Blood Plate

{{infobox-monster
 * image       = Blood Plate.jpg
 * type        = Evil Outsider
 * race        = Devil
 * alignment   = Lawful Evil
 * level       = 40 (epic)
 * named       = yes
 * boss        = Purple Named (Raid Boss)
 * attack      = Cleave (Slashing damage) and repeating crossbow (Piercing + Fire damage)
 * qualities   = DR/Good or Silver. Special attack: Maggot infestation - deals moderate untyped damage over time.
 * organisation =
 * habitat     = The Chronoscope (In the Lordsmarch Bank)
 * description = Blood Plate is the first of 3 raid bosses you'll encounter in the Chronoscope raid.

'''Strategy (Epic):
Gather your group in the lordsmarch bank - preferably with your casters having most of their SP left. Shrine in the nearby phoenix tavern if not. Buff up with resist energy: all, except sonic (Bloodplate doesn't deal sonic damage like your average orthon). Bloodplates main strength is his ability to teleport away to have his armorers repair him (heal him), then return to the battle with several reinforcements. So the idea is to kill the armorers quickly before they return up top - roughly 1-2 minutes. In addition to the 2 armorers you'll fight each wave, there are also 2 tiefling casters, 2 tiefling archers, and 2-4 bearded devils to deal with. So set up crowd control - ottos sphere, web and facinate are the most effective. Take down the attackers in this order to be safe: Casters, Armorers, Archers, Bloodplate. The bearded devils have massive hitpoints, so unless your group has massive DPS, you may wish to simply CC those, then focus on bloodplate. You generally should be able to take him down in 2-3 waves, but the fight could go on longer if your lacking in dps. Alternatively you could simply have everyone ignore the trash and focus on bloodplate and try to bring him down immediately in 1 round - very difficult, but doable in a ultra high dps group.

(Normal-Elite):
Generally the same strategy above applies, just you'll obviously have less access to crowd control. Being the monsters have so little hitpoints that you should be able to eliminate them all - even the bearded devils, and them engage bloodplate with plenty of time to spare. }}