Deacon Oddo, the Swallower
A marsh toad in a cassock. His tongue swallows you whole, and inside his stomach is a small arena of its own.
Phases
Base health. The game multiplies boss health by 1.8, and by 1 plus 0.5 for every floor of depth, so the real number on its own floor is higher. 1350 × 3.6 = 4860.
Attacks
A ring shows where he lands, then he leaps there. One or two hops, three from 22% health.
A lane from his mouth: the tongue lashes along it after 0.8 seconds and swallows whoever is in it.
His throat swells, then waves of notes spread out in rings.
Inside, polyps grow on the walls and acid drips from above. Kill every polyp and he spits you out, retching and open to hits. Too slow, and he spits you out anyway, with a bite.
From half health: two licks (the second where you are heading), lobs of acid that leave pools, and a high leap with a wide ring and three rings of notes on landing.
How to win
- Step sideways out of the lick lane, never backward along it.
- If you are swallowed, kill the polyps fast: the bile of each one burns him from within.
- After he spits you out he retches for a moment. That is the time for your big hits.
Moves, as animated in the game
Reward
A gold chest that opens without a key, a hatch to the next floor, eight coins and thirty souls.
Its own drops
- Rot root: 5 to 8, 100% chance
- Candle wax: 3 to 6, 60% chance
- Leech rune, tier 2: 30% chance
- Heart of Maud: 12% chance
- Blueprints from the pool of Rot Mother Tree