| “ | "What tasty-looking eyeballs! Make a meal of the beasties!" | ” |
| — First Cyclops encountered, Traverse the Field of Giants! |
Cyclops are a type of mini-boss in Patapon 3. Most Cyclopes encountered are supported by Bonedeth. They wear helmets and wield large clubs.
There is a stronger version of the cyclops, the Mutant Cyclops. It is blue-coloured, wearing a purple-horned helmet and wielding a larger purple-coloured club. It also have square patterns on their body, instead of the normal cyclops' circle patterns. This version is much stronger than its cousin and its attacks can deal a fatal amount of damage, should you be unprepared in battle. It is taller than the normal cyclops, and first appears in Hunt the Cyclops: Part Deux. Once you have defeated a Cyclops, it can either drop Ka-ching or treasure chests, the rarity of these chest vary from level 1 wooden chests to level 25 jeweled chests.
Attacks[]
Rock Throw[]
A cyclops about to throw a rock.
It will kneel down and reach to the ground. After after about one measure (normal wind-up time), it will throw a rock at the Patapons. This will cause moderate damage, but causes high stagger and sometimes knockback. Ranged units should try to dodge it. PonPata will avoid this, although sometimes, if you are very close, it is better to keep attacking up close and the rock will miss. Sometimes, he throws treasure chests, and in extremely rare cases, a Jeweled Chest. A Mutant Cyclops will throw a spiked rock instead of a regular rock, which deals higher damage. Patapons can use low-ceilinged areas in dungeons to your advantage when dealing with Cyclops, because the rock will break if hitting it, shielding the Patapons.
Slam[]
The cyclops will hold the club over his shoulder and tap its foot, and after a one measure wind-up, it will slam its club down at the Patapons. PonPata will avoid this, unless there is a slower unit right in front of the cyclops. This attack causes knockback and stagger and Mutants can deal critical hits. Sometimes it will act like he is winding up for the attack, but it will bend forward twice, and taunt the Patapons.
Multi Slam[]
Same as Slam except it slams you multiple times. PonPata will also avoid this, although some Cyclops will slam enough times that it is still slamming by the time the PonPata Song is finished. ChakaPata may help too if the Cyclops does not charge to your Uberhero. The Mutant Cyclops is able to do this more times as they are faster and stronger.
Tip: If the Cyclops is taunting at you, and is prepared to do a melee attack, It is most likely to be a Multi Slam.
Running slam[]
It looks like it is going to use a normal slam attack, but runs forward, gathering the Patapon troops and then uses a slam and sometimes multislam attack. A better way to recognize the Running Slam is if it is winding up the normal slam but from farther away. Ponpata should avoid this.
Trivia[]
- After slamming when staring at the Patapons through its helmet, if a cyclops is hit from a stagger attack, it won't stagger until finishing the looking animation.
- Players can get more than one Treasure Chest from a Cyclops, same with a Gargoyle. The first treasure chest is obtained by taking the treasure chest that was thrown by the Cyclops.
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