How To Kill Assistant Manager Grounded

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The Assistant Managing director is a mini-dominate version of the ARC.R institute in the Black Anthill Lab. It is the last challenge of the Black Anthill surface area. Different the Hedge Broodmother, it cannot be re-summoned after being defeated.

Boss Fight

Phase 1

Once the fight starts, the Banana Manager volition spawn with 2 TAYZ.Ts and land in the loonshit. In this stage, it just has two attacks, a longer-charged shot and quick shot, like to the ARC.R. The minions it spawns won't respawn until the side by side stage starts.

Stage 2

At 75% health, the Assistant Managing director will enter phase two, in which ane ARC.R and 2 TAYZ.Ts will spawn from to a higher place. In this stage, it gains access to its laser attack, in which it screams while information technology charges a yellow spark in its cannon and slams the ground. One time slammed, the middle light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation pillar will activate and they will starting time rotating. two of the lasers accept lasers that need to exist ducked, and the other 2 demand to be jumped over. Both variants rotate reverse of the other variant, leading to the thespian needing to pay attention to the lasers location.

Phase 3

When at 50% health, the Assistant Manager will enter phase iii, in which a terminal ARC.R and two TAYZ.Ts volition spawn from in a higher place. In this phase, it gains access to its daze pillar attacks, which activation is similar to the laser pillar assail, just with a blueish spark. When the Assistant Director activates them, the four pillar activate, covering a good portion of the loonshit in a damaging static aureola that will shock the role player. The safe areas form a plus around the arena, likewise as confronting the window and back wall. The dominate can also stack this attack with the laser colonnade, making the fight very hectic very speedily.

Strategy

The Assistant Director can exist considered much easier than the Broodmother, but is still a formidable threat nonetheless. Some tips for fighting information technology include.

• Apply stamina and health potions such every bit the Boost Juice or Fuzz on the Rocks
• Granola Bars can be a useful healing detail due to the large amount of them within close proximity of the area
• Though smashing damage is the near effective, it may exist ameliorate to employ a quicker weapon that does non have a negative result on the dominate such as slashing or generic.
  • If possible, the player can besides add on salty broaden to do actress harm to the boss.
• If using a one-handed weapon, a shield such as the Blackness Ant Shield can be very useful to block the static charge attacks and deflect them.
• Be sure to focus on minions when they spawn every bit they can be very dangerous during the lasers or electric attacks.
• During the shock pillar, standing against the window or back wall is recommended to avoid the stupor pillars aura, and moving frontwards in the right spot to duck/leap over the laser colonnade.
• Staggering it while he is about to activate the lasers or the towers with the Coup de Grass or Chopper Mutations tin can prove extremely useful due to how it volition abolish the set on and volition go into a cooldown earlier it tin can use it over again
• Past the third stage, the field of view may be also express in get-go person-way. Switching to tertiary-person may help keep eyes on all the activity

Trivia

• Some whiteboards in the Black Anthill Lab, seem to betoken the Asst. Manager is really extremely stupid, and may be aggressive due to being hacked past a external source.
• The keycard it drops hints that the Banana Manager is only an upgraded version of a regular ARC.R

Gallery

Assistant Manager Beast Bill of fare

Relevant Quests

• The Blackness Ant Lab (Quest)

Creatures of Grounded
Harmless	Aphid • Crow • Gnat • Grub • Meaty Gnat • Scarab • Tadpole • Water Boatman • Weevil
Neutral	Bee • Black Worker Emmet • Firefly • Ladybug • Moth • Red Worker Emmet • Roly Poly • Sickly Roly Poly
Angry	Antlion • ARC.R • Blackness Ox Beetle • Black Soldier Ant • Black Widow • Blackness Widowling • Bombardier Beetle • Diving Bong Spider • Dust Mite • Fire Soldier Ant • Burn Worker Emmet • Green Shield Issues • Infected Gnat • Infected Ladybug • Infected Larva • Infected Mite • Infected Weevil • Infected Wolf Spider • Koi Fish • Ladybird • Ladybird Larva • Larva • Backyard Mite • Musquito • Orb Weaver • Orb Weaver Jr • Red Soldier Emmet • RUZ.T • Spiderling • Spiny Water Flea • Stinkbug • TAYZ.T • Termite • Termite King • Termite Soldier • Tick • Tiger Mosquito • H2o Flea • Wolf Spider
Bosses	Banana Manager • Director Schmector • Hedge Broodmother • Mant • Orchid Mantis
NPCs	BURG.L • Dr. Wendell Tully

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