Last time ended with a plan: build an obsidian shelter right where Aris pulls them into the fight. This episode is that plan meeting the fight. The counter opens at Scoti 161, Basket 131.
A model in sandstone
They talk it through first. An obsidian roof, legs to stand behind so the arrow guys can't see them, "a few murder holes." The worry is the lightning: "What I don't know is that effect, the lightning effect, if that will carry into the ground." There were four pieces of obsidian back at spawn, so they have eight.
Basket lays out a quick model in sandstone and white blocks on the floor by the chests. The posts need four spaces between them and three blocks of height. The plan is to carry a few pieces at a time, put them down, "and then die."
Obsidian, a few blocks at a time
Basket goes to work with a diamond pickaxe on a long trench of obsidian. Meanwhile chat shows how the trips into the fight are going. It reads "Scoti_Garbidis was struck by lightning," then again a short while later.
![A diamond pickaxe over a long trench of obsidian, with chat reading "[Aris] Come back here, you coward!" and "Scoti_Garbidis was struck by lightning," death counter at Scoti_Garbidis 162, BasketMC 131](https://www.basketmc.com/images/2916/conversions/a-diamond-pickaxe-over-a-long-trench-of-obsidian-with-chat-r-d638310f-content-image.webp)
It doesn't go to plan. There's a bedrock bottom in the way. One post comes out short: "Oh, that's only three!" And anything left behind is gone: "The lightning kills everything, like deletes items." A diamond sword and some potatoes don't make it out. Chat adds "Scoti_Garbidis was slain by Dark Renegade (Melee)" and "Scoti_Garbidis was slain by Aris."
Landing on top
Each trip takes two pieces now. They start putting a roof in place, but the teleport has its own idea. "It spawned me in on top. That's not good." It seems to put them in the highest spot. Chat reads "Scoti_Garbidis was killed by magic" over and over, with more lightning strikes and Dark Renegade hits in between. "Just added like eight deaths."
Basket goes in
Then Basket heads in too. "I didn't even get very close that time and he teleported me in." Chat reads "Scoti_Garbidis was slain by Dark Renegade (Melee)" and then "BasketMC was slain by Dark Renegade (Melee)." The counter reads Scoti 175, Basket 132.
The next try has half a heart and no sprint left. "I jumped and killed myself. I hit the ground too hard." Chat confirms "Scoti_Garbidis hit the ground too hard," and the counter goes to 176.
Hugging the wall
Then something works. With one of them pressed up against the wall, the teleport doesn't fire. "So I guess hugging the walls apparently avoids the coward thing." They dig out the only two bows they have, "power one, power three," and Basket goes along the wall with a bow. The Aris boss bar comes up, and chat reads "[Aris] Feel my WRATH!"
![A bow aimed into the dark checkered boss hall under the "Aris" boss bar, chat reading "[Aris] Feel my WRATH!", death counter at Scoti_Garbidis 176, BasketMC 132](https://www.basketmc.com/images/2918/conversions/a-bow-aimed-into-the-dark-checkered-boss-hall-under-the-aris-c6e41b80-content-image.webp)
"I'm able to take him down even with this power one bow pretty quickly." Getting close for the second phase is still the problem. Then an idea: iron golems, maybe a snowman to pull the mobs away. "That's actually a really good idea, man." The wall trick covers phase one. The episode ends with a trip to get stuff for iron golems.
Sixteen deaths this episode: fifteen for Scoti, one for Basket. The counter ends at Scoti 176, Basket 132. The monument isn't shown, so the totals stay at 15 of 16 crystals and 11 of 12 emerald blocks.