Mushroom Shaman

What it does

It stays behind the pack (follows the second-closest enemy and holds at a 650 px standoff). Every 3 s it pulses a green spore ring (radius 160 px) that heals allies for 4 HP each. There's a 0.6 s telegraph of the staff glowing and mushroom caps puffing. It never heals itself or bosses by more than 1%/pulse. With no allies alive it walks to the wall.

How to beat Mushroom Shaman

Focus it with Balcony Archers (priority), Ranger (skirmishers target support first), Knight charges, and Pyromancer (spores are flammable, dealing +25%, proposed).

Best counters: Pyromancer, Knight and Ranger.

Also works: Balcony Archers, Crossbow Tower, Keep Catapult, Stormcaller and Paladin.

Not great against it: Boiling Oil.

• It wears no armor, so plain arrows do full damage.
• It helps the other baddies, so take it out first.

Mushroom Shaman in the campaign

On Normal you'll face about 24 Mushroom Shamans over 14 days, spread across 16 waves. The biggest crowd comes on Day 8, with 3 of them. Harder difficulty levels send more of them, with more health; Easy sends fewer.

What it looks like

A hunched little goblin wearing a giant red-with-white-spots mushroom cap as a hat, with a staff topped by a glowing puffball, a leaf poncho, and glowing firefly bugs orbiting. It glows through fog. Gag: each heal pulse makes it sneeze spores. Big pulses blow the hat up like a parachute.

The elite version

Its pulse also gives allies a 10 HP spore shield for 3 s.

Similar enemies

• Old Mother Hollowbark
• Bone Caller
• Bat Swarm
• Battering Ram

See every foe in the enemy almanac, or read the Day 8 walkthrough.