Captain: Smushed

**Captain: Smushed** is a challenge in Risk of Rain 2. It is completed as  by killing  by dropping an  on him.

Completing it unlocks the  in Captain's loadout.

## Tips

* The boss will begin to slowly pace towards the player once he's sufficiently weakened in his final phase. This makes the shot much easier to line up.

* Avoid collecting items that activate damaging effects that are beyond the player's control. This encompasses most random on-hit effects that deal damage, such as the  and .
	+ This also extends to offensive drones and other summoned allies as well.

* Certain Artifacts can greatly help:
	+ The Artifact of Command allows the player to exclusively stack items that affect the damage of the Beacon itself, like .
		- Since the final boss returns stolen items in the order the player obtained them, the player should pick up these items early in a run to ensure they can retrieve them without killing the boss.
	+ The Artifact of Swarms halves the final boss's health and spawns two copies of him. If something goes awry when attempting to smush the first, the second can be used as a backup.
	+ The Artifact of Glass greatly increases the player's damage. However, it also makes survival considerably more difficult.
		- can give the player a lesser damage boost without making survival as difficult as the Artifact of Glass.

* Coordinating with an  ,  or a   can freeze the final boss in place, making lining up the shot easier and affording the players some breathing room.
	+ Keep in mind that Captain will *not* complete this challenge if the final boss is killed by the execution threshold from being frozen.
* The / and can be used to drastically slow the boss, making it less likely he will move out of the way of the beacon. As an added bonus, the Effigy of Grief also reduces his armor.
	+ In a similar vein, consider coordinating with a  player, as  inflicts . In addition to reducing the boss's attack strength, it further reduces his movement speed and armor.

## Bugs

* This challenge is currently bugged on Playstation and Xbox following the Anniversary Update, as the Orbital Supply Beacon is not available on   Commencement in these versions. To work around this and gain access to the Orbital Supply Beacon, the player must have a , then die and respawn.

## Version History

PC Patch v1.1.1.2
* Quality of Life
	+ Updated Captain: Smushed challenge to have a short window of leniency

Anniversary Update
* Major Content
	+ Added New Class Challenge: Captain: Smushed

## Trivia

* This challenge may have been inspired by Deep Rock Galactic, a similar horde-shooter sci-fi game where it is possible to kill large enemies by dropping Resupply Pods on them.
* It is technically possible to defeat  in one hit. If a player were to time an  to land on the first frame of Phase 4 before items are stolen and dealt

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