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carduinal-cyn
(Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
27th Aug, 2021 04:39:11 PM
When I think of a Tactical Suicide Boss, I think of a boss who exposes their vulnerabilities while attacking, not trying to heal damaged parts. This is a Shielded Core Boss in my opinion: destroy the parts and you expose the part of the boss you need to attack in order to win.
"I don't have the power to reverse my destiny. [...] But I'm not going to turn away from my fate anymore." — Kiriya
ZombieAladdin
Since: Nov, 2010
28th Aug, 2021 01:10:12 PM
All right, thanks! That makes sense.
I am not certain which trope this falls under, but this is the example I have in mind:
The boss is a large self-repairing robot. It repairs itself through a small unit that's normally protected by an impenetrable shield. In other to defeat this robot, you must damage at least one of its parts until that part can no longer function, after which the repair unit will be vulnerable for as long as it's repairing the part. Then, it zips back into its shield the moment repairs are complete. As the repair unit cannot repair itself and is itself the robot's core, destroying the repair unit will cause the rest of the robot to shut down, winning the battle.
Is this Tactical Suicide Boss because its vulnerability is caused by its own actions, albeit there is a good reason it's doing it? Or is it a Shielded Core Boss, as the weak point is normally guarded and has to be coaxed out? Or is it more general than that and just a Puzzle Boss?
Edited by ZombieAladdin