Sollock

A Sollock in the Study.

The Sollock is the strongest variant of the Flamelock that can be encountered only as a Commander or in NG+. It attacks by firing either numerous small fireballs, or two big blue fireballs.

## Behaviour

Sollocks are flying enemies with two ranged fireball attacks that prefers to stay at a certain distance from the player: if you get too close, they'll move away from you, and if you move far away, they'll prioritize closing in on you over attacking. While neither the Sollock nor their small fireballs can pass through walls, as the strongest member of the Fire Elementalists family, they still pose a significant threat. Coupled with their second attack which does go through walls and can cover a large area, it's a good idea to prioritize dealing with them.

## Attacks

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

### Fireballs

The Sollock fires **twelve fireballs** in quick succession within an arc aimed at the player.

This arc is spread over a bigger angle than that of the Blazelock, covering a large area and making that attack dangerous to simply dodge without cover.

The fireballs are Mid-sized Projectiles that travel in a straight line, do not go through walls and can be countered by a lot of means, like the  Deflect talent,
 Vanguard's Banner or
 Freeze Strike
.

Sollocks' fireballs attack
### Blue Fireball

The Sollock fires **two giant blue fireballs** one after the other, aimed directly at the player.

The delay between each fireball is significant, and the Sollock refreshes its aim for each, making it possible for this attack to cover a large area if the player moves in between shots.

These fireballs are Large Projectiles that travel slowly in a straight line, **go through walls** and can be countered by a few spells and talents, like Barbarian's  Winter's Shout or
the  Freeze Strike spell
.

Sollocks' blue fireball attack

## Location

Initially, Sollocks 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 Blazelock in The Stygian Study to instead spawn as a Sollock
* enabling both the  Burden of Evolution and the  Burden of Agartha’s Royal Guard adds a 10% chance for a Blazelock in Citadel Agartha (evolved from a Flamelock) to turn into a Sollock.

## Trivia

 Name in the game files | ElementalFire\_Expert

Eyeballs (Scout • Pupil • Visionary) -
Fire Elementalists (Flamelock • Blazelock • **Sollock**) -
Skeletons (Skeleton • Mr. Bones • McRib) -
Skeleton Mages (Staffens • Stavens • Stouffles) -
Sword Knights (Soldier • Champion • Royal Knight) -
Spear Maidens (Spear Maiden • Javelin Maiden • Partisan Maiden) -
Flying Axes (Ember Hatchet • Burning Axe • Molten Ono) -
Flying Swords (Static Blade • Shock Edge • Thunder Poniard) -
Flying Hammers (Earthen Maul • Rock Crusher • Land Cracker) -
Blob Fish (Blob Fish • Bubbly Fish • Bobble Fish) -
Lamp Ghosts (Lamps • Lights • Beacons) -
Rocket Boxes (Sentry • Defentry • Entry Preventry) -
Skeleton Archers (Skarcher • Skranger • Skranger Danger) -
Lightning Elementalists (Sparkologer • Thundologer • Stormologer) -
Flying Shields (Aqua Brace • Silver Shield • Oceanic Bastion) -
Ice Elementalists (Frosten • Icen • Glacien) -
Mushrooms (Mushboom • Portobellow • Trumpoot) -
Zombies (Risen • Re-Risen • Re-Re-Risen) -
Wolves (Warg • Wargen • Wargenflorgen) -
Wisps (Will'o • Wisp'o • Ore'o) -
Crossbows (Crass Bough • Rude Wood • Wicked Weald) -
Paintings (Doomvas • Doomtrait • Doomscape) -
Mimics (Mimic • Mimicant • Mimicrunch) -
Slugs (Slug • Sluug • Sluuuuuuuuuuug) -
Volcanoes (Ash • Lava • Magma) -
Flying Masks (Blink • Blank • Blonk) -
Fireballs (Charite • Pyrite • Infernite) -
Curse Elementalists (Cursor • Vilificator • Maledictor) -
Flying Skulls (Skubat • Boobat • Skubidydoobidyboobat) -
Axe Knights (Axe Forger • Axe Solder • Axe Welder) -
Void Elementalists (Voidist • Nulltist • Cosmotist) -
Knuts (Wall Knut • Chest Knut • Coco Knut) -
Plants (Weed • Tweed • Threed)