Clay Apothecary

The  is a monster added in the Survivors of the Void update.

Skills & Behavior
All of the Clay Apothecary's attacks inflict the debuff.

Primary: Tar Slam/Mortar (Face Slam)
If the Apothecary's target is in close proximity (within 15m) or its long-distance target is (between 35 to 120 meters), it will smash the ground, emitting a short-ranged pulse of tar that pushes enemies back and deals 130% damage with a proc coefficient of ???.

During this attack the Clay Apothecary will also launch a single tar ball into the sky, which rains down on its target after 1.5 seconds. The mortar's impact area is shown with a red circle and a drizzle of tar from above. The impact explodes in a radius of 9m with Sweet Spot falloff, for 100% damage with a proc coefficient of 1.0.

This attack deals 5% of the Clay Apothecary's current health and barrier in damage to itself.

This skill has a cooldown of 8 seconds. This skill scales with attack speed, and can only be performed while on the ground.

Secondary: Tar Fling (Throw Barrel)
If the Apothecary's target is a moderate distance away (between 15 to 65 meters) and grounded, it attacks by bending down and launching a shotgun-like spray of four tar balls from its top. It explodes on impact with a radius of 6m with Sweet Spot falloff for 100% damage with a proc coefficient of 1.0. They are launched forward at 50m/s in an arc, with a lifetime of 5 seconds.

This skill has a cooldown of 6 seconds, and the Clay Apothecary can store up to 3 charges. This skill scales with attack speed. 3 stocks of this skill are restocked whenever it is done recharging.

Tips

 * Clay Apothecaries are dangerous foes at any distance, but particularly close up; getting too near to them puts players at risk of taking damage from multiple Tar Fling balls at once. Apothecaries will also heavily punish players who try to get too close by shoving them back and Tarring them, putting them at medium range again and adding a movement penalty to boot.

Version History

 * Survivors of the Void
 * (Undocumented) Added New Monster: Clay Apothecary