Apparition Mothership

This article is about a Miniboss from the event Alien Invasion.
==/// SUMMARY==
Apparition Mothership is a miniboss that is encountered on Wave 14. In Default mode, it has 5,000 HP and yields 2,500 Cash when defeated.
==// ENCOUNTER==
Upon reaching the final stage of Alien Invasion, there is a chance for an Apparition Mothership to spawn in the battlefield, flying around the map to send down attacks at players and the Statue. If the Apparition Mothership is destroyed, it can spawn again if enemies are still spawning. Only 1 Apparition Mothership can be on the battlefield at the same time and they can only spawn a maximum of 3 times.
===// XBOX LIVE!===
Upon spawning in, Apparition Mothership has a 25% chance to play the "XBOX LIVE" sound effect.
==/// MOVESETS==
MOTHERSHIP'S ATTACKS 	MOTHERSHIP'S ATTACKS
NAME & VISUAL 	STATS & STRATEGY
DEATH BEAM 	Death Beam is an attack used by the Mothership that shoots vertical beam from below, upon performing this move, Mothership will teleport to the location of the enemy, after this 
Mothership will slowly wind up the Death Beam with noise cue, after that, Mothership will shoot the Death Beam while chasing down the nearest enemy
Death Beam is rapid damaging move, dealing consecutive hits while being caught up in the beam, however, base damage of the beam is low
Mothership doubles it's speed during this move.
STATS:
*x4 Statue Multiplier
*2.5 Second Wind-up
*Lasts for 15 seconds
STRATEGY:
*It is possible to kill Mothership before it performs this move with enough DPS, Mothership cannot immediately do Death Beam as it requires some time, using this time interval it is possible to kill Mothership
*If caught in Death Beam, watch your health and run away, it may be difficult to spot if you're inside the beam as it doesn't have indicator in low zoom or first person, if you have a shield listen to the sounds or look above when Mothership teleports
*It is easy to outrun Mothership during this move, consider using teleportation options or items that provide speed boost, as they can become handful
Teleportation 	Mothership, at randomly intervals can teleport in the map, teleporting could be random or telegraphed attack
 If Mothership teleports on top of an enemy, it will likely perform Death Beam, then afterwards it will teleport again in random place
 If Mothership teleports does not teleport on top of an enemy, it will not perform Death Beam
STATS:
*10 [MAX] - 30 [MIN] Teleport interval
*500 [MAX] - 200 [MIN] Teleport Range
STRATEGY:
*Look up when Mothership uses this move, if it's on top of you, quickly start running away
BLASTER BARRAGE & ROCKET REAVER	Mothership posseses two weapons that can home-in or lock on to the enemy, each of these barrels and cannons individually work by themselves
 Mothership has 12 barrels to shoot lasers from, these lasers are hitscan but are impacted by accuracy, if Mothership is performing this move it will try it best to target multiple enemies at once instead of the closest enemy at the same time
 Mothership has 6 cannons to shoot rockets from, these rockets will fire rapidly and home-in to the enemy, dealing AoE damage
 Both of these attacks can be combo'd with eachother and Death Beam
STATS:
 Blaster Barrage
*20 [NAX] - 10 [MIN] Laser ammo for each barrel
*15 [MAX] - 10 [MIN] Cooldown for each barrel
*0.2 Firerate
*5 Damage
*x5 Statue Multiplier, 2.5x Aerial Multiplier, 2.5 Armored Multiplier and 10x Structured Multiplier
Rocket Reaver
*7.5 [MAX] - 3.33 [MIN] Cooldown for each cannon
*20 Damage, 50 Splash Range
*5x Statue Multiplier, 10 Structure Multiplier, 2.5x Armored and Aerial Multiplier
STRATEGY:
*Try to be as far as possible if you're being impacted or take the least amount of damage from Lasers, as they become less accurate if far away. Hiding between structures or the Statue is also viable
*For rockets there aren't much things to do, try your best to not overcrowd due to moderate size explosion it creates and try to hold a weapon with damage resistance during this move as it deals heavy damage.
==/// STRATEGY==
#Despite being a miniboss, Apparition Mothership can be dealt with easily using enough focus fire. This makes repeatedly destroying it an excellent method of farming cash.
#Eagle is extremely effective against this boss and is able to take it down easily within a minute.
#Use Ninja Blink or Touchstone to avoid the Death Beam.
==/// TRIVIA==
#Apparition Mothership is based on the "Martian Saucer" miniboss from Terraria's "Martian Madness" event.
Category:Mini Bosses
Category:Enemies
Category:HEAVY
Category:ARMORED
Category:AERIAL
Category:MINIBOSS
Category:Early-Game
Category:Tier N/A