Adel Expedition Wylder Build

Adel’s main weakness is Poison, and it is heavily beneficial to fight him using poison. Poison not only does a whopping 40% extra damage to Adel, but during phase 1, it makes him vomit, giving you a huge opening to deal a ton of damage.

Wylder has a great weapon variety to use against Adel, with some options being amazing even without the poison on them. 

Wylder can also easily gap close onto Adel, which is very useful, especially during phase 2 when he tends to move even more than during phase 1.

Day 1

Poison modifier can be a bit rarer and only really spawns on Ruins, which tend to be a bit harder to do on day 1. We want to reach level 7-8 before we go towards any ruins, so for now, make your way towards a Church, clearing any Encampments, Forts, and Cathedrals.

Once we reach level 7-8, if we have time left, we can clear a Ruin with the poison modifier, or we can kill some Field Bosses if you find any, just be careful that it's not an Elite Field Boss since they will take quite long time before level 11-12.

It can also be very useful to move past the central castle to check if Trolls have spawned. If they did, we want to avoid this place on day 2.

If you cannot find a weapon we suggested, find one within the Greatsword Category if possible, otherwise Colossal Sword, Colossal Weapon, Curved Sword, or Hammer Category.

Day 2

On day 2, what we do depends on our findings from day 1. If there were no Trolls in the central castle, we could go there right away. Otherwise, wait until you are level 11-12 before going there. 

Now for Shifting Earth events: If Noklateo or Crater spawned, you can go there immediately because they will give you enough runes for level 11-12 while also giving you the good reward at the end. Mountaintop can be done at the end of the day, and the Rot Forrest is great to do after the first shrinking of the Circle. Keep in mind that the Rot Forrest also has a ton of Elite Field Bosses, which will give a ton of runes and good rewards.

Speaking of, if you are done with your chosen route, clear Elite Field Bosses until the end of the day, since this is the best way to clear the gap until level 15.

If a Settlement is spawned, be sure to check it out to see if any good loot can be found there.

Day 3

Adel is very mobile for a dragon and will dash around the arena a ton during both his phases. Use your grappling hook to close the distance where needed, since it's a low cooldown anyway. The attack you need to be careful about is his grab, since it has a very big hitbox and it can instakill when you are below level 13.

For the rest of phase 1, he is pretty easy to deal with, especially if you have poison to stagger him constantly. He will still try to headslam constantly dealing AOE damage, but it's pretty easy to dodge during phase 1.

Once Adel reaches 50% HP, he will transition into phase 2. Be careful for his opener and run away as far as you can since he will erupt a giant lightning explosion around him after which he jumps into the air to divebomb into the ground, dealing massive AOE damage. He can repeat this attack during phase 2 if he feels like it.

During phase 2, his headslams are empowered to have a much bigger AOE. He can also now do 2 grabs in a row, which is trickier to deal with, especially if you are playing with a party, cause he can shift focus and dash to another person, grabbing them instantly.

Keep in mind that poison is less effective on him during phase 2 because he won't vomit anymore.

• You want to 2-hand almost always. Unless you have 2 weapons of the same category, then you can powerstance them and jump attack, which deals massive damage and a good amount of posture damage.
• Use consumables on bosses since you find them easily everywhere.
• Use your grappling hook to gap-close and not just to grab an enemy.
• Your ultimate does a ton of stagger damage but also makes you immune while charging it. You can use this to cancel Adel’s phase transition, making it much less dangerous.