Mothership

The Mothership in the Boss Tab

Mothership is the 43rd boss, on level 172.

## Phase 1

During phase 1, the Mothership has 8 unique parts shooting and charging lasers depending on each piece. One of the pieces will have 4 turrets pop out and shoot clutters of ammo at the direction of the player. The 4 blue parts of the ship will each shoot a laser and rotate forcing the player to move along with it. Another part will open up the 3 triangle shaped parts on it. One of the parts will send out a red orb shooting small pink bullets at the player as seen in the Devastator bossfight. The other two of the opened parts will shoot homing missiles at the player.

Once all the parts are destroyed, or one minute has passed, 2/4 of the pink pieces will break and the rest will power and light up. The 4 blue pieces will each shoot out a laser, similar to what they did before they powered up, but is now the color orange instead of the previous blue, and will split into two lasers. The remaining two pink pieces will open up entirely and reveal a turret shooting ammos at the direction of the player, with the ammos going at extreme speed. If there are any pieces remaining from the first part of this phase, the boss will use them at the same time of the other attacks. There is also a minimized version of The Ancient constantly repairing damaged parts and when is damaged a lot, will also repair itself. If it is killed, the Mothership will generate more from the center.

## Phase 2

After all the pieces are destroyed in phase 1, the Mothership will say "Behold my new toys!" and will unleash itself from the pieces by launching them away. It will summon bombs every now and then that home to the player when close enough, and will combine one another for a stronger explosion, but will be slower. The bombs will disappear in a few seconds after appearing.

    The Mothership will constantly have a shield blocking any incoming damage while active. It has 4 tiny edge pieces that fly around the screen randomly leaving a trial that decreases the player's temperature. The edge pieces will shoot homing, red spear-shaped ammos while rotating around the Mothership. It is possible to destroy the main part before the edges bringing them to the 3rd phase, making it a lot more harder. After a certain amount of time, the main part will automatically break, going into the third phase.

## Phase 3

After the main part is destroyed, it will send the 2nd phase form away and unleash the core. It will take out 8 orbs that shoot a laser connecting each other and will move places every few seconds, limiting the amount of space the player has to dodge the ammos. It will still summon bombs and have its shield active constantly, similar to the 2nd phase. Every now and then, it will shoot a huge clutter of ammos lasting for around 7 seconds. The edges from phase 2 will shoot its homing ammos at the player if any remained when going into phase 3. This cycle will continue until the boss is defeated or the player dies.

## Tips

* If one struggles with damage, it is recommended to use the Terminator spaceship. It is NOT recommended to use the Legendary spaceship for damage, as the lasers will constantly move, making it hard to target something.

* However, if one struggles with staying alive, it is recommended to use the Legendary spaceship, as it gives the player two lives, and when the player uses its second life, the spaceship can shoot a very big ammo that destroys all enemy bullets in its way.

* For max efficiency, it is recommended to use a Terminator spaceship with evolve 3, as the laser shot when the evolve is active can destroy the enemy bullets in its way, lets the player focus/target one thing at a time, and deals a lot of damage.

* Blowing up the bombs in phase 2 and 3 will stun the boss if it is in the radius. It will also deactivate its shield for when it is stunned. The bigger the bomb, the longer the boss is stunned. The boss will also get stunned if a bomb hits one of the edge pieces. However, the boss can still attack.

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## Trivia

* If a player completes phase 1 and The Ancient is still alive, it will automatically despawn.

* A player can entirely skip the second phase if they deal enough damage when the boss is transitioning into phase 2.
	+ However, a downside is that the edge pieces will stay and attack the player on phase 3.

* A player can sync up their evolve with the attack the Mothership does on phase 3. If the evolve can block/destroy lasers, such as the Terminator or Legendary spaceships' evolves, the said player can be practically invincible to the Mothership in phase 3.
	+ However, they will eventually desync.

* **Mothership** was used to be known as Xboss Awaken in the 2nd Anniversary event. It had nerfed health, pieces broken in phase 1 will be immediately powered up before other ones (That is if the piece can actually power up), and will attempt to shoot the player with a laser using the edge pieces in phase 3 right before dying (The laser does not affect the player). Killing it would also reward the player with the Thunder Bomb.

1. ↑ https://youtu.be/KTcw-dJc7ZU?t=75