The Mad Piper

Boss:	The Mad Piper
Monster Type	Human
Level	53-55
Dungeon	Hamelin

Description

Peter the Mad Piper is the boss of Hamelin. He is a unique boss, in the sense that, after you defeat him, he will escape to another room to summon another mob of enemies. You have to kill him a total of 3 times to end the dungeon.

Move List

> ALL PHASES

• Projectile super-armor activated at all times
• Attacks you at close range with his flute. Has a wide Y-axis range
• Plays his flute and shoots musical notes at you as projectiles. Does physical damage or inflicts status effects if hit by this

> PHASE 2 ONWARDS

• Plays his flute and summons groups of black rats as projectiles. Propagates outwards from him in all 8 directions and travels along the ground. These then continue to move around the screen slowly for a brief moment before dissipating

> PHASE 3 ONLY

• Chorus of Madmen: This is one of the Mad Piper's most deadly attacks. Plays his flute and covers the screen in a red hue. During the attack's duration, your attacks and your party members' attacks are able to hit and damage each other. Also boosts his defense for the duration of this attack.
• Plays his flute and summons a pillar of rats as a temporary platform to lift him above the ground. The pillar can be attacked and destroyed. If you are within the vicinity, this attack will push you away from him. Once on top, he usually summons Black Rat Swarms that move along the ground and attack you periodically.
• Boss blow-back aura on get-up
• Summons Rathead Shu and Laksha. Only uses this at the start of the phase.
• Summons Giant Rats and Biting Rats

Strategy

• Fighting him the first two times shouldn't be too difficult, as he only uses his most powerful attacks in the final phase.
• Peter always spawns with a mob of Giant Rats and Biting Rats. Clear the room of these before focusing fire on him as these can cause major problems. They can poison or cause you to bleed on attack, and block your attacks (as they move hideously fast).
• Characters with many projectiles may find it hard to stop the Mad Piper from closing in on them. Let your party members lure him away from you.
• Mini World Toys that can be gotten from a repeatable quest given by Grubeck will help in this fight, as his projectiles can cause a variety of abnormal status effects.

> PHASE 2

• Avoid standing directly on his position if possible. His 8-directional projectile attack originates from the center of his sprite, meaning you will get hit by all 8 projectiles if he manages to use this attack while you are standing directly on him, dealing massive damage.

> PHASE 3

• Be EXTREMELY cautious once he casts Chorus of Madmen. Everyone in the party should immediately stop attacking and focus on avoiding his attacks instead. Damage is NOT scaled if you attacked by a teammate, so this could result in you killing your party members in a single hit, or worse, wiping out all of your teammates with a powerful AoE attack. Let only one character attack Peter at this point in the battle to minimize accidental friendly fire. The lower his health, the more he will use Chorus of Madmen.
• However, if you are soloing him, just continue fighting him normally as this won't affect you at all.
• If you have attacks that hit high enough, or if you are able to jump high enough, you can still hit Peter when he summons the rat pillar.