Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus

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Supreme Alchemist, CirrusPhase 1
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Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus map (phase 1).png
Map icon
Statistics
TypeBoss
DamageThis attack will cause defense damage on hit. 320 / 512 Expert Mode / 544 Revengeance Mode / 560 Death Mode / 696 Master Mode (Contact)
250 / 440 Expert Mode / 464 Revengeance Mode / 476 Death Mode / 696 Master Mode (Brimstone Dart)
This attack will cause defense damage on hit. 280 / 476 Expert Mode / 484 Revengeance Mode / 500 Death Mode / 726 Master Mode (Brimstone Fireblast, Hellblast)
This attack will cause defense damage on hit. 300 / 508 Expert Mode / 528 Revengeance Mode / 544 Death Mode / 780 Master Mode (Brimstone Gigablast)
250 / 500 Expert Mode / 750 Master Mode (Vodka)
500 / 1000 Expert Mode / 1500 Master Mode (Fabstaff Ray)
7450 / 14900 Expert Mode / 22350 Master Mode (Photon Ripper)
Max Life960,000 / 1,536,000 Expert Mode / 1,840,000 Revengeance Mode / 2,304,000 Master Mode / 2,760,000 Revengeance Mode Master Mode
Defense100
DR25%
KB Resist100%
Inflicts debuffVulnerability HexVulnerability Hex
100% chance

Debuff duration10 seconds (Contact)
2 seconds (Brimstone Dart, Brimstone Hellblast)
3 seconds (Brimstone Fireblast, Brimstone Gigablast)
Debuff tooltipYour mental fortitude is fading
Inflicts debuffMiracle BlightMiracle Blight
100% chance

Debuff duration5 seconds (Prism Tooth)
Debuff tooltipExotic resonance shreds your corporeal form
Immune toConfusedPearl AuraBrimstone FlamesOn Fire!
Supreme Alchemist, CirrusPhase 2
Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus (Phase 2).png
Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus map (phase 2).png
Map icon
Statistics
TypeBoss
DamageThis attack will cause defense damage on hit. 320 / 512 Expert Mode / 544 Revengeance Mode / 560 Death Mode / 696 Master Mode (Contact)
250 / 440 Expert Mode / 464 Revengeance Mode / 476 Death Mode / 696 Master Mode (Brimstone Dart)
This attack will cause defense damage on hit. 280 / 476 Expert Mode / 484 Revengeance Mode / 500 Death Mode / 726 Master Mode (Brimstone Fireblast, Hellblast, Flame Skull)
This attack will cause defense damage on hit. 300 / 508 Expert Mode / 528 Revengeance Mode / 544 Death Mode / 780 Master Mode (Brimstone Gigablast)
This attack will cause defense damage on hit. 350 / 592 Expert Mode / 624 Revengeance Mode / 656 Death Mode / 918 Master Mode (Brimstone Monster Orb)
250 / 500 Expert Mode / 750 Master Mode (Vodka)
500 / 1000 Expert Mode / 1500 Master Mode (Fabstaff Ray)
7450 / 14900 Expert Mode / 22350 Master Mode (Photon Ripper)
700 / 1400 Expert Mode / 2100 Master Mode (Mushroom Blaster)
Max Life384,000 / 960,000
614,440 / 1,536,000 Expert Mode
736,000 / 1,840,000 Revengeance Mode
921,600 / 2,304,000 Master Mode
1,104,000 / 2,760,000 Revengeance Mode Master Mode
Defense100
DR25%
KB Resist100%
Inflicts debuffVulnerability HexVulnerability Hex
100% chance

Debuff duration10 seconds (Contact)
2 seconds (Brimstone Dart, Brimstone Hellblast, Brimstone Flame Skull)
3 seconds (Brimstone Fireblast, Brimstone Gigablast)
5 seconds (Brimstone Monster)
Debuff tooltipYour mental fortitude is fading
Inflicts debuffMiracle BlightMiracle Blight
100% chance

Debuff duration5 seconds (Prism Tooth)
Debuff tooltipExotic resonance shreds your corporeal form
Immune toConfusedPearl AuraBrimstone FlamesOn Fire!
Drops
Coins 30 Platinum Coin.png
Sounds
Not to be confused with Drunk Princess, her Town NPC form.

Are you prepared for a task most Sisyphean?

— Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus

Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus is a post-Moon Lord boss exclusive to the Get fixed boi seed which acts as an alternate route to the Supreme Witch, Calamitas fight.

Defeating her rewards the player with Supreme Witch, Calamitas' normal loot as well as the Alicorn on a Stick, an item that rapidly deals percentage-based damage.

Spawn

Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus does not spawn on her own and requires the player to summon her by interacting with the Altar of the Accursed while holding Fabsol's Vodka. Upon usage, Fabsol's Vodka is consumed, the screen will darken, shake, and become tinted purple before Cirrus herself appears above the Altar. When Cirrus is fully summoned, she will laugh devilishly instead of using the regular boss roar. Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus can be fought in any biome at any time.

If the Drunk Princess NPC is currently alive in the world, she will disappear when Cirrus is summoned.

Behavior

Cirrus' behavior mostly follows Supreme Witch, Calamitas', creating a 159x159 square of Arena Blocks on spawn and switching between attacks on a cycle.

Visually, Cirrus is always protected by a circular purple force field, which serves to increase the size of her hitbox.

Getting hit directly by Cirrus inflicts a random alcohol debuff for 25 seconds.

Attacks

While Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus is mobile, she will switch between these attacks in a well-defined cycle.

  • She transforms into an Alicorn and charges at the player at an incredibly high speed trailed by a wall of Fabstaff rays which can bounce off of tiles. This occurs either 2 or 4 times in a row, depending on the position in the cycle.
    • At the start of the attack prior to charging, she will become translucent as a warning.
    • Once she enters her second phase, she will charge half as many times in a row.
  • She attempts to hover above the player, shooting bursts of 8 Brimstone DartBrimstone Darts at the player, leaving similar-sized gaps between the projectiles. She performs either 3 or 4 bursts during an attack.
    • Some of the bursts are randomly replaced with firing a Brimstone FireblastBrimstone Fireblast or a Brimstone GigablastBrimstone Gigablast. This is the only occurence of randomness in her attack pattern.
    • Brimstone Fireblasts home in on the player and explode into a ring of 8 / 12 Expert Mode / 14 Revengeance Mode / 16 Death Mode Brimstone Darts after some time or on contact with blocks. Brimstone Gigablasts follow a similar behavior but are slower and explode into a much larger ring of 20 / 28 Expert Mode / 32 Revengeance Mode / 36 Death Mode Brimstone Darts.
  • She remains at the player's side and launches either 2 or 4 Brimstone Fireblasts (depending on the position in the cycle) with a constant delay between them.
  • She remains at the player's side and fires a barrage of Brimstone Flame SkullBrimstone Flame Skulls, which fly in a horizontal wave pattern. She shoots the Flame Skulls horizontally once she has taken her position to the left/right of the player - however, she can already start shooting while in the process of homing towards this position. This can cause bullets to fly in non-horizontal directions.

Once she enters her second phase at 40% HP, the delays between her attacks as well as inside her attacks become shorter; she charges more aggressively and only half as often per attack.

Attack Cycle

Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus has the same attack cycle as Supreme Witch, Calamitas which only interrupts when she is not attacking at all. Neither going through bullet-hell phases, nor switching to her second phase changes the current position in this cycle. It repeats once it is finished.

The attack cycle (starting as soon as the first Dragonfolly swarm is summoned):

  1. Shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts
  2. Shoots a horizontal barrage of Brimstone Flame Skulls
  3. Launches 2 Brimstone Fireblasts
  4. Charges 4 times (2 times in the second phase)
  5. Launches 2 Brimstone Fireblasts
  6. Shoots a horizontal barrage of Brimstone Flame Skulls
  7. Shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts
  8. Charges 2 times (once in the second phase)
  9. Shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts
  10. Shoots a horizontal barrage of Brimstone Flame Skulls
  11. Launches 4 Brimstone Fireblasts
  12. Shoots a horizontal barrage of Brimstone Flame Skulls
  13. Charges 2 times (once in the second phase)
  14. Shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts
  15. Launches 4 Brimstone Fireblasts
  16. Charges 4 times (2 times in the second phase)
  17. Shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts
  18. Charges 2 times (once in the second phase)
  19. Shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts
  20. Charges 2 times (once in the second phase)


Note that every time she shoots bursts of Brimstone Darts, some bursts are replaced by Brimstone Fire- and Gigablasts.

Since it is a relatively long cycle with multiple occurrences of every type of attack, it is time consuming to fully memorize and comprehend it. Whilst it is not necessary to do so, it proves beneficial when playing in harder difficulties and/or with special constraints.

Progression

Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus will perform these attacks once, triggered by her reaching certain amounts of health.

  • Upon spawning, she will summon a randomized "Bullet Hell" of horizontal Brimstone Flame Skulls which travel from one edge of the player's screen to the other. She will be invincible and immobile until the Bullet Hell ends.
    After the Bullet Hell ends, she will teleport to the upper-right corner of the arena and summon a flock of 10 Dragonfollies to assist her before becoming mobile.
  • Upon reaching 75% health, the second Bullet Hell triggers, in which Brimstone Gigablasts are also fired at the player from offscreen. This occurs in every Bullet Hell hereafter. Additionally, Cirrus will toss out bottles of Fabsol's VodkaFabsol's Vodka which explode into a spread of three Fabstaff rays upwards upon collision with tiles.
  • Upon reaching 50% health, the third Bullet Hell triggers, in which Brimstone Fireblasts are also fired at the player along with the previous projectiles. This occurs in every Bullet Hell hereafter. Additionally, Cirrus will pull out a Photon Ripper and chase the player throughout the phase. The Photon Ripper will launch out Prism ToothPrism Teeth towards the player which quickly cycle back towards Cirrus.
  • Upon reaching 45% health, she will pause briefly and then summon two Devourers of Gods to assist her.
  • Upon reaching 40% health, she laughs and transitions into her second phase, signified by a glowing aura around her and her attack animations becoming more pronounced. From now on, she will attack faster, but perform half as many charge attacks in a row. Immediately after transitioning, she will always shoot several bursts of Brimstone Darts before resuming her attack cycle from the last position.
    • From this point on, her force field will visibly start flickering, with the intensity of the flickering growing as she loses health.
  • Upon reaching 30% health, the fourth Bullet Hell triggers, and Cirrus will summon 2 Expert Mode / 4 Revengeance Mode massive invincible Brimstone Monster HageBrimstone Monsters which move towards the player at varying speeds and persist throughout the rest of the fight (they despawn after 10 minutes, but the fight does not last this long under normal circumstances). The Monsters do not interact and can stack on top of each other. Getting hit by the Brimstone Monsters causes the player to lose all of their buffs.
    • During this Bullet Hell and in all following ones, the number of Brimstone Flame Skulls is noticeably decreased.
  • Upon reaching 20% health, she will summon Providence, two Empresses of Light, and two Queen Slimes. Cirrus will remain invulnerable until Providence has been defeated.
  • Upon reaching 10% health, the fifth and final Bullet Hell triggers, featuring every projectile introduced thus far, with the inclusion of Brimstone HellblastBrimstone Hellblasts which accelerate horizontally. Cirrus will once again pull out her Photon Ripper and chase the player while also flinging out more bottles of Fabsol's Vodka.
    • Her damage reduction increases by 20% (from 25% to 30%) for the remainder of the battle.
  • Upon reaching 8% health, she will summon another flock of Dragonfollies.
  • Upon reaching 1% health she will start rapidly orbiting the player while creating Odd MushroomMushroom Blasters that shoot a laser beam at the player after a short delay. This attack lasts for 20 seconds.
  • After the circle of Mushroom Blasters ends, the fight concludes, and Cirrus reverts back to her Town NPC form while dropping her loot.

In Expert Mode

  • Spawns two Brimstone Monsters when reaching 30% health.
  • Brimstone Fireblasts and Gigablasts explode into 12 and 28 Brimstone Darts respectively.
  • Spawns 11.11% more projectiles during Bullet Hell phases.

In Revengeance Mode

  • Spawns an additional two Brimstone Monsters when reaching 30% health.
  • Brimstone Fireblasts and Gigablasts explode into 14 and 32 Brimstone Darts respectively.
  • Massively increased speed and moves far more aggressively.
  • Spawns 12.5% more projectiles during Bullet Hell phases.

In Death Mode

  • Brimstone Fireblasts and Gigablasts explode into 16 and 36 Brimstone Darts respectively.
  • The arena created by Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus is now 127x127 (inner available area is 125x125) blocks.

Summons

Image Name Condition
Dragonfolly Dragonfolly After the first Bullet Hell and upon reaching 8% health.
The Devourer of Gods The Devourer of Gods Upon reaching 45% health.
Providence, the Profaned Goddess Providence, the Profaned Goddess Upon reaching 20% health.
Empress of Light Empress of Light Upon reaching 20% health.
Queen Slime Queen Slime Upon reaching 20% health.

Resistances

  • The Devourer of Gods takes 115% damage from the Time Bolt's stealth strike.
  • Providence takes 20% damage from the Hell's Sun's spiky ball.

Notes

  • Each Bullet Hell segment lasts for exactly 15 seconds.
  • During Bullet Hell segments where she is not using the Photon Ripper or when at 1% health, Cirrus cannot deal contact damage to the player.
  • Cirrus has decreased acceleration if the player is wielding a True melee weapon.

Trivia

  • The song heard during the battle against Supreme Alchemist, Cirrus is Stained, Brutal Calamity, which was composed by the artist DM DOKURO. More details regarding the song can be found here.
    • If the Calamity Music add-on mod is disabled, Boss 2 replaces Grief, Boss 3 replaces Lament, the Moon Lord's theme replaces Epiphany, and Eerie replaces Acceptance.
  • Her phase 2 form is based on the Drunk Princess' currently unreleased Shimmer alt.
  • The Photon Ripper deals exactly double the damage of the item version of the Photon Ripper in Normal Mode.
  • The final Mushroom Blaster ring attack is based on Sans' final actual attack from the game Undertale.
  • Cirrus' status messages have the color #FFC0CB ●.
  • If the Boss Checklist Mod is installed, her unique despawn message will be "Please don't waste my time."

Quotes

  • "Are you prepared for a task most Sisyphean?" (When summoned)
  • "Those hearts are a bit too edgy. How about a swarm of birbs instead?" (When the fight begins after the first bullet hell)
  • "Feelin' thirsty? I can fix that!" (During the second bullet hell)
  • "Check out this cool toy I found!" (During the third bullet hell)
  • "I told you the talking worms were real! But you didn't believe me!" (When summoning the Devourers of Gods)
  • "Time for a transformation!" (When transitioning into her second phase)
  • "It's HAGE time!" (During the fourth bullet hell)
  • "I have more friends than you could possibly imagine!" (When summoning the Hallow bosses)
  • "Hah! You're good, but I'm better!" (During the fifth bullet hell)
  • "Time for another swarm!" (When summoning the second flock of Dragonfollies)
  • "I'm getting tired..." (At 6% health)
  • "Just kidding! Time for my special attack!" (At 1% health)
  • "Meh, whatever, I'm a bit tired of this." (After Mushroom Blasters end)

History

These history sections are still a work-in-progress, and may not yet contain changes relevant to the current version of the Calamity Mod.
  • 2.0.3.007: Fixed extremely rare instances of her despawning due to Normalize calculation errors.
  • 2.0.3.005: Fixed a potential crash due to her background shader during her final attack attempting to draw during the Supreme Witch, Calamitas fight.
  • 2.0.3.003: Fixed blaster beams crashing the game in multiplayer.
  • 2.0.3.002:
    • Reduced the turn speed of the Photon Ripper attack by 80%.
    • Leaving the arena while mounted now removes all equipments from the player.
    • Nerfed Vodka bottle's damage from 700 / 1400 Expert Mode / 2100 Master Mode to 250 / 500 Expert Mode / 750 Master Mode.
    • Nerfed Mushroom Blaster's damage from 1000 / 2000 Expert Mode / 3000 Master Mode to 700 / 1400 Expert Mode / 2100 Master Mode.
    • Nerfed bursting Fabstaff ray's damage from 700 / 1400 Expert Mode / 2100 Master Mode to 500 / 1000 Expert Mode / 1500 Master Mode.
    • Nerfed charging Fabstaff ray's damage from 100% to 66.67% of Cirrus' contact damage and ray speed by 40%.
    • Fixed a potential crash occurring at the end of her fight.