Heresiarch

The Heresiarch is a boss enemy from Hexen. The Heresiarch is incredibly difficult, even more so than Korax himself. It is found at the end of two hubs: Heresiarch's Seminary and the Castle of Grief.

The Heresiarch is incredibly difficult for a reason. At all times, it has three cubes hovering over its head in a circular pattern. When the Heresiarch prepares to cast a spell, the cubes rotate faster. Even if the player were to hurt the Heresiarch, the spell does not stop, unless the Heresiarch tries to use another spell.

The Heresiarch can cast spells that can do the following:


 * Cast a barrier that makes itself invincible and deflects projectiles.
 * Shoot a set of many fireballs in a waving pattern.
 * Summon two skulls that bounce along the floor and home in on the target.
 * When its health is low, it can summon Dark Bishops.

For players using Baratus (the Fighter) or Daedolon (the Mage), the Heresiarch can be hard to kill. However, players using Parias (the Cleric) can kill the Heresiarch easily with large numbers of gas clouds (using Flechettes). The gas clouds hurt the Heresiarch even when it has its barrier up.

When the Heresiarch dies, the cubes that were circling around its head will fall to the floor and bounce several of times. The explosion radius for these cubes is much larger than is apparent from the sprites.