Hellion - she deals considerable damage (and her Iron Swan can weaken the boss by as much as a quarter of his health!) and is capable of imposing a strong Bleed effect on the boss. Additionally, his Whistle decreases the target's protection (which increases damage that you deal to Shambler) and Marks him, which increases the potency of some of abilities. Houndmaster - two of his abilities impose Bleed which, just like in the above case, will be useful during the battle. Plague Doctor - she is capable of imposing powerful effects on the enemy (4-5 points per turn), which is useful during the battle with Shambler, and for elimination of his tentacles. After two turns of receiving buffs, such tentacle can deal as much as 20 damage (and there are two of them).Ī good party to fight Shambler consists of: With each successive turn, its attacks will be stronger (with increased chances of critical damage and additional stress), and they will be more resistant to attacks. The reason is simple - their attack, Clapperclaw, apart from the high level of dealt damage (and stress) imposes buffs on the tentacle, which enhances their chance of critical strike, their damage dealt, speed and protection. As a matter of fact, he keeps summoning them again, but the key issue here is to prevent the same set of tentacles from staying in the battlefield, throughout several successive turns. Thanks to this, he ill be taking 15-20 damage per turn, depending on your level - since he does not have the ability to heal, several turns of such damage and regular attacks from your party should get the job done.Īnother issue here is the elimination of tentacles. Shambler has very low Resistances to Bleed and Blight, which makes him vulnerable to those effects. Therefore, you need to keep fighting the tentacles on a regular basis - see below to learn more. This happens because attacks of the enemy's tentacles impose high levels of stress, and their Clapperclaw ability has a quite chance of critical hit, which amplifies the effect (fighting in total darkness also does not help here, as it also imposes stress). This is not the case here, because apart from dealing considerable damage, the boss's attacks also impose high levels of stress on your party consistent attacks on one of your characters throughout several rounds is enough to make his stress levels exceed 100 points. In the case of the rest of the bosses, you can focus on gradual draining of the opponent's health bar and keeping the party alive. With each attack, tentacles become stronger and stronger.Įffective fighting and defeating Shambler depends both on preparations and on the tactic that you adopt. The above table presents the boss's statistics in all three difficulty variants. The above table presents all of the boss's attacks. Boss's attacksġ00% / 120% / 140% chance of imposing Bleed effect that deals 1 / 2 / 3 damageġ00% / 120% / 140% chance of imposing Blight effect that deals 1 / 2 / 3 damageĨ0% / 90% / 100% chance to move your party Apart from the fight with the boss, you also need to fight with his tentacles which, paradoxically, are probably more dangerous than he himself. The only way out is to defeat the enemy, or escaping the mission altogether - unfortunately, penalty for this is high and the party receives a high stress level. The battle is unique in that there is nowhere to escape from him - if you decide to retreat during the battle, your next encounter will be with Shambler. The brightness level needs to go down to 0 and it is impossible to increase it - you need to fight Shambler in total darkness and there is nothing you can do about it. You can summon the monster on your own, by putting the torch on his altar (Shambler's Altar), or on Curio, which you can sometimes run into while exploring the dungeons.ĭefinitely, you will be surprised about brightness level during the battle. There is very little possibility that you encounter him randomly (as a random encounter), while exploring the dungeon with the lowest brightness level (set to 0). There are two ways in which you can find the boss and fight him: Also, you cannot fight him in the regular way, by selecting the appropriate mission. You do not need to defeat him, in order to push the story forward, nor to match up against other bosses. Shambler is the second miniboss in the game (just like Collector) and, at the same time, one of the most difficult battles in the game, especially if you do not prepares yourself properly beforehand. This boss fight always starts with rearrangement of your party.
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