"The Big Ugly Thing"

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Story

Trivia

"The Big Ugly Thing"
In Other Languages
Simp. Chinese	“巨大的丑东西”
Trad. Chinese	“巨大的醜東西”
Japanese	「ビッグアグリー」
General Information
Code	BU
Type	Machina
Class	Boss
Attack	Melee/Ranged
Damage	Physical
Targeting	Ground
Trait
First Form	Ranged attacks deal Splash damage, Melee attacks deal more damage Periodically destroys Giant Mushrooms and Stumps, rendering them unable to be deployed upon When HP drops to 0, it will explode, Stunning units in a large area and ejecting its pilot, the High Priest
High Priest Form	Will not attack, cannot be blocked, and takes True damage every second
Other Information
First appearance	The Great Chief Returns

"The Big Ugly Thing" or simply "Big Ugly" is a boss enemy in Arknights. It is the main boss of The Great Chief Returns.

A rebuilt Big Ugly named "Raging Ironhide" also appears as the walker/mech which takes Eunectes' place when her Iron Will is active.

Enemy description

Zumama's magnum opus, a massive mechanical monster piloted by the High Priest. It can strike both in melee range and from a distance, capable of easily destroying Giant Mushrooms and Stumps. Normal engineers cannot even fathom how a machine slapped together haphazardly like this even move, but move it indeed does.

Overview

“	A massive mechanical monstrosity, driven by the High Priest. Able to destroy Wooden Stumps, and will eject the driver and self-destruct after being destroyed.	”
	—Tooltip

Big Ugly boasts very high HP and DEF, though its ATK is sub-par and its RES are on the lower end. In addition, Big Ugly has both a melee and ranged attack, as well as various abilities to demonstrate the creation's capabilities:

• When not blocked, Big Ugly fires its cannon from a medium range at the target which deals splash damage affecting friendly units in the surrounding tiles to the target.
• When blocked, Big Ugly strikes at the blocking friendly unit with its buzzsaw, which deals 3× (3.5× at Level 1) damage.
• Destroys a Giant Mushroom or Stump on a radius of 1.8 tiles around the Big Ugly with the buzzsaw, prioritizing the one closest to its position, with a cooldown of 30 seconds. If a Giant Mushroom is destroyed this way, the Stump that would appear in its place will be destroyed as well.
• When its HP reaches 0, Big Ugly ignites and blows up in a massive explosion after a delay of 2.17 seconds, dealing Physical damage equal to 150% of its ATK to friendly units in a radius of 3 tiles around it and Stuns them for 16 seconds (25 seconds at Level 1). After the explosion, the High Priest will be forced out of Big Ugly (who is invulnerable until he recovers in 10 seconds) and moves along its path.
  • The High Priest has the same HP as Big Ugly but with 1200 (1700 at Level 1) DEF, 50 (60 at Level 1) RES, and a speed of 1.3 tiles/second. He also does not attack, cannot be blocked, and takes 1300 True damage every second.

Appearances

Side Stories	RI-8 • RI-EX-8
Story Collections	VI-7
Reclamation Algorithm	Great Chief's Election • Taxed With A Choice
Trials for Navigator	Rolling Sands • Survival of the Fittest
Design of Strife	Rainforest Aflame
Other	BF-3 • UO-1

In Barrage Fortress, The Big Ugly Thing appears as a boss under the name Placeholder goes here with modified stats (see BF-3's enemy notes for more information) and the following tooltip:

“

The description Conviction wrote exceeded the word limit, so I went ahead and deleted that. Basically, it's an invincible tornado thunderbolt enhanced collector's edition Big Ugly.

”

Stats

Lv.	HP	ATK	DEF	RES	MSPD	Atk. int.	E-RES	ERST
0	40000 A+	500 B	1000 A	20 B	0.6 C	4 C	0 E	0 E
1	60000 A+	700 B+	1200 A+	20 B	0.6 C	4 C	0 E	0 E
Addendum
Level 1 stats are used in RI-EX-8.

Attack range	2.5 tiles
Weight	6
Life Point penalty	2

Vulnerabilities

Silence	Stun	Sleep	Freeze	Levitate	Frighten
Immune	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Vulnerable