron is a Wildlander/Human enemy and a Boss encountered in the Exposed Interior.

Helm: The Steelpath

“	This matron has forever walked down a road with no destination. She seeks the truth of a question with no answer. Her path is traced across the land by heaps of mangled and bloodlet corpses. In her dying moments, she will understand the riddle imparted to her by the gods...	„
	~ The Captain

Behavior

The Steelpath Matron will use Cackling Pack on the Prep Round.

Normal Mode

Cackling Pack summons 3 Wildlander Steelhound enemies pushing her into rank 4. It has a 6 turn cooldown.

Hyena Food applies Mark, Debuffs DODGE and Bleed Resistance and target is marked as Prey (See section below for details).

Dissever does moderate damage and applies a weak but guaranteed Bleed. Will always target Heroes with the Prey ActorDot if possible.

Bloodlust does moderate damage with 10% extra against Bleeding. She Enters Bloodlust, moves Forward by 3 and gains a Buff to PROT and Armour Piercing which lasts until mode end. It has a 8 turn cooldown. Can be used if a Hero is Bleeding.

Bloodlust

Lasts for 5 turns. On turn 6 Breather is used.

Sever does high damage and a strong Bleed.

Skyward Cleave does high damage, a strong Bleed and pushes Back by 2.

Maelstrom does moderate damage, a moderate Bleed and targets all front Heroes. It has a 1 turn cooldown.

Breather she exits Bloodlust and gets a Debuff to DODGE and SPD.

Prey

Prey visual effect

Prey is an ActorDot status effect given by Hyena Food it triggers upon friendly skill use.

On Trigger:

Bleed Self: 6 pts/ 3tns (160% base)
Buff Enemies: +10% DMG (3rds)

Strategy

The Steelpath Matron has Strong Debuffs and Bleed, as well as high resistances to everything except for Blight, Debuffs, and Movement all combined with High speed. Despite her high Debuff resist her three actions per round make Debuffs fall off too quickly, although Amberblight, Mark, and Expiate still work well on her and Blight is effective in reducing her relatively small health pool. Since her Hyena Food Mark makes it so friendly skills buff her damage relying on characters like the Vestal or a backline Jester isn't recommended as combined with the Marks the Hyenas will quickly out damage and kill your party, as such it's recommended you take an aggressive approach and quickly cleave through them, although it's worth noting the Hyenas most dangerous attack only has an accuracy of 105 so a high dodge team can do good as well.

Team Selection

Leper - Leper can easily 'Hew' through the front ranks of Hyena can both buffing his damage and accuracy using Revenge and is an effective tank when using withstand to buff his resistances and protection. Although the Matron has a Push skill, she doesn't have a pull or a shuffle: Leper even without equipping any movement resist trinkets can reach 140% or higher movement resistance using either his camp skill Bloody Shroud or the previously mentioned Withstand. Her only downside is the lack of movement resistance when compared to the Leper.
Hellion - Fast, Good damage, decently high health, high crit chance, can attack all ranks, has decently high bleed resistance, and benefits from having respawing chaff enemies to feed herself with.
Veiled - Immune to Bleed, high speed, doesn't mind being at low health and has a good full party heal when at death's door.

Reasonable Choices

Discouraged Heroes

Trophy

After completing the Steelpath Matron's quest, she will drop her helmet and her sword as the Reliquary's Spoils.

Abilities

Champion Level
Skill Name	Range	Rank	Target	Accuracy	Crit Chance	Damage	Effect (Target)	Effect (Self)	Notes
Sever	Melee	1, 2, 3, 4	1, 2, 3	120%	15%	19-37	140% Bleed 10		Bloodlust mode
Skyward Cleave	Melee	1, 2, 3, 4	1, 2	115%	13%	16-32	140% Bleed 10 140% Knockback 2		Bloodlust mode
Maelstrom	Melee	1, 2, 3, 4	1+2+3	115%	5.4%	11-22	140% Bleed 7		Bloodlust mode
Bloodlust	Melee	1, 2, 3, 4	1, 2, 3, 4	130%	15%	10-20		Forward 3 Buff: +20% PROT, +40% Armour Piercing (Lasts until mode change)	+10% DMG vs Bleeding Enter Bloodlust mode
Dissever	Melee	1, 2, 3, 4	1, 2, 3	130%	10%	10-20	500% Bleed 2
Hyena Food	Ranged	1, 2, 3, 4	1, 2, 3, 4	150%	0%	0	150% Mark Target 140% Debuff: -20 DODGE, -20% Bleed Resistance Mark as Prey		Ignores Prep Round's ACC Reduction
The Cackling Pack	Support	1, 2, 3, 4	Own Group				Summon 3 Wildlander Steelhounds
Breather	Support	1, 2, 3, 4	Self					Debuff: -10 DODGE, -6 SPD (4 rds)	Exit Bloodlust Mode