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'''General Rootser''' is a former Xbox-exclusive [[boss]] that can be encountered in the Bergen Trail as part of the quest [[Out of the Box]].
'''General Rootser''' is a previously Xbox-exclusive [[boss]] that can be encountered in the Bergen Trail as part of the quest [[Out of the Box]].


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==Appearance==
==Appearance==
General Rootser is a [[Karotto]] that appears to be wearing a hat and shoulder pads most similarly to what you would see in the army. It sits inside a circular, flying war machine of some sort, equipped with wings, a large glowing rim, and six holes near the tail.
General Rootser is a snowman wearing a red scarf, golden shoulder pads and a green military beret. He sits in the cabin of a circular purple and red airship with two purple wings around the cabin’s sides, a blue glowing ring around its lower part, a purple rear wing and an arrow on its front as a hint for the player, similar to the [[Huge Hostile Crab]].


==Combat==
==Combat==
In the first out of three phases this battle has, General Rootser summons two elemental spinners to fight along side him, the elements being Cold and Heat. These two Beyblade looking machines will constantly spin around the General Rootser's machine, and Lea will have to destroy these (most effective with the opposite element) to stun General Rootser. These two machines will use an attack according to their element:
His airship is mostly invincible, so the only way to damage him is by attacking him directly. To do so, the player must destroy all the [[Elements|elemental]] spinners that surround him in each phase. These spin in a clockwise fashion around the boss’ airship and take more damage from attacks of the opposite element, but the boss can also activate all of them, making them attack the player with an ability that depends on their element. After all the spinners are destroyed, General Rootser moves to the center of the arena and crashes his airship, allowing the player to climb it from the front and attack the boss directly.
 
'''Heat''': Shoots a large flamethrower similar to that of the combat art [[Combat Arts/Heat Throw#Burn.21|Burn!]], dealing a good amount of damage to the player.
 
'''Cold''': Sends icicles to the player, homing at them. These icicles can be destroyed by a singular Heat combat art.
 
Occasionally, he will send the machines spinning around him at a greater radius, forcing Lea to have her back against the wall, and shoot beams of electricity at it using the two tesla coils attached to the bottom of the machine.
 
Once Lea has depleted one-third of the boss' health bar, he regains both the Heat and Cold spinners and gains a new element spinner: Wave.
 
'''Wave''': sends a large projectile at Lea. On impact, it causes a small shockwave. Deals a large amount of damage.
 
He will then spin around with a cold aura around him, constantly following the player. If the player is caught in the cold aura, they will take gradual damage. After a few seconds, he will finish with a powerful strike, dealing massive damage to whoever isn't on the 40% of the battlefield that isn't taken up by this attack. His machine is very large, so dodging this is near impossible. You will either get pushed off the cliff or caught in the spinning strike. He does this twice, so watch out.
 
After this move, he will shoot out four beams of electricity from the aforementioned tesla coils, each at alternating speeds, but the last two are shot much faster than the first two.
 
Repeat the before process until you get him to one-third of his health left. Now he gets really hard.


He gains a new spinning machine: Shock:
'''Phase 1'''
*Only two spinners surround him: a [[Heat]] one and a [[Cold]] one. Upon activation, the Heat one does a simple flamethrower attack and the Cold one summons a long stream of icicles towards the player.
*Stays in the top-middle of the arena and charges electricity, causing his spinners to deal contact [[Shock]] damage and spin further away from him. Then, two tesla coils extend from the bottom of the airship and shoot a lightning strike each, signaled by a purple aura around the one that is about to shoot and a purple dotted line indicating its direction.


'''Shock''': (Please fill this in, as I did not get to see what it does during my fight.)
'''Phase 2'''
*He has three spinners now: Heat, Cold and [[Wave]]. The Wave one attacks by shooting a Wave bomb upwards that falls near the player and deals damage in an area.
*He brings out four tesla coils instead of two. The first two shots are fired separately while the last two are fired closer to each other.
*Charges with a blue aura and the spinners begin spinning really fast around his airship, creating a damaging Cold border around it. General Rootser then flies in the player’s direction with slight homing capabilities and, upon hitting a wall, causes a massive Cold explosion that covers most of the arena. He chases the player and explodes twice.


On top of this, he will do his devastating cold spin attack '''FOUR''' times. Good luck trying to live through that one...
'''Phase 3'''
 
*He has a spinner of each element. The Shock one shoots a single lightning bolt just like the airship’s tesla coils.
At the end he will gain two more tesla coils to fire at you.  
*Brings out six tesla coils. One of them shoots first, then the second and third close together, and finally the last three also shoot in quick succession.
*Does his icy chase and explosion four times instead of two.


==Strategies==
==Strategies==
If General Rootser sends his Cold spinning machine to attack you first, then his Heat while you are surrounded, make sure to sure a throw art (Most preferably Burn!) to get rid of the ice spikes and dodge the powerful flamethrower.  
*Throw [[Combat Arts]] can take out the spinners quite easily if they are of the opposite element. You can use these to eliminate at least one spinner every time General Rooster finishes an attack.
 
*The Cold explosion’s range is insane, but there is a way to dodge it consistently. Since you can only walk around the bottom half of the arena, try to lure him to an upper corner and run towards the opposite corner, or instead, to a bottom corner while you run to the other side of the arena. The airship’s Cold border deals little damage and doesn’t push you, meaning that you can run through it if necessary.
There is no recorded strategy for the cold spin attack. You could theoretically abuse [[Stats#Riposte|Riposte]] in order to continuously Perfect Guard the entire attack, but that is very unlikely to happen unless you have the Meister Gloves.
*If you stick yourself to him when he activates his spinners, they won't be able to attack and he will stay stuck until you destroy them or get away.
 
*[[File:Ragnarök-icon.png|26px|link=Ragnarök]] [[Ragnarök]] can be used to jump on his airship and to avoid getting pushed away, completely breaking the fight. He still takes reduced damage if he isn't broken.
Or, you could use [[Combat_Arts/Heat_Melee#Blazing_Dragon|Blazing Dragon]] right before he is at his last health segment to deal enough damage to end the fight there.
 
==Location==
'''Bergen Trail'''


360 Y2 Test Chamber: ×1
==Locations==
;'''[[Bergen Trail]]'''
:*360 Y2 Test Chamber


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery mode=packed>
File:rootser-heat.png|The Heat spinner’s attack.
File:rootser-cold.png|Cold spinner’s attack.
File:rootser-lightning.png|Tesla coils shooting lightning bolts.
File:rootser-wave.png|Wave spinner’s attack.
File:rootser-boom.png|Cold explosion.
File:rootser-shock.png|Shock spinner’s attack.
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*This boss' monster fibula entry might be a reference to the quote "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book" from the movie Patton.

Latest revision as of 17:19, 4 October 2022

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General Rootser is a previously Xbox-exclusive boss that can be encountered in the Bergen Trail as part of the quest Out of the Box.

General Rootser

This magnificent bastard has read all of your books.

-Monster Fibula report

Appearance

General Rootser is a snowman wearing a red scarf, golden shoulder pads and a green military beret. He sits in the cabin of a circular purple and red airship with two purple wings around the cabin’s sides, a blue glowing ring around its lower part, a purple rear wing and an arrow on its front as a hint for the player, similar to the Huge Hostile Crab.

Combat

His airship is mostly invincible, so the only way to damage him is by attacking him directly. To do so, the player must destroy all the elemental spinners that surround him in each phase. These spin in a clockwise fashion around the boss’ airship and take more damage from attacks of the opposite element, but the boss can also activate all of them, making them attack the player with an ability that depends on their element. After all the spinners are destroyed, General Rootser moves to the center of the arena and crashes his airship, allowing the player to climb it from the front and attack the boss directly.

Phase 1

  • Only two spinners surround him: a Heat one and a Cold one. Upon activation, the Heat one does a simple flamethrower attack and the Cold one summons a long stream of icicles towards the player.
  • Stays in the top-middle of the arena and charges electricity, causing his spinners to deal contact Shock damage and spin further away from him. Then, two tesla coils extend from the bottom of the airship and shoot a lightning strike each, signaled by a purple aura around the one that is about to shoot and a purple dotted line indicating its direction.

Phase 2

  • He has three spinners now: Heat, Cold and Wave. The Wave one attacks by shooting a Wave bomb upwards that falls near the player and deals damage in an area.
  • He brings out four tesla coils instead of two. The first two shots are fired separately while the last two are fired closer to each other.
  • Charges with a blue aura and the spinners begin spinning really fast around his airship, creating a damaging Cold border around it. General Rootser then flies in the player’s direction with slight homing capabilities and, upon hitting a wall, causes a massive Cold explosion that covers most of the arena. He chases the player and explodes twice.

Phase 3

  • He has a spinner of each element. The Shock one shoots a single lightning bolt just like the airship’s tesla coils.
  • Brings out six tesla coils. One of them shoots first, then the second and third close together, and finally the last three also shoot in quick succession.
  • Does his icy chase and explosion four times instead of two.

Strategies

  • Throw Combat Arts can take out the spinners quite easily if they are of the opposite element. You can use these to eliminate at least one spinner every time General Rooster finishes an attack.
  • The Cold explosion’s range is insane, but there is a way to dodge it consistently. Since you can only walk around the bottom half of the arena, try to lure him to an upper corner and run towards the opposite corner, or instead, to a bottom corner while you run to the other side of the arena. The airship’s Cold border deals little damage and doesn’t push you, meaning that you can run through it if necessary.
  • If you stick yourself to him when he activates his spinners, they won't be able to attack and he will stay stuck until you destroy them or get away.
  • Ragnarök can be used to jump on his airship and to avoid getting pushed away, completely breaking the fight. He still takes reduced damage if he isn't broken.

Locations

Bergen Trail
  • 360 Y2 Test Chamber

Gallery

  • The Heat spinner’s attack.

    The Heat spinner’s attack.

  • Cold spinner’s attack.

    Cold spinner’s attack.

  • Tesla coils shooting lightning bolts.

    Tesla coils shooting lightning bolts.

  • Wave spinner’s attack.

    Wave spinner’s attack.

  • Cold explosion.

    Cold explosion.

  • Shock spinner’s attack.

    Shock spinner’s attack.

Trivia

  • This boss' monster fibula entry might be a reference to the quote "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book" from the movie Patton.
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