Bison the Warrior, pixel art boss

Bison the Warrior

Boss of Level 5

Base health 311
Ramp +35% damage after every attack, compounding
Reward 80 gold, 4 skulls, before level and heat multipliers
Found in Level 5: Ember Caves, fight 5

Attacks

It uses these in order, then starts again from the first.

  1. 13 physical damage, 3 times.

Each swing lands in 16 hits; the damage above is split between them.

Stats by level

Health after the level multiplier, and the first attack's total damage before any ramp. Heat 1 to 5 multiplies both again by x1.5, x2.5, x4, x5, x10.

LevelHealthFirst attack
5140070

What it tests

The game's own hint for this boss after you fall to it twice:

Answers

Symbols and powerups the game counts as an answer to at least one of these tests. While this boss's level is your current level, the shop offers answers to it more often.

Powerups

Adrenaline

Symbols

Bastion, Buckler, Keystone, Last Stand, Mirror Ward, Parry, Patience, Pawnbroker, Phalanx, Riposte, Second Wind, Spiked Bulwark, Stone Skin, Thorn Mail, Warding Sigil, Wizard's Shield, Wooden Shield

Kill box contents

If a kill drops a box, it holds one prize. These are the odds for what is inside. Whether a box drops at all is set by the level.

Symbol66.7%
Green Gem22.2%
Blue Gem11.1%

In the demo, blue and yellow gems are taken out and the other prizes share their odds.

What it says

When it kills you“no spare life, kid? then don't apologize, just say yes sir”

All bosses: Skeleton Leader, Ogre, Ghost of London, Koxper the Bastard, Bison the Warrior, Sila the Witch, Skeleton Highmage, Elden Mage, Knight of Trina, Armored Ice Skeleton Leader, Ice Skeleton Mage Leader.