Stheno the Snake Queen

Stheno the Snake Queen is the boss of the Snake Pit.

The Realm Eye says:
Unlike her sister, Stheno took to a more reclusive life in the depths of a ruined temple. She lacks the raw power of Medusa, but her skilled handling of dual blades led Oryx to make her a general.

Contents

• Stats
• Combat
• Drops
• Tips

Stats

Base HP: 9,000 ( Boss Adaptive HP Scaling)
DEF: 19
EXP: 3,000
Location: Snake Pit

Immune to Stasis

Counts towards God Kills
Level 1 Quest

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Combat

Attacks

Aesthetics	Damage	Condition effects	Speed (tiles/sec)	Range (tiles)	Comments
	90		7	10.5	Shots hit multiple targets
	45	Blind for 1s	5.5	11	Shots hit multiple targets
	100				Radius: 2.5

Behavior

Stheno is found in the middle of the boss room of the Snake Pit. When players first enter the room, she will spawn several Stheno Pets that rapidly circle her while trailing Slowing green orbs. Any pets that are killed will be respawned immediately.

She cycles between the following phases in order based on time. Between phases, she will be invulnerable. Note that if her target backs out of the center of the room, she will stop firing.

Every time she changes phases, she will summon 3 Stheno Swarms. These will charge the player in a straight line while firing rapid shots in front of them, before chasing players with aimed bullets. Only 3 chasing Swarms can be active at once.

Phase 1

Stheno rapidly fires pairs of blades in 4 directions, with 1 of them being aimed in the direction of the nearest player. She will also be rapidly throwing out red grenades that do high AoE damage.

Phase 2

Stheno starts firing large bursts of red grenades around her, alternating between diamond and square shaped formations. The bombs are spaced far enough that they can be dodged by ducking between the gaps.

Phase 3

Stheno fires a 6-directional spiral of Blinding purple orbs, with the spiral rotating in one direction. She will also frequently fire bombs at the nearest player.

Reprodution

Spawns:
Stheno Pet
Stheno Swarm

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Drops

	Mark of SthenoG	Tier 9 Weapons	Tier 9 Armor
	Pet Eggs
	Tier 10 Weapons	Tier 10 Armor	Snakeskin Shield
	Snakeskin Armor	Snake Eye Ring	Wine Cellar Incantation
	Potion of SpeedG - 2
	Mini Stheno Skin	Mini Flying Stheno Pet Skin
	Acidic Armor
	Wand of the Bulwark	Snake Charmer Pungi

Note: During Winter events, the Wand of the Bulwark is replaced by the Eternal Snowflake Wand.

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Tips and Strategies

Stheno’s battle is designed to introduce players to a boss that frequently uses powerful AoE bomb attacks. While the minions in the Snake Pit also use these, Stheno’s bombs deal significantly higher damage and can severely injure a lower-level player, if not kill them swiftly. Thus, learning how to read and dodge her bombs is the most crucial part of defeating the boss.

Unless your DEF is very high, don’t try to cross the slowing barrier made by the flying snakes. Stay within the ring and avoid Stheno’s attacks, particularly her bombs and high-damage blade attacks.

Don’t try to kill her little friends; they take longer to kill than Stheno, and respawn immediately.

She is most vulnerable during the blind and bomb spam phase, but this is also the most dangerous time to stay in range. To do this phase, shift a little bit in one direction when she attacks, but try to only move in one direction.

A note for knights, try to stun after her snakes in the second phase start to disappear.

A tip for archers, make sure to use your quiver as much as possible. If you do not own a Doom Bow and you are soloing this boss, make sure to stay in between her and her minions and wait for the correct time to fire your quiver, for extra damage. If you have a Doom Bow then the quiver’s additional damage may not be necessary.

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