Giant Tick

Giant Ticks are miniboss-like enemies that only appear in the Morass of the Banished.^TBS They are exclusive to the Bad Seed DLC.

Behavior[]

When player enters an arena outside the structures the Banished^TBS inhabit, its doors will slam shut, the Giant Tick will leap out of the swamp ahead of them, and then immediately engage in battle.

Moveset[]

Double swipe

Description: Performs two swipes.
Can be blocked, parried, and dodge rolled (not recommended).

Strike combo

Description: Performs an overhead strike, then a rear kick.
Can be blocked, parried, and dodge rolled (not recommended).

Toxic leap

Description: Performs a leap in the direction of the player while leaving damaging projectiles. This attack only occurs at long range.
Can be blocked, parried, and dodge rolled.

Strategy[]

It is advisable to roll away and not into Giant Tick's close range attacks, as it will always follow up with a second strike, however, these attacks can be parried.
When leaping, the Giant Tick can be parried, however it is advisable not to.
Using King's Scepter, you can repeatedly bounce on their front without touching the ground to easily kill it.

Trivia[]

Giant Ticks are derived from Mama Tick.^TBS

History[]


1.7: Introduced. 1.8: Attacks now have a slight knockback effect. Now drops 5 cells and some gold. 2.0: Damage reduced. 2.4: Fixed bug that softlocked the game after using the Blueprint Extractor on the Giant Tick.