Tale of Diep:The Lich

The Lich is one of the many Boss Tanks that can spawn in Fortresses. It is the Boss Tank variant of the Necromancer. Created by ZathusTheMageV.

Design
The Lich looks like a Necromancer that has a skull-shaped etched mask on it like the Archprophet. The spawner barrels (while still useless like a Necromancer), have smaller ones coming out of them like a Hunter or Sprayer. And coming out of those is a short spike. He purely uses his drones for defense and sacrifices. Sacrifices allow him to use stronger attacks.

Attacks
''Note: This boss does not create the Drones uses in its attacks. There are four Drone Hives near the corners of the room that spawn them. Unlike with playable classes, the Drones naturally float to him. Unlike other Drone Hives, the drones produced are Necromancer squares. The Lich can have up to 300 Drones.''


 * RISE!: All squares in the room will become his Drones.
 * Beam of Scrutiny: A twin solid laser beam will fired out from the eyes of the skull and he will sweep a part of the room with it. All tanks touched get damaged and Poisoned.
 * Barrier of Bones: Will sacrifice 10 Drones to form a Protector shield with a bone sprite in front of him.
 * Sacrificial Strike: An orange, AI-controlled Lancer tank will come from underneath him, and chase the closest player until death.
 * Ritual of Blood: Sacrifices 8 Drones and 200 health to form a pattern of lasers in spider web formation, with him in the middle. All tanks that cross the lines become Slowed, Blinded, and Weakened.
 * Sacrilegious Seal: If all four Drone Hives are destroyed, he will sacrifice 400 health to repair all of them.
 * Overmind Warp: All Drone Hives will flash purple and release drones for him 2x as fast. This can last anywhere from 6 to 12 seconds, and costs him 300 health.
 * Mind Over Magic: Will sacrifice any number of Drones and for each one he does, he gains 100 health. If he goes above his max 3500 health, he will double in size (for each 1000 health he gains above 3500), move slower, and take 2x more damage until it goes below 3500 again. Because he can have up to 300 drones, he can recover 30,000 health if all are sacrificed, and swell to more than 30x his size because of it. However, he does 2x damage while at more than 3500 as well.
 * Dad's Favorite: Once health reaches 100, he will fly to the top of the screen in a beam of light, escaping in a white flash.

Trivia

 * One of the four Minor Bosses you cannot kill, as they escape, self destruct, or by other means.
 * All Minor Bosses are collectively known as "The Sons of Panzer", and The Lich is apparently his favorite son.
 * Like the Leech, grows as it recovers health, for some reason. I thought I could abuse the mechanic again.