Maestro Evengarde Rest (2024)

This is his Boss state; for his appearance as a static NPC within the Temple of the Blade, see Evengarde Rest.

Description[]

Maestro Evengarde Rest is the master of the Temple of the Blade and the current Maestro of Etrea. A powerful individual, he will train and assist only those who he sees fit, so that Etrea, its people and its culture may not be swept away in the machinations of other nations.

Upon challenging Maestro Evengarde Rest to a fight, the player is transported to the Temple Sparring Hall dungeon. Winning the fight will allocate the player a chest of rewards. If it is his first defeat, a guaranteed smaller chest will spawn, holding a unique weapon based on what weapon type you are using; (Purple Cloud for medium, Pale Briar for heavy, Cerulean Thread for light). Losing will cause the player to lose a life and gain the Disgraced flaw (which can be removed by eventually defeating him). After beating Evengarde once, you will not gain the Disgraced flaw upon further losses.

To start the fight with Maestro Evengarde Rest:

1. Achieve (slightly higher than) Ally reputation with the Kingdom of Etrea (higher than Friend reputation).
   • The threshold reputation to challenge him appears to be slightly higher than what's required for ally reputation. If the other conditions have been fulfilled and you still can't challenge him, you can try increasing your reputation a little bit more.
2. Complete the Lost Sibling quest.
3. Have 80 in one Weapon Stat and be at Power 15+.
4. Complete the Lord Regent's quest and defeat Duke Erisia.

If the requirements are fulfilled, a new dialogue option should appear when talking to him. Choosing it will teleport you to the dungeon.

Moveset[]

Maestro Evengarde Rest's arsenal consists of a Shattered Katana along with the Galebreathe attunement:

Finisher[]

Maestro Evengarde Rest executes his opponent after knocking them:

Talents[]

• Brick Wall - Maestro Evengarde Rest is immune to ragdoll and knockdowns.
• Silencer's Blade - Maestro Evengarde Rest's basic attacks grant him a speed boost and extend active suffocation effects.
• A World Without Song - Maestro Evengarde Rest's gale mantras apply Suffocation.
• Risky Moves - Whenever Maestro Evengarde Rest dodges an attack, he'll automatically dodge the next one.
• Ghost - Whenever Maestro Evengarde Rest dodges an attack, he turns invisible.
• Chronostasis - Maestro Evengarde Rest's basic attacks puts the victim's Resonance on cooldown for four seconds.
• Guardbreak Resist - Maestro Evengarde Rest is immune to instant guard break effects. A unique white deflection visual and sound effect will play over his guard when this Talent procs
• Pressure Break - If Maestro Evengarde Rest guardbreaks you, you'll get ragdolled and tossed back.
• Stifled Jump - Jumping while suffocated by Maestro Evengarde Rest's Galebreathe will result in you getting dazed.
• Showstopper - When rolling through one of Maestro Evengarde Rest's physical attacks, he will stomp the ground and daze you. Removes your speed buffs.
• Bulldozer - Getting flourished into a wall by Maestro Evengarde Rest has a chance to guardbreak you.
• Concussion - Getting flourished into a wall by Maestro Evengarde Rest causes your screen to blind and your daze to lengthen.
• Spine Cutter - Getting hit from your back after Maestro Evengarde Rest does a roll cancel causes you to get a second slash.

Strategy[]

Maestro Evengarde Rest is a rather straightforward fight compared to most other bosses, opting out of any gimmicks or puzzles and instead being a simple duel. A decent mastery of how to parry trade with humanoid NPCs is required to resist his attacks.

• His moveset incorporate a mix of quick and delayed moves both, which can catch you off guard and make you lose a parry. If you failed a parry, use a dodge as an attempt to recover.
• Obtaining and equipping the Windrunner Robes or Summer Dragoon can help in the fight as they both have a whopping total of 55% Wind Armor.
  • The Ferryman's Coat can be used as a substitute.
• Providence's Thorn is a great enchantment for this fight, as most of his moveset consist of multihits. You will be dealing 500 damage per parry very often.
• Chip Damage from weapons such as Shotel, Alloyed Messer, Alloyed Shotel, Alloyed Katana, Kyrsblade, Serrated Warspear, Bloodtide Trident, True Seraph's Spear, Curved Blade of Winds and the enchant Obfuscation will easily chip through his block. However, the Night Axe is the best weapon for this (assuming you fight him with heavy weapons) due to the incredibly high 80% chip. No need for obfuscation since it caps at 50% (if you have the enchant on the weapon)
• Rest, like Duke Erisia, has a Talent that completely counters insta-guardbreaks, playing a sound effect along with a white deflection visual when this Talent procs. To counter this Talent and guardbreak him, you must use high posture damage attacks that do not insta-guardbreak.
  • Examples of this are multi-hit moves like Shattered Katana critical or Shadow Gun modified with a Blast Spark. You can also use criticals that do high posture damage without insta-guardbreaking like the Sword critical and Purple Cloud critical.
  • Examples of attacks you cannot use are Sacred Hammer critical and Eclipse Kick.
    • While Eclipse Kick and other Mantra Guardbreaks do heavily damage his posture, criticals such as Sacred Hammer do 2 posture damage to him, thus it is not recommended to use Instant Guardbreak weapons over high posture damage weapons.
  • If you are using Chip Damage or Providence's Thorns in order to defeat Maestro, guardbreaking him isn't necessary. If you have the options previously mentioned, you can use those instead.
• Be careful when using Providence's Thorn since he is able to parry the damage dealt by it and giving you parry stuns.
• If you don't have Providence Thorns and he uses a multi-hit attack, it's best to dodge and get out of the vicinity. (Alternatively, if you are already caught, you can either block or spam parry while moving backwards.) There's no real point in parrying all of the hits, and you are bound to get hit, applying suffocation and messing up your chain of perfection. Using Ardour can help to guard break him if you don’t have Providence Thorns or any type of chip damage.
• Healing from Bloodless Gem, Vampirism, or potentially No Life King can prove useful as a source of healing against Maestro Evengarde Rest, provided you can proc the former two and survive long enough for the latter to matter.
• When you manage to land a hit on him, Rest is prone to repeatedly getting caught in weak blocks. Often, these are great opportunities to deal some real damage to him, especially if you're using medium or light weapons. He will eventually land a parry or will vent, so be sure to exercise caution while whaling on him.

Loot Table[]

Despite his loot-pool's variety and size, he will mainly drop Enchant Stones, and good starred equipment, though farming him for relics such as Sinner's Ash may prove faster than farming Duke Erisia due to the ease and speed of accessing his fight.

Out of the Deep Gems, he has the highest weighting for Wind Gems, followed by Wayward Gems. Maestro's Ring is weighted more strongly than other rings.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

• The music of his bossfight is The Windsinger's Dance by Naktigonis.
• The fight is a homage to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, the game that inspired Deepwoken's combat and setting. Many of the moves reference its abilities and bosses, such as Genichiro Ashina or the One Mind Combat Art.
  • For example, the green trails on his blade are inspired by the red trails of the Mortal Blade, wielded by the protagonist Wolf.
  • The fight is also similar to Sekiro's fighting style, parrying and fighting more than using spells/abilities.
• All of his Mantras will automatically execute you.
  • You can still be manually gripped by him if you die to his critical attack, basic attack or his Mortal Draw: Pressure.
• You will only gain the Disgraced Flaw if you are defeated on your first attempt. You do not get it again if you die to him a second time.
• If you have Nogoras Mahoraga as your current haircut, he offers a unique line of dialogue:
  • "Ah, I recognize that wheel on your head. You must be confident in your ability to adapt I presume? It's time to put your strength to the test."
• Defeating him for the first time awards two Knowledge.
• Despite apparently having immunity to knockdowns, the Starkindred oath mantra Ascension still knocks him down, allowing room for combos.
• Unlike all the other bosses in the game, defeating the Maestro does not reward Echoes.
  • This technically makes him the only "optional" boss in the game, as he is not required for W Rank.
  • This is probably because it is impossible to even challenge him if you don't have 80 in one Weapon Stat making some builds unable to fight him.
• Spitting on Maestro Evengarde Rest both before the fight and during it makes his character say the following dialogue:
  • "This is how you treat my generosity?"
  • After this, he instantly kills you.
    • His eyes flash onto your screen, a green flash appears on your character's head as the only evidence of his attack, cleaving it apart instantly.
    • You fell in battle to... Your disrespect, punished by the Tempest Eye
  • This also lowers your Etrea reputation greatly, usually setting it to Neutral or lower depending on your current standing.
• The specific weapon of a different type can still drop if you're using a different weapon type. (Ex: Cerulean Thread dropping while using medium).