| Mine Flayer | |
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| Sinister Bell | |
| An unfathomable horror from the abyss, feared by even the strongest Gundead.
Killithid have the ability to dominate the guns of others, turning them against their wielders. Only the most iron-willed gunslingers can hope to escape being enslaved by their power. | |
Mine Flayer is a boss.
Behavior
Mine Flayer primarily stays near the center of the arena during the fight, and has several attacks:
- Fires large rings of bullets that expand and drift to the sides.
- Fires two rotating streams of bullets in all directions.
- Spins around, throwing mines around the arena that will either chase the player or walk in circles around the center of the room. They explode upon contact and cannot be killed, and will disappear after a while. During this attack, the Mine Flayer fires spreads of bullets at the player.
- Fires bouncing bullets in all directions.
- Disappears, leaving behind many bells. Killing the correct bell causes the Mine Flayer to re-appear, while killing an incorrect bell causes it to explode into a ring of bullets.
Strategy
- Mine attack: Move in circles through the periphery of the room, and don't stop moving. If it is necessary to cross paths with a mine, roll towards it right as you enter the mine's perimeter to avoid damage.
- Bell attack: The bell that the mine flayer hides under occasionaly flashes red. All other bells flash white.
- Bouncing bullets: Simply move back and forth to dodge the bullets, and avoid dodge rolling.
- Rotating streams of bullets: Stay near the walls of the arena where the gaps in the bullets are largest. Avoid dodge rolling.
- Drifting rings of bullets: Stay near either the left or the right side of the room, as the rings of bullets alternate in the direction they drift. Simply roll through each ring.
Notes
- If the player's curse is high enough, the mines or the bells spawned by the Mine Flayer may be Jammed, increasing their movement speed and dealing 1 full heart of damage.
- The mines and bells can be inflicted with debuffs, meaning they can die by the Poison and the Burn debuffs.
- The Mine Flayer itself, however, is completely immune to these debuffs. Keep that in mind if you have the Molotov or the Poison Vial.
Trivia
- The Mine Flayer is a boss that was added in the Supply Drop Update.
- The Mine Flayer's bell and appearance are references to a creature from Demon's Souls, called the Mind Flayer.
- The Mind Flayer originally appeared within Dungeons and Dragons and inspired the Demon's Souls design. Its alias within the game, illithid, is referenced in its Ammonomicon entry where it is referred to as the Killithid.
- The phrase "Sinister Bell" is also a reference to an item from Bloodborne.