Diablo 4 Ashava boss guide: How to beat and spawn location

Here’s how to take down Diablo 4’s Ashava the Pestilent world boss.

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One of the deadliest enemies you could challenge during Diablo 4’s betas was Ashava the Pestilent, a massive demonic creature with an extremely thick HP bar and devastating area-of-effect and poison attacks. She’s one of Diablo 4’s world bosses — gigantic foes that you’ll need to team up with 11 other players in order to take down.

In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know about finding and fighting Ashava, including where you can find her, tips for fighting her, and an overview of the rewards you’ll earn when your group lands the killing blow.

Diablo 4: Ashava spawn location

As you playDiablo 4,Ashava will occasionally appear at her designated spawn location in The Crucible, a small area on the southeastern edge of the Fractured Peaks. If you’re having trouble finding it, go directly east from Kyovashad, the Fractured Peaks' main hub area, until you come across it.

Note that 30 minutes before Ashava is slated to spawn, a large quest marker and a countdown timer will appear on your map that shows you where to go and how long you have to get to The Crucible before she appears.

Diablo 4: How to beat Ashava, the Pestilent

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Even with a full 12-man raiding party, the battle against Ashava will be a difficult one due to her extremely high health pool and damage. However, as long as you have decent players at your side and you know how to avoid her attacks, you shouldn’t have too much trouble taking her down before the fight’s 15-minute time limit runs out. Here are some tips, tricks, and valuable pieces of information that will make defeating Ashava much easier.

NOTE:If youset your game to World Tier 1, Ashava will be far more manageable to beat. You can change World Tiers in Kyovashad, at the Inarius statue that looks like a sun icon on the map.

As long as you keep close to Ashava and consistently dodge her attacks while laying into her with your best damage skills, your group will slay Ashava and emerge from the battle victorious with time to spare.

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How to weaken Ashava in Diablo 4

Before the Diablo 4 betas began in March, Blizzard hinted to fans that there’s a way to weaken Ashava and make her easier to defeat. After lots of testing, players have discovered thatyou can weaken Ashava by hitting her with skills that inflict Crowd Control effectssuch as Slow, Chill, Daze, Stun, Freeze, Immobilize, Taunt, and Knock Down.

By damaging her with enough of these,your group will eventually fill up the yellow meter under Ashava’s health bar and stagger her, giving you 12 seconds of free uninterrupted damage time. One of Ashava’s arm blades will also get shattered, though this doesn’t seem to have an effect on her sweep attacks.

Diablo 4: Ashava rewards and loot

If you and your allies manage to defeat Ashava, she’ll drop three pieces of Legendary gear for each player present, making the fight a great way to earn some powerful top-tier gear. Additionally, Ashava will also drop a special reward called Ashava’s Spoils that gives players additional pieces of Legendary loot and other items. If you’re particularly lucky with these, you could walk away from this fight with several Legendaries, along with plenty of Gold and several gems.

Notably,Blizzard confirmed that the Diablo 4 beta had increased Legendary drop rates, so don’t expect the fight against Ashava or other world bosses to bequiteas rewarding as it was during these tests. Still, taking Ashava down is definitely worth doing.

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