ZPCI Praetor Murdock

“	Any intel I receive that the Zed threat is greater than the human strength in an area... BLAM! Out they go. No questions asked. No time wasted.	„
	~ ZPCI Praetor

ZPCI Praetor
ZPCI Praetor in battle.
Level	24
Race	Human
Zone	ZPCI Stronghold - Stage 11/Wave 1 (Boss Stage)
Allies	ZPCI

ZPCI Praetor Murdock, also known as simply ZPCI Praetor, is the final boss of ZPCI Stronghold in Sonny (2017).

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 23
Power	0	0.85		1047.88
Defense	0	2.2		2712.15
Speed	0	0.85		1047.88
Vitality	0	12		14793.56
Max HP from Vitality (7*Vitality)				103554.89
Visible Max HP from Vitality				103555
Visible Power				1048
Visible Defense				2712
Visible Speed				1048
Damage Taken Mod from Defense				16.608%
... while Breached (-50% Defense)				68.066%
... while Exposed (-75% Defense)				131.25%
Hit. Bonus	0%
Crit. Chance	15%
Stun Resist	50%
Focus Drain Resist	50%
Physical Defense	0%

Abilities

• Attack
• Prism Beam
• Strike Order
• First Aid
• Boosted Growth

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

Prism Beam	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Lightning	Active	Ranged	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	4	37.5% Power + 42.5% Defense	+100%
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	4	100%	1000%	100%
	Reaction		Notes
	Applies Breach to caster on hit.		AoE ability.
Breach	Caster Buff Description
	Defense reduced by 50%.
	Caster Buff Polarity	Caster Buff Charges	Caster Buff Duration	Caster Buff Notes
	Negative		2	+1 duration when first applied, but duration also immediately ticks down after use. If this ability hits at least twice in one cast, this buff's effective duration becomes 1 turn.

Strike Order	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Shadow	Active	Ranged	Enemies
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	6	40% Power + 20% Target Current HP
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		100%	150%	100%
	Reaction		Notes
Strike Mark	Target Buff Description
	This unit takes 200% extra damage.
	Target Buff Polarity	Target Buff Charges	Target Buff Duration	Target Buff Notes
	Negative	1	2	Charge consumed when buff target is hit with an attack.

First Aid	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Nature	Active	Ranged	Self
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	99	-3000% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
		100%		50%
	Reaction		Notes
	Dispels 10 positive or negative buffs from target.

Boosted Growth	Element	Type	Range	Target
	Nature	Active	Ranged	Self
	Cooldown	Scaling	Hit. Bonus	Crit. Bonus
	3	-350% Power
	Starting Cooldown	A.I. Score Mod	A.I. Score Bonus	A.I. HP Threshold
	3	100%	550%	100%
	Reaction		Notes
	Grows target's Power with 28% of their current Power

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	- Prism Beam (4th turn & onward) - Boosted Growth (3rd turn & onward) - Strike Order - Attack	- First Aid (Self <50% HP)

Tactics

Use attacks that either deal piercing damage or applies Breach (-50% Defense) to bypass the ZPCI Praetor's high Defense. Damage from buffs, such as Wound or Burn, also ignores Defense.

The Suppress buff (-70% healing recieved) and/or Weaken buff (-50% Power) can counter First Aid and speed up the battle against this unit. If the ZPCI Praetor manages to use First Aid unhindered, it will buy them more time, which means more uses of Boosted Growth. The Weaken buff can also be used to reduce the power growth from that ability.

Trivia

• The player can randomly gain one of the following tips when being defeated by, or retreating from, this unit:
  • "The Praetor's Prism Beam attack deals damage based on his defense stat."
  • "The Praetor carries a powerful first aid kit that he will use when his health drops below half."