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key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-external-healing-source
type: mechanic
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-external-healing-source
lang: en
title: Interceptable healing sources
summary: Healing comes from a separate source that can be intercepted.
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https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-external-healing-source/
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- Boss fights
- 'States, resources, and scaling'
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updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Interceptable healing sources
description: Healing comes from a separate source that can be intercepted.
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width: 640
height: 350
game: Genshin Impact
sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4&t=9s'
originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4'
sourceFrameSeconds: 9
credit: HoYoverse; gameplay capture by CS Success Gamer
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Game graphics © HoYoverse. Gameplay recording by CS Success Gamer.
Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded
from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: 'Genshin Impact: Electro Hypostasis Revival Prisms can be destroyed'
alt: 'Genshin Impact: Electro Hypostasis Revival Prisms can be destroyed'
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label: Destroying the separate prisms prevents the boss from recovering
tips:
- Show the recovery source and the time available to intercept it.
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- title: Genshin Impact
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Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic
pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by
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URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights;
references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Interceptable healing sources
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-external-healing-source
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-external-healing-source
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-external-healing-source/
Healing comes from a separate source that can be intercepted.
## At a glance
[Genshin Impact](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4&t=9s) · Game graphics © HoYoverse. Gameplay recording by CS Success Gamer. Original visible source markings retained. All rights reserved; excluded from portal MIT and CC BY 4.0.
[Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4), 9 s
1. Destroying the separate prisms prevents the boss from recovering
- Show the recovery source and the time available to intercept it.
- [Genshin Impact](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4&t=9s)
## How it works
Healing comes from a separate source that can be intercepted.
## Variants
### How the technique works
- Healing comes from a separate source that can be intercepted.
## Context and limits
A concise reference to all 124 Boss Fight Atlas mechanics across its 14 source sections. Each entry includes a definition, full RU/EN lesson links, game references and further reading retained from the source. Animations and detailed rules remain in the atlas.
## Connected materials
## Sources and provenance
Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Interceptable healing sources (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/external-healing-source/) (id: source-cea949bd8760b61b)
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Interceptable healing sources (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/external-healing-source/) (id: source-a8efff1144b4843c)
- [Electro Hypostasis · Genshin Impact](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4&t=2s) (id: source-6260f84cb39824d4)
- [Moon Lord · Terraria](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfXG8H14GNA&t=31s) (id: source-f798e3be172f39bb)
- [Ultra Greed · The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h804IUhQunI&t=30s) (id: source-1d579c3b2b80d242)
- [Boss Up: Boss Battle Design](https://media.gdcvault.com/gdc2018/presentations/Keren_Itay_BossUp.pdf) (id: source-c151324fe6097460)
- [Electro Hypostasis — Genshin Impact Wiki](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Electro_Hypostasis) (id: source-a83b0364103ebb47)
- [Moon Lord — Official Terraria Wiki](https://terraria.wiki.gg/wiki/Moon_Lord) (id: source-5415e88ee58e4aee)
- [Ultra Greed Coin — The Binding of Isaac Wiki](https://bindingofisaacrebirth.wiki.gg/wiki/Ultra_Greed_Coin) (id: source-01c942e5255045f0)
- [Genshin Impact](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1A3BLMg5F4&t=9s) (id: source-52d521ce3ee8c7e2)
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