Enemies

Enemies comprise the main form of resistance the player will encounter when traveling through the game's biomes. From Skeletons to poisonous Slugs, the enemy host in Rogue Legacy 2 is both quirky and deadly.

This page is concerned with enemies in the game's general biome areas; if some foes are not listed here, they can be found on the Bosses page.

Enemy Hierarchies

For each enemy, there is a base form and 2 increasingly more powerful variants that build on it. Formally, these 3 forms are called Tier 1 (for the base version), Tier 2, and Tier 3 (often abbreviated as T1, T2 and T3). Most variants also follow a name convention. For instance the Plinky enemy has variants named Planky and Plonky.

Plinky
(Tier 1)

Planky
(Tier 2)

Plonky
(Tier 3)

The player starts out fighting Tier 1 enemies, but as they progress to more difficult parts of the Kingdom, Tier 2 enemies start appearing instead. Until the player enters New Game Plus and uses burdens, Tier 3 enemies can only appear as Commanders.

Tier 1 enemies are the weakest form. They have only one possible attack and a simple behavior.
They have a 40% chance to drop gold on death.

Tier 2 enemies have 20% more health and deal 10% more damage than the Tier 1, but they also have new attacks or behaviors. For instance, a Javelin Maiden can throw spears, and a Planky fires more projectiles while alternating between 2 different firing angles.
They have an improved 50% chance to drop gold on death.
Naturally, some enemies' T2 version start appearing in the last 3 biomes: The Stygian Study, The Sun Tower and Pishon Dry Lake.
Using the Burden of Evolution adds a chance for any T1 to evolve into a T2. Using any of the biome enemy burdens (like Burden of Agartha’s Royal Guard) always upgrades certain T1s into their T2 form, and can add new enemy types directly as T2.

Tier 3 enemies are particularly dangerous. Their stats are even higher: 120% more health and 20% more damage than the Tier 1. They may fire even more projectiles or have other varying enhancements.
They always drop gold on death.
Naturally, they only appear as Commanders, but can do so in every biome, and through red portals.
Using the Burden of Evolution adds a chance for any T2 to evolve into a T3, including the T2 evolved or added by the biome enemy burdens.

There is also an informal Tier 4 form for some enemies, but this is simply how they are referred to in the game files. All of them consist of either Void Beasts or Minibosses. See the Bosses page for more info.

List of regular Enemies

Family	Tier	Name	Damage	Health	Speed	Flying	Passes Walls	Contact Damage
Orbs	T1	Orb	21		5
	T2	Yorb	23		10
	T3	Zyorb	25		13
Plinkies	T1	Plinky	25	33
	T2	Planky	27	39
	T3	Plonky	30	72
Eyeballs	T1	Scout	27	33
	T2	Pupil	30	39
	T3	Visionary	32	72
Fire Elementalists	T1	Flamelock	30	52	3.5
	T2	Blazelock	33	63	3.5
	T3	Sollock	36	115	3.5
Skeletons	T1	Skeleton	30	39	1
	T2	Mr. Bones	33	46	1
	T3	McRib	36	85	1
Skeleton Mages	T1	Staffens	30	39	2
	T2	Stavens	33	46	2
	T3	Stouffles	36	85	2
Sword Knights	T1	Soldier	42	78	1.25
	T2	Champion	47	93	1.25
	T3	Royal Knight	51	171	1.25
Spear Knights	T1	Spear Maiden	40	63	1.75
	T2	Javelin Maiden	44	75	1.75
	T3	Partisan Maiden	48	138	1.75
Flying Axes	T1	Ember Hatchet	33	45	3.75
	T2	Burning Axe	36	54	3.75
	T3	Molten Ono	40	99	3.75
Flying Swords	T1	Static Blade	33	37	3.75
	T2	Shock Edge	36	45	3.75
	T3	Thunder Poniard	40	82	3.75
Flying Hammers	T1	Earthen Maul	33	49	3.75
	T2	Rock Crusher	36	59	3.75
	T3	Land Cracker	40	108	3.75
Blob Fish	T1	Blob Fish	37	51	2.25
	T2	Bubbly Fish	41	61	2.25
	T3	Bobble Fish	45	112	2.25
Lamp Ghosts	T1	Lamps	31	48	3.75
	T2	Lights	34	57	3.75
	T3	Beacons	37	105	3.75
Rocket Boxes	T1	Sentry	30	33
	T2	Defentry	33	39
	T3	Entry Preventry	36	72
Skeleton Archers	T1	Skarcher	35	39	2
	T2	Skranger	38	46	2
	T3	Skranger Danger	42	85	2
Lightning Elementalists	T1	Sparkologer	30	52	3.25
	T2	Thundologer	33	63	3.25
	T3	Stormologer	36	115	3.25
Flying Shields	T1	Aqua Brace	33	47	3.75
	T2	Silver Shield	36	56	3.75
	T3	Oceanic Bastion	40	103	3.75
Ice Elementalists	T1	Frosten	30	52	3.5
	T2	Icen	33	63	3.5
	T3	Glacien	36	115	3.5
Mushrooms	T1	Mushboom	42	48	2
	T2	Portobellow	47	57	2
	T3	Trumpoot	51	105	2
Zombies	T1	Risen	37	39	4
	T2	Re-Risen	41	46	6.5
	T3	Re-Re-Risen	45	85	9.5
Wolves	T1	Warg	37	33	13
	T2	Wargen	41	39	15
	T3	Wargenflorgen	45	72	17
Wisps	T1	Will'o	30	7	5
	T2	Wisp'o	33	15	6.25
	T3	Ore'o	36	30	7.5
Crossbows	T1	Crass Bough	40	24
	T2	Rude Wood	44	28
	T3	Wicked Weald	48	52
Paintings	T1	Doomvas	30	57	11.5
	T2	Doomtrait	33	68	12.5
	T3	Doomscape	36	125	13.5
Mimics	T1	Mimic	30	54	11.5
	T2	Mimicant	33	64	12.5
	T3	Mimicrunch	36	118	14
Slugs	T1	Slug	30	7	4
	T2	Sluug	33	9	4.5
	T3	SLUUUUUUUUUUUG	36	16	5.5
Volcanoes	T1	Ash	42	48	1.75
	T2	Lava	47	57	2.25
	T3	Magma	51	105	2.75
Flying Masks	T1	Blink	33	45	6
	T2	Blank	36	54	7
	T3	Blonk	40	99	8
Fireballs	T1	Charite	33	42	8.25
	T2	Pyrite	36	50	9.25
	T3	Infernite	40	92	10.25
Curse Elementalists	T1	Cursor	30	52	3.25
	T2	Vilificator	33	63	3.25
	T3	Maledictor	36	115	3.25
Flying Skulls	T1	Skubat	27	48	5
	T2	Boobat	30	57	5
	T3	Skubidydoobidyboobat	32	105	5
Axe Knights	T1	Axe Forger	37	57	2.5
	T2	Axe Solder	41	68	2.5
	T3	Axe Welder	45	125	2.5
Void Elementalists	T1	Voidist	30	52	3.25
	T2	Nulltist	33	63	3.25
	T3	Cosmotist	36	115	3.25
Knuts	T1	Wall Knut	37	33
	T2	Chest Knut	41	39
	T3	Coco Knut	45	72
Plants	T1	Weed	30	36
	T2	Tweed	33	43
	T3	Threed	36	79

Enemy Stats

Damage

The damage dealt to you by enemies when they attack you or when you touch them through contact damage. With the exception of the Knut enemies and their poison cloud, that damage stays the same for an enemy no matter how they hurt you. The table above shows the damage value for all enemies at the lowest possible level (shown in game as Lv.2). That damage increases with enemy level, when using the Burden of Power, when going up higher threads, and when the enemy has the Massive commander buff.

The full formula to determine an enemy's damage is:

Base DMG × ((level - 2.5) × 0.023 + 1) × (Biome modifier + Burden modifier + NG modifier + Massive modifier)

• Base DMG: the damage value in the table above
• level: the enemy level as shown in their health bar
• Biome modifier: to ease the player into the game, the game lowers the enemy's dmg in NG0 by a different value in different biomes. See the table below for more details.
• Burden modifier: +8% for each level of the Burden of Power selected; this caps at 5 levels and +40%
• NG modifier: +1% for each NG+
• Massive modifier: if the enemy is a Massive Commander, +50%

Health

The enemy's lifeforce. Reduce this to zero to kill them. The table above shows the hp value for all enemies at the lowest possible level (shown in game as Lv.2). That health increases with enemy level, when using the Burden of Vitality, when going up higher threads, when the enemy is a Commander and additionally, if it has the Massive commander buff.

The full formula to determine an enemy's health is:

Base HP × ((level - 2.5) × 0.025 + 1 + Massive bonus) × (Biome modifier + Burden modifier + NG modifier + Commander modifier)

• Base HP: the HP value in the table above
• level: the enemy level as shown in their health bar
• Biome modifier: to ease the player into the game, the game lowers the enemy's hp in NG0 by different value in different biomes. See the table below for more details.
• Burden modifier: +8% for each level of the Burden of Vitality selected; this caps at 5 levels and +40%
• NG modifier: +1.5% for each NG+
• Commander modifier: +60% if the enemy is a Commander, no matter their commander buff(s)
• Massive modifier: if the enemy is a Massive Commander, adds +1 to that part of the formula (this might be a mistake as it results in a tiny health buff)

Speed

This stat is specifically about the enemies' normal movement speed. Certain monsters can move a lot faster than their stat implies while performing certain attacks, for example:
- charging at you (like the Fireballs family or the Ore'o enemy)
- leaping at you (like the Wolves family or the Re-Re-Risen enemy)
- attacking you while jumping (like the Blob Fish family or the Skranger Danger enemy).
Enemy speed does not increase with enemy level or threads, but only when using the Burden of Mobility (+0.7 speed per level), and when the enemy has the Fury commander buff (+50% bonus).

Biome modifiers

To ease the player into the difficulty of the game, the enemies' damage and health are reduced by a small percentage while in NG0. This reduction is different depending on the biomes visited and is not applied anymore when playing in NG+1 or above. The table below details the reductions:

Biome modifiers

Biome	Damage mod	Hp mod
Citadel Agartha	90%	94%
Axis Mundi	90%	94%
Kerguelen Plateau	91%	95%
The Stygian Study	91%	95%
The Sun Tower	92%	96%
Pishon Dry Lake	92%	96%
All Biomes in NG+	100%	100%