View source for The Unkillable Skeleton (Hard Mode)

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|text=You enter the throne room, and see a skeleton strapped to the throne by its wrists and ankles. You move closer to investigate, and your hair stands on end, not out of fear, but out of an electrical charge in the air...

"Not enough voltage," the skeleton whispers.

"Beg pardon?"

"You heard me, Warden. Not enough voltage." Louder this time.

"I'm not the warden. And also, I think technically it's the amperage that kills people, not--"

"I can see you, Warden!" Screaming. "Or at least I could if my eyes hadn't melted when you juiced me. But I can smell you. I've still got these nose holes, and they work pretty well even with all the soft tissue burned off. Anyway, it doesn't matter. I know it's you, Warden, and we've got some... unfinished business."

The skeleton rises from the throne -- turns out he's just wearing the straps as bracelets and anklets, and he wasn't actually strapped to it. He bends in close, and you smell the tang of ozone as he begins to laugh.

He pulls in closer. "Wait a minute... Do I smell... shepherd? Graaaaaaargh! It was a shepherd who sent me to that lousy dungeon in the first place! I mean, I did kill all of his sheep, and also his family, but still. The nerve of that shepherd!"

As his anger grows, electricity begins to arc more frequently between all of the metal objects in the room, effectively trapping you where you're standing.

A jagged arc of electricity shoots out of his left elbow, through your brain, and into his right elbow. It almost feels... windshield wiper.

{{MP|type=lose|amount=90% of your current}}

|hit=He breaks off a rib and throws it at you hard enough to break a few of your ribs on landing. {{ouch}}

He grabs your {{part}} with his left hand and your {{part}} with his right. Electricity courses through you. {{ouch}}

He sticks two of his finger-bones into your nostrils and shocks your nose from the inside. {{ouch}}

He simultaneously stabs you with his serrated sword. It's such a simple machine, he doesn't have to use force. {{ouch}}

He brains you with the pommel of his sword. The impact scrambles your brains, and the electricity cures your schizophrenia. {{ouch}}

He throws his shield like a frisbee and hits you in the groin with it. That's gonna leave a bruise. {{ouch}}
|miss=

|critical=He stabs, slices, and shocks you with his serrated, electrified sword. Your hair stands on end and your blood boils (even the large quantity of your blood that's on the floor). {{critical}} {{ouch}} 
|fumble=
|special=
''Upon winning:''

Having won the fight, you feel at liberty to belch mightily. It tastes a ''lot'' like a shepherd.
}}

{{acquireClan|item=Unkillable Skeleton's skullcap|}}
''<center>or</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=Unkillable Skeleton's shinguards|}}
''<center>or</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=Unkillable Skeleton's breastplate|}}
''<center>and</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=Unkillable Skeleton's shield|}}
''<center>or</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=Unkillable Skeleton's sawsword|}}
''<center>or</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=Unkillable Skeleton's restless leg|}}
''<center>and</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=skull capacitor|}}
''<center>and</center>''
{{acquireClan|item=Electric Kool-Aid|num=1-4}}
''<center>and</center>''
{{acquireClanTrophy|trophy=Crackling Pelvis}}
{{stat|???}}
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Occurs as an outcome of [[Holding Court]] in the [[Dreadsylvanian Castle]], if you were to fight [[The Unkillable Skeleton]], but have the effect [[Shepherd's Breath]] active.

==Notes==
*{{Uncopyable}}
*To fight the Unkillable Skeleton in Hard Mode, you must eat a [[Dreadsylvanian shepherd's pie]] and enter the fight with the [[Shepherd's Breath]] effect it gives. The effect is removed if (and only if) you win the fight:
*:Having won the fight, you feel at liberty to belch mightily. It tastes a ''lot'' like a shepherd.
*:{{acquireEffect|effect=Shepherd's Breath|type=lose}}
*You cannot do anything in this fight, and all actions will progress the round:
*:You can't move because of all of the electricity in the air.
*He doesn't attack on the round he dies, if you kill him with passive damage. Which, of course, is all you can do. 
*The Unkillable Skeleton seems to have 50% physical and 95% elemental damage reduction (needs spading).
*The number of {{plural|Electric Kool-Aid}} depends on the total number of kisses across all zones of the Dreadsylvania instance as with the [[The Unkillable Skeleton|regular boss]]. You get one additional consumable for killing the boss in Hard Mode.
*Will drop a second hard-mode-exclusive loot if a total of ~18 000 kisses have been earned in this dungeon before fighting him.
* Stats at 1 kisses: ? Attack, ? Defense, 1800? HP.
* Stats at 2 kisses: ? Attack, ? Defense, ? HP.
* Stats at 3 kisses: ? Attack, ? Defense, ? HP.
* Stats at 4 kisses: ? Attack, ? Defense, ? HP.
* Stats at 5 kisses: 1000 Attack, 100 Defense, 3200 HP.
* Stats at 6 kisses: ? Attack, ? Defense, ? HP.

==Strategy==
* You can do literally nothing in this fight. No items, skills, you can't even attack. He does approximately 10% of your maxHP with each attack. 
* Reduce your MP as close to 0 as you can before the fight. (There is no negative effect to having MP at the start of the fight, but since you lose 90% of it, spending it before the fight prevents wasting resources.)
* Stack [[Passive Damage]] sources.  The more, the better. ([[SMOOCH Army Uniform]], [[Skeletal Warrior]], etc..)
* Reducing your HP and using a heavy [[Mosquito]] or [[Vampire Vintner]] paired with [[short beer]] + [[short white]] is the most viable strategy because it deals consistent damage and will ensure that you heal back most of the damage.
**[[Cowrruption]] is an accessible way to reduce your HP while boosting your spell damage.

==References==
*The hit message about his sword being such a simple machine is based on a line from the song ''Italian Leather Sofa'' by [[Wikipedia:Cake (band)|Cake]]: ''"She's got a serrated edge / That she moves back and forth. / It's such a simple machine, / She doesn't have to use force."''
*The hit message about curing schizophrenia is a reference to how electroshock therapy is used to treat various mental diseases.

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