Pliskin

"Moans and cries, lost in the darkness..."

Fears, regrets, delusions, and the hope of redemption are driving forces that brings these poor wandering souls to our Estate. However in this remote place, where many evils roam the land and corruption plagues the countryside, where something far worse sleeps in the depths of the Darkest Dungeon, where the boundaries between our world and the unseen realms from beyond has withered down to a thin veil, it becomes harder to separate what is real and what is not, what are creatures of flesh and blood or figments and delusions of a mad mind. Sometimes the fears, regrets and delusions your employees brought with them take on a life of their own and have potential to become something deadly.

Ever since the arrival of Shieldbreaker something else also has come the Estate. She may have found something when she was lost in that accursed desert and unknowingly brought it with her to the estate, or she is trying to run away from it despite its relentless pursuit. Whatever it may be, only thing that is clear is that it has slithered its way into the Estate, lurking just out of sight, hiding in the underbrush, behind rocks and in the twisted shadows, waiting to strike at your heroes in the night.

It seem to be an illusion given power and form by the Shieldbreaker’s fears and delusions, or some otherworldly creature that feeds on the dread of the Shieldbreaker manifesting themselves as the thing she fears the most. The Estate is already so drenched in the darkest depths of your heroes' minds that it could have become the new feeding grounds of this thing.

The Pliskin is an cobra of unusual size, this poisonous fanged desert reptile is quick to strike and sink its fangs deep into the flesh of your heroes.

Behavior and Strategy
The Pliskin is a beast enemy that appears exclusively in the Shieldbreaker DLC. It only appears in nighttime ambushes when the Shieldbreaker is present. They will disappear after a while, and seem to be an illusion given power by the Shieldbreaker.

It acts very much like the Spitters since it either bites from the front row or spits in the back. Both attack apply powerful blight damage. The Pliskin prioritizes targets with lower blight resistance and marked targets. Another important note is that it starts with +15% CRT buff when Stealthed, and revealing its stealth will remove the buff.

Defeating the group of snakes brings great rewards, as they may drop a Aegis Scale when they die, as well as a diary entry for the Shieldbreaker. The entire party also receives a quest buff for -15% stress except for the Shieldbreaker who receives -33% stress and +3% CRIT. However, the battle will end if the Shieldbreaker falls on death's door, and failing to disperse the illusion will cause a terrible quest debuff on the party instead, causing the same amount of stress to be increased with the Shiledbreaker losing 3 ACC.

Abilities
Apprentice =

Veteran =

Champion =

Related Enemies
Rattler Adder

Trivia

 * The name of this enemy is a reference to Iroquois Pliskin, an alias used by Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid 2, which in turn is a reference to the Snake Plissken, the protagonist of the movie Escape from New York.