Pauperesque Squallard

The Pauperesque Squallard is a large avian with a ferocious appetite.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 5: Apex Predator
The Pauperesque Squallard is a female -like creature appearing in Pikmin 5: Apex Predator as the first apex predator to be faced off against. It is encountered in the Lover's Spring soon after finding the Purple Onion, in the middle of a large muddy area surrounded by purple Pellet Posies. As Purple Pikmin are born, a certain countdown begins. The weight of each Pikmin is taken into account, with Purple Pikmin contributing 10 due to their extra heft. Once the combined weight of every Pikmin exceeds 400, trying to leave instantly triggers an encounter with the Pauperesque Squallard. A cutscene starts from the bird's point of few flying over the Lover's Spring. It will then spot the player's character and their Pikmin, and the cutscene ends. The Pauperesque Squallard will land right where the gate is, preventing escape. The Pauperesque Squallard has a stomach scale of 225, meaning that's how many Pikmin it will eat in terms of their weight, and the boss fight begins. The Squallard will start trying to eat Pikmin, with Purples counting as ten, and all other types counting as one. The fight can hypothetically last until the Pauperesque Squallard is killed, but it is far more likely that the beast's stomach scale will be fulfilled first due to how early in the game it is first encountered. Once enough Pikmin are devoured, the mallard flies off, the player character is left in abject horror as to what they saw, and the day immediately ends.

Taking down the Pauperesque Squallard is no easy task in the absolute best-case scenario, and it will take every measure necessary to take down the big bird. Though the first encounter with the Paperesque Squallard is quite startling, quite a lot of damage can be done to it the second time around. Even if the second encounter does not lead to success, things will be relatively fine as the Squallard does not recover health between days. When there are enough sprays to spare, bring a full army with at least 40 Purples to where the Purple Onion was found to trigger the Pauperesque Squallard's arrival again. There will be a Poison Wollywog on the far end of the arena, opposite the gate, which will be very important for this strategy. Coax the Pauperesque Squallard to the other end of the arena and to the Poison Wollywog. The Pauperesque Squallard will try to inhale the Pikmin, but if all goes according to plan, the Poison Wollywog will get sucked up instead, removing half of the Squallard's total health and causing it to collapse to the ground for 10 seconds, providing previous seconds to attack the vulnerable face and eyes of the winged beast. The Poison Wollywog isn't the only food that hurts the Squallard, as there are two other options that can be used. The Squallard can be fed a bomb rock when inhaling, making it collapse to the ground for five seconds and leaving its face vulnerable to attack. If the player is willing to lose Pikmin, letting the Squallard inhale 16 White Pikmin will make the Squallard collapse for five seconds as well. These tricks can only be used once however, as the Squallard will spit out both bombs and White Pikmin if it realizes it swallowed either. If at least two of the three strategies have been used (Poison Wollywog, Bomb Rock, White Pikmin), the Squallard will become much more hesitant when inhaling. Before inhaling, it will then turn its face to the side so one of its eyes can see if someone is playing a previously used trick on it. This helps immensely because the surprise inhale attack will stop. The Squallard will have to lower its head to check out its food before inhaling, giving the player a major warning in advance. After doing all of the recommended steps, what's left relies on the player's army. One army build could contain mostly Winged Pikmin, which would be charged at the head when it lowers to check out what it is inhaling. Another strategy would be to come will mostly Blue Pikmin. Starting at the second encounter with the Squallard, there will be a large water pool in the top left corner of the arena. The Squallard will occasionally walk over for a drink, where it will lower its head. The strategy would be to swarm the head with Blue Pikmin as the Squallard lowers it to drink. The final strategy would be to use the Purple Pikmin gathered to attack the Squallard, though this comes with risk. Purple Pikmin are the fastest way to fill up the Squallard's stomach, and if it hits 225, it will fly off and not return until the next day. Though the Squallard will likely devour large amounts of your Pikmin, remember to be patient above all else as the Pikmin it generates are well worth your time. Over the course of the boss fight, the Squallard steadily loses its feathers relative to its health bar, and its wing blowing attack gets weaker as a result. Once the Squallard's health is dropped down to zero, it vomits the Bakery Oven, assumes the position of a duck roast, and dies. As an Apex Predator, one does not have to worry about not bringing such a heavy creature to the Master Onion before sunset, as enemies cower in fear over it and will not attack the Pikmin, mistaking the corpse for being alive. It is very highly recommended to have taken the Giant's Centrifuge before killing the Squallard to divvy up the hundreds of Pikmin involved, or else the whole corpse can only be for one onion.