Clocktower Patient (Transfusion Stand)

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Basic Information

Location			Drop	Weaknesses	Race
Research Hall	3058	3594	Random gun type gem x1 [20%], Blood Vial x4 [80%]	/	Neutral

Description

While most of the patients in the Research Hall can be dealt with relatively easily by themselves, two types are distinctly more dangerous than the rest and should be treated with particular care: the tall variant carrying transfusion stands and the smaller, outwardly ordinary ones beyond the First Floor Balcony door which use magic attacks. The former type is much tougher and more powerful than the others in general; the latter are wolves in sheep's clothing and appear to be merely the bare-handed Normal version at a distance, but will begin relentlessly assaulting you with projectiles when you draw close enough to get their attention.

Overview

The strongest and most fearsome of the Clocktower Patients. This variant has a great deal of HP and carries a transfusion stand as a makeshift weapon, with which it will wander blindly around the areas in which it is encountered and lash out madly in random directions even when nobody is present for it to attack. Like the other patients, these detect by sound, and knocking over or destroying objects in the environment such as bottles or medical equipment will immediately alert them to your presence. They use only basic horizontal, vertical and thrust attacks with their transfusion stands, but can chain their swings in long and extremely rapid combos whose potent stunlock effect will trap you if too many hits connect. Their indiscriminate flailing is easy to interrupt but they have exceptionally long reach, strong tracking and considerable forward momentum during their combos, making it dangerous to approach these enemies from the front; to make matters worse, they are protected by super armor during almost all of their combos and their attacks inflict either heavy hitstun or outright knockdown.They are extremely susceptible to poison and can still be knocked down with charged swings from heavy weapons like the transformed Kirkhammer; however, beware that their recovery after such attacks is very quick and they will be invulnerable to further knockdown until their super armor resets, so the Kirkhammer's followup charge strike will fail to send them flying and will leave you vulnerable to attack.

Strategy

Quickstep forward past them to avoid their swings, then hit them from behind with up to three melee attacks while they recover. Be prepared to quickstep away immediately afterward or even break off your attack early - these enemies can strike behind them with some of their horizontal sweeps and the tracking on their combos causes them to turn very quickly, so evasive action may become necessary with little warning. Alternately, stand just outside the reach of their attacks and continue backing up until they commit to a combo, then interrupt it. While many of their individual swings have short cooldown periods, the recovery times of their complete combos are generally long enough that they can be staggered from behind with careful positioning and a timely charged (R2) attack. Slow poison is extremely effective against these enemies, but once they are aware of your presence they will chase you down relentlessly and you'll have to wait out the poison in a spot they can't reach, such as a ladder or other high perch. With a bit more work, they can also be lured toward ledges and either knocked off with charged attacks or baited into jumping off by themselves; the transformed charge attack of the Hunter Axe is ideal for this purpose. The sustained (L2) attack of the transformed Whirligig Saw will tear straight through their super armor, and a direct hit from the weapon's jump attack in this form will break it instantly.

Blood Gem Drop Table [common-max]

Gem	Shape	Rating	Primary Effect	Secondary Effect
Damp Bloodtinge Gem (5)	Radial	15	Blood ATK UP+10.1%	Add blood ATK+13.5
Warm Damp Blood Gem (4)	Waning	13	Bloodtinge scaling+7.8	Add blood ATK+14.1

Notes

	Pungent Blood Cocktails don't attract this enemy, making the item ineffective.
	Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies.

Attack Patterns

Key Attack	Interrupt	Notes
Combo Attacks	Yes	Quickstep forward through them or stay at the outer edge of mid range and continuing backing away while waiting for an opportunity to interrupt them.