The Boiler

The Boiler
Cog information
Department	Sellbots
Location	Sellbot Field Office
Attack information
Phases	Fired Up Defensive Strategy Meltdown
Number of attacks	4
Number of abilities	5
Weakest attack	Under Pressure
Strongest attack	Stamp of Disapproval
Lowest damage	25 (without Fired Up bonus)
Highest damage	90
Lineage
Preceded by Sellbots	Succeeded by Vice President

The Boiler is a boss Cog that oversees the Boiler Room in Sellbot Field Offices. Unlike other boss Cogs, The Boiler possesses several unique attacks and abilities, some of which appear as status effects. Depending on the star tier of a Sellbot Field Office, The Boiler has different amounts of health and varied difficulty. The Boiler can only be attacked by Throw, Squirt, and Sound gags.

Health

The Boiler's health is represented by a four-layered health bar at the top of the screen during the boss battle. A green bar is layered on top of a yellow bar, an orange bar, and a red bar. Once one bar is fully depleted by gags, the next bar appears.

There are no confirmations regarding The Boiler's health. However, by counting the amount of damage needed to defeat them, it was concluded that they have 4000 health in a one-star Sellbot Field Office, 4500 health in a two-star Sellbot Field Office, 5000 health in a three-star Sellbot Field Office, and 5500 health in a four-star Sellbot Field Office, respectively.

It was also observed that the four health bars are not evenly divided into quarters of The Boiler's health; the green bar accounts for 15% of their health, the yellow bar accounts for 20% of their health, the orange bar accounts for 35% of their health, and the red bar accounts for 30% of their health.

Phases

During the first two rounds of the boss battle, The Boiler is neutral and is accompanied by four Cogs during the second round before they then undergo offensive and defensive phases periodically, both of which last 3 rounds in all tiers of Sellbot Field Offices. In a four-star Sellbot Field Office, the boss battle begins with The Boiler being Fired Up and Cogs being present during the first round.

• Fired Up: The offensive phase where The Boiler's attacks deal increased damage. 20% of Damage Up is provided to Cogs the first time, which increases by 10% each time Fired Up begins. Gags deal increased damage against The Boiler.
• Defensive Strategy: The defensive phase where The Boiler retaliates if attacked and uses certain abilities that benefit the Cogs. Additional Cogs enter the battle and continue to do so until The Boiler reverts back to being Fired Up.
• Meltdown: Exclusive to a four-star Sellbot Field Office, The Boiler initiates the "last leg" phase once their health reaches the red bar where they become permanently Fired Up and use most of their attacks and abilities (excluding Stamp of Disapproval). Additional Cogs enter the battle and continue to do so until The Boiler is defeated.

Attacks and abilities

Attacks

• Under Pressure: The Boiler spawns a gear trap that appears in-between a targeted Toon and crushes them with a stomper. Additional damage applies when The Boiler is Fired Up and in Meltdown.
  • Under Pressure deals 25 (+13) damage in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Under Pressure deals 30 (+15) damage in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Under Pressure deals 35 (+18) damage in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Under Pressure deals 40 (+20) damage in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.
• Heated Discussion: The Boiler uses a fiery group attack. Additional damage applies when The Boiler is Fired Up and in Meltdown.
  • Heated Discussion deals 20 (+10) damage in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Heated Discussion deals 24 (+12) damage in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Heated Discussion deals 28 (+14) damage in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Heated Discussion deals 32 (+16) damage in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.
• Slow Burn: The Boiler inflicts Damage Over Time that causes Toons to automatically be damaged for 3 rounds. Additional damage applies when The Boiler is Fired Up.
  • Slow Burn deals 5 (+3) damage the first time it is used and Damage Over Time deals 10 damage in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Slow Burn deals 7 (+4) damage the first time it is used and Damage Over Time deals 14 damage in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Slow Burn deals 9 (+5) damage the first time it is used and Damage Over Time deals 18 damage in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Slow Burn deals 11 (+6) damage the first time it is used and Damage Over Time deals 22 damage in a four-star Sellbot Field Office. If The Boiler is in Meltdown, Damage Over Time automatically applies and increases by 3 damage every round, starting at 12 damage.
• Stamp of Disapproval: While undergoing Defensive Strategy, The Boiler retaliates by damaging Toons who attack them. The Boiler spawns a gear spring to make targeted Toons fly and crushes them with a massive stomper that applies a stamp as they fall down.
  • Stamp of Disapproval deals 50 damage in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Stamp of Disapproval deals 70 damage in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Stamp of Disapproval deals 80 damage in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Stamp of Disapproval deals 90 damage in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.

Abilities

• Promoted: While undergoing Defensive Strategy and in Meltdown, The Boiler spawns spotlights to promote undamaged Cogs and increase their level. Cogs can be promoted up to level 20.
  • Cogs are promoted by one level in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs are promoted by two levels in two-star and three-star Sellbot Field Offices.
  • Cogs are promoted by three levels in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.
• Pay Raise: While undergoing Defensive Strategy and in Meltdown, The Boiler spawns a set of coins underneath targeted Cogs to provide Repair Over Time, allowing them to heal for 3 rounds.
  • Cogs receive +60 repair in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs receive +80 repair in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs receive +100 repair in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs receive +125 repair in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.
• Market Research: While undergoing Defensive Strategy and in Meltdown, The Boiler presents a large chart that displays data on stolen jokes in order to provide Defense Up and Accuracy Up for Cogs, allowing them to take less damage from gags and make their attacks more likely to hit for a certain number of rounds.
  • Cogs receive 10% of Defense Up and 20% of Accuracy Up, which last 3 rounds and 2 rounds respectively, in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs receive 15% of Defense Up and 20% of Accuracy Up, which last 3 rounds and 3 rounds respectively, in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs receive 20% of Defense Up and 20% of Accuracy Up, which last 3 rounds and 4 rounds respectively, in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Cogs receive 25% of Defense Up and 20% of Accuracy Up, which last 4 rounds and 6 rounds respectively, in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.
• Retention Plan: While undergoing Defensive Strategy and in Meltdown, The Boiler uses their eyes to remove the Lure effect from lured Cogs, which has a low chance of missing and can allow the Cogs to attack during the same round.
• Quality Control: The Boiler inflicts Gag Ordinance and swallows all gags of a specific track, preventing Toons from using such gags for a certain number of rounds. Gag Ordinance can stack and eliminate more than one track.
  • Gag Ordinance lasts 1 round in a one-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Gag Ordinance lasts 2 rounds in a two-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Gag Ordinance lasts 3 rounds in a three-star Sellbot Field Office.
  • Gag Ordinance lasts 4 rounds in a four-star Sellbot Field Office.

Sound effects

Intro cutscene
Neutral idle
Hit by Throw
Neutral/defense attack
Neutral/defense into offense
Offense idle
Offense attack
Offense into defense
Defense idle
Retention Plan
Death

Trivia

• Although gags used against The Boiler retain perfect accuracy, Cogs can still dodge them as with every other gag they normally deal with.
• When battling The Boiler, the battle timer is 40 seconds instead of the standard 30 seconds for all other battles.