Thread: Revelations from Patch 4.4

Originally Posted by Iscah

I've forgotten the details of the "how Ascians work" information - does it say for sure that they need to be within a host at all times? Or are they perhaps just a lot more vulnerable without one. (Not trying to prove you wrong, just trying to reconcile that information with what we've seen happen.)

It's a good question and I've not been able to find a solid answer, as the lorebook is somewhat nebulous on their true nature. They certainly don't need to be in a host to exist, and we know this because if their host dies, the Overlords at the very least can simply vanish away to safety through the power of the crystal of Darkness, in the Aetherial Rift - weaker Ascians don't seem to share this power, perhaps due to their lack of adequately developed mastery over their Echo. The Overlords don't even appear to even be more vulnerable without a host - not unless you catch them right after defeating them in their host form, have the means to trap them and the means to slay them through concentrated use of aether. However, I think they do need a host to manifest their powers in different worlds to their own, and this is something which we probably don't fully understand as yet. Bear in mind that most of our knowledge on them is based on prior encounters, and therefore most likely incomplete. I am fully expecting Elidibus and "Solus" to be full of surprises.