Key Mechanic: Adaptable (3 Phases)
Test Subject dies and revives with more HP and a new modifier each phase. Phase 1 (100 HP): Enrage — gains 2 Strength every time you play a Skill card. Phase 2 (200 HP): Painful Stabs — unblocked damage inserts Wounds into your deck. Phase 3 (300 HP): Intangible on alternating turns — all damage reduced to 1.
Attack Pattern
Phase 1 (100 HP): Attacks while gaining Strength from your Skills. Phase 2 (200 HP): Attacks while punishing unblocked damage with Wounds. Phase 3 (300 HP): Attacks with Intangible on alternating turns.
Standard Attack
18 damageBasic attack dealing ~18 damage, scaling with Strength.
Heavy Attack
30 damageStrong attack dealing ~30 damage.
Enrage (Phase 1)
Passive: gains 2 Strength every time you play a Skill card.
Painful Stabs (Phase 2)
Passive: every point of unblocked damage inserts a Wound into your discard pile.
Intangible (Phase 3)
On alternating turns, all incoming damage is reduced to 1 per hit.
How to Beat Test Subject #C8
Phase 1: Minimize Skill card usage — focus on Attacks and Powers to avoid feeding it Strength. Phase 2: Block everything — unblocked damage fills your deck with Wounds. Phase 3: Use multi-hit attacks on non-Intangible turns and focus defense on Intangible turns. Total HP to deal: 600 across all three phases. This is a marathon — conserve resources.
Phase 1: Attacks and Powers don't trigger Enrage — save Skills for when you must Block
Phase 2: Perfect Block is essential — every unblocked hit adds Wounds to your deck
Phase 3: Multi-hit attacks are useless during Intangible — time your burst for off-turns
Total 600 HP across all phases — this is an endurance fight
Other Act 3 Bosses
Doormaker
489 HP · Very Hard
A two-phase repeating boss: you break through the Door (155 HP), then face the Doormaker itself. It cycles between Door and Doormaker forms, gaining Strength each cycle.
Queen
400 HP · Very Hard
Accompanied by the Torch Head Amalgam (199 HP), the Queen cripples your hand with Afflictions and buffs her minion into a killing machine.