[Boss Encounter] Ranged Assassins - Bosses Can Hit Each Other

[stew0709]

Mechanic/Concept:

• This is a ranged boss which does NOT auto-attack, instead uses Mirana's Arrow as its basic attack. (like Dark Souls ranged enemies)
• In addition, it has a combination of abilities which use the basic attack as its core function. (Listed in Abilities)
• Your team will fight against a 5 unit squad of Ranged Assassins. (You can have Nyx, Phantom, and Templar Assasins as members requiring two more character models, or make one model for all 5 members)
• The arrows and abilities from other bosses hurt each other. Bosses take extra damage from other Boss arrows and abilities.
• Moving, dodging, and coordination is key to kite Bosses who you aggro to shoot abilities towards other Bosses.
• At the end, you can choose to become the Ranged Assassin!https://github.com/AngelArenaAllstars/suggestions/issues/155

Abilities:

• Basic Attacks: Mirana Arrows with quick arrow velocity (mini-stun or slow + damage that increases the farther it travels) on a short cooldown. (Telegraphed by having a longer cast animation or holding a pose before shooting the arrow.)
• Crippling Volley: Fires a volley of arrows into the air that lands in target area after a duration. On impact, deals damage and immobilizes targets in radius for a duration. (Telegraph my showing the area where stun will land)
• Machine Gun Arrows: Boss picks a target and after a duration, fires a barrage of Basic Attack arrows for a duration hitting the first enemy they touch. Deals damage and mini-stuns or slows. Boss adjusts its aim as the target moves like phoenix laser. (Telegraph by having the boss flickering yellow and turns into a solid yellow when about to shoot.)
• Scatter Shot Arrows: Does a quick 360 spins and shoots Basic Attacks in all directions or shoots in a cone in front. Deals damage and mini-stun/slows. (Telegraph using alchemist stun mechanic. The boss will flicker red and as he gets closer to 0, it will flicker faster until the boss becomes a solid red and shoots out ability. I want the boss to have a mobile ability that can be channeled as their moving.)
• Triangle of Death: Telegraphed when 3 Bosses teleport/blink to a location in a triangle formation (like Phantom Lancers Doppelganger). After a short duration, the area inside of the triangle formation does high burst damage or high tick damage and slows anyone caught inside. All bosses place ability on cooldown when it's used.
• Flash Step - Teleportation (Blink)

Encounter 1 Phases: 1) 5 Bosses appear. They constantly move and shoot. Abilities they use are Crippling Volley and Basic Attacks. (Combo: Crippling Volley into Basic Attacks) 2) After 1 member dies, they unlock the ability to use Machine Gun Arrows and Scatter Shot Arrows. (Combo: Crippling Volley into Machine Gun Arrow.) 3) After the 2nd members dies, they begin to use Flash Step and Triangle of Death. (Combo = Crippling Volley into Flash Step and Triangle of Death.) 4) After the 3rd members dies, disable the ability to use the Triangle of Death. They can still use all other abilities. 5) After the 4th member dies, you can go one of two ways:

• You can kill the final boss and grab his loot
• the last member opens a portal and escapes. You can step into this portal and become the Ranged Assassin. [look at my Ranged Assassin hero post for more detail] https://github.com/AngelArenaAllstars/suggestions/issues/155

Encounter 2 Phases: 1) 5 Bosses appear. They constantly move and shoot. Abilities they use are Crippling Volley, Machine Gun Arrow, and Basic Attacks. (Combo: Crippling Volley into Machine Gun Arrows/Basic Attacks) 2) After 1 member dies, they unlock the ability to use Flash Step and Triangle of Death. (Combo: Crippling Volley into Flash Step and Triangle of Death.) 3) After the 2nd members dies, they unlock the ability to use Scatter Shot Arrows. (Combo = Flash Step into Scatter Shot Arrows.) 4) After the 3rd members dies, disable the ability to use the Triangle of Death. They can still use all other abilities. 5) After the 4th member dies, you can go one of two ways:

• You can kill the final boss and grab his loot
• the last member opens a portal and escapes. You can step into this portal and become the Ranged Assassin. [look at my Ranged Assassin hero post for more detail] https://github.com/AngelArenaAllstars/suggestions/issues/155

Thoughts:

• The 1st encounter scenario gives the boss fight gradual power spikes so that they get harder as more members die, peaking after two bosses have died (they are able to use the Triangle of Death). The 2nd encounter gives the boss fight a power spike earlier in the phases, making the battle more challenging. You can always give the bosses access to more of their abilities sooner to make the fight more challenging. There will always be a power drop after killing the 3rd boss because they lose the ability to use the Triangle of Death.
• The boss will be as powerful as you make the Basic Attacks. If they stun like Mirana's Normal Arrow then it'll be a bit OP. If they only do damage, then they might be underwhelming. That's something you'll have to test and see.
• This boss might give a "Binding of Issac" kind of deal with all the dodging, tactical attacks, and use of hiding behind bosses to exploit a weakness.

[Haganeko]

Thank you for your post, and sorry about the delay. This looks overlong. Simplifying the encounter would help. Additionally, it would be appreciated if you could format this according to #37, to improve clarity and reduce clutter.