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Nesters are bosses in Arras.io, There are 3 types of Nesters, The Nest Keeper spawns in all gamemodes while the Nest Warden and Nest Guardian exclusively spawn in Siege.

They are much more powerful than other common bosses, with much more tanky bodies and high damage.

Design[]

Universal[]

The Nesters Have large pentagonal purple bodies, all with three types of weapons. The first is a turret on the top, the second type is placed on their sides and the third is on the corners.

The Nest Keeper has 5 Twin Auto Turrets in the corners and 5 drone spawners on the sides, with a Boomer Turret on top.

The Nest Warden has 5 Cruiser Auto Turrets in the corners and 5 Block placers on the sides, with a Barricade Turret on top.

The Nest Guardian has 5 Swarmer Auto Turrets, one in each corner, and 5 Devastator Cannons, one on each side, with a Twister Turret on top.

Their Turrets are all colored in purple, except for their corner turrets and side barrels, which are gray.

Technical[]

Universal[]

All Nesters are attendants of the Pentagon Nest, and thus spawn inside of it. Each one has relatively low health.

Nest Keeper[]

The Nest Keeper is a special boss, being the only current one using Boomers. Its Twin auto turrets deal low but continuous damage per turret, and if several are locked onto a single target, expect that target to be screwed, because the drones are hostile to anything sans polygon team. Boomer turret fires very slowly, but the boomerangs deal big damage. Think of it like a sniper.

Nest Warden[]

The Nest Warden is a mostly defensive boss; it has Constructor launchers on each side. Blocks do not go far, but they are a hazard to any tanks that need free space to operate. The Cruiser auto turrets launch swarm drones which...well, act like swarm drones; low penetration and health, decent damage and speed. The Barricade Turret fires a steady stream of traps in the direction of its target, blocking most bullets coming in that were shot to do ill.

Nest Guardian[]

It's the most offensive out of all of the Nesters. The Devastator bullets are a tad bit smaller than an Elite Destroyer's, but deal equally abominable damage and have equally insane health. The Swarmer auto turrets launch hives identical to Paladin's hives; big and one shot lethal. The Twister missiles create a large bullet storm, and also are one shot fatal. Summed up it is a one shot wonder in the most literal sense.

Strategy[]

Universal[]

Strong Against: Most weak Tier 2 tanks, rammers, generally stupid players

Weak Against: Large Armies of Tanks, ideally seen in Siege

Nest Keeper[]

Strong Against: Focused fire tanks, tanks with no shield capacity or regen, people who can't counter a Boomer.

Weak Against: Large armies of tough Crowd Controllers who are aware of the Boomer's tendencies.

Do not under any circumstance stand in the way of the Catapult. It will fire a boomerang which will either kill you on the way out or on the return trip.

Aside from that, treat it like a buffed Auto-Overseer with strong drones. Like Zaphkiel's, they come in good numbers and respawn fairly fast.

Nest Warden[]

Strong Against: Tanks that can't break through Trap or Block walls, most low DPS tanks

Weak Against: Large Armies of Demolition Tanks which will break the fort down

The first obstacle is the Blocks; they launch quickly and stay put for a while. Try a class like Sprayer to break through the wall.

The second is the Barricade. As long as you aren't targeted, you can move on. If you do happen to be targeted, strafe to spread the traps out thin.

Negate the Cruiser drones by either shield stats or a crowd control tank.

Nest Guardian[]

Strong Against: Offensively/defensively weak, tanks with low health and speed, rammers

Weak Against: Large armies of fairly durable and experienced Bullet Spammers coordinating to kill the Nester

The Nest Guardian is arguably the Nester most in need of a nerf. Arguably more tanks get killed by a Nest Hive than anything else; the Devastator bullets are slow, and the Twister Missile is only launched from one cannon. Thus, shield regen, health, and shield capacity are recommended versus the Guardian.

As for tanks, bullet spammers are best. Keep in mind, though, the Hives and Twister both can one shot a glass build tank. Avoid the auto-deployers; if unable to stay away, strafe the Guardian.

Trivia[]

  • The Nest Keeper was a suggestion by Whert.
  • Its the first boss to use the Pentagon shape.
  • It is the first (and currently the only) boss to use boomerangs.
  • Along with Rogue Palisade, Summoner and Elite Skimmer, before spawning, the message "A strange trembling..." will show up.
  • The Nest Keeper was added along with the Elite Battleship in the March 18th, 2020 Update.
  • These bosses all tie as the fourth-largest in the game, the largest being Kronos, Ragnarok and the Legionary Crasher
  • The Nest Keeper's Drones used to push it around a bit, giving it some kind of speed boost sometimes.
    • This was fixed(?) on an unknown update.
  • The Nest Keeper was based on the Leviathan, which is a Fanon boss made by Graviatar. Proof is shown in Graviatar's message wall.

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