Rot Eater

Rot Eater
In Other Languages
Chinese	食腐使徒
General Information
Code	NAC1
Type	Sarkaz
Class	Elite
Attack	Melee
Damage	Physical
Targeting	Ground
Trait
The more enemies defeated, the higher its HP, ATK, and DEF when spawned from the Twigs That Crave Releases Corruption, causing your nearby units to continuously lose HP
Other Information
First appearance	Episode 11

The Rot Eater is an elite enemy in Arknights.

Enemy description

Part of the Nachzehrer army. The longer they remain in the battlefield, the harder they are to defeat, absorbing the enemy's strength as they grow increasingly deadly.

Overview

A formidable Nachzehrer warrior drawing their strength from their fallen comrades who are initially found in a hibernating state within "Twigs That Crave" and will awoke when it is destroyed or only them who remained, Rot Eaters do not count towards the enemy counter and are usually not spawned like normal enemies; they will spawn from a Twigs That Crave when one is destroyed or still intact after all other enemies are defeated.

Rot Eaters boast a terrifyingly high HP, ATK, and DEF that is almost comparable to bosses, but will be reduced depending on the amount of defeated enemies at the time they are spawned, which cannot fall below 20% and exceed 80%. For example, if a Twigs spawn on an operation with 114 enemies:

• Destroying the Twigs when at most 22 enemies have been defeated causes it to spawn a Rot Eater with 20% HP, ATK, and DEF.
• Destroying the Twigs when 23 to 91 enemies have been defeated causes it to spawn a Rot Eater with 21% ~ 79% HP, ATK, and DEF.
  • The exact formula to calculate this is (n ÷ c) × 100, where n represents the amount of defeated enemies and c represents the total amount of enemies.
• Destroying the Twigs when at least 92 enemies have been defeated causes it to spawn a Rot Eater with 80% HP, ATK, and DEF.

If the Rot Eater is spawned by keeping the Twigs intact until all other enemies are defeated however, their stats will not be reduced at all! As such, it is imperative to get rid of Twigs as early on as possible before Rot Eaters can gather more power.

Rot Eaters also continuously expels Corruption over a radius of 1.1 tiles around them.

Appearances

Main Theme	11-7 • 11-8 • 11-9 • 11-12 • 11-15 • 11-17 • H11-2 • H11-4 • TR-21
Annihilation	Decaying Wastes
Stationary Security Service	Nurturing Wither
Integrated Strategies	Penalty • Stay Away From Strangers

11-17 is the only instance where Rot Eaters are spawned outside of Twigs That Crave; hence, the Rot Eaters there have full, unreduced stats and are included to the enemy counter.

Stats

HP	ATK	DEF	RES	MSPD	Atk. int.	E-RES	ERST
40000 A+	2000 S	1000 A	30 B+	0.5 C	3 B	0 E	0 E

Weight	4
Life Point penalty	1

Vulnerabilities

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