Plague Assassin

“	These poor souls are sick with the plague of the dead!	„
	~ Plague Assassin

Plague Assassin
Dream Keeper in battle.
Level	17 ~ 24 20 ~ 21 (Legend)
Race	Zombie
Zone	Blackhall Keep- Stage 7/Wave 1 ~ 2 - Stage 8/Wave 1 ~ 2 - Stage 9/Wave 1 - Training (3/5 Fights)
Allies	Shade Zombie Oracle Executioner Plague Assassin

Plague Assassin is a Normal enemy unit in Sonny (2017). They're encountered in Blackhall Keep.

Attributes

Attribute Notes:

• Values in bold can be encountered in a Legend run (no training), no bold means that these values are only available in training fights.
  • Italic values cannot be encountered in training despite being coded in the game due to Sonny's level being +1 higher than the zone level when entering a new zone, on a legend run.
• Buffs cannot reduce Power/Defense/Speed below 1. This also applies to Vitality but it normally cannot be modified in battle.
  • For Defense specifically, this means that the Damage taken Mod becomes ~200% while both breached and exposed. See this this page for more info.
• Visible Power/Defense/Speed is rounded to nearest integer. If the actual value ends exactly in ".5", then it will be rounded to nearest even integer. Visible (Max) HP is rounded up.
• Abilities can also have Hit./Crit. Bonuses, which are listed under the Abilities section.
• Only Physical Defense is shown because the other elemental defenses are not used at all on units. They can still get non-physical elemental defense from certain abilities.

	Base	Mod		Lvl 17	Lvl 18	Lvl 19	Lvl 20	Lvl 21	Lvl 22	Lvl 23	Lvl 24
Power	0	1.35		994.45	1095.52	1200.89	1310.5	1424.3	1542.24	1664.28	1790.35
Defense	0	0.8		589.31	649.2	711.64	776.59	844.03	913.92	986.24	1060.95
Speed	0	1.3		957.62	1054.95	1156.41	1261.96	1371.55	1485.12	1602.64	1724.04
Vitality	0	1.5		1104.95	1217.25	1334.32	1456.11	1582.56	1713.6	1849.19	1989.28
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				7734.64	8520.72	9340.25	10192.79	11077.91	11995.23	12944.36	13924.96
Visible Max HP from Vitality				7735	8521	9341	10193	11078	11996	12945	13925
Visible Power				994	1096	1201	1311	1425	1542	1664	1791
Visible Defense				589	649	712	777	844	914	986	1061
Visible Speed				958	1055	1156	1262	1372	1485	1603	1724
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				100%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				150%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				175%
Hit. Bonus	0%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	0%
Focus Drain Resist	0%
Physical Defense	0%

Abilities

• Attack
• Shuriken
• Smoke Bomb
• Outlast
• Shadow Slice

Attack	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Basic Attack	Melee	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
		100% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		30%		100%
	Reaction		Notes

Shuriken	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Physical	Active	Ranged	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	0	40% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
	50% chance to grant Haste to caster on crit.		Also applies Venom to target on hit.
Haste	Caster Buff Description
	Speed increased by 30%.
	Caster Buff Polarity	Caster Buff Charges	Caster Buff Duration	Caster Buff Notes
	Positive		2	+1 duration when first applied. Duration ticks down once after being applied.
Venom	Target Buff Description
	Take # damage each turn
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative		5	Damages for 85% Power, ignoring target Defense. Enemy Version. Buff element is always set to Nature

Smoke Bomb	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Shadow	Active	Ranged	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	5	80% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	3	100%		100%
	Reaction		Notes
			AoE ability.
Blind	Target Buff Description
	Hit chance reduced by 50%.
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative		2	+1 duration when first applied.

Outlast	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Shadow	Passive
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	Reaction		Notes
Outlast	Aura Description			Aura Notes
	Whenever this unit dodges an attack, it gains 10% increased power.			Power grows by 10% of the aura caster's current Power when it triggers.

Shadow Slice	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Shadow	Active	Melee	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	4	30% Power + 35% Target Current HP
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	2	100%	120%	100%
	Reaction		Notes

A.I. Ability Order

A.I. Notes:

• The A.I. prefers to use the topmost item in the left list, which is ranked according to the abilities' total scaling and A.I. score bonuses. For attacks specifically, their cooldown also plays a part in the rankings (the longer the cooldown, the higher it goes).
  • When an ability's Max HP Threshold condition is met and it's off cooldown, then that ability is added to the left list, in most cases to the top.
  • If an ability cannot be used due to being on cooldown, incl. silences, then the A.I. moves down the list to the next ability. If no abilities are available, then the A.I. skips their turn.
  • The A.I. will also not use healing abilities with 100% HP Threshold if all their teammates have full HP.
• The A.I. does have a chance of not following the list and instead picking a random ability. The chance depends on it's A.I. type and the difference in total scaling & A.I. Score Bonuses.
• It might also pick a different ability if the valid target(s) has:
  • Increased elemental defense against an element one of their available abilities has.
  • High Defense and the A.I. has access to an ability that deals piercing damage.
• The A.I. prefers targeting units with low HP% (both attacks & heals) and a high Damage Taken Mod (only attacks). Buffs that increases damage/healing taken also affect the targeting priority.
• Again, the A.I. has a chance of targeting a random unit instead. The chance depends on it's A.I. type, the difference in HP% & difference in Damage Taken Mod.

A.I. Type	This unit has the A.I. type "Normal". They tend to follow the list and targeting priority, but can sometimes switch it up with a random ability or target.
Phases	Ability Preference List	HP Threshold Abilities	Passive Abilities
Phase 1	- Shadow Slice (2nd turn & onward) - Smoke Bomb (3rd turn & onward) - Shuriken - Attack		- Outlast

Note: Plague Assassins are likely to not use Attack unless Shuriken is silenced. Furthermore, as Shadow Slice scales off target HP they tend to target enemies with high HP.

Tactics

Plague Assassins should be killed as soon as possible, preferably before they're able to use Smoke Bomb. Due to their high Speed, stunning and/or draining their focus might be necessary to stall them. The reasons are that their Outlast ability gets a higher chance of triggering when the party is blinded, and that they're able to apply the Venom buff to the entire party in just a few turns after using Smoke Bomb.

Trivia

• Plague Assassins have the highest Power Mod (1.35) out of all Normal type enemies that the player encounters in Normal type stages, as well Normal type enemies that acts like minions to a (mini)boss.
  • Avatar of Freedom is also classified as a Normal type enemy and has a higher Power Mod (6), however it's encountered in a Miniboss type stage.