Lore
Who are the Root Tender?
Patient hands wake the roots beneath your feet.
Root Tender belongs to The Rootbound. Bark, spores and roots — the forest that turned on its keepers. They fill the first floors. As a specialist: Brings a telegraphed attack of its own — read the shape on the ground.
Attack
Grasping roots
Thorny roots burst from the ground where you stand after a short warning.
How to handle it: Never stop moving: the warning gives you just enough time to walk out of the circle.
Floors
Where Root Tender appears
The spawn weight says how common Root Tender is against the rest of that floor’s pool; higher is more common.
- Floor 2: Mossbound Grove — from 1:30, spawn weight 6
- Floor 3: Withered Crossing — from the start, spawn weight 6
Strategy
How to fight Root Tender
- Brings a telegraphed attack of its own — read the shape on the ground.
- Keep moving: a specialist 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 specialists well: Lightning, Phoenix, Shuriken.
Family
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