Tavakai, the Chieftain

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Tavakai, the Chieftain
Location(s)	Heart of the Tribe

Tavakai, the Chieftain is a unique monster located in Heart of the Tribe. He also has two other forms: Tavakai, the Fallen, and Tavakai, the Consumed.

Abilities

• Hook Throw: Throws his hook out forward, lingering for a duration before pulling it back.
• Like Tukohama! - Tukohama Slam: Conjures a spirit of the ancients, slamming down in a large area
• Your bones will shatter! -Rolling Slam: Deals a series of three slams in quick succession while moving.

After reaching 50% life, Tavakai will transform into Tavakai, the Fallen, recovering to full life and running away to a secondary circular arena made of stone.

• Melee Combo: Cleaves while walking forward using both the Precursor weapon and his axe.
• Weakness becomes you! - Corrupted Barrage: Channels corruption from the Precursor weapon, firing a wide barrage of red energy.
• Jade Sunder: Swipes upwards with his axe, creating a cone-shaped shockwave that leaves behind three "Warrior Spirit" minions out of jade.
• Leap Slam: Jumps into the air before slamming down in an area.

After reaching 20% life, Tavakai will become invulnerable and attempt to call for Tukohama's aid, but will fail to recieve the god's blessing. He will then transform into "Tavakai, the Consumed".

• Sunder Combo: Swings an engorged arm into the ground three times in random directions, creating a large cone-shaped shockwave of spikes on the third slam. The spikes persist for a duration.
• Rage burns deep... and by morn.. you shall fear the name... Karui! - Melee Combo: Moves around while attacking five times in quick succession.
• Leap Slam: Jumps into the air before slamming down in an area.
• Your bones will shatter! - Corruption Spikefield: Channels an arm into the ground, creating spikes of corruption throughout the arena that persist for a duration.

During the "Tavakai, the Consumed" phase, the arena will also periodically have different arena hazards:

• Tawhoa's Blessing: Fills the perimeter of the arena with plants, slowing down movement speed.
• Ramako's Blessing: Creates a Solar Orb that fills the arena with expanding Ignited Ground before exploding.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Introduced to the game.