Motor Hunter

**Motor Hunter** is an optional boss encountered in the Sage Labyrinth of Hylics 2. Upon reaching the bottom floor of the dungeon and proceeding forward, the Motor Hunter will drive at top speed toward the player and initiate the boss battle.

## Appearance

Motor Hunter is a humanoid being who drives a pink convertible car. The being themself is also pink, and they appear to be accompanied by a green, plant-like creature. The driver is mostly featureless, but bears some resemblance to the scrapped character Fleam, though they lack the horns that were present on the beta character. The green-colored passenger is thin and vine-like, with two tendril arms. It appears to have a single eye and a fin that grows directly next to the eye.

In battle, Motor Hunter is flanked by two Highway Fleams.

## Battle

At the point in which the Motor Hunter is encountered, they are a fairly simple and straightforward boss fight. The main threats present in this battle are the Motor Hunter's ability to use Run Over and inflict Vulnerable upon the entire crew, and the Highway Fleams which can be sacrificed for the Awaken Lance gesture. As Awaken Lance deals 65 damage to every party member (and even more if the crew is Vulnerable from a previous Run Over), it's advisable to eliminate the Highway Fleams before Motor Hunter has a chance to use them. An excellent way of destroying the Fleams quickly is to have Somsnosa equipped with Speed-raising garbs so that she may use a charged Wave Artifice as soon as possible. However, the Highway Fleams are fairly frail this late into the game with only 100 Flesh, so they can be taken down with just a few regular attacks as well.

Dedusmuln's charged Foam Armor is a great asset in this fight for dealing with some of the high-damage attacks. Additionally, Poromer Bleb can be used to apply Defending and remove Vulnerable after Motor Hunter has used Run Over. Another strategy one may employ is the use of Link Mollusc in order to transfer the Vulnerable state over to the Motor Hunter and the Highway Fleams. As the player is very likely to become Vulnerable in this battle already, it's not advised to use Cursed Gloves plus Link Mollusc as its main benefit is made redundant by this fact. If you have low total Flesh, you may want to apply Dissolution just to ensure you are not taking too much damage. Despite Awaken Lance using the Highway Fleam's body to attack, its damage is calculated using Motor Hunter's stats, so Dissolution is best used on the Motor Hunter rather than the Fleams.

Once the Highway Fleams are defeated, the Motor Hunter alone is not too difficult to take out. Simply attack and apply status effects, then heal and defend with Poromer Bleb when necessary.

Keep in mind that if Motor Hunter sacrifices the Highway Fleams using Awaken Lance, you will not receive the items normally dropped by them. This means you will be rewarded with fewer Bones and Antennas at the end of the battle than if you had defeated the Highway Fleams yourself.

### Attacks

* **Attack** (65 dmg) - Motor Hunter's standard attack on a single target.
* **Run Over** (32 dmg) - Motor Hunter drives over the entire party, inflicting damage and the Vulnerable status.
* **Awaken Lance** (65 dmg) - A Highway Fleam is sacrificed to deal major damage to the entire crew. Cannot be used if there are no Fleams present.
* **Kisses** (30 dmg) - Deals damage to the entire party.

### Drops

Upon defeat, the Motor Hunter will drop 100 Bones, 5 Antennas, 5 Meat, and 3 Multi-Coffees. Each Highway Fleam drops 20 Bones and 1 Antenna. This means that the most optimal drop one can receive at the end of battle would be 140 Bones, 7 Antennas, 5 Meat, and 3 Multi-Coffees.

## Trivia

* Motor Hunter can be approached while walking backward or strafing sideways. This allows the player to see the backside of the Motor Hunter's vehicle when activating the battle while facing away, though this is just a flipped image of the front sprite as you can see the driver's hands on the wheel. Similarly, there is no unique sprite for the side of the car when viewed from the side, only appearing skewed as it passes by.
* Mason Lindroth has mentioned that the model for the cut character Fleam was repurposed for Motor Hunter.
* The Highway Fleams are slower in this battle than they are when encountered as a normal enemy, having around 20 speed in this fight.
* A message stating, "Highway Fleam does nothing" can be seen when a non-existent Highway Fleam attempts to attack after being sacrificed by Awaken Lance.
* Mason once shared an unused event that would've happened after defeating Motor Hunter, "Some years ago, a “crash” scene was planned for the car battle’s aftermath. Part of the cut “underground city” area. Dedusmuln here would've been the "Fleam" sprite. I don't think the passenger made it.".

## Gallery

Motor Hunter viewed from behind.Motor Hunter viewed from the side.Something approacheth!Early Motor Hunter fight.An unused "crash" scene shared by Mason Lindroth. Interestingly to the left of the car is a frame of the Leaking status.

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