Black Widow (Scytalis)

"Sic semper tyrannis."

—Black Widow (Scytalis)^[src]

Black Widow (Scytalis) is an unplayable Skill Champion. Being a Skill Champion, she has a Class Bonus against Science Champions, but is weak to Mutant Champions. She serves as a major antagonist and is the final boss of Act 8 Chapter 1.

Abilities[]

Corrupted Armor - Always Active

Reduce damage from all sources by 85% while Corrupted Armor is active. Corrupted Armor is not affected by True Strike or True Damage.
Scytalis is immune to all effects that would alter her Ability Accuracy and Opponents suffer -200% True Strike, True Accuracy Ability Accuracy.

Widow's Bite - Counter-Attack Evade

When triggering an Evade, Scytalis maneuvers backwards and Counter-Attacks with a pair of energy blasts. This attack cannot Miss and does not generate Power for the Opponent on the first hit.
Scytalis is Stun Immune during this Evade.
When the final energy blast makes contact, Scytalis gains 38% of a Bar of Power. Blocking the final blast grants the same amount of Power to the Attacker.
If Scytalis is Struck by a Special Attack while Evading, the Attacker gains 38% of a Bar of Power.

Widow's Ambush

After a Special Attack, Scytalis sets a Trap at her feet, replacing any existing Trap. The Trap is inactive for 1.5 seconds before the Trap becomes active. This Trap lasts for 20 seconds after being activated. Traps are not affected by Ability Accuracy.
When the Attacker steps over this Trap, Scytalis has a 100% chance to inflict a Root Passive for 4.50 second(s).
Scytalis cannot Miss or be Evaded while striking an Opponent who is Rooted in a Trap.
Scytalis becomes vulnerable to Widow's Ambush Traps while being Struck or when she is knocked down by Heavy and Special Attacks. Traps do not trigger on Scytalis while she is Blocking.

Triggering Widow's Ambush

Scytalis gains an Unblockable Passive for 4.50 seconds when the Attacker triggers a Trap.
When triggering her own Trap, Scytalis is Stunned for 7 seconds, loses the effects of Corrupted Armor for 15 seconds and the Attacker gains an indefinite Prowess Passive increasing Special Attack Damage by 10%.
Any Prowess Passives gained by triggering Widow's Ambush persist between fights.

Escaping Widow's Ambush - Special Attacks

If a Widow's Ambush Trap is triggered by the Attacker during their Special Attack, the Trap fails and grants the Attacker an indefinite Prowess Passive.
Activating a Special Attack while Rooted in a Trap breaks the Rooted effect and grants the Attacker an indefinite Prowess Passive.

While Corrupted Armor is Removed

Scytalis takes +600% damage, does not gain power from being Struck, and will fight more aggressively.
The Attacker gains +50% Combat Power Rate.
When Scytalis takes more than 5% of her Max Health from a single damage source, Corrupted Armor's cooldown begins to expire 100% faster.

Phase Transitions

At the start of each Phase Scytalis Purifies all Debuffs and gains Corrupted Armor.

Phase 1 - Target Acquired - 100% to 81% Health

For the rest of the fight, Scytalis has a 100% chance to Evade Medium Combo Enders.
For this Phase, Scytalis' Widow's Ambush Traps only arm themselves after 1.50 seconds at the end of Special Attack 1.
While Scytalis is in Target Acquired, her Health cannot fall below 80% in a single attack.

Phase 2 - Commence Operation - 80% to 41% Health

For the rest of the fight, Scytalis is no longer vulnerable to Widow's Ambush Traps when being Struck.
For this Phase, Scytalis' Widow's Ambush Traps only arm themselves after 3.50 seconds at the end of Special Attack 2.
While Scytalis is in Commence Operation, her Health cannot fall below 40% in a single attack.

Phase 3 - Agent Provocateur - 40% to 6% Health

For this Phase, Scytalis' Widow's Ambush Traps only arm themselves after 5.50 seconds at the end of Special Attack 1.
While Scytalis is in Agent Provocateur, her Health cannot fall below 5% in a single attack.

Phase 4 - Final Objective - 5% Health and Below

For the rest of the fight Scytalis has a 100% chance to Evade Heavy Attacks even while Stunned.
For this Phase, Scytalis' Widow's Ambush Traps only arm themselves after 7.50 seconds at the end of Special Attack 2.
Corrupted Armor can no longer be removed by Widow's Ambush Traps for the rest of the fight.
Knocking Scytalis into her own Traps now grants the Attacker a Prowess Passive, increasing Special Attack Damage by 10%.
Cracks form on Scytalis' Corrupted Armor allowing each hit of a Special Attack to remove 10% damage reduction while a Prowess is active. Each Special Attack hit consumes a Prowess effect.

Special Attack 1

Inflicts a Sabotage Debuff for 12 seconds, reducing Defensive Ability Accuracy by 70% and dealing 1255.8 Direct Damage whenever an Opponent's Defensive Abilities fail to trigger.

Special Attack 2

Scytalis gains a Precision Passive increasing Critical Rating by 8600 for 18 seconds.
Scytalis gains a Cruelty Passive increasing Critical Damage Rating by 1689.29 for 18 seconds.

Special Attack 3

Instantly K.O. the Opponent. This damage cannot be prevented or reduced.

Trivia[]

Scytalis’ special moves can be best described as follows:
- Her first special move consists of an upward slash, followed by a multi-hit slash combo upon landing, with her arm blades, before launching them at the player.
- Her second special move consists of leaping into the air, before using her widow’s bite gauntlets to shock the ground, sending a wave of red-colored electricity across the arena, followed by a series of slashes with her arm blades.
- Her third special move consists of an electricity-infused palm strike, followed by clenching her right hand into a fist, causing four robotic spiders to sprout from the ground to restrain the player, followed by Scytalis sprouting four robotic spider legs from her back and using them as a springboard to launch herself at the player before piercing through them with one final slash with her arm blades.