"The Gardener"

NPC

Enemy

"The Gardener"
In Other Languages
Chinese	“花匠”
General Information
Code	CD
Class	Boss
Attack	None
Targeting	Ground
Trait
Cannot be blocked, permanently Invulnerable
First Form	[Preach] Places an "Answer" sign on the ground, guiding the <Monastery Inhabitants'> movements. When a Monastery Inhabitant reaches the sign, their Panic level is reduced and will not increase for a period of time [Question] Periodically activates Crumbling Masonry on the field [Demand] Periodically applies a permanent negative status effect to all allied units on the field, cycling between the following effects in this order: Decreased ASPD, Decreased Block, Decreased Max HP
Second Form	When entering Second Form, deactivates all activated Crumbling Masonry while activating the remaining Crumbling Masonry on the map [Question] Now randomly summons additional enemies or <Monastery Inhabitants> [Demand] Debuff effects are enhanced
Related Enemies
Other Information
First appearance	Hortus de Escapismo

Driven by his long-suppressed desperation after being affected by Arturia's ego liberation Arts, Clément acts as the main boss of Hortus de Escapismo under the name "The Gardener".

Enemy description

The most ordinary gardener around, Clément Dubois. He holds soil in both his hands, but the land is so barren that the flowers which once bloomed can no longer grow.

Overview

Despite being a boss, Clément is more of a hazard due to being unblockable and invulnerable at all times, and does not attack either. Instead, Clément has a variety of abilities that weakens friendly units and makes it difficult to ensure the safety of Monastery Inhabitants.

• Preach: 4 seconds after spawning and every 35 seconds after, Clément marks the tile on his current position with a golden "Answer" mark, which forces Monastery Inhabitants to move towards it for 40 seconds; Inhabitants affected by Preach will display a golden mark above them. Should the Inhabitants 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, Clément activates Crumbling Masonry in a predetermined order.
• Demand: 25 seconds after spawning and every 30 seconds after, Clément applies a permanent debuff to all friendly units on the map (indicated by a golden pulse), rotating between the following effects in order every time he uses Demand; the debuffs do not stack and new ones will replace existing ones:
  • Reduces ASPD by 35%, indicated by a teal aura on the affected friendly.
  • Reduces block count by 1.
  • Reduces maximum HP by 30%, indicated by a red aura on the affected friendly.
• After 150 seconds have passed, Clément enters his second phase with the following properties:
  • All currently active Crumbling Masonry deactivates, while all currently inactive Crumbling Masonry activates.
  • Preach will be used 10 seconds after entering the second phase and has a reduced cooldown of 30 seconds.
  • Question now spawns either additional Monastery Inhabitants or random enemies from those that would appear in the same operation as Clément instead of activating Crumbling Masonry, and will be used 18 seconds after entering the second phase and every 25 seconds afterwards.
  • Demand 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.
• Clément will stop using Preach, Question, and Demand after reaching the second-to-last checkpoint of his route; once he makes it to the last checkpoint, Clément will be automatically defeated after a short delay.

Appearances

Side Stories	HE-8 • HE-EX-8

Stats

Lv.	HP	ATK	DEF	RES	MSPD	Atk. int.	E-RES	ERST
0	800 E	100 E	0 E	0 E	0.5 C	0 E	0 E	0 E
1	800 E	100 E	0 E	0 E	0.5 C	0 E	0 E	0 E
Addendum
Clément's attack interval rating is shown as A+ in-game. Level 1 stats are used in HE-EX-8.

Weight	6
Life Point penalty	0

Vulnerabilities

Silence	Stun	Sleep	Freeze	Levitate	Tremble
Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Immune	Vulnerable