Cain

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* Cain
* Prime

Cain is the true final boss of Rogue Legacy 2, found in Castle Hamson.

Cain is the king of Genesis, the kingdom the game takes place in.

## Entering the Chamber

After the fight with Jonah, you return to the Docks and head back to your Manor, now revealed to be Castle Hamson. After entering, you walk past the portraits of all the characters you played as previously, eventually reaching a door at the end of the hallway. Going through the door places you in a large room with 3 broken stained-glass windows, leading to another large door at the end.

Each of these windows is a portal to a relic room, giving you a chance to power up before the boss fight. These relic rooms are curated, meaning every relic that appears will help you against Cain. In addition, destroying the torches next to the final door will drop 2 pieces of Meat.

Going through the final door reveals Cain waiting for you to give him the Fruit of Life. After eating the poisoned Fruit, he undergoes a hideous transformation before starting the fight.

Cain is all of the other Estuaries' fights in one. Most of his attacks are more difficult versions of the other Estuaries', and throughout the fight, he switches between a White form and a Black form to enable different movesets.

## Boss Battle

Cain starts the fight in his White form, which has 5 attacks used at random.

### White Form Attacks

1. Raises his staff and shoots a stream of homing spiral fireballs similar to Estuary Lamech.
2. Clasps his hands and projects a wall of Large Resonant Orbs similar to the one used by Murmur.
3. Leaps into the air and smashes the ground with a sword, creating two waves of magma rocks that rain down in a slight arc.
4. Swipes with his hand and creates a double sided bone wheel, similar to The Void Beasts of Axis Mundi, as well as bones that fall down in an arc.
5. Creates a large circle where you're standing that explodes into very fast waves of magma that fly outward in a circle.

At 75% Health, Cain enrages, creating a damaging shockwave around himself and launching a barrage of falling blue fireballs toward you. He then switches to his Black form, enabling a different moveset of 5 attacks.

### Black Form Attacks

1. Raises his staff, covering the floor with lightning and launching 3 Large Resonant Orbs toward you.
2. Clasps his hands and launches 2 Large Void waves in succession, similar to Murmur.
3. Swipes with his hand and launches 2 homing Void Lily of the Valley projectiles, similar to Estuary Naamah.
4. Leaps into the air and smashes the ground with a sword, launching 2 giant ground saws toward you.
5. Makes a clutching motion with his hands and creates a large red circle at your position. The circle itself deals damage when it explodes, and also launches 2 circular waves of Mid-sized blue fireballs outward.

At 50% Health, Cain enrages again, identically to the way he enraged at 75% Health. From this point on, he periodically switches between his White and Black Forms. However, he will never use more than 2 attacks in succession per form.

## Strategy

### White Form

1. Staff Attack - There are multiple ways to dodge this. You can bait the fireballs into the ground by dashing forward, you can jump through the space between the fireballs in the air, or you can just run away to give yourself more time.
2. Resonant Orb Maze - Spin kick twice up the first wall, then fall and double jump through the hole in the next wall. Or just clear the wall using anything that deletes Large Projectiles, such as  Gravity Beam or  Bastion.
3. Sword Attack - Dash under Cain when he leaps, then just watch for the red warning indicators to dodge the magma masses that fall afterward. You can also remove the masses with abilities that delete Mid-Sized Projectiles, like  Deflect or  Kasa-obake.
4. Bone Wheel Attack - Remain a medium distance from Cain and wait for the wheel to pass over you. Once you're in the correct position you don't need to move; you'll get a feel for where this is with practice. If you panic and try to outrun the wheel by dashing, you'll get hit by the extra bones he throws in addition to the wheel.
5. Explosion Spell - Remain inside the circle and wait for the spell to explode. If you are outside the circle, watch for where the red arrows are pointing from the circle and try to position so they aren't pointing at you. The waves of magma travel very quickly, so be aware.

### Black Form

1. Staff Attack - Jump just before the lightning hits the ground, then stay in the air and Spin Kick the Resonant Orbs that are fired at you. The projectiles are Large, so talents like  Ivy Canopy won't block them.
2. Void Wave Attack - Just stay on the ground and dash through them. Make sure you have enough room to dash so you don't run into Cain.
3. Void Lily Attack - Arguably Cain's most confusing attack. He will launch 1 Lily directly at you, with the other circling around behind him to come at you later. Spin Kick the first one and dash over Cain's head to help avoid his next attack. Wait for the Void orb and the other Lily to come close together, then Spin Kick the remaining Lily and then dash through both Void orbs to delete them. This isn't always the best way to do it; sometimes it's easier to just kick both Lilies and avoid the Void orbs conventionally until they expire, as they don't last very long. You can also just remove the Lilies with any ability that deletes Large Projectiles.
4. Sword Attack - Dash under Cain then be in the air when he lands. Spin Kick the saws to stay above them, and air dash toward Cain to resume your attack.
5. Fireball Spell - Run away from the red circle and dodge the blue fireballs. They are Mid-Sized, so you can delete them with the appropriate ability.

## Quotes

*Before eating the Fruit:*

Brother… you have returned bearing gifts.

You have done what my Children could not, and brought the Fruit of Life. Long have I divided myself, but with this I will become whole once more.

My Children failed to tend to the guardian, and in turn failed me. You have brought an end to their dissidence and will be rewarded.

In honor of your duties, Brother, you shall rule the Kingdom of Genesis in their stead.

Continue to tend to the garden, Brother, and someday you will rule by my side.

*After eating the Fruit:*

…BROTHER…

…BETRAYER…

*Defeated:*

…BROTHER…

…I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY…

…MY BODY…

…WILL RETURN TO THE STYGIAN…

…BUT THE WATERS WILL RISE…

…AND MY VENGEANCE WILL BE SEVENFOLD…