“ | Get ready for a REALLY POWERFUL BOSS! | ” |
~ Quote before the Necromancer Boss first appears on Wave 37 |
The Necromancer Boss is a boss that appears in Wave 37 and above, as well as in Wave 0000000. Similar to the Necromancer, the Necromancer Boss can spawn Fire Spirits to aid it.
Appearance[]
The Necromancer Boss appears to be a Necromancer but significantly larger in size with skull shoulder pads, black clothing, a top hat, and a long staff that emits purple sparks that remained on all versions of the Necromancer Boss.
Current Version[]
The current version of the Necromancer Boss has very pale skin, and it wears blueish-black clothes. It has a white mask and the eyes are completely black. There are chains around its wrists and black, shining skull pads on its shoulders. The staff it wields has a skull as the orb, and the inside of the skull is glowing purple. The staff also appears to be made of granite, and there is a plant-like structure under the skull which looks like a rose. It also wears a long cape to make it look like a magician.
First Version[]
The first version of the Necromancer Boss had a grey-blue color scheme and wore a blue Dominus with a light blue collar on it connected to black buttons.
Second Version[]
The second version of the Necromancer Boss had its Dominus removed but has a skin tone similar to the Necromancer.
Third Version[]
When the Necromancer Boss was removed, it was seen at Wave 0000000 with a new appearance change. It looks similar to the second version, but with a bigger staff, and the front skull imprinted on its face. It wears a top hat with a blue-and-black checkered pattern in the middle and wears a cape on its left shoulder. This appearance remains as it was re-added into the main game in the update on August 10, 2019.
Tactics[]
Defensive[]
- Multiple level 5 Mortars should be able to deal with Fire Spirits allowing Phasers and Railgunners to focus on important targets such as Void or the Necromancer Boss itself.
- Level 5 Phasers and Golden Commandos can target it and will defeat it quickly if it has not spawned any zombies.
- Level 5 Railgunners, and Aviators can clean up its spawns as well as helping out in killing it.
- The Commander's Airstrike ability is effective for cleaning up the Fire Spirits.
- Level 5 Zeds and Graveyards can do massive amounts of damage to these and can handle the Fire Spirits that they spawn.
- DJ's Apocalypse Rave ability is an effective method for countering the Necromancer Boss rushes. This combined with multiple level 5 Plasma Troopers and high-DPS towers support should be able to fully counter a Necromancer Boss rush.
Offensive[]
- Necromancer Bosses have high health and can spawn fast enemies, if your opponents mainly use single-damage towers like the Phaser, consider using this to spawn Fire Spirits to distract enemy fire, this is, however, not so effective if they have a few Zeds or Plasma Troopers down.
- Sending multiple Necromancer Bosses during wave 40 after Void spawned can easily overwhelm Railgunners and Marksmen, as well as wasting some damage from Golden Commandos and Zeds.
- However, doing this might cause server lag, dropping the DPS of towers, including yours.
Trivia[]
- Before 5/17/18, the quote before the Necromancer Boss appeared read, "Get ready for a SPECIAL BOSS".
- The Necromancer Boss, Boss3 and Snowman are the only 3 zombies to wear a top hat.
- The Necromancer Boss used to summon normal Mysteries before it was changed to summon Mystery2s.
- The top hat of the Necromancer Boss is a modified version of an item called Funky Magic Top Hat.
- The skull of the Necromancer Boss is a modified version of an item called The Riddling Skull.
Glitches[]
- During the 8/10/19 update, when the Necromancer Boss died while it was spawning zombies, the spawned zombies would go off path and eventually find the exit. This has been patched as of the 7/22/20 update.
Update History[]
- (9/11/17) Necromancer Boss added.
- (3/22/18) Necromancer Boss revamped with new death sound, Dominus hat removed and health decreased.
- Health decreased from 9,000 to 8,800.
- (3/23/18) Necromancer Boss buffed
- Health increased from 8,800 to 9,900.
- (5/17/18) Necromancer Boss removed from the main game.
- (9/7/18) Necromancer Boss confirmed to be re-added as part of Wave 0000000 with an appearance change.
- Health increased from 9,900 to 12,000.
- Now spawns Mystery2.
- (8/10/19) Necromancer Boss re-added to the main game and made bigger.
- (7/22/20) Necromancer Boss revamped
- Health increased from 12,000 to 15,000
- Now spawns Fire Spirits.
- (8/13/2020) Necromancer Boss animations improved.
- (7/4/22) Necromancer Boss is now sendable in Versus.