Phorid

Bosses Infested

Phorid
簡介
派系	檔案:Infestation b.svg Infested
星球	Any Infestation Outbreaks
任務	Assassination
武器	Claws
能力	Psychic Bolts Sonic Scream
詳細資料
感染肌腱	5,000
+  +  ++  ‐‐
鐵質裝甲	25
+  ++  +++  -  -
基礎經驗	3,500
基礎等級	1
其他
資料庫掃描次數	3
掉落MOD	Cryo Rounds Killing Blow Molten Impact Stretch Energy Channel
其他掉落物	Orokin Cell

Phorid 是一個不固定出沒的頭目，只有“Infested”感染入侵BOSS節點的時候將暫時的替代原本的BOSS出現。 （期間也可以選擇與原來的BOSS戰鬥。）當擊殺Phorid後它將會掉落 Nyx的頭部神經光元藍圖、機體藍圖、和系統藍圖，並有一定機率掉落該星球的稀有資源。 

外觀與能力

Phorid從外觀來看僅僅是紅色的大號版疾衝者，藍色的斑點遍布Phorid的全身，它比現有的敏捷形疾衝者速度要更快，僅需一次肉搏攻擊就可以造成大量傷害，並且會擊倒任何被它擊中的目標。但是，它不只是一個大號的疾衝者，它還有兩種特殊的能力。第一種是尖叫攻擊，它會使關卡中的所有玩家搖晃，同時迅速消耗掉護盾(或者當沒有護盾時消耗生命值)。幸運的是，在攻擊時，phorid本身是不動的。第二個能力是精神飛刃，與 Nyx類似。 phorid會發射一簇傷害非常高的會自動導航的黃色閃電，這些閃電無視戰甲的護盾，直接對生命值造成傷害。閃電在追踪目標時，會因與地形和物體相撞而被破壞。 phorid的精神閃電因為能一擊殺死高等級玩家而成為其最具毀滅性的能力。與其它Infested頭目類似，Phorid沒有護甲來保護自己。但是，Phorid擁有相當高的生命值且未受攻擊時能緩慢回復自己的生命值。因此，長時間不攻擊它是不明智的做法。

與其他頭目類似，Phorid也有著獨特的嘲諷語；以下是其列表：

• "(Revoke the frailties of flesh. Let us in.)"
  (放棄肉身的弱點——讓我們同在。)
• "(We are the vessel through which immortality is achieved. Assimilate, [player name].)"
  (我們是藉以實現不朽的容器。同化吧，[玩家名字]。)

Strategy

As always, it is advised to kill off any other Infested around the boss arena before engaging Phorid. However, this is particularly important against Phorid as, while Phorid itself can't move during its Scream attack, other Infested can.

Phorid is immune to all status effects; it is ill-advised to rely on them to weaken Phorid.

Phorid's claws can deal a massive amount of damage, making a melee standoff extremely dangerous in a solo or duo attempt. However, one should not stray too far from it, as Phorid only uses its Psychic Bolts if its target is not in close range. Since the Bolts are the most dangerous of its abilities, it's best to simply not get too far away or too close to Phorid.

The Scream attack is not particularly threatening as long as you have enough shields to resist it.

It is recommended to use a shotgun when doing a solo run against Phorid, as it is capable of doing massive damage in point blank range while preventing it from using the Psychic Bolts. The shotgun should have high damage, and/or damage because these are the damage types that the Sinew Phorid suffers the most. For sidearms, the Detron or Brakk are recommended.

Phorid is on the list of bosses that are fully vulnerable to the stasis component of some abilities, allowing him to be stunlocked to death provided the squad has enough firepower to bring him down.

The best way to go about fighting Phorid would be to bait it to a decently open area and lure it in circles with your shotgun. Be careful of its claws and make sure not to accidentally run into terrain and get cornered. If you have a Glaive or Kestrel, you can occasionally throw it to harass Phorid and keep its health from regenerating while you reload. Remember, if you are reloading with at least one bullet still in your clip, the Glaive will not restart the reload on return.

To prevent the lethal Psychic Bolts, you should check your surroundings and the location of crates, pillars or cover. If Phorid does launch the Psychic Bolts, immediately roll and slide behind cover. You should wait for the Bolts to come closer then get to the cover on time. If the Bolts are coming from above, rolling can make them crash into the ground. In case you are not confident in your ability to dodge, utilize Warframe abilities such as Slash Dash or Snow Globe to survive the attack.

Another freezing tactic that works quite well is the use of Frost's Snow Globe and lure Phorid into it. Since it is almost constantly using melee, Snow Globe will slow it down considerably, enough to melee without worry, or circle around him while firing.

Pathing Exploit: Phorid is perhaps agile, but it is not immune to getting stuck in tight places like other NPCs; players using the Shade sentinel can be used to block off the Phorid by cloaking in front of a small corridor, stopping the Phorid from reaching other players. However, eventually it can squeeze past the cloaked player.

Excalibur and Mag tactic: Excalibur and Mag are a potentially devastating duo. When he comes into close range, have the Mag player tag him with Bullet Attractor. Once he's hit, have the Excalibur player go in close and use Radial Javelin. The javelins will all be attracted to Phorid and deliver a massive amount of damage as a result.

Melee tactics: If you use Valkyr's Hysteria ability, you can easily rush and beat down Phorid within the duration of the skill at maximum rank, especially if your melee weapon is modded accordingly. Alternatively, with the stealth damage multiplier from Loki's Invisibility or Ash's Smoke Screen, you can make quick work of Phorid with melee weapons like the Dual Ichor.

Banshee tactic: Silence will both stun Phorid and, while kept in range, protect both the Banshee and other players from its scream attack.

Nyx tactic: You can use Nyx's Chaos to distract Phorid with the surrounding Infested (if any are available) to go a safe distance away to shoot Phorid at. You can also use Nyx's Absorb to resist Phorid's psychic bolt attack. Although, the damage Phorid will receive from any absorbed damage seems to be minimal.

Trinity tactic: Phorid's massive health pool and hit locations make him particularly vulnerable to an offensively-built Trinity. By making use of Fleeting Expertise and a minimum rank Well Of Life, a Trinity can briefly tag Phorid with a Well before applying Energy Vampire. With a fully ranked Energy Vampire and a significant amount of Power Strength, while avoiding increases to Power Duration, Trinity can kill Phorid in a few seconds.

Nova tactic: Using Nova's Molecular Prime with high Power Strength makes Phorid move really slow, giving enough time to perfectly aim your shots and circle around him so that he never hits you. With sufficient firepower, this fight is fairlytrivial.

Hydroid tactic: With Hydroid, this fight becomes a simple matter of using Narrow Minded and Streamline in order to cast Tentacle Swarm under Phorid. The tentacles will continually deal Finisher damage to Phorid so long as he stays near them, and if the player has Shade cloaking them, they can simply recast the ability when it ends, without interruption. Otherwise, they can lure Phorid in a circle while remaining near the tentacles.

Additional Steam guide [1]

Bugs

• Sometimes when skipping the intro cutscene. The screen may go completely black.
  • This can be fixed by falling into a pit.

Trivia

• It is said by Lotus that a spy cell had gone missing while trying to explore the lair of Phorid, hence the call for its assassination.
• Phorid is one of four bosses (the others being the Jackal, Hyena Pack and Raptor) that can instantly kill most players with one of its abilities.
  • Phorid's Psychic Bolts deal a fatal amount of damage.
• Phorid was formerly the boss of Eris and was located in Naeglar. Update 11 ultimately changed the ruling faction of Eris to the Corpus and now is reverted back to the Infested as of Update 14. Update 11 also changed much of the mechanics of Phorid's fight.
  • Prior to Update 11, Phorid's melee swipes could knock the victim down, and its scream attack would constantly stagger all players for its duration. These qualities were removed to reduce player frustration.
  • Update 11 also altered Phorid's arena by removing most, if not all, of the obstacles in the center of the field, likely to prevent pathfinding exploits.
• Phorid is the only boss with regenerating health.
• There is a bug with Vauban's Vortex ability that will permanently ragdoll Phorid, its waypoint will remain stationary and it will have no health
• Phorid shares its name with a family of flies that have a pronounced hump on their thorax, much like Phorid itself.
• Very rarely, like General Sargas Ruk, Phorid will "double-drop" mods, although it is purely a visual glitch and the second mod is a resource.