Specimen 9

Specimen 9 is a boss in item asylum. He is the boss of the map clayman.
==Overview==
Specimen 9 takes the form of a red humanoid body with anorexic features and no evidence of eyes or a jawline, although a set of glowing eyes is seen in his icons.
==Abilities==
Specimen 9 performs all of his attacks in a specific order. The attacks, in order, are listed below.
Stone Rain: Specimen 9 summons various red circles on the ground that will quickly grow to their full size. After growing to their full size, spherical stones will rain down in the general area marked by the circles, dealing 35 damage to players caught in its area of effect, as well as applying ragdoll and weak knockback. This is near-constantly used throughout the entire fight, including during other attacks, unless Specimen 9 is downed.
Light Pillars: Specimen 9, after using Stone Rain three times, summons small black circles on the ground that won't grow as much as the first attack. After a short while, bright pillars of light will shoot out from the marked areas. Any players caught in the light will be dealt 15 damage every half second.
Lost Soul Summon: Specimen 9, after using Light Pillars, summons Lost Souls that will chase down players and attack them, dealing 35 damage per swing. The amount of Lost Souls summoned is dependent on Specimen 9's health; 2 are summoned at high HP, 4 at mid HP, and 6 at low HP.
Soul Strike: After defeating all of the Lost Souls, Specimen 9 will fire four orange orbs. Getting hit by any of them deals 35 damage. However, if players hit the orbs with their items, they can be redirected back to Specimen 9 and deal the 35 damage to him instead. When an orb hits Specimen 9, he will be stunned and brought down to the ground, becoming unable to use most attacks (with the exception of the screen overlays) and making him vulnerable to being attacked by players. After losing around a sixth of his health, or after a set amount of time, he will return to the air and restart his attack cycle. If players fail to redirect the orbs, he will restart his attack cycle.
Screen Overlays: This attack occurs randomly throughout the entire fight, and can even be used while Specimen 9 is downed. Specimen 9 will apply certain overlays across the player's screen, including a transparent static overlay, a wall of text that repeats "TAKE THE DEAD", running blood that flows from the top to the bottom of the screen, and a bright red flash. If "Photosensitive Mode" is enabled in settings, the red flash instead turns black, and the "TAKE THE DEAD" overlay is brighter. Multiple screen overlays may also be applied on top of each other.
Hand Wave: Thick black lines with a red outline will target three random players. After a few seconds pass, a wave of black hands with red outlines will rise from the lines, doing 45 damage to any player who fails to react in time.
===Removed===
Soul Summon: When the players had successfully killed all Souls present, Specimen 9 will summon a red soul orb somewhere in the arena. Players are required to damage and kill the soul in order to temporarily put Specimen 9 out of commission. When it is in its weakened state, players are now allowed to deliver damage to it before it flies back up again. Failing to attack the soul orb results in the attack cycle being restarted until Specimen 9 summons the soul again.
Dying to specimen 9 will trigger specimen 9's jumpscare like a beef's afk zone. And defeat jingle will not play.
==Tips== 
*Players must avoid staying in place and move around to evade the Stone Rain. However, this can be quite tricky in large servers, as the rain targets everyone, sometimes making it difficult to predict.
*Specimen 9 is only stunned until a sixth of its health is removed. This means that regardless of the amount of players attacking Specimen 9, it will always require 6 stun periods before its death.
*Each axe has a specific purpose, and it is recommended to stick to it, coming together to deal damage to the stunned Specimen 9:
**fire axe users are the ones that should be attacking the Lost Souls, as headshots deal 250 damage, killing them instantly. Additionally, it can be used to quickly dodge any tight situations.
**shadow axe users cannot attack independently due to their swing speed. However, their curse effect is useful for attacking both Specimen 9 and the Lost Souls. Additionally, its swing can be used to deflect all Soul Strike's Orbs in one swing, you just need a little timing.
**axe users are pretty useful considering it is spammable and is able to knock back Lost Souls, which can be useful for crowd control, along with a small speed boost.
**rukiryaxe users are similar to axe users, but with a much slower swing rate with the upside of dealing twice the damage.
==Audio==
<tabber>
|-|Current=
Song Info	
 	Fried Calamari (Remix)
File 	
BPM 	60 > 170
Key 	E Minor
Time 	2:18 (after first loop)
Composer 	Akuma Kira
Remixer 	Aden Mayo
Reference	Fried Calamari
===Sound effects===
SFX 	
 	In-game Sound effects
Stone hit	
|-|Old=
Song Info	
 	Fried Calamari
File 	
BPM 	60
Key 	E Minor
Time 	1:36
Composer 	Akuma Kira
SFX 	
 	In-game sound effects (removed)
Light Pillar	
Reference 	
Notes 	Light pillars no longer emit a noise in the rework.
</tabber>
==Gallery==
clayman rock attack.gif|Specimen 9 using "Stone Rain."
clayman light attack.gif|Specimen 9 using "Light Pillars."
clayman orb attack.gif|Specimen 9 using "Soul Strike," and being downed after a counterattack.
downed specimen 9.png|Specimen 9 in its stunned state.
specimen 9 dead.png|Specimen 9's corpse.
clayman take the dead overlay.gif|The "TAKE THE DEAD" screen overlay.
clayman static overlay.gif|The static overlay.
clayman blood drip.gif|Blood dripping from the top of the screen.
clayman red flash.gif|A brief red flash.
clayman black flash.gif|A brief black flash, which replaces the red flash if the "Photosensitive Mode" setting is enabled.
===Miscellaneous===
Bandicam 2022-01-06 08-16-59-298.jpg|Specimen 9 preparing his "hand wave" attack prior to v1.0.0.
Bandicam 2022-01-06 08-17-10-473.jpg|Specimen 9's "hand wave" attack prior to v1.0.0.
Bandicam 2022-01-06 08-07-18-664.jpg|The removed red soul orb appearing at a corner of the map.
File:Old clayman normal.png|Specimen 9's old normal icon.
File:Old clayman stare.png|Specimen 9's old medium health icon.
File:Old clayman pain.png|Specimen 9's old low health icon.
===Origin===
Specimen09_original.gif|Specimen 9's original appearance in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion.
==Trivia==
*When he was first introduced in v0.6.0, Specimen 9 had a different attack pattern. The order of attacks he performed went as follows:
**1. Stone Rain
**2. Light Pillars
**3. Hand Wave
**4. Lost Soul summon
**5. Soul Summon
*Specimen 9's soul strike is a reference to one of Ganondorf's boss fights from The Legend of Zelda franchise, where the player is meant to deflect an energy orb using their weapons back towards the boss.
*The hands shooting out from the dark waves are all left hands. Left handedness in Latin is seen as a form of evil, translating the term as sinister.
*The Light Pillars used to emit screaming noises when they shot up from the ground.
*Specimen 9's orbs have 10 health points.
==Changes==
*v1.7.0 [🎂]
**Remade model.
**Re-added "Hand Wave" attack.
*v1.0.0 [🔪]
**Re-added Specimen 9 with a revamp.
**Removed "Hand Wave" and "Soul Summon" attacks.
**Added "Soul Strike" attack.
**Changed music to Aden Mayo - Fried Calamari (Remix). Previously was the original Fried Calamari.
*v0.7.0 [❄️]
**Removed Specimen 9.
*v0.6.0 [🎃]
**Added Specimen 9.
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