Snowman King/Tactics

## Boss Attacks

* Shoots 2 bursts of 3 long beam-shaped bullets in a wide cone formation.
	+ The bullets are much larger when enraged.
* Continuously stomp the ground, similarly to the Baby Snow Ape, and while stomping, smaller snowmen  are summoned and swarm the player.
	+ These snowmen have 8 health each, and will also stomp along to try and damage the player.
* Stands still and continuously fire small snowballs in a spiraling motion.
	+ This attack can be disrupted by Freeze or Stun status effects.
* Throws 4 large snowballs to the player continuously. The large snowballs will explode into smaller snowballs upon impact.
* Stomps the ground once, and create 5 ice cracks that travel towards the player.
	+ Ice cracks cannot be interrupted by melee attacks.
	+ Creates 7 ice cracks when enraged.
	+ Each crack deals 3 damage and causes Freeze.

## Tactics

If the player has brought some more friends in, do let their pets and Followers get in for distraction.

The boss is quite predictable with its moves but the player mustn't let their guard down. The fight will only become harder as the player stretches it out, of course from the difficulty of the enraged phase and even the small snowmen.

Camp behind the covers or get to the farthest edge from the area of the boss so the player can mostly focus on shooting instead of dodging and also for armor regeneration whenever they got hit, but don't rely too much on it.

The range of the big shockwaves can reach behind thin walls and once caught in the mess, the player can constantly take damage from the boss and may even some extra from the snowmen. The player will also be drastically slowed down and knocked back, which is very deadly if they're at a corner with no real escape.

Keep an eye on the boss. When it's about to stomp the ground, be sure to keep a distance from the Snowman King for it'll create 5 (7 when enraged) ice cracks which can give the player a split second to predict where the ice cracks might hit, which will drastically help them from being frozen.

Just keep the player's distance and attack. Most all of the attacks are fairly easy to avoid as long as they pay attention.

Using characters like the Alchemist would be helpful, as the player can lure or wait for the boss to get near the edge of the arena and pin him there with the Slow effect, disabling its overall movement.

Assassin is also a good choice, for they can also use his Dark Blade skill whenever small snowmen are spawned near the boss. The snowmen will likely be killed instantly and Snowman King will also be damaged, without having to wait for their skill to recharge.

It is recommended that the player chooses weapons like SMGs over sniper rifles and other slow-firing weapons as most of them wouldn't be fast enough to deal with an army of snowmen. They also have a high cost and it would be very wasteful if the player just accidentally hits the minions instead, which is summoned by the boss very often. High-damage weapons with penetration such as The Judge/Glacier can easily hit every of them. The Void Sword can also drag the enemies together and defeat every of them at once.

A melee weapon would also strongly help as it would allow the player to not only clear out almost all projectiles fired by the boss attacks but also the ice trails, making it possible to defeat the boss without even a single hit to their character.

## Gallery

Soul Knight 1-5 Boss Snowman King!Snowman King - SKW