Abyssling

Little Man

**Abyssling** is a NPC tank which spawn from the abyss gate. They seem to appear from the abyss gate portal every 10-30 minutes, and when they touch the portal barriers they are temporarily disabled for roughly 30 seconds which allows players to enter the Abyss. They also spawn in the Abyss in the spawn zone frequently, and travel down the hallways when they are not provoked to the portal leading to the main area of the Abyss. They will attempt to attack people that are left in the abyss hallways. If somebody is stuck in the walls in the spawn area, the Abyssling will move around extremely fast in the hallways, making it nearly impossible for normal players to get to the main area of the abyss, as they will die instantly from the crazy Abyssling. To pass, no-clip into the walls and make your way to any of the portals, they will take you to the main area of the abyss.

## Stats

Abyssling's Base Stats
 Auto Cannon Reload
 Bullet Damage
 Bullet Speed
 Bullet Penetration
 Trap Damage
 Trap Speed
 Trap Penetration
 Auto Cannon Bullet Damage
 Auto Cannon Bullet Speed
 Auto Cannon Bullet Penetration
 Auto Cannon Detection Range
 Health
 Body Damage
 Movement Speed

[Source: Tank Editor from the Test Server]

## Strategy

#### Against an Abyssling

Do not ram an Abyssling, even the tankiest builds will die without the Abyssling busting a sweat.

Stay in a large group, and avoid its traps. Try to kill it before it gains enough speed. They regen quite fast, so you'll need to be constantly attacking it.

## Trivia

* Abyssling spawn from a portal in Crossroads.
* Abyssling is designed as a little brother of Abyss Guardian (obviously).

* [This is disputed Trivia. Take it with a grain of salt.] A player by the name of BeasTenders has claimed to have seen several abysslings, including a abyssling with a riot-like barrel on the front. It is unknown if these are actually real considering he did not take a single screenshot. (this trivia was added before abyss update)

* The above trivia was likely just an act for attention.

* Abyssling can detect walls.
* As of ALPHA 0.11.0, Abyssling got added.
* Abyssling purpose is protecting the abyss gate.
* Abyssling does not use Fallens AI, it uses a mix of a Peacekeeper, with some extra sauce and a built-in pathfinder.
* The Abyssling's AI can be aggro'd to become super fast.
* Abyssling can beat a Tier 3 Peacekeeper without even using its main cannon.
* The Abyssling AI can be tricked to open 1 or more radiant gates by a fast player going to the opposite side of the portal, this will cause the Abyssling to walk into the gate.
* Originally, the abyss gate would open for only about 5 seconds before closing, but that time has since been buffed, as well as abyssling spawnrate being buffed from about 30 minutes or an hour to only about 10-15 minutes

## Behavior

### In Abyss:

The Abyssling will either follow a player, or path find its way to the abyss exit. They spawn from any of the vertical portals once intruders stay in the area for a minute or two, or from the portal at spawn. There are multiple reasons for Abysslings to de-aggro:

* If there are no players that attack it
* If another Abyssling spawns and targets the same player, however this doesn't happen a lot.
* If it gets stuck in the wall
* If there are no players around
* It will occasionally aggro any nearby players.

**WARNING:** If a player clips in a wall, they can trick the AI to accelerate to insane speeds, and due to an oversight, the Abyssling will not lose its built-up speed. Approach Abysslings in the Abyss with caution.

### In Crossroads:

The Abyssling will spawn out of a radiant gate. If left unprovoked, it will wander the crossroads for 1-2 minutes, and then start pathfinding its way back to where it spawned, where it will ram a radiant gate and go in the portal.

If the Abyssling is attacked, it will aggro the player that hurts it. If there are multiple players, it may get confused and switch targets very fast. It has built in path-finding, and it will slowly gain speed; like a Peacekeeper.

## Gallery

The only ever screenshot of an Abyssling before ALPHA 0.11.0 (that i know of…). It was probably the dev testing/trolling or messing around.An Abyssling fighting an Amalgam near radiant gates.4 Abysslings prevents 5 green tanks from entering the Abyss.