Slimedog Matriarch

Return to Bosses / Slime Dogs An aggressively evolved form of the Slimedog Dam, she has lost her ability to carry a litter for heightened functions to safe guard her pack.

The Slimedog Matriarch is the games first boss. It can be challenging for new players, but comparative to other bosses in the game it is easy. It's patterns are easily learned and it has good tells with ample time to react for most of its attacks.

First Phase
The first phase lasts as long as the boss is above 50% hp

[ Leaping Attack ]Typically the first thing the Slimedog Matriarch will do is leap forward, she usually leaps to a fixed position about 1/4th the length of the room from either entry/exit door. Sometimes she will short this jump. This attack is slow and somewhat predictable, it is easily her least threatening attack. The player can exploit this movement buy sliding under the boss and shooting up.

[ Thrust Leaping Attack ]Sometimes the Slimedog Matriarch will open with this attack. She telegraphs this attack by leaping in place once straight up in the air leaving a splashing stream of slime. She will jump a second time over the player the same distance to the fixed position of the other leaping attack, she does not ever short this jump. The threat is the stream of slime damaging the player. The player must use the slides I-frames to avoid taking damage from this attack. The player can exploit this movement buy sliding under the boss and shooting up.

[ Cluster Bomb Barrage ]Sometimes the Slimedog Matriarch will open with this attack. There is no true telegraph for this attack. The projectiles shoot out and up into the air and fall slowly in a scattered pattern to the ground and bounce before exploding. This can be one of the more troublesome attacks to deal with from this boss as dodging the bounce doesn't always work out. You can mitigate the effect of this attack by targeting the projectiles and destroying them, which has a chance for them to drop a health item increasing your sustainability during the fight.

Second Phase
''The second phase starts after the boss falls below 50% hp. This boss continues to use all first phase attacks in its second phase.''

[ Ceiling Slime Barrage ]This attack has the easiest telegraph for this boss. The Slimedog Matriarch will bark twice. After a delay a random number of droplets in a random pattern will fall from the ceiling. The boss will not move during the time the slime drops are falling, focus on avoiding the drops then continue the fight as you were.