Enemies, Bosses, and Elites
Risk of Rain 2 would have failed to live up to the expectations set by its predecessor if it didn’t feature a wide variety of unique enemies, elite modifiers, and hardy death-dealing bosses. In the game’s current state there are a grand total of 20 monsters currently in Risk of Rain 2 (12 regular enemies and 8 bosses), each of which behave in unique ways and present varying threats to the player.
There’s also the possibility of the game spawning “Elite” varieties of both Bosses and regular monsters. These Elite enemies have 4.7 times the Health of their standard counterparts, and deal twice the usual amount of damage. They come in three varieties:
- Blazing Elites are coloured red, leave behind a fire trail behind them that damages players that come into contact with it, and their attacks can ignite the player for 4 ticks of the Elite’s damage.
- Glacial Elites are coloured white, and their attacks significantly slow the player upon each hit. They will explode shortly after death, so make sure you are out of its range before that happens.
- Overloading Elites are coloured blue and have 50% of their Health converted into rapidly recharging Shields; and their attacks deal an electric explosion on each hit.
For full details on every enemy type’s stats and behaviours, check out our Risk of Rain 2 enemies guide. If you’re after information and strategies for each of the bosses, take a look at our Risk of Rain 2 bosses guide.