Assistant Manager

This article contains potential story spoilers for *Grounded*. Read at your own discretion.

## Assistant Manager

* Raw Science (1000)

## Stats

* **Charged Shot**: 85
* **Laser Pillar**: 30
* **Shock Pillar**: 35

## Inflicts

The **Assistant Manager** is a mini-boss version of the ARC.R found in the Black Anthill Lab. It is the last challenge of the Black Anthill area. Unlike the Hedge Broodmother, it cannot be re-summoned after being defeated.

## Boss Fight

### Phase 1

Once the fight starts, the Assistant Manager will spawn with 2 TAYZ.Ts and land in the arena. In this phase, it only has 2 attacks, a longer-charged shot and quick shot, similar to the ARC.R. The minions it spawns won't respawn until the next phase starts.

### Phase 2

At 75% health, the Assistant Manager will enter phase 2, in which 1 ARC.R and 2 TAYZ.Ts will spawn from above. In this phase, it gains access to its laser attack, in which it screams while it charges a yellow spark in its cannon and slams the ground. Once slammed, the middle laser pillar will activate and they will start rotating. 2 of the lasers have lasers that need to be ducked, and the other 2 need to be jumped over. Both variants rotate opposite of the other variant, leading to the player needing to pay attention to the lasers location.

### Phase 3

When at 50% health, the Assistant Manager will enter phase 3, in which a last ARC.R and 2 TAYZ.Ts will spawn from above. In this phase, it gains access to its shock pillar attacks, which activation is similar to the laser pillar attack, but with a blue spark. When the Assistant Manager activates them, the four pillar activate, covering a good portion of the arena in a damaging static aura that will shock the player. The safe areas form a plus around the arena, as well as against the window and back wall. The boss can also stack this attack with the laser pillar, making the fight very hectic very quickly.

## Strategy

The Assistant Manager can be considered much easier than the Broodmother, but is still a formidable threat nonetheless. Some tips for fighting it include.

* Use stamina and health potions such as the Boost Juice or Fuzz on the Rocks
* Granola Bars can be a useful healing item due to the large amount of them within close proximity of the area
* Though smashing damage is the most effective, it may be better to use a quicker weapon that does not have a negative effect on the boss such as slashing or generic.
	+ If possible, the player can also add on salty augment to do extra damage to the boss.
* If using a one-handed weapon, a shield such as the Black Ant Shield can be very useful to block the static charge attacks and deflect them.
* Be sure to focus on minions when they spawn as they can be very dangerous during the lasers or electric attacks.
* During the shock pillar, standing against the window or back wall is recommended to avoid the shock pillars aura, and moving forward in the right spot to duck/jump over the laser pillar.
* Staggering it while he is about to activate the lasers or the towers with the Coup de Grass or Chopper Mutations can prove extremely useful due to how it will cancel the attack and will go into a cooldown before it can use it again
* By the third phase, the field of view may be too limited in first person-mode. Switching to third-person may help keep eyes on all the action

## Trivia

* Some whiteboards in the Black Anthill Lab, seem to indicate the Asst. Manager is actually extremely stupid, and may be aggressive due to being hacked by a external source.
* The keycard it drops hints that the Assistant Manager is merely an upgraded version of a regular ARC.R

## Gallery

Creaturecard Assistant Manager.pngAssistant Manager Creature Card