MobArena Boss and Wave Thread

MobArena Bosses and Waves Thread
[ MobArena Plugin by garbagemule ]


Posts should ONLY have WAVES OR BOSSES! Everything else should be put IN THE MOBARENA THREAD!

I thought I'd make a separate post, now that Waves have received a huge overhaul in the Dev build. People can post up unique bosses that they've created and played with. This thread is for actual wave/boss setups ONLY! Please, no spam.

Requirements for posting:

1. NO Wave or Boss setup? Do NOT post. Go to MobArena thread instead.
2. Title - use font size 6.
3. Description - under the title, normal font size.
4. Snippet - MUST be in a Code block.
5. Test - test it before posting.

Example​

The Slime

The Slime is designed around a Slime's natural attack: knock-back. Slimes generally jump at you and then knock you back. So, I figured it would have it such that it would fetch far-away units, attack them, and then throw them away. With medium health, this makes him a fairly-manageable starter boss.

Code:

                bossSlime:
                    type: boss
                    wave: 9
                    monster: slime
                    health: medium
                    abilities: fetch-distant, throw-nearby

The Incredible Pigbeast
Balanced for players: 4-5

The Incredible Pigbeast is meant to be an end-level boss. Since he is a physical-attack unit with a lot of health, I rounded him out with two ranged abilities (arrows and fireballs), as well as throwing away nearby players to prevent him taking a lot of melee damage.

Code:

                the_incredible_pigbeast:
                    type: boss
                    wave: 11
                    monster: zombie_pigman
                    health: psycho
                    abilities: arrows, fireballs, throw-nearby
                    ability-interval: 3
                    ability-announce: true

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Sheep Swarm & Riots
after he added in exploding sheep, and hearing about the London riots I made 2 swarm levels:

Code:

sheepswarm1:
    type: swarm
    wave: 11
    monster: exploding_sheep
    amount: high

riot1:
    type: swarm
    wave: 17
    monster: humans
    amount: psycho

enjoy! and I can't wait to see some of the bosses people have


Starter Spider
also, made a simple spider boss:

Code:

                boss1:
                     type: boss
                     wave: 9
                     monster: spider
                     health: medium
                     abilities: fire-aura, fireballs, throw-target

a somewhat quick boss that has a fire-aura to deter a lot of melee, fireballs to go for ranged, and an extra melee deterrent and throw away a single person.

edit: fixed to requested post standards

 

Big Bad Wolf

Wolves are fast and dish out a lot of damage very quickly, especially when angry. The abilities are all target-specific, and they are chosen to cripple and/or make the survival of its target difficult. The low health means it is very suited as a recurrent wave, perhaps in a wolf-themed arena.

Code:

                bigbadwolf:
                     type: boss
                     monster: wolf
                     health: low
                     abilities: root-target, fetch-target, disorient-target

 

Thunder Chicken
Balanced for players: 2-4

Thunder Chicken is very unique. He has no regular attack (as chickens do not attack players), and he has a VERY tiny hitbox for players, making it difficult to both see and hit. Combine this small size with the deadly ability of chain-lightning, and Thunder Chicken is a very formidable foe. His ability is cast fairly slowly and he has low health, so he makes a worthy Level 1 boss.

Note: This boss was very tricky to balance. Originally he had chain-lightning AND lightning-aura, but it was simply too powerful (at least for my classes). In the end, we had to lower his ability-interval so that we didn't wipe whole parties.

Code:

                thunder_chicken:
                    type: boss
                    wave: 9
                    monster: chicken
                    health: low
                    abilities: chain-lightning
                    ability-interval: 10
                    ability-announce: true

 

nice thread!

 

Nice thread idea. If we create nice swarm / boss on my server, I will share them here.

 

this stuff still seems complicated to me but NICE JOB

 

Irritating Zombie
Balanced for players: 2-4

This is a very annoying boss. His ability to warp around quickly and disorient players really messes with tactics. For the most effective version of this boss, be sure to enable PVP mode. Also, setting his health to High makes this boss considerably more challenging (best for 4+ players).

Code:

                irritating_zombie:
                    type: boss
                    wave: 7
                    monster: zombie
                    health: medium
                    abilities: warp-to-player, disorient-target, shuffle-positions
                    ability-interval: 2
                    ability-announce: true

It's really not too bad. It's a lot like a very simple AI for the bosses. You just pick and choose some pre-made abilities and apply them to a mob, creating a boss!

 

where exactly where u fine the pre-made abilities?

 

You read.

 

This is a wave I created to slightly psych-out fighters, and, since it poses absolutely no threat to the players, its good for a low-level swarm to introduce newbies to the swarm concept.
Here it is:

Code:

swarmpassive:
                    type:swarm
                    wave: 3
                    monster: chickens
                    amount: psycho

And, if Thunder_Chicken (I think thats what you called it) is used as a high-level boss, the players expect easy passive chickens from their experience with this swarm and are caught completely off guard

 

Death Squid

Code:

                deathsquid:
                    type: boss
                    wave: 10
                    monster: squid
                    health: high
                    abilities: flood, arrows, throw-target, disorient-target
                    ability-interval: 3
                    ability-announce: true

He's good for an early tier boss. Squids have no inherent attack, so I gave him arrows to do a little damage. The main thing players must contend with when facing death squid is the water he leaves all over the place, which can make future waves more challenging. His other moves (throw target and disorient target) keep players at a distance making him difficult to melee. The longer he lives the more water he spreads around though, and the bigger pain in the butt the aftermath can be.

 

I just found out about this plugin and I loved it. So, here is a boss I've made.

Terror of the Tides
Balanced for 3-5 players

Code:

Tide_Terror:
     type: boss
     wave: 5
     monster: squid
     health: high
     abilities: flood, throw-target
     ability-interval: 3
     ability-announce: true

An early boss, mostly like a special level, thought. It might have no attack, but trust me, you really want to take this down before it floods the arena.
It' s different than the above.

 

i love this thread

 

how do u put these into the plugin? under waves?

 

yes in the config

 

Read the mobarena wiki.

 

in what i must put that? in the config?

 

yes.
But this thread is for sharing Mob Arena Bosses. If you want help though post in the Mob Arena thread please.

 

In what folder i must put that?
bossSlime: type: boss wave: 9 monster: slime health: medium abilities: fetch-distant, throw-nearby

 

The ultimate squid​

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Code:

Pyshosquid:

type: boss

wave: 30

monster: squid

health: high

abilities: fire-aura, fireballs, throw-target, root-target, shuffle-positions

priority: 3

frequency: 3

ability-interval: 3

 

Damn, I love this thread, I just installed mobArena on our server and I'm going to test your bosses/swarms configs and as soon as we start to make our own interesting ones, I'll be sure to put them here for the rest of you!

 

Code:

Maddening_Cow:
                    type: boss
                    wave: 25
                    monster: cow
                    health: psycho
                    abilities: fireballs, fire_aura, root-target, shuffle-positions, throw-nearby, fetch-distant
                    abiliy-interval: 1

 

Now that's one maddening cow! Even the ones from Diablo II were not that evil! I guess... that maybe I will add this one to our waves, just for the strongest players! Thanks for the sharing!

 

Guys do you need hereos for the bosses to use the skills? because Hereos (in my opinion) is annoying. So i dont want it but i want the bosses to use the skills. Can anyone help me

 

@gore1997 - The boss abilities have nothing to do with Heroes.

 

Wait so just by putting the "abilities: fireballs" (for instance) it will have that ability? So i dont need any files or anything?

 

@gore1997 - You are correct

 

Thanks I will remember the day where someone helped me

 

Zeus:
Fricking impossible to beat. Try it.

Code:

                                    Zeus:
                        type: boss
                    wave: 14
                    monster: giant
                    health: psycho
                    abilities: fireballs, arrows, fire_aura, chain-lightning, warp-to-player, disorient-target, shuffle-positions
                    ability-interval: 5