Flesh

The flesh is a boss which appears in the Warrens, after the Swine Prince. Like other bosses, it has three variations (Inchoate, Unstable and Formless) and features 4 different parts that change each round and each have their own specific set of abilities and stats. They all share the same Health Bar, thus, killing one part will end the fight.

Ancestor's Memoirs: The Flesh
"My zeal for blood rituals and summoning rites had begun to ebb, as each attempt invariably brought only failure and disappointment. Progress was halting, and the rapidly accumulating surplus of wasted flesh had become burdensome. I could not store such a prodigious amount of offal, nor could I rid myself of it easily, possessed as it was by unnameable things from outer spheres. When excavations beneath the manor broke through into an ancient network of aqueducts and tunnels, I knew I had found a solution to the problem of disposal. The spasmodically squirming, braying, and snorting half-corpses were heaped each upon the other, until at least I was rid of them. The warrens had become a landfill of snout and hoof, gristle and bone - a mountainous, twitching mass of misshapen flesh, fusing itself together in the darkness."

History
The Ancestor eventually got tired of his attempts at demonic summoning, with his most successful creation being the uselessly stupid and ravenous Swine Prince. He was left with the problem of a massive amount of demon-possessed pig flesh that couldn't easily be disposed of. The Ancestor found the solution to this problem once his excavations broke into a vast, ancient system of tunnels and aqueducts. He poured the nightmarish, shape-shifting flesh into the Warrens, and promptly forgot about it.

Behavior
The Flesh has 4 different parts in every rank with a shared health bar. Each part has a unique attack and stats. At the start of every turn, it will morph, randomly transforming parts. It is possible to have multiple copies of the same part. All parts, except the Heart, have a high PROT and will inflict different status effect. The Heart is the weakest part, doesn't have PROT or offensive skills but will heal itself.

Abilities
The flesh has four different forms, and each one uses a different unique attack. In table below will show which form uses which attack.

Strategy
Have high blight, stun and bleeding resist, target the Heart piece whenever it appears. Marking is only effective when used at the start of the turn, as the piece you've marked may change between turns, same goes for stunning and debuffing. Have a tough front row, as Maws of Life is heavy-hitting. Characters with the ability to target back ranks are recommended, as pieces with high protection may spawn in the front line and reduce the effectiveness of most melee characters.

Because the four ranks share a single health bar and usually have high PROT, the Hound Master's Hound's Harry is particularly effective against this boss, especially when combined with the dog treat. If all bleeds land, the effectiveness of the damage over time is essentially quadrupled. Use of Hound's Harry can trivialize the fight, taking down the health of the boss extremely quickly. Similarly useful is the Plague Doctor's Plague Bomb as a multi-target blight, as well as the Jester's Harvest, possibly helped by the Grave Robber's Flashing Daggers to reduce bleed resistance. Also, the Flesh is an Eldritch creature, so the Occultist's Abyssal Artillery works pretty well.

Trivia

 * The Flesh takes heavy inspiration from the 1982 film "The Thing."