Simulacrum of Uthuluc

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The **Simulacrum of Uthuluc** is the seventh challenge on the *Otherworldly Creatures Challenges* board. It appears alongside Sciuridaehotep and The Witness in The Primordials.

Icebound Revenant is banned from both this solo and The Primordials.

## Attacks

All of Uthuluc's attacks deal ??? (Void) damage.

1. Uthuluc siphons energy from its target.
	* Attacks for 7 hits of 50% ??? Magic damage (350% total).
	* Heals itself for its maximum base damage for each successful hit.
2. Uthuluc lets out a massive roar.
	* Applies 'Presence' for 2 turns.
		+ +120 Block/Parry/Dodge.
	* Attacks for 7 hits of 66% ??? Magic damage (462% total).
3. Uthuluc breathes a burst of purple flames onto its target.
	* If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, this attack has a unique popup.
		+ *'Devour.'*
	* Attacks for 4 hits of 100% ??? Magic damage (400% total).
4. Uthuluc fires a purple laser from its mouth.
	* If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, this attack has a unique popup.
		+ *'Perish.'*
	* Attacks for 8 hits of 66% ??? Magic damage (528% total).
5. Uthuluc fills the arena with darkness and summons countless eyes to gaze upon its target.
	* If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, this attack has a unique popup.
		+ *'Surrender.'*
	* Applies 'Focused' for 5 turns.
		+ +200 Bonus.
	* Attacks for 1 hit of 600% ??? Magic damage with +100 Bonus.
	* Inflicts 'Broken' for 3 turns, a stun.
6. Uthuluc's gaze fills the arena, empowering itself.
	* If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, this attack has a unique popup.
		+ *Uthuluc's chitin becomes unshatterable.*

## Rotation

Uthuluc's attacks have psuedo-cooldowns and follow a priority sequence:

* Attack 5 has a charge time of 15 turns and a cooldown of 20 turns.
* Attack 1 has a cooldown of 6 turns.
* Attack 2 has a cooldown of 2 turns.
* If none of its other attacks are available, Uthuluc will randomly use Attack 3 or 4.
* Attack 6 interrupts Uthuluc's rotation and is used at most twice: immediately after Sundered Chitin is applied for the fourth time, and again after it expires. This attack does NOT reduce cooldowns.

Its effective attack rotation is as follows:

1 -> (2 -> X -> X) -> (2 -> X -> X) -> 1 -> (2 -> X -> X) -> (2 -> X -> X) -> 1 -> 5 -> (2 -> X -> X) -> 2 -> X -> repeat.

* On turns labeled X, Uthuluc uses either Attack 3 or Attack 4.

## Mechanics

* If the player has Icebound Revenant equipped, Uthuluc permanently gains +2000% total damage, +400 Bonus, and +400 Crit.
	+ As the class is banned from this fight, the only way to fight Uthuluc with this class is through getting it in AARGH.
* If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, the gibberish popups that normally appear (see Notes) are replaced with regular popups.

### Chitin

* Uthuluc's chitinous armor can be broken to briefly render it vulnerable.
* If Uthuluc receives a critical hit, its chitin will gain a crack. Uthuluc's chitin can only be cracked once every time it acts, making stuns slow down the process.
	+ If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, this mechanic has a unique popup.
		- *Uthuluc's chitinous armor cracks!*
* After its chitin cracks 4 times, Uthuluc will automatically apply 'Sundered Chitin' for 4 turns inclusive.
	+ -200 All.
	+ +200 Health.
	+ This effect is applied *after* the damage of the last critical hit is calculated, so it does not benefit from the -200 All.
	+ If the player has Kathool Adept equipped, this effect has unique popups upon applying/expiring.
		- *Uthuluc's chitinous armor is sundered!*
		- *Uthuluc's chitin regrows!*
* Uthuluc will only apply 'Sundered Chitin' up to 4 times. Afterwards, no further number of critical hits will cause it to naturally lose its All resistance any more, even though the chitin cracking popup will still trigger.
* Each time Uthuluc applies 'Sundered Chitin', it permanently gains +100% total damage on all of its attacks.
	+ Unlike most enrages, Uthuluc's damage is **doubled** each time 'Sundered Chitin' is applied (stacking multiplicatively), rather than being added per hit, or doing an extra 100% total damage.
		- For example, if Uthuluc's chitin has been sundered 3 times, Attack 1 will do 1400% total damage.
	+ The exception to this is Attack 5, which seems to be still be additive to total damage.
		- For example, if Uthuluc's chitin has been sundered 3 times, Attack 5 will do 900% total damage.

## Resistances

* Shrink: 300
* Health: -100
* All: 100

## Notes

* All of Uthuluc's pop-up messages will normally consist of garbled text:
	+ *asiu hg'uyfw lernjhx'c vbzx*
	+ *bwg'fi ojsfl sad'fsfl'iadfhs anlflas ufhiaw'jasm dnlf au'yh*
	+ *byfwe rjns'abg fsdatf'sa ld'samfue nf uyai'f nbyua*
	+ *fqt w'eris fdsagb nla'eweaj gdaawd*
	+ *gew'u rijasui tha'uig wjgs fiv*
	+ *gfya'wefa jdrhiaj asfi a'g was'hfuya whr wrao'wufhua*
	+ *hyq'tuu jwnfasd fmq'jwf jisaf*
	+ *oi'yj rdk y ruvtn lajg'sh ga'vhap*
	+ *poqiw hy'ti sdafjsadh fs*
	+ *pwq'ui yweadby ius'tpe wagn ha'gui efi*
	+ *q byrtwp'oej fsadnl fidfjs a'lfw jefua'i*
	+ *qy'ewtr uqwjnf dvuyhawj fe'u rghwfs a'df*
	+ *saf'bs aefv ctfhzxl jks'dkh fsia'ew*
	+ *uqwo ik'f dnsdag yel'wib dgalsdfbdhl gr'aff*
	+ *wtyquw jr'w sn uvyfhj uygs'jdu yhahs dajka'f*