Stouffles

A Stouffles in the Study.

The Stouffles is the strongest variant of the Staffens that can be encountered only as a Commander or in NG+. It attacks by firing a barrage of fireballs covering a large area or by hurling homing cursed projectiles.

## Behaviour

The Stouffles is a slow-walking ranged enemy. It moves with small steps and prefers to stay at a medium range, usually walking away from the player if they're too close, and towards them if they're too far. It attacks either by throwing fireballs forward, each following its own arc, or by throwing two homing cursed projectiles.

It cannot fall off edges on its own, but will get hurt by spikes and environmental hazards (water & clouds) if it falls into them.

## Attacks

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

### Fireballs

The Stouffles fires **six fireballs** in quick succession, each with its own trajectory.

It starts with a low and wide arc which gets taller and narrower, until the last fireball which follows an almost vertical trajectory.

The fireballs are Mid-sized Projectiles that cannot pass through walls and can be countered by a lot of means, like the  Ivy Canopy talent,
the  Vanguard's Banner relic or
 Gravity Beam
.

The different trajectories and spread of the fireballs make this attack hard to simply dodge, and it's better to counter it or take cover.

A Stouffles' fireball attack
### Attack 2

After a rather long wind-up, the Stouffles shoots **two cursed projectiles**, one straight forward, the other angled upwards.

These fast projectiles have slight homing capabilities but unlike most other cursed attacks, **are destroyed by terrain**.

The cursed projectiles are similar to Mid-sized Projectiles and can be countered by a lot of means, such as Valkyrie's  Deflect or
the  Vanguard's Banner relic
, as well as any attacks (weapons, talents and even spin kicks).

A Stouffles' cursed attack
## Location

Initially, Stouffles 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 Stavens in The Stygian Study to instead spawn as a Stouffles.

## Trivia

 Name in the game files | ArcThrower\_Expert

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