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Illfang the Kobold Lord (イルファング・ザ・コボルド・ロード, Irufangu za Koborudo Rōdo^?) was the boss of the 1^st Floor of Aincrad in Sword Art Online. The boss had four Hit Point (HP) bars and had Ruin Kobold Sentinel minions that supported it in battle. Illfang was defeated by a raid party consisting of forty-four players. The Last Attack on the boss was dealt by Kirito, who received the «Coat of Midnight» as a bonus reward for the feat.

Appearance

Illfang was over two meters tall, muscular, covered in blue-grey fur (red in the illustrations and anime) and had bloodthirsty, copper-red eyes.^[1] Illfang used a large bone axe and a leather shield to attack. Behind its waist, it carried a meter and half long nōdachi weapon.^[1]

Minions

Throughout the boss battle, Illfang was supported by its minion Ruin Kobold Sentinels. Twelve such minions were spawned throughout the battle: three at the start of the battle and an additional three each time one of Illfang's hit point bars were depleted.

Attack Patterns

Once Illfang's last hit point bar was depleted to a third of its capacity, the boss would dispose of its axe and shield in favour of using its nōdachi, which allowed the use of Katana skills. In the Closed Beta Test, Illfang used a talwar instead of a nōdachi.

Boss Battle

Pre-Battle Preparation

The Boss Room was found by Diavel and his six-person party on the 20^th level of the 1^st Floor Labyrinth. Several meetings were held in Tolbana, at which forty-four players organized a strategy to face the first boss. They divided themselves into seven six-member parties, with Asuna and Kirito forming their own two-member party.

Party	Leader	Notes
A	A player equipped with an Iron Heater Shield and a hammer	Tank party.
B	Agil	Tank party.
C	Diavel	High-mobility assault party. Assigned to dealing damage to the boss.
D	A tall player wielding a two-hand long sword	High-mobility assault party. Assigned to dealing damage to the boss.
E	Kibaou	High-mobility assault party. Assigned to fighting the boss's minions. Supported by Asuna and Kirito
F		Support party.
G		Support party.

No scouting raids were made, as the information from Argo's handbook was deemed sufficient for the battle.

Strategy

The two Tank parties were assigned to drawing the boss's attention and enduring its attacks. The Assault Parties C-D would concentrate on the dealing damage to the boss, while the Assault Party E would focus their attention on the sentinels. The Support parties would primarily use the Delay skill to interrupt either the boss's or guards' attacks, relieving pressure from the other parties whenever possible. In general, the parties planned to rely on the "Switch and Pot" strategy.

Battle Summary

The battle took place on December 4th, 2022.

10:00 AM: the raid party met in Tolbana.
11:00 AM: the raid party reached the 1^st Floor Labyrinth.
12:30 PM: the raid party reached the 20^th level of the 1^st Floor Labyrinth.
12:40 PM: the Boss Battle commenced.
Groups A to C engaged Illfang at the front. Groups E and G engaged the sentinels.
Illfang's first HP gauge depleted.
Group D rotated with Group C and engaged Illfang for the second HP gauge.
Illfang's second HP gauge depleted.
Group G changed targets to engage Illfang.
Support Groups F and G depleted Illfang's third HP gauge out of four.
Group C charged at Illfang in an encircling formation, despite not being fully recovered.
Illfang unexpectedly used an omnidirectional katana skill, hitting all of its assailants and inflicting a «Stun» debuff on Group C.
Illfang exclusively targeted Diavel, killing him with a 4-hit combo.
Asuna and Kirito engaged Illfang, ordering the others to retreat ten steps away from the boss. Kirito focused on countering and delaying Illfang's attacks, while Asuna dealt damage.
Kirito was overwhelmed by the boss, prompting Groups A, B and D to come to his aid.
Kirito retreated and began directing the other parties. Groups E and G engaged the Sentinels, Groups A, B, and D provided cover, while Asuna continued to deal damage to Illfang.
Illfang's final HP gauge dropped below the 30% mark, causing it to become red.
Kirito rejoined the battle at the critical point, stunning Illfang with his attack.
All groups surrounded Illfang for an all-out attack.
Kirito dealt the final blow with the «Vertical Arc» Sword Skill, killing the boss.

Casualties

Diavel

Gallery

See Illfang the Kobold Lord/Image Gallery

Trivia

Illfang's First Floor Boss Room was twenty meters wide by one hundred meters deep.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Progressive Volume 1, Aria of a Starless Night, Part 11

[PV1AriaP11-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Progressive Volume 1, Aria of a Starless Night, Part 11

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 |Floor = 1
 |LA = [[Coat of Midnight]]
-|Anime = [[Sword Art Online Episode 02|Episode 2]]
+|Anime = [[Episode 02]]
-|Novel = [[Sword Art Online Progressive Volume 01|Progressive Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part 11]]
+|Novel = [[Aria of a Starless Night|Progressive Volume 1, Aria of a Starless Night, Part 11]]}}
+{{Nihongo|'''Illfang the Kobold Lord'''|イルファング・ザ・コボルド・ロード|Irufangu za Koborudo Rōdo}} was the [[boss]] of the [[1st Floor (Aincrad)|1<sup>st</sup> Floor]] of [[Aincrad]] in [[Sword Art Online]]. The boss had four Hit Point (HP) bars and had [[Ruin Kobold Sentinel]] minions that supported it in battle. Illfang was defeated by a raid party consisting of forty-four players. The [[Last Attack]] on the boss was dealt by [[Kirito]], who received the «[[Coat of Midnight]]» as a bonus reward for the feat.
-}}
-{{Nihongo|'''Illfang the Kobold Lord'''|イルファング・ザ・コボルド・ロード|Irufangu za Koborudo Rōdo}} was the [[boss]] of the [[1st Floor (Aincrad)|1<sup>st</sup> Floor]] of [[Aincrad]] in [[Sword Art Online]].
-==Background==
+==Appearance==
-It took a month to find the boss, as the players including the [[Beta testers]] were having a hard time finding the boss room. Illfang the Kobold Lord was slain by Kirito, and yielded the [[Last Attack|last-attack]] bonus item, «[[Coat of Midnight]]».
-==Appearance and Abilities==
 [[File:SAO E02.png|thumb|left|200px|Illfang the Kobold Lord]]
+Illfang was over two meters<!-- 二メートル - PV1 p.116 --> tall, muscular, covered in blue-grey<!-- 青灰色の毛皮 - PV1 p.116 --> fur (red in the illustrations and anime) and had bloodthirsty, copper-red eyes<!-- 血に飢えた赤金色に爛々と輝く隻眼 - PV1 p.116 -->.<ref name = PV1AriaP11>[[Aria of a Starless Night|Progressive Volume 1, Aria of a Starless Night, Part 11]]</ref> Illfang used a large bone axe<!-- 骨斧 - PV1 p.116 --> and a leather shield to attack. Behind its waist, it carried a meter and half long nōdachi weapon.<ref name = PV1AriaP11>[[Aria of a Starless Night|Progressive Volume 1, Aria of a Starless Night, Part 11]]</ref>{{clr}}
+==Minions==
-Illfang's First Floor Boss Room ws twenty meters wide by 100 meters deep.
+Throughout the boss battle, Illfang was supported by its minion Ruin Kobold Sentinels. Twelve such minions were spawned throughout the battle: three at the start of the battle and an additional three each time one of Illfang's hit point bars were depleted.
+==Attack Patterns==
-Illfang was over two meters<ref>Progressive volume 1, chapter 1, part 11, page 116 says 二メートル.</ref> tall, muscular, covered in blue-grey<ref>Progressive volume 1, chapter 1, part 11, page 116 says 青灰色の毛皮.</ref> fur and had bloodthirsty, copper-red eyes.<ref>Progressive volume 1, chapter 1, part 11, page 116 says 血に飢えた赤金色に爛々と輝く隻眼。.</ref> Illfang used a large bone axe<ref>Progressive volume 1, chapter 1, part 11, page 116 calls it 骨斧.</ref> and a leather shield to attack, and has four HP bars. Behind its waist, it carried a meter and half long nōdachi weapon.
+Once Illfang's last hit point bar was depleted to a third of its capacity, the boss would dispose of its axe and shield in favour of using its nōdachi, which allowed the use of Katana skills. In the Closed Beta Test, Illfang used a talwar instead of a nōdachi.
-For the boss battle, [[Ruin Kobold Sentinel]]s were to help defend the boss from the players. Three were spawned at the start of the battle, and an additional three were spawned with the depletion of each of Illfang's [[HP]] bars, for a total of 12 Sentinels throughout the entire battle.
-Once Illfang's last HP bar dropped down to one-third, it would toss its weapons away and drew its nōdachi that allowed the use of katana skills. In the Closed Beta Test, Illfang used a talwar instead of a nodachi.
-{{clr}}
 ==Boss Battle==
 ===Pre-Battle Preparation===
-The Boss Room was found by [[Diavel]] and his six-person party on the 20<sup>th</sup> level of the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor [[Labyrinth]]. Several meetings were held in [[Tolbana]], at which 44 players organized a strategy to face the first boss. They divided themselves into seven parties (six members each, with Kirito and [[Asuna]] left over). Groups A and B were heavy armor Tank parties. Groups C-E were high movement Assault parties. Groups F-G were long weapon Support parties. Kirito and Asuna (the 8<sup>th</sup> party) was delegated to support Group E.
+The Boss Room was found by [[Diavel]] and his six-person party on the 20<sup>th</sup> level of the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor [[Labyrinth]]. Several meetings were held in [[Tolbana]], at which forty-four players organized a strategy to face the first boss. They divided themselves into seven six-member parties, with Asuna and Kirito forming their own two-member party.
+{| width="100%" class="wikitable" style="background:transparent;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"
-#'''Group A''' - unnamed leader equipped with Iron Heater Shield and Hammer
+! width="5%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Party
-#'''Group B''' - leader [[Agil]]
+! width="45%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Leader
-#'''Group C''' - leader and commander, Diavel
+! width="50%" style="background:{{Themecolor}}; color:#FFFFFF;" |Notes
-#'''Group D''' - tall, unnamed leader wielding a two-hand long sword
+|-
-#'''Group E''' - leader [[Kibaou]], with Kirito and Asuna as support
+| align="center"|A
-#'''Group F'''
+| align="center"|A player equipped with an Iron Heater Shield and a hammer
-#'''Group G'''
+| align="center"|Tank party.
+|-
+| align="center"|B
+| align="center"|[[Agil]]
+| align="center"|Tank party.
+|-
+| align="center"|C
+| align="center"|Diavel
+| align="center"|High-mobility assault party. Assigned to dealing damage to the boss.
+|-
+| align="center"|D
+| align="center"|A tall player wielding a two-hand long sword
+| align="center"|High-mobility assault party. Assigned to dealing damage to the boss.
+|-
+| align="center"|E
+| align="center"|[[Kibaou]]
+| align="center"|High-mobility assault party. Assigned to fighting the boss's minions. Supported by Asuna and Kirito
+|-
+| align="center"|F
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|Support party.
+|-
+| align="center"|G
+| align="center"|
+| align="center"|Support party.
+|}
 No scouting raids were made, as the information from [[Argo]]'s handbook was deemed sufficient for the battle.
 ===Strategy===
-The two Tank parties kept the attention and sustained the pressure of the boss. The Assault Parties C-D would concentrate on the dealing damage to the boss, while the Assault Party E would focus their attention on the sentinels. The Support parties would primarily use the Delay skill to interrupt either the boss's or guards' attacks, and relieve pressure whenever possible.
+The two Tank parties were assigned to drawing the boss's attention and enduring its attacks. The Assault Parties C-D would concentrate on the dealing damage to the boss, while the Assault Party E would focus their attention on the sentinels. The Support parties would primarily use the Delay skill to interrupt either the boss's or guards' attacks, relieving pressure from the other parties whenever possible. In general, the parties planned to rely on the "Switch and [[Potions|Pot]]" strategy.
-In general, the parties planned to rely on the "Switch and [[Potions|Pot]]" strategy.
 ===Battle Summary===
+The battle took place on December 4th, 2022.
-[[File:Illfang and his Sentinels.png|thumb|right|200px|Illfang and his Sentinels]]
+*10:00 AM: the raid party met in [[Tolbana]].
-The battle date took place on December 4th, 2022.
-*10:00 AM, the raid party met in [[Tolbana]].
+*11:00 AM: the raid party reached the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor Labyrinth.
-*11:00 AM, the raid party reachd the First Floor Dungeon.
+*12:30 PM: the raid party reached the 20<sup>th</sup> level of the 1<sup>st</sup> Floor Labyrinth.
+*12:40 PM: the Boss Battle commenced.
-*12:30 PM, the raid party reached the 20<sup>th</sup> level of the First Floor Dungeon.
-*12:40 PM, the Boss Battle commenced.
 *Groups A to C engaged Illfang at the front. Groups E and G engaged the sentinels.
-*Illfang's first HP gauge was depleted.
+*Illfang's first HP gauge depleted.
 *Group D rotated with Group C and engaged Illfang for the second HP gauge.
+*Illfang's second HP gauge depleted.
-**At this point, the Tank groups had their HP in the yellow region.
+*Group G changed targets to engage Illfang.
-*Illfang's second HP gauge is depleted.
-*Group G changed targets and moved to engage Illfang.
 *Support Groups F and G depleted Illfang's third HP gauge out of four.
-*Group C charged Illfang even though they were not fully recovered. They arrange themselves in an encircling formation.
+*Group C charged at Illfang in an encircling formation, despite not being fully recovered.
-*Illfang unexpectedly used an [[Tsumujiguruma|omnidirectional katana skill]] that knocked everyone back and affected Group C with the [[status effect]], «Stun».
+*Illfang unexpectedly used an [[Tsumujiguruma|omnidirectional katana skill]], hitting all of its assailants and inflicting a «Stun» debuff on Group C.
-*Illfang exclusively targeted Diavel and killed him with a 4-hit combo.
+*Illfang exclusively targeted Diavel, killing him with a 4-hit combo.
+*Asuna and Kirito engaged Illfang, ordering the others to retreat ten steps away from the boss. Kirito focused on countering and delaying Illfang's attacks, while Asuna dealt damage.
-[[File:LastAttack.png|thumb|200px|Kirito deals the final blow.]]
+*Kirito was overwhelmed by the boss, prompting Groups A, B and D to come to his aid.
-*Asuna and Kirito engaged Illfang, and ordered everyone to retreat 10 steps.
+*Kirito retreated and began directing the other parties. Groups E and G engaged the Sentinels, Groups A, B, and D provided cover, while Asuna continued to deal damage to Illfang.
-**Kirito focused on countering and delaying Illfang's attacks, while Asuna made the strikes.
+*Illfang's final HP gauge dropped below the 30% mark, causing it to become red.
-*Kirito was later struck down, and Group A, B and D lent an aid.
+*Kirito rejoined the battle at the critical point, stunning Illfang with his attack.
-*Kirito backed off and began directing the attacking Groups.
+*All groups surrounded Illfang for an all-out attack.
-**Groups E and G engaged the Sentinels.
+*Kirito dealt the final blow with the «[[Vertical Arc]]» [[Sword Skill]], killing the boss.
-**Groups A, B, and D provided cover
-**Asuna continued to land blows on Illfang.
-**The final HP gauge drops below 30% in the red.
-*Kirito re-enters the fray at the critical point, and stunned Illfang.
-*All groups began a Full Attack and surrounded Illfang.
-*Kirito dealt the [[Last Attack|final blow]] with the [[Sword Skill]], «[[Vertical Arc]]», killing the boss.
 ==Casualties==
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 ==Trivia==
+*Illfang's First Floor Boss Room was twenty meters wide by one hundred meters deep.
-*According to the Light Novel text, Illfang has blue-grey fur, while both the novel's illustration and the anime portrays him with red fur.
 ==References==