Black Panther Assassin
Miniboss · Chapter 1: The Cult Leader
The Black Panther Assassin is a 1,500 HP miniboss from the same school as Lerid: 6.5 move speed, 15 attack, and a kit built on blade strings and thrown steel. It shows up mid-floor rather than at the end, which is exactly when a boss-grade duelist hurts most.
Treat it as a Lerid rehearsal. The combos telegraph with ready poses, the shurikens travel in readable lines, and the boss version in chapter 2 starts familiar if you learned it here.
Fast melee combos behind distinct wind-up poses. Punish the string's end, not its middle.
Single throws, paired follow-ups, and an all-out volley that fills its forward arc.
A spinning blade attack that clears the space around it when you crowd it.
In hard mode every boss also draws from the pool of 10 modifiers listed on the bosses page, from flat HP and defense gains to elemental resists and ignoring your defense or evasion.