"The Gardener"

NPC

Enemy

This article pertains to a subject that is not yet released in the Global server of Arknights.

This enemy's name/description/ability are tentative translations which may not represent the official localization and will be updated when Hortus de Escapismo is announced or released in the Global server of Arknights.

"The Gardener"
Code	CD
Other Names
Chinese	“花匠”
General Information
Class	Boss
Attack pattern	None
Targeting	Ground
Abilities
Cannot be blocked and permanently invulnerable
1st Form	[Preach] Places an "Answer" mark on the ground to guide Monastery Residents. After the Resident reaches the marked position, decreases Panic and temporarily stops it from increasing [Question] Periodically activates Falling Masonry around the field [Responsibility] Periodically applies a permanent status effect on all allied units on the field. Each use switches the effect in the following order: ASPD decreases, Block decreases, Max HP decreases
2nd Form	When entering the second form, deactivates active Falling Masonry and activates the remaining Falling Masonry [Question] changes to summoning additional random enemies [Responsibility] effect increases

Being under Arturia's emotion manipulation Arts, Clement acts as the main boss of Hortus de Escapismo under the name "The Gardener".

Description

Clement Dubois, the most ordinary gardener. What is held inside his hands is plain soil, but it is too infertile that the flowers that once grew here no longer bloom.

Overview

Although the Gardener is considered as a boss enemy, he acts more of a hazard due to his permanent invulnerability, being unblockable, and inability to attack. Instead, Clement has a variety of abilities designed to handicap both friendly units and Monastery Residents, making it difficult to ensure the safety of the latter:

• Preach: 4 seconds after spawning and every 35 seconds after, Clement marks the tile on his current position with a golden "Answer" mark, which forces Monastery Residents to move towards it for 40 seconds; Residents affected by Preach will display a golden mark above them. Should the Residents reach the marked tile, they will have their Panic reduced by 20 and it will stop increasing for 10 seconds.
• Question: 15 seconds after spawning and every 50 seconds after, Clement activates Falling Masonry in a predetermined order.
• Responsibility: 25 seconds after spawning and every 30 seconds after, Clement applies a permanent debuff to all friendly units on the map, rotating between the following effects in order every time he uses Responsibility; the debuffs do not stack and new ones will replace existing ones:
  • Reduces ASPD by 35%
  • Reduces block count by 1
  • Reduces maximum HP by 30%
• After 150 seconds have passed, Clement enters his second phase and gains the following properties:
  • All currently active Falling Masonry deactivates, while all currently inactive Falling Masonry activates.
  • Preach will be used 10 seconds after entering the second phase and has a reduced cooldown of 30 seconds.
  • Question now summons either additional Monastery Residents or random enemies from those that would appear in the same operation as Clement instead of activating Falling Masonry, and will be used 18 seconds after entering the second phase and every 25 seconds afterwards.
  • Responsibility will be used 10 seconds after entering the second phase and has a reduced cooldown of 25 seconds. In addition, the ASPD/max. HP and block count debuffs are increased to -50% and -2, respectively.
  • Once Clement reaches the last checkpoint of his route, he will become disabled and then automatically defeated.

Appearances

Side Stories	HE-8 • HE-EX-8

Stats

Attribute	Level 0	Level 1
HP	800 E	800 E
ATK	100 E	100 E
DEF	0 E	0 E
RES	0 E	0 E
Elemental Resistance	0 E	0 E
Attack interval	0 sec. E	0 sec. E
Movement speed	0.5 tiles/sec. C	0.5 tiles/sec. C
Weight	6
Life Point penalty	0
Notes	Level 1 stats are used in HE-EX-8.

Susceptibilities

Silence	Stun	Sleep	Freeze	Levitate