You Loong's Deluge Location & Elemental Combo Guide

What Is You Loong’s Deluge?

You Loong’s Deluge is an Artifice-type Phantom Edge — a bronze Loong head Soul wears over his forearm, spraying a high-pressure water jet that continuously consumes Remnant Spark while held. Its card reads: “A Loong-headed weapon forged by You Loong, leader of the Blackwater Crew. It unleashes the power of rivers and seas, making it especially effective against enemies wielding Fire weapons.” At level 1 it carries Damage 201 and Guard Break 180, scaling to 784 / 702 by level 30. It is less a gun than a hose-mounted gauntlet, and it fills a role no other launch Phantom Edge covers: a dedicated water tool for both combat elemental setups and fire-based traversal.

How Do You Get You Loong’s Deluge?

The Deluge drops from its maker. Defeat You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew, an optional Perfect Transcensions boss waiting in a flooded pond on the west side of Pangzhen — number 27 in Rock Paper Shotgun’s full boss order. Two route descriptions agree on the approach: rest at the Green Serpent House bell, face away from the house, take the ladder left into the courtyard of barrels, open the far gate, and follow the lantern-decorated path to the water; AllThingsHow’s interactive-map measurement places the arena roughly 138 m from the Lion Dance Hall bell and 11 m below it, past a lakeside boat yard. Step into the knee-deep water and the fight begins — full walkthrough on the You Loong boss guide, and regional context in our Pangzhen bosses hub.

Combat Kit and Upgrade Arts

Hold the Phantom Edge button to spray the water jet; the level track layers on artillery:

Three traits ride along for free: Wet (all attacks apply it), Douse Flames (extinguishes ground fires), and Extinguish (burning brambles die even with the Deluge unequipped).

Wet Synergies: Lightning and Ice Multipliers

Wet is the Deluge’s real product. Affected enemies take amplified Lightning and Ice damage, and you deal bonus damage to anything wielding Fire weapons. The practical pairings:

• Thunder Spear — games.gg’s Phantom Edge roundup explicitly recommends this duo: the Deluge soaks targets, the Spear’s combos call down lightning strikes and Paralysis on the wettened.
• Whiteshadow — the frost blade’s Chill and Freeze buildup compounds on Wet targets, a combination Game8 leans on for endgame frost builds.
• Flame, the Mask-Bound Lion Dance Grandmaster — Wet suppresses his fire kit outright; guides for the Lion Dance Hall fight flag the Deluge as the cleanest answer to his flames.

Game8’s midgame loadout slots the Deluge beside the Bashpole for exactly this reason: Pangzhen is where fire enemies crowd the map, and Wet turns your elemental second weapon into a fire counter.

Traversal: Every Fire Barrier the Deluge Opens

This is where the Deluge pays for itself. G2A’s weapons feature frames Phantom Edges as a Metroidvania key ring — and the Deluge is the water key:

• Marketplace fire barrier, Pangzhen — KeenGamer’s unlock guide flags the Marketplace block as a confirmed Deluge extinguish, opening a shortcut near the Backstreet Archway shops.
• Goldblaze pavilion — the flintlock’s pavilion is sealed by a burning barrier; only the Deluge clears it. Full chain on the Goldblaze guide.
• Burning brambles region-wide — Extinguish works from the inventory without equipping, so any scorched bramble wall you passed earlier becomes reachable the moment the boss falls.

Because the nearest bell is the Lion Dance Hall, most players grab the Deluge mid-chapter and immediately backtrack the Market route before pushing toward Flame.

Soul Tempering: Scalding Steam

Take the Deluge to Myst’s tavern in Pangzhen (Chapter 4 unlock) with a High-power Pump — itself taken from You Loong’s Meigu Lake rematch — plus 5,000 Remnant Dust. Scalding Steam makes every Deluge hit on a burning enemy vent steam that damages nearby foes. Note Game8’s warning: unlike blacksmith upgrades, Soul Tempering is irreversible, so be sure before you commit the Pump.

Is You Loong’s Deluge Worth It?

Yes — doubly so. As a weapon it is a serviceable stagger tool with Piercing Jet lining up multi-target hits, but its value is systemic: Wet fuels your lightning and ice builds, and Extinguish quietly opens more gates than any other single field ability in Pangzhen. Beat You Loong the moment you reach the west pond; everything fire-blocked in town is a five-minute walk from his arena.

FAQ

How do you get You Loong’s Deluge in Phantom Blade Zero? Defeat You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew, in the flooded pond west of the Green Serpent House bell in Pangzhen. The Artifice Phantom Edge card appears immediately after the fight, with base Damage 201 and Guard Break 180.

What does the Wet status do? Every Deluge attack applies Wet, making enemies more vulnerable to Lightning and Ice damage and increasing damage dealt to enemies wielding Fire weapons. Pair it with the Thunder Spear or Whiteshadow for elemental bursts.

Which fire barriers can You Loong’s Deluge extinguish? Once obtained, its Extinguish field ability clears burning brambles and flame barriers even when the weapon is not equipped. Confirmed spots include the Marketplace fire barrier in Pangzhen and the burning barrier sealing the Goldblaze pavilion.

What is the Deluge’s Soul Tempering art? Scalding Steam, forged by Myst with a High-power Pump and 5,000 Remnant Dust. When the Deluge attacks burning enemies it creates scalding steam that deals additional damage and splashes nearby enemies. Tempering is irreversible, so commit before proceeding.

Sources

• AllThingsHow — How to Get You Loong’s Deluge in Phantom Blade Zero
• G2A — All weapons of Phantom Blade Zero and where you get them
• Sportskeeda — How to defeat You Loong (Leader of the Blackwater Crew)
• games.gg — Phantom Edges: All Locations & Unlocks
• Game8 — How to Get You Loong’s Deluge