Cloud Of Darkness HTBF

The SCH method is about killing CoD with Helix toc dot while kiting around in a circle

This method is to prevent CoD from getting TP. If CoD gets TP he might summon adds, and we don't want that to happen, hence the TP suppression method

How does CoD gain TP? If you hit it with a spell or if he hits you and damages you. But there's a trick. If he hits you for zero damage (because of Stoneskin) he will gain zero TP. Also the Helix tocs (which happen every 10 seconds) do not generate TP, only the initial helix hit does.

Furthermore, Helix tocs deal the same damage as the initial hit every 10 seconds BUT they are capped at 10k. So your goal is to hit at least 10k with the initial helix, you don't need super high damage, if you hit for at least 10k it's enough

With Daybreak, Weatherspoon ring if you have it, AF3, Ebullience, Focalization and decent food, it's pretty easy to hit 10k even on VD

Because of the reasons explained above, only the initial Helix hit will generate TP on CoD. Which means the less times you cast helix, the better. Which implies the longer the Helix lasts on CoD, the less times you will have to reapply helix over the full course of the fight, which is why in theory it's very good to use the SCH JSE neck if you have it, and the Reive SCH cape with Helix duration +20 aug. If for whatever reason you can't hit 10k with this cape, then ignore this and use Ambu one.

I don't suggest using gravity, if anything it can be annoying with CoD taking strange paths while kiting it on the edge of the arena. Other debuffs can be beneficial, in particular I suggest paralyze, it sticks easily after a couple of immunobreaks. Poison2 can also be nice if you find yourself bored while kiting. Takes a few immunobreaks as well and can make the fight SLIGHTLY faster if you can reach the 100 dmg per tic tier, but it's a very small difference either way. I suggest to avoid Silence (again, takes a few immonubreaks to land) except during the "red face" stance; during that stance CoD gains lotsa Fast Cast so having silence on it can be nice for more efficient kiting

for the reasons we said above, ALWAYS keep Stoneskin up. As long as CoD hits you for zero with his hits or spells, he will gain no TP, and the run will end with zero adds hopefully!

Avoid dia or Bio normally (the initial hits can generate tp)

For the reasons said above, I suggest to avoid MB. You don't need magic burst to hit 10k on Helix. Also the spells you use to generate the SC, would give CoD TP (unless you can like cast those spells naked, and maybe and I said MAYBE those spells might hit for zero, if they hit for zero then no TP would be fed to CoD but I doubt you can hit for zero even if completely naked)

Last but not least, if you do too many *** ups in a single run, an add might pop. If it pops when CoD is under 20% HP left, you have VERY good chances to still win. Gravity the add, keep kiting and keep SS up. Make sure a long enough Helix is up on CoD. While you still keep kiting, you can attempts for immunobreaks on the add. Sleep, Sleep2, Bind. They all land after a couple of immunobreaks. Because of the long recast, you might want to burn a few Alacrity stratagems for faster recasting. The helix will still keep on proccing every 10 seconds on CoD. If CoD HP is very low you can even Firestorm2 yourself and go for a Fire>Ionohelix Fusion SC with Immanence strats, so you can easily MB a Fire5 and a Fire3 on it. Normally that's very risky (feeds CoD TP) but if they end up KILLING CoD then you'll be safe!