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. It can be seen slowly lumbering around along with its fellow monsters. Upon death, it will freeze and fall straight to the ground, disappearing into ash and sand.

Seismic Smash
The Parent's attack skill has it slam the ground with their two fists, damaging players in a large radius in front of them.

This skill has a cooldown of 2 seconds and a Proc Coefficient of 1.

Teleport
The Parent's second skill is a teleport that allows them to instantly travel a large distance. However unlike Imps, a Parent only uses their teleport once they have taken notice of a player and can't store multiple charges of it.

This skill has a cooldown of 0 seconds.

Trivia

 * An unused boss monster related to the Parent, the Grandparent, can be found within the game's files. It is a large, two-headed and generally misshapen creature that is partially submerged in the ground.
 * The Grandparent can summon pods which eventually hatch into Parents after a period of time. The pods can be destroyed before they hatch.
 * An unreleased item named the Ancestral Incubator is very likely related to the Grandparent. It functions similarly to the boss item and aforementioned attack; upon killing an enemy, a pod may spawn which temporarily distracts enemies until it hatches into an allied Parent.
 * 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.