Hyena Pack

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Hyena Pack
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General Information
Faction	Corpus
Planet(s)	Neptune
Mission Type(s)	Psamathe
Abilities	Ice Wave (LN2) Lead Storm (Pb) Blast Grenade (Ng) Fire Wave (Ng) Electric Surge (Th) Charge (Th)
Statistics
Affinity	1500
Proto Shield	1000
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Robotic	800
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Alloy Armor	25
Dmg. Reduction	7.6923076923077%
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Base Level	1
Level Scaling
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Selected Level	––
EHP	––
Steel Path EHP	––
Miscellaneous
Codex Scans	3
Drops
Mod Drops	Trick Mag 23.23%  True Steel 23.23%  Hit And Run 6.77%  North Wind 6.77%
Resource Drops	Region Resource 97.42%  Orokin Cell 2.58%
Sigil Drops	Hyena Sigil 100.00%
Other Drops	Orokin Cell Hyena Pack Sigil
Official Drop Tables
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"Let me tell you Tenno, it's a good thing I was able to shutdown the new Hyena models. This year's version is really nasty business; faster, meaner, deadlier than before. An excellent product really."

—Darvo

The Hyena Pack are the final bosses of the Neptune system, made up by 4 unique and deadly variants of the Hyena proxy. They work in packs of up to four with each of them possessing a unique set of abilities. Each Hyena possesses a plasma repeater, and they are far more agile than any other enemy(other than the Grineer Manic) in the game, including Zanuka and Zanuka Hunter. Alongside their agility, they can also jump on to and cling to walls, though they cannot wallrun. Lotus has marked them for assassination for obvious reasons, as they are a very dangerous proxy group and destroying the models may slow down further production.

They can be found on the mission Psamathe on Neptune. After defeating them and finishing the mission, you receive either a Loki Helmet, Chassis or Systems blueprint. Upon death, all the Hyenas have a chance of dropping Orokin Cells.

Appearance

There are four unique variants of the Hyenas, each possessing unique colour scheme. Hyena LN2 is overall white, Hyena Pb has a mix between green and brown, Hyena Ng's color is a blend between yellow and crimson, and Hyena Th's color is a shade ranging from Teal to Dark Blue.

Unlike other bosses, the Hyena Pack appears in specific standard rooms instead of a special arena; however, like other bosses, the pack taunts the players during the mission and has its own opening cinematic. Here is a list of their taunts:

Pre-Battle

• "The Pack is watching you"
• "The Pack can smell you"
• "The Pack grows excited, we have been waiting for this."

During Battle

• "The Pack calls for your death."
• "The Pack says: 'kill them off one by one' "
• "The Pack says: 'kill the weakest one first' "
• "The Pack sings when you die."
• "The Pack is designed to enjoy this, It is in its circuits."

Hyena Destroyed

• "Hyena down: The Pack will intensify the hunt."
• "Hyena disabled: The Pack grows weak."
• "Hyena destroyed, our circuits demand revenge."

Arsenal

The Hyena Pack, true to the intel, work in packs of up to four with each of them possessing a unique set of abilities. Each Hyena possesses a plasma repeater and are far more agile than any other enemy in the game, including Zanuka and Zanuka Hunter. Alongside their agility, they can also jump on to and cling to walls, though they cannot wallrun.

• Hyena LN2
• Hyena Ng
• Hyena Pb
• Hyena Th

Hyena LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) is a whitish-colored Hyena that uses  Cold damage as part of its arsenal.

Its plasma repeater deals  Cold damage, constantly radiates a freezing aura around it that can inflict  Cold procs, and can release a cone of ice in front of it akin to  Frost's  Ice Wave.

Hyena Ng (Nitroglycerin) is a yellow-crimson Hyena that uses  Heat as part of its arsenal.

Its plasma repeater deals  Heat damage, constantly radiates a flaming aura around it that gives it resistance to  Heat damage, can release a grenade that explodes that deals  Heat and  Blast damage, and can release a cone of flame in front of it.

Hyena Pb (Lead) is a green/brown Hyena that relies on heavy firepower as part of its arsenal.

Its plasma repeater deals  Slash and  Puncture damage, it occasionally projects a shield aura to restore shields to itself and its allies, and occasionally jumps into the air to produce a Lead Storm where it spins and fires a large number of  Blast bullets in all directions.

Hyena Th (Thorium) is a teal/dark-blue Hyena that uses  Electricity and  Magnetic as part of its arsenal.

Its plasma repeater deals  Electricity damage, constantly radiates a disrupting aura around it that inflicts  Magnetic procs. It also drains energy from nearby players, similar to Energy Leech/Parasitic Eximus units, but with a radius that is only a bit bigger than its disrupting aura. It can rush forward and knock down any Tenno in its path, can release a sphere of electricity, and can release a cone of electricity in front of it which also inflicts  Magnetic procs.

Strategy

In General

The Hyena pack is capable of taking a beating. They all have hard hitting attacks, and if not careful, you will have no energy for any abilities. A loadout containing damage is recommended in order to deal with the Hyenas effectively.

As with other bosses, it is important to eliminate surrounding grunts first before targeting the Hyena pack, which is even more important due to the hyenas seemingly buffing them.

Hyena Th is by far the toughest to deal with if one relies on his/her energy pool to fight. Taking out Hyena Th should always be your primary concern due to its Disruption Aura being capable of instantly draining shields and energy upon proximity, along with the hud-scrambling effect.

Always try to keep a medium-long distance when fighting against Hyena Pb; tanking its Lead Storm at close proximity will ensure heavy damage (if not death) as well as almost-guaranteed proc. By keeping your distance, Hyena Pb is the least concern due to its lack of long-range abilities. This ability can also be extremely taken advantage of by Trinity: using link will cause instant death at close range, though it may also kill you if you have low health and shields.

Due to their high firepower, shields, and health, it is somewhat difficult for an unprepared Tenno to beat the Hyena Pack alone. Being able to damage the Hyena Pack's proto shields is vital, so consider bringing weapons with high impact damage (like Gorgon or Karak).

As is the standard strategy against multiple difficult foes, Divide and Conquer. Focus on one Hyena at a time and stay away from the others.

Due to Th's Disruption Aura, caster frames like Nova and Trinity may be left without any means of support, offense and defense. Due to this, tanky frames like Rhino and Valkyr may do better over casters.

Medium Team Energy Restores may prove useful. Though a slightly expensive investment, the energy restoration effect can allow players to get back on their feet after being drained by Hyena Th.

Utilizing Warframe Abilities

For unknown reason, Mag's Pull seems to stun the Hyena Pack rather than inflicting "ragdoll" on them, use this advantage to stunlock the Hyenas if the need comes.

Mag's Shield Polarize can take advantage to the high number of shields the Hyenas possesses to inflict high damage to each other.

A Vauban is capable of throwing Bastille right from start which will lift up the whole Hyena Pack and prevent them from moving around.

Trivia

• In earlier versions the Hyena was said to be a new Corpus proxy that hunted in packs. However, you only fought one during the mission. This was eventually changed in Update 12 with the Hyena finally becoming a pack boss as a tie-in to the Ties That Bind alert.
  • For that matter, prior to Update 12 the Hyena was essentially a scaled-down Jackal in both size and firepower.
• Each of the Hyenas is named after a chemical element or compound that reflects their abilities.
  • LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) is nitrogen in a liquid state at an extremely low temperature as low as −196 °C (77 K; −321 °F) which reflects Hyena LN2's ice-based abilities.
  • Pb (Lead) is one of the elements most commonly used for bullets, which reflects Hyena Pb's extremely high amount of firepower.
  • Ng (Nitroglycerin) is a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid commonly used in explosives like dynamite, reflecting Hyena Ng's explosive firepower.
  • Th (Thorium) is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element which is paramagnetic (slightly affected by magnetism); while this somewhat explains Hyena Th's magnetic properties, its electrical attacks may be a reference to the element's namesake, Thor.
• The Hyena Pack is the third boss that consists of multiple entities; the first being the combo fight with Lieutenant Lech Kril and Captain Vor on Phobos, and the second being the first phase of Lephantis. Originally the fight always consisted of all 4 Hyenas at once, but this was later changed in favor of scaling with player number, with solo attempts getting two randomly chosen Hyenas.
• It appears that Hyena NG (Nitroglycerine) is the Alpha male of the pack, since it is the only Hyena seen broadcasting the taunts to players, and that it is the central Hyena in the panorama.
• The Hyena Pack can be seen mounting Pentas on their backs in the Codex and during a mission, but do not have said weapon in the mission lobby.
• It seems that the Hyena Pack can be fought in at least 2 different tiles.

Bugs

• Hyena Th's electric attacks often leave particle effects on the map that do not naturally dissipate.
• Hyena Ng (and possibly the other Hyenas) will sometimes become trapped in walls and ceilings. If they are ragdolled, they will then begin to lose health over time.