Ahamkara Illusion

Overview

The Ahamkara Illusion is a large manifestation of an Ahamkara and the final boss of The Cunning, the seventh story mission of The Witch Queen. It is set in the Temple of the Cunning on Savathûn's Throne World. The illusion also returns in The Final Shape.

The fight

Taking the Worm familiar floods the temple with darkness, blocks the only exit, and brings the illusion out to begin the fight. It summons Scorn reinforcements and fires volleys of Blistering Soulfire that can strip over half of your shield. It can only be damaged when its mouth glows orange between volleys.

Each time it loses a third of its health, it retreats and summons a Scorn wave. Once that wave is cleared, it returns and the phase repeats. Near death, it retreats, returns and channels a gaze-style attack. If it is damaged during that attack, it fires and vanishes, leaving a corrosive aura that applies Suffocating Haze, which kills within about two and a half minutes.

Lore

Ikora doubts an Ahamkara survived, so the team treats the creature as an illusion, though a deadly one. It is conjured to protect the temple and stop the Guardian from taking the Worm familiar.