Ancient Wisp
"Could this be the architect of the smaller wisps?"
– The Survivor
The Ancient Wisp is one of the game's bosses.
Description
The Ancient Wisp is the highest known form of wisp on Petrichor V. It is an inanimate entity in the form of a menacing helmet and a dilapidated suit of armor engulfed by vivid purple flames.
It is able to project scalding hot pillars of lightning, scorching enemies and terrain alike in their wake.
Behaviour
The Ancient Wisp follows survivors in range, dealing no contact damage. Its only attack is summoning rows of lightning on the ground. This attack has a long cooldown, and is telegraphed by dots lining the area they'll strike one second prior. They can be dodged by standing between the gaps, or by jumping when the attack hits.
Once the Ancient Wisp is killed, 2 Greater Wisps and 2 Wisps are spawned.
Elite Types
Volatile
- Spawns twice as many lightning bolts.
Frenzied
- Lightning bolts activate about twice as fast.
Spawning
Monster Log
Could this be the architect of the smaller wisps? Perhaps this Ancient Wisp is the puppeteer behind the fiery masks harassing me thus far, or is he also a devilish device of something greater..?
The heat coming off the purple flames is extreme. Ferocious columns of lightning threaten to short-out my suit, or worse, turn me into a blistered husk. What fuels these violent, burning apparitions?
Trivia
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