Boss Guide
Aeonglass is the current Glory boss read: 512 HP, 535 HP on the tougher band, Withering Presence on the player, and a strict Ebb -> Eye Lasers -> Increasing Intensity loop.
The fight is not about guessing a random phase. Aeonglass opens by putting Withering Presence on the player and Artifact 3 on itself, then repeats three turns in order. Count the Wither timer, spend non-Status cards with intent, and do not let the block-and-Strength turn make the next pass bigger than your deck can answer.
The fight is readable once the hand timer stops being treated like flavor text.
The clean read is simple: Aeonglass pressures your hand first, your stats second, and your damage clock last.
Withering Presence turns every fourth non-Status card into a Wither problem. That means card count matters as much as Energy count.
Increasing Intensity is not a free turn. The 33 Block slows your kill, and the Strength gain makes the next attack cycle more expensive to survive.
Read this top to bottom. There is no reason to carry the wrong Act 3 boss script into the room.
Opening Setup
Every 4 non-Status cards you play, add a Wither to your Hand.
The boss also starts with Artifact 3. Strip Artifact before relying on debuffs, and watch the non-Status count before playing low-impact filler.
Ebb
Applies Ebb 3, lowering Strength and Dexterity for the turn.
This is the single-hit pressure turn. Weakening your Strength and Dexterity on the same turn makes both blocking and counterpressure worse.
Eye Lasers
Two-hit attack with no setup break.
Multi-hit mitigation is worth more here than on Ebb. This is also the turn where bad Wither timing often forces awkward card spending.
Increasing Intensity
Gains Block and growing Strength, then returns to Ebb.
The first Strength gain is 3, or 4 on the harder attack band. The fight increments from there, so slow decks must treat this as a clock.
These are the details that change sequencing, not trivia to memorize after the fight.
Status cards do not advance the counter. Attacks, Skills, and Powers do, so a cheap setup turn can still hand you the next Wither if it spends four real cards.
Wither is a Status card with Retain and Exhaust. If it remains in hand at turn end, it deals 2 damage to you. The practical answer is usually to spend it before the hand clogs.
Aeonglass starts with Artifact 3. Vulnerable, Weak, Poison, Doom-adjacent setup, and other debuff plans need to account for those first three negations.
The block turn is not passive. It adds Strength, then the next Ebb and Eye Lasers cycle becomes harder to block cleanly.
The useful plan is short: manage the fourth non-Status card, clear Artifact before trusting debuffs, and do not let the block turn stretch the fight for free.
If the fourth non-Status card is a weak setup card, you still pay the Wither tax. Spend the fourth card when it advances damage, block, or a needed debuff clear.
The first three debuffs do not stick. Plan the first cycle around direct output, artifact removal, or debuff volume instead of assuming one premium debuff solves the turn.
Ebb is not only damage. Losing Strength and Dexterity for the turn can make ordinary answers underperform, especially if your block line depends on Dexterity.
Increasing Intensity buys Aeonglass time and raises future damage. If your deck cannot punch through the 33 Block, the next cycle is already worse.
Most losses here come from ignoring one counter and then calling the fight random.
Counting only HP and ignoring the Wither timer. That is how strong decks lose to hand pressure instead of raw damage.
Spending four non-Status cards because they are cheap. Cheap still advances Withering Presence.
Saving all mitigation for Eye Lasers while Ebb quietly cuts the stats that make your next response work.
Treating Increasing Intensity as a rest turn. It is the boss buying time and raising the next damage pass.
Open the page that answers the next question instead of forcing one guide to do every job.
Use the patch read when you need the wider May 7 and May 8 context around Aeonglass, Wither, relics, events, and Inky.
Open pageUse the room-total page when you need the HP breakpoint, co-op scaling, or a quick comparison against the other Act 3 bosses.
Open pageCheck exact execute thresholds once Aeonglass has been chipped down or Doom has already started stacking.
Open pageLook up Ebb, Withering Presence, Artifact, Strength, and other fight states without mixing them into a phase guide.
Open pageOpen the broader enemy index for late Glory rooms, elite pressure, and non-boss HP bands.
Open pageShort answers for the lines players are most likely to miscount.
After the opening setup, Aeonglass loops Ebb, then Eye Lasers, then Increasing Intensity, and then returns to Ebb.
Aeonglass has 512 HP on the base band and 535 HP on the tougher HP band.
Every fourth non-Status card you play adds a Wither to your hand. Status cards do not advance that counter.
Wither has Retain and Exhaust. At the end of your turn, if it is still in your hand, it deals 2 damage to you.
Ebb lowers your Strength and Dexterity by 3 for the turn, then restores those stats at the end of the player turn.
It gains 33 Block and Strength. That delays your kill and makes the next attack cycle more dangerous.
