Parent

The Parent is a returning ogre-like, sprite/spirit monster added in the Artifacts Update.

Environments

 * Sky Meadow

Skills and Behavior
The Parent is a monster native to Sky Meadow. While unprovoked, it slowly lumbers around along with its fellow monsters. Upon death, it will stop in place and fall forward, disintegrating into ash.

Seismic Smash
The Parent attacks by slamming the ground with its two fists, dealing 350% damage in a large radius in front of it.

This skill has a cooldown of 2 seconds and a proc coefficient of 1.0.

Teleport
The Parent can teleport to instantly travel a moderate distance, similarly to. However, unlike Imps, a Parent only teleports once it has spotted a player, and the Parent can't store multiple charges.

This skill has a cooldown of 4 seconds.

Version History

 * Anniversary Update
 * Gameplay Changes
 * Health: 900(+270 per level) ⇒ 585 (+176 per level)
 * Update visuals to match closer to RoR1 design
 * Update animations


 * Early Access Content Update 5
 * Gameplay Changes
 * 🌧 Base Health: 1200 (+360 per level) ⇒ 900 (+270 per level)


 * Early Access Artifacts Content Update
 * Major Content
 * Added New Monster: Parent

Trivia

 * In Risk of Rain 1, Parents lack the natural ability to teleport, and can only do so if they are a Frenzied Elite. Incidentally, Frenzied Elites are yellow in color.