Moloch, King of the Furnace
A brazen bull with a furnace for a belly
- Health15000
- Height6.6 m
Where it lives
- Boss hall: Hell, floors 1, 4, 7 and on
And they made them pass through the fire to Moloch, and the brass was never filled. — Covenant of Blood 8:3
The brazen bull-headed idol fell in the first rebellion and became the furnace of the pit. He fights with the hall, not his body: the floor beneath him is bronze plates, and he burns them to the beat of his drums, with molten brass from his mouth and with his palms; the furnace in his belly draws you in and breathes out flame. Every attack heats him — once red-hot he sits down to cool, and soft bronze wounds deeper.
On Earth they burned offerings to him in the valley of Tophet, to the beat of drums, so that no one would hear the cries. The new order gave him back his old work: souls that will not bow do not go into Lucifer's cubes — they are led through his furnace until they bow. Moloch is pleased: once men brought him offerings themselves, now they are led to him by those who call themselves God. He knows it is not God. Once they called him so too.
Phases
I · The brazen idol — from the start. II · Tophet — from 60% health. III · The burnt offering — from 25%.
Heat
Every attack stokes the furnace in his belly — the bronze reddens from the belly up. Once red-hot, after the attack he sits down to cool for 3.5 s, and soft bronze takes 1.6x the damage. That is your window.
Bronze is soft while it cooleth; smite while the forge is silent.
Palms
A 0.9 s windup — both palms fall from above onto 2 m circles in front of him, 38 damage. Jumping won't help, but right under his belly the palms can't reach. The plates beneath them run molten for 5 s.
The altar waiteth before him; stand at his feet.
Drums of Tophet
He beats his furnace-belly: a song of 6 beats, 8 in the second phase, 10 in the third. A pattern of plates reddens 0.9 s before each beat and bursts on it — 26 damage. Step off the red plate or jump on the beat.
Hearken to the drum: on the beat stand not on red.
Pouring
A stream of molten brass from his mouth runs across the floor toward whoever is farthest: 1, in the second phase 2, in the third 3 in a fan. The head of the stream deals 30, flooded plates burn whoever stands on them for 7 s — 9 every 0.5 s.
The brass floweth to him that standeth afar; stand not in its way.
Furnace draught
The door in his belly swings open and the furnace breathes in: everyone within 14 m is drawn toward him — walk away, or you'll be pulled in. The exhale is a cone of flame 9 m long, 40 damage; right at the mouth you become the offering — 1.8x the damage.
The furnace calleth thee near; who cometh to its mouth becometh the offering.
Burnt offering
In the last phase he falls to his knees, and 3 waves of fire burn the whole floor. 1.6 s before each, everything reddens but the ash — a grey cold plate beside each rebel. Off the ash — 55 damage, flames up to the vault: jumping won't help.
All shall burn save the ash; seek the grey.