Fondue

Fondue is type of mage, Players can unlock her after **Stage 2-1** at the **Shroom Cave**.

## **3.1 Story**

A witch who lived in swamps and caves for a long time.

She is sometimes feared by the people due to misunderstandings, but in actuality she is merely a shy person.

Ever since losing her home to monsters, she joined the party to learn about new worlds and research magics.

## **3.2 Skill/Upgrades/Heroes Equipment**

Basic/Skill
 Cooldown:
 Immobilizes all enemies within 3m of casting location for 4 sec.

Ether Upgrade
 10 Lv
 15 Lv
 20 Lv
 25 Lv
 30 Lv
 35 Lv
 40 Lv

Rita Artifact

Fondue's Artifact
 **Level 10 (Max)**: Mandrake's Damage increases by 20% & Damage received by all enemies Fondue's Entangle effect increases by 20%

## **3.3 Trivia, Spoilers & more**

A witch who studies cheese mushrooms in the Shroom cave. The name comes from the Swiss food Fondue. She first appears in Stage 2, and when the cheese mushrooms ran wild due to the magical runaway, Ayran joins the group. She eats food very slowly, and her physical strength is weak.

She has a holding skill that prevents enemies from moving, and is useful for preventing self-destruction monster gimmicks and multiple monsters from approaching. Even boss monsters can be held, increasing stability when making a party that focuses on shooting. However, even if you hold a ranged monster, it can attack from a distance

Fondue's role can be dealt with by Mocha who joins later, so at first glance it feels like Mocha's backwards compatibility, but the gimmick of Fondue is a group of self-destructing monsters that have a quick generation cycle, so Mocha with a slow skill cooldown cannot respond perfectly. In addition, the Beach pattern of stage 3 cannot be prevented except Fondue. Therefore, it is better to solve the self-destruction monster gimmick with Fondue.

Since the range of most nearby monsters except for some is shorter than the range of friendly nearby heroes, spread a distance from the monsters within the range of the root binding, and then issue an attack order again to attack the near-range heroes without taking damage. There are exceptions and the duration is short, however, but when this advantage is used for challenging Rita's Note, it is better. This is because the basic attacks of the bosses appearing in all Rita's Note except the refrigerator boss are close-range. Excluding the Refrigerator Boss, Fondue's skill has a lot of maintenance power to the point where it can be cleared by challenging with 4-range character that includes Fondue. The boss's behavior is approaching to the basic attack → After a little preparation time, the range is displayed repeatedly, so if you catch the pattern time well and tie it well only when approaching the basic attack, the combat power will be increased with 4 ranged combinations. You can clear the Rita's Note even if you're not too crazy. In addition, due to the Entangle attack, long-range warriors with high DPS are preferred. For this reason, it is evaluated as a high-tier warrior who clearly reveals her presence after recapture. Even on later Stages Such as Season 3 Amusement Park, Sterilization Room, Giant Stove and certain normal stages, she's still the key to win the battle.

If you cast a skill when acquiring a Rita's Artifact, you will get 2 Mandrake, which have the same action as the tracking bomb gimmick, and the damage amount is 200%, which deals about 2 flat hits. In boss battles, there is a lot of work to tie the boss's feet, so it is surprisingly difficult to deal with.

An Additional Artifact is Added which is on After patch 2.9.0, this can make Fondue's Mandrake bombs deal more damage and an damage increase when enemies under Fondue's entangle effect.