| Hyena Pack | |
|---|---|
| |
| General | |
| Faction | Corpus |
| Planet | Neptune |
| Mission | Psamathe |
| Weapons | Plasma Repeater |
| Abilities | Ice Wave (LN2) Lead Whirlwind (Pb) Fire Wave (Ng) Electric Surge (Th) |
| Statistics | |
| Robotic | Yes |
| Shield | Maybe? |
| Proto Shield | Maybe? |
| Alloy Armor | Maybe? |
| Base Experience | 1,200 |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Codex Scans | 3 |
| Mod Drops | |
The Hyena Pack are the final bosses of the Neptune system. They can be found on the mission Psamathe. After defeating them and finishing the mission, you receive either a Loki Helmet, Loki Chassis or Loki Systems blueprint. Upon death, all the Hyenas have a chance of dropping Control Modules.
Appearance
Each Hyena possesses unique colour scheme and set of abilities. There are four unique variants, each named after a chemical element or compound that reflects their abilities. 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 grows excited, we have been waiting for this."
During Battle
- "The pack call for your death."
- "The Pack says: 'kill them off one by one' "
- "The Pack says: 'kill the weakest one first' "
- "The pack will sing when you die."
- "The pack is designed to enjoy this, It is in its circuits."
Hyena Destroyed
- "Hyena disabled: The pack will intensify the hunt."
- "Hyena disabled: The pack grows weak."
Abilities
The Hyena Pack, true to the intel, works in packs of up to 4 and fights as packs with each of them possessing a unique set of abilities. The entire pack has plasma repeaters and are far more agile than any other enemy in the game, including Zanuka and Harvester. Besides the ability to dodge attacks, they can also jump on and cling to walls, though they cannot wallrun.
LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen)
Hyena LN2 (Liquid Nitrogen) is geared with a Freezing Aura, which will inflict Cold proc to whoever is nearby, drastically slowing the target down. It is also capable of releasing a path of icicles towards it's target, much like Frost's Ice Wave. This can knock the target down and inflict significant damage.
Pb (Lead)
Hyena Pb (Lead) does not have any specific elemental effects or powers, but is slightly smaller than the others, very fast, very tough, and possesses high firepower. Besides its plasma repeater (which seems to have higher firerate than those of its brethren), it can also use the Lead Whirlwind, where it will jump about a meter into the air and spin around to fire a large number of projectiles in all directions as an anti-close quarters combat measure. Lead Whirlwind seems to be able to proc Blast.
Ng (Nitroglycerine)
Hyena Ng (Nitroglycerine) is armed with heavy AoE firepower, it will occasionally fire a volatile Fire Grenade towards target, capable of knocking down enemies. It is also capable of lighting a path of ground on fire similar to Lech Kril's Fire Wave, which guarantees fire proc.
Th (Thorium)
Hyena Th (Thorium) has a constant Disruption Aura. Simply being near it will induce the Magnetic proc, scrambling the screen and instantly draining all energy as well as a large chunk of shields. Its special attacks include the Electric Surge, a wave of electric carpet that travels quickly across the ground; and a Shock Bolt that guarantees electric proc, as well as being able to charge akin to Slash Dash to close distance (knocks down on hit).
Strategy
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 Template:Magnetic Damage and or Template:Radiation Damage damage is recommended in order to deal with the 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.
Taking out Hyena Th should be your primary concern due to its Disruption Aura being capable of instantly draining shields and energy upon proximity, while Pb will be of least concern due to lack of special capabilities at long distance.
Always try to keep a medium-long distance when fighting against Hyena Th and Pb. The reason being Hyena Th's ability to constantly drain shields and energy, stripping you off your primary means of defense and utility. The other reason being Hyena Pb's extremely high amount of firepower, tanking Hyena Pb's bullet spray at close proximity will ensure heavy damage (if not death) as well as almost-guaranteed Template:Slash Damage / Template:Puncture Damage proc.
Due to their firepower, high shields, and high health, it is somewhat difficult for an unprepared Tenno to beat the Hyena Pack alone. Being able to sustain damage is important due to its strong shields, so machine guns like the Gorgon will have a serious advantage. Rapid-fire secondaries such as the Twin Vipers or the Kunai are a moderately effective fallback should you run out of primary weapon ammo (if well-upgraded), but should not be used as a 'primary' weapon against the Hyena due to limited total ammo capacity (unless you have Pistol Ammo Mutation equipped).
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, having a Trinity to cast Energy Vampire is a great way to recover energy. However, ability usage is still relatively unreliable in this fight, so tanky frames like Rhino and Valkyr may do better over glass cannon casters like Nova.
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 fixed and then changed in Update 12 with the Hyena finally becoming a pack boss.
- Each of the Hyenas is named after a chemical element or compound that reflects their abilities, with Th (Thorium) being the only exception.
- 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 power above ice abilities.
- Pb (Lead) is one of the elements most commonly used for bullets which reflects Hyena Pb's extremely high amount of firepower.
- Ng (Nitroglycerine) is a heavy, colorless, oily, explosive liquid commonly used in explosives like dynamite, reflects Hyena Ng's explosive firepower.
- Th (Thorium) is a naturally occurring radioactive chemical element which is paramagnetic (slightly affected by magnetism), this does not reflect Hyena Th's arsenal properties electric and magnetic attacks at all.
Bugs
- As of Update 12, one of the hyenas seems to not appear, rendering the mission incomplete-able, as the game thinks it's still alive
- The Pack presently lacks its own Codex entry, either for the group as a whole or the individual units. Scanning them still awards XP.
- Hyena Th's electric attacks often leave particle effects on the map that don't naturally dissipate.
