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Sowl Devourer

2021 September v2

Face off against the Cockatrice Sowl Devourer. With high HP and defense, you will want to wait for it to absorb enough of your buffs with Contagion Transfer until you can whittle it down with multi-step skillchains.

Encountered Foes

  • Sowl Devourer. The only monster in the arena

The fight ends when Sowl Devourer is defeated.

Difficulty Settings

The Difficulty Setting determines the stats and HP of Sowl Devourer.

Battle Mechanics

Passive Traits
Sowl Devourer

  • High HP, approximately 1.2 million on VD[1]
  • Greatly reduced damage taken by all sources.
  • Takes increased damage as it gains beneficial status effects.

Abilities Used
Sowl Devourer

  • Hammer Beak: Single target physical damage. Absorbed by one shadow.
  • Sound Vacuum: Front AOE silence.
  • Poison Pick: Single target physical damage + poison.
  • Sound Blast: AOE damage + INT down + addle.
  • Baleful Gaze: Gaze petrification attack.
  • Contagion Transfer: Front aoe attack that absorbs and dispels all buffs from players (except for Food and Aftermath).
  • Contamination: Spreads all current debuffs to nearby players.
  • Toxic Pick: Single target damage + poison + plague + weight.
  • Tail Rod: Single target damage + Attack Down. Absorbed by one shadow.

Spells Cast:

  • None

Where to get your Primer:

Derivations

Sowl is an archaic spelling of 'soul' and possibly a pun on the modern british term 'sowl' meaning 'gravy, sauce, or other bread toppings.' (Wiktionary)

Videos

Refer to the video page for various battle examples.

References

Source entry: Ambuscade/Battlefield Archive/Sowl Devourer. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.

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