The Undead Cyclops, alternatively "Recyclops" or "Vengeful Cyclops," is the second of the four final bosses. He is the reincarnation of the Cyclops boss seen earlier in-game on the Cyclops' Fortress level. Visually, he is slightly different from the original Cyclops. Patches of skin appear to have been melted away, and his eye has been replaced with magma.
Battle Overview[]
For the most part, the Undead Cyclops has a similar attack pattern to the original Cyclops. He begins by following the nearest player, swiping a large coffin at them. After repeating this attack four times, he shoots five fireballs from his eye, similar to how the original Cyclops throws knives at the player. Both the coffin and fireball attacks can be blocked with a shield. The Undead Cyclops starts out only repeating these two attacks, until his health has been brought down to a certain point.
After having taken enough damage, a third move is added to his attack pattern: After shooting five fireballs, he opens the coffin, unleashing the Undead Groom, before hopping around on the coffin to crush any players nearby as the Undead Groom rushes the closest player, signaled by a discordant piano note. During this attack, both the Undead Cyclops and the Undead Groom are invincible. After the Undead Cyclops hops around on the coffin 20 times, he will call the Undead Groom back into it, and repeat his attack pattern.
Strategy[]
The Undead Cyclops is considerably easier than the original Cyclops, since two of his three attacks can be effectively blocked. When the Undead Cyclops runs toward the player, they can use the shield to block his coffin; if successfully hit, the player will take significant damage, especially in Insane Mode. After each swing, the player is given time to spam attacks on him, making sure to stop at the correct time to avoid being hit while performing a move. Once he swings his coffin four times, he'll run away, and launch fireballs at the player. These fireballs deal a meager 5 damage even on Insane Mode. They can also easily be blocked with a shield. Since he is a good distance away, one can use the bow or magic to tack on some extra damage. A skilled player will be able to fire 1-2 projectiles between each fireball.
After his fireballs, he will release the Undead Groom, who will charge in the direction of the nearest player, dealing a considerable amount of contact damage, and the Undead Cyclops will attempt to crush the player by hopping around the battlefield. During this attack, both the Undead Cyclops and the Undead Groom are invulnerable to all damage. The Undead Groom travels in a linear path, and will not change direction until the end of the charge, making him easy to dodge. However, his high speed can catch low-agility players off-guard. The Undead Groom also cannot hurt a player that is in the air, so they can avoid taking damage with ease by using some form of levitation, as Undead Cyclops isn't too fast on his coffin. Another simple way to avoid the Undead Groom is to take a hit from the Undead Cyclops' hopping attack, and hide in the ground until the Groom returns to his coffin. This deals negligible damage to the player, and while underground, the player is invulnerable to damage, making it impossible for either the Undead Cyclops or the Undead Groom to deal damage. Once he hops 20 times on his coffin, he'll call the Undead Groom back to his coffin, and begin the same sequence of attacks again.
After Battle[]
After killing the Undead Cyclops, he will drop the coffin, and both him and the Undead Groom will fade away. A Boss Chest will fall down from the sky, and the ghosts of the Conehead Groom and the Cyclops will levitate upward, off-screen. Continuing will show another large purple crystal which, once destroyed, will unlock the next boss.
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Trivia[]
Gameplay[]
- It is possible to avoid the Undead Groom's attacks by getting crushed by the coffin. However, staying underground too long will cause the Undead Cyclops to go off-screen until he is done hopping on the coffin.
- A glitch can be performed that makes the player invulnerable to the Undead Cyclops' coffin-hopping phase, by eating a sandwich and allowing the Cyclops to crush the player character, and waiting for the effect to wear off. The player will then be automatically brought out of the ground, and cannot be crushed or hit by the Undead Groom.
- The Undead Groom will still charge at the player, but will be unable to do any damage; the Undead Cyclops, while hopping on the coffin, will simply ignore the player, hopping in a straight line until he goes off-screen.
- A weapon can be found in the Undead Cyclops' room. Near the arch leading to the next crystal, there are two overlapping bones forming an X mark, digging uncovers the Wooden Mace.
Miscellaneous[]
- The theme "The Cyclops' Revenge" plays in the original Cyclops battle at the end of the Cyclops' Fortress as well as in the Undead Cyclops Battle.
- The Dragon and Sock Puppet boss killed earlier in the game can be seen in the background.
- The Eye Gate from Cyclops' Cave can also be seen in the level.
- There is a fossilized Fire Demon in a crystal in the Foreground. This is proof that Fire Demons aren't humans wearing masks.
- The Undead Cyclops carrying a coffin when fighting him is a reference to the graveyard escape scene in Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines, where the T-800 carries a coffin with John Connor inside it.
- At the end of the game where the player is about to kiss the Orange Princess (Tricky the Clown), they can see some of the enemies and bosses fought earlier in the Game, including the Groom's ghost playing his harp behind a keyboard.