Partisan Maiden

A Partisan Maiden in the Citadel.

The Partisan Maiden is the strongest variant of the Spear Maiden that can be encountered only as a Commander or in NG+. It attacks by dashing at you with its spear, or throwing two of them at you from a distance.

## Behaviour

The Partisan Maiden is a melee/ranged hybrid enemy that likes to stay at mid/close range. It can attack by dashing at you with its spear, and while it walks slowly, this dash attack allows it to move quickly. It can also attack by throwing two of its spear at you from a distance.

While rather predictable and not too hard to dodge, it's still a dangerous enemy as it has some of the highest hp and damage of all enemies.

While walking, it cannot fall off edges on its own. While dashing, in most cases, it will also stop at edges, but beware as certain slopes and props can allow it to go beyond and surprise you.

It has a good resistance to knockback and will get hurt by spikes & environmental damage (water/clouds) if it fall into them.

## Attacks

When attacking the player, Partisan Maidens randomly choose between one of their two attacks with no preference for one over the other.

### Spear Dash

After a brief wind-up, the Partisan Maiden dashes at you over a medium distance.

While the tip of its spear looks like it could hit you behind walls, **it doesn't**.

Attacking the Partisan Maiden from above or below is generally safe but beware as the knockback from your attack can make it jump while dashing, making the attack more dangerous.

A Partisan Maiden's dashing at the player
### Spear Throw

The Partisan Maiden throws **two spears** forward over a long distance, with a short delay between them.

The spears travel fast, horizontally at first, but are **affected by gravity** and given the space, will travel downward.

Because of that, standing above a Partisan Maiden is generally safe, but standing below them can be risky.

The spears are Large Projectiles that cannot go through walls and can be countered by a few spells and talents like Knight's  Shield Block or
the  Shockwave spell
.

A Partisan Maiden's spear throw
## Location

Initially, Partisan Maidens can only appear as Commanders.

Once you reach NG+1, they can appear as regular enemies through the use of burdens:

* each level of the  Burden of Evolution enabled adds a 10% chance for a Javelin Maiden in The Stygian Study to instead spawn as a Partisan Maiden
* enabling both the  Burden of Evolution and the  Burden of Agartha’s Royal Guard adds a 10% chance for a Javelin Maiden in Citadel Agartha (evolved from a Spear Maiden) to turn into a Partisan Maiden.

## Variants

*Spear Knights are one of the few enemy families to also feature a Void Beast (story based mini-boss) variant.*

## Trivia

 Name in the game files | SpearKnight\_Expert

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