Lore
Who are the Crownless?
The shattered crown has nothing left to command but hunger.
Crownless belongs to The Crownless. What is left of the shattered crown’s host. They arrive only with the Endless Swarm. As a melee: The bulk of every horde: slow, plentiful and dangerous only when they surround you.
Attack
Contact
Has no special attack: it hurts by touching you, and it is dangerous only in numbers.
How to handle it: Keep moving so the pack never closes the circle, and let area skills thin it out.
Floors
Where Crownless appears
Crownless never joins a floor’s regular horde. It arrives with the Endless Swarm that starts when the floor timer runs out, and its share of the swarm grows by the minute.
- Swarm minute 1: about 70% of the swarm
- Swarm minute 2: about 55% of the swarm
- Swarm minute 3: about 45% of the swarm
- Swarm minute 4 and beyond: about 38% of the swarm
Strategy
How to fight Crownless
- The bulk of every horde: slow, plentiful and dangerous only when they surround you.
- Keep moving: a melee only wins when the pack closes the circle around you.
- Elite versions carry more health and hit harder; items that raise damage to elites pay off deeper down.
Skills that handle melees well: Cyclone, Venom Flask, Blade Sweep.
Family
More of The Crownless
