Champion of Shadow

Champion of Shadow

Statistics

Type	Boss
Damage	180 / 320 / 500
Max Life	330,000 / 660,000 / 990,000
Defense	60
KB Resist	100%
Immune to

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• 1 / 2 / 3 of the following Enchantments will drop:
• Ancient Shadow Enchantment
  28.57%
• Crystal Assassin Enchantment
  28.57%
• Necro Enchantment
  28.57%
• Spooky Enchantment
  28.57%
• Ninja Enchantment
  28.57%
• Shinobi Infiltrator Enchantment
  28.57%
• Dark Artist Enchantment
  28.57%
• Portable Fog Machine
  25%/25%
• Champion of Shadow Relic
  100%
• Super Healing Potion (5-15)
  100%

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"The darkness of the night feels deeper..."

Champion of Shadow is a post-Moon Lord miniboss.

Summoning

Champion of Shadow does not spawn on its own and must be summoned by the player by using the Sigil of Champions while in an Evil biome during night.

Attacks

Champion of Shadow’s attacks are all based on the Shadow Force’s enchantments.

Expert Mode

Only gains boosted stats.

Eternity Mode

• Transitions into second phase at 66% heath.
• Gains a third phase at 33% heath.

First phase

The fight starts with Champion of Shadow being surrounded by shadow orbs, which circle quickly around it and shroud it in a cloud of black smog. The player needs to hit each of these orbs at least once for Champion of Shadow to become vulnerable. The orbs will destroy all projectiles on contact, preventing piercing attacks from working.

Champion of Shadow follows a set pattern, repeating after completing the final attack:

• Creates several beams as a telegraph, before summoning 3 rows of horizontal streams made up of Dungeon Guardians, with a tight gap between each stream.
• Shoots clusters of small fireballs towards the player, which slowly accelerate before spreading out further away.
• Shoots 2 shadow orbs, which explode at the player’s former position into giant flaming scythes that accelerate outwards.
• Flashes purple and rushes quickly at the player’s position to burst out multiple shadow tentacles several times.
• Summons several invincible shadow clones covered in smoke around the player, which begin to charge one after the other (telegraphed by warning beams) before disappearing.

Champion of Shadow goes into phase 2 after reaching 50% health (66% in Expert Mode).

Second phase

At the start of this phase, Champion of Shadow becomes invulnerable again, after which its surrounding shadow orbs expand outwards shortly before shooting many shadow scythes outwards. After this attack is over, the player must hit the shadow orbs again in order to proceed with the fight.

Champion’s 1st phase attacks are improved as follows:

• The Dungeon Guardian streams are now vertical.
• Now shoots 2 fireball clusters perpendicularly to the player, which accelerate and home in faster.
• Shoots more shadow orbs, which explode faster and have faster accelerating scythes.
• The tentacle rushes now try to predict the player’s movement.
• More shadow clones are summoned, and they charge in quicker succession.

Champion of Shadow goes into phase 3 after reaching 33% health in Eternity Mode.

Third Phase

Champion of Shadow becomes invulnerable once again, after which its surrounding shadow orbs begin pulsing in and outwards, shooting scythes again. The player needs to hit the orbs again in order to proceed with the fight.

• The Dungeon Guardian streams are now both horizontal and vertical.
• Now shoots 3 fireball clusters, 1 towards the player and 2 perpendicularly to the player.
• Shoots 2 shadow orbs at once perpendicularly to the player, which explode faster.
• The tentacle rushes now predict even faster and better.
• More shadow clones are summoned, and 2 of them charge at once.

Debuffs

Source	Debuffs
Contact Clone Contact	Darkness Blackout Shadowflame
Dungeon Guardian	On Fire! Darkness Shadowflame Blackout Defenseless Lethargic
Fireball	On Fire! Darkness Shadowflame Blackout
Shadow Orb	Darkness Blackout
Flaming Scythe	Darkness Blackout On Fire! Shadowflame Living Wasteland
Shadowflame Tentacle	Shadowflame
Demon Scythe	Darkness Shadowflame

Trivia

• The music that plays during Champion of Shadow's battle is Ordeal by Sakuzyo.
  • Its old theme was Full Force by Universe.
  • If the Fargo's Music Mod add-on is disabled, Boss 1 (Otherworldly) will play instead. It shares this trait with the rest of the Champions, apart from Eridanus.
• The Champion of Shadow's design was heavily based on the character Nanis, specifically his Real Form, from the web series Calamity Paint.
• If the Boss Checklist Mod is installed, its unique despawn message will be "Champion of Shadow fades away..."

Bestiary entries

• Champion of Shadow: "Feeds on the negative emotions of other creatures. Breathing its fog is said to inflict an endless sleep fraught with nightmares."
• Shadow Orb: "Clusters of darkness that focus its power. They keep the curtain of night drawn low in service of their master."

History

• 1.3.9: Introduced.