Electric Cottonade

The Electric Cottonade is a large airborne cottonade that utilizes electricity and works alongside Foraging Cottonades to ward off attackers. Although Foraging Cottonades are normally harmless, mere friction against an Electric Cottonade can allow them to discharge electricity.

The creature begins its assault surrounded by Foraging Cottonades, making it completely invulnerable since Pikmin that are thrown at them bounce back harmlessly. The Electric Cottonade then chases leaders and Pikmin from above, and upon passing over them, floats in place and has the bottommost Foraging Cottonades shoot electricity to the ground directly below. After having done this twice, the Electric Cottonade flies around for some seconds, lowers a bit to the ground, and disperses the group of Foraging Cottonades; there will be two directly above, below, and to the sides of the Electric Cottonade, and the two closest to the leaders or Pikmin will each shoot electricity to the ground below. While the Electric Cottonade is separated from its Foraging Cottonades, it is vulnerable to attack. After some seconds, the electrical attacks stop, the Foraging Cottonades hug the Electric Cottonade again, and the cycle restarts. When the Foraging Cottonades close in to protect it again, any Pikmin that were latched onto it will be knocked to the ground. If any Pikmin are knocked to the ground, the Electric Cottonade will follow up by sucking them into its tube-like mouth. The suction is too weak to do anything for the first few seconds, but soon after, it will be able to suck up Pikmin as well as leaders. If it inhales a leader, it will spit them back out onto the ground, and the leader will take damage upon landing. Eventually, it stops sucking and the cycle restarts.

When the boss's health reaches two-thirds, it stops its attack and regroups with the Foraging Cottonades. From this point onward, its attack pattern will be different: after shooting electricity twice, it moves to the center of its arena and launches a volley of five balls of electricity onto the ground below. Each one temporarily electrifies the ground it lands on, and splits into two balls that travel in opposite directions until reaching one end of its arena, one of the two always towards Pikmin and the leaders. Furthermore, the Foraging Cottonades will be arranged differently upon dispersing, with three below, one on each side, and three above; the three in front continuously attack with their electricity, and after some seconds, the two on the sides produce quick bursts of electricity. When the Electric Cottonade's health reaches one-third, it once again regroups with the Foraging Cottonades, and its attack pattern changes once more: when the Foraging Cottonades are dispersed, they have the same formation as when the Electric Cottonade's health is at two-thirds or less, but the side cottonades zap the floor once, move further outward, and zap again before every cottonade regroups.

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