Commanders

Commanders are high-level enemies. They spawn as a Tier 3 enemy variant with bonus HP and damage, and can have a number of Commander Buffs. Upon defeat, they always drop Ore.

Tier 3 Slugs and Will'os can spawn in place of Commanders, but will not have Commander buffs.

More Commanders spawn if you have a burden, which become available when you unlock New Game Plus threads. Two burdens can affect Commanders:

• Burden of Adaptation - Gives regular enemies a chance to gain a Commander buff. They still don't drop ore. They are not commanders.
• Burden of Command - Gives Commanders additional buffs.

And there are several burdens that can change the enemy type of a commander. Latter 6 allow commanders of the enemy types they add to appear.

• Burden of Evolution
• Burden of Agartha’s Royal Guard
• Burden of Mundi’s Crossing
• Burden of Kerguelen’s Sacrifice
• Burden of the Studys Scholars
• Burden of Irads Calling
• Burden of Pishons Mining

Commanders Gallery

Stouffles

Axe Welder

Bobble Fish

Stormologer

Maledictor

Cosmotist

Sollock

Glacien

Visionary

Infernite

Trumpoot

Beacons

Blonk

Skubidydoobidyboobat

Molten Ono

Land Cracker

Oceanic Bastion

Thunder Poniard

Mimicrunch

Doomscape

Threed

Entry Preventry

McRib

Skranger Danger

SLUUUUUUUUUUUG

Wicked Weald

Partisan Maiden

Plonky

Royal Knight

Coco Knut

Magma

Ore'o

Wargenflorgen

Re-re-risen

Commander Buffs

Getting Echo's Boots or Pallas' Void Bell heirloom can change buffs of any Commander because they aren't stored and these two heirlooms change the results of some internal calculations.

Icon	Name	Effect
	Massive	Is 25% larger, has 100% more HP and deals 50% more damage.
	Blocker	Has a regenerating shield that blocks up to 4 attacks. All charges are restored after 3.5 seconds of not being hit.
	Shield Banner	Makes all nearby minions immune to damage.
	Cursed	Fires a homing Curse projectile that pierces terrain. Occurs every 3.5 seconds.
	Explosive	After getting hit, they will explode. Can occur every 3.5 seconds.
	Shredder	If hit, you will lose 10% of your total Armor. These enemies attack more frequently.
	Flamer	Throws 2 Firebolts every 2.25 seconds.
	Vengeful	Becomes invincible for 5 seconds upon reaching 1% HP, counterattacking every 1.25 seconds with a wave of piercing Curse Bolts.
	Fury	Moves 50% faster and attacks 60% more often.
	Void Touched	Counterattacks with slow, Large Void projectiles when hit. Can occur every 4.25 seconds. Cannot appear until you have the Pallas' Void Bell heirloom.
	Resonator	Spawns a row of Resonant orbs on the ground every 3.5 seconds. Cannot appear until you have the Echo's Boots heirloom.