Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary
"…Watch out. The Wolf is the sole reason for the Red Hood to exist, in a way."
- Gebura
Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary is an Abnormality support unit, and the first Abnormality Battle of the Floor of Language.
Having her deal the final blow to the Wolf in her Nightmares or suppressing both of the abnormalities will make Gebura's Floor level up to Level 2 and provide its 3 Abnormality Pages: Prey, Vengeance and Crimson Scar.
Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary's stage consists of a forest landscape, with bare trees in the background. The sky seems to have thick clouds and a bright blue crescent moon in the background, but the background turns a bright crimson color as her Rage Meter increases.
Little Red's appearance is of a dark figure with black clothes and a red hood. She wears a mask resembling a fanged mouth that covers half of her face. Only a single yellow eye can be seen on her face. She has several scars and bandages on her body. She wields shotgun-like pistols and a scythe-like ax. On the other side of the stage is the Wolf in her Nightmares, resembling a big wolf. It has black fur, blue eyes and a sharp jagged tail. Little Red has 200 
HP and 400 
Stagger while the Wolf has 500 HP and 100 Stagger. Little Red has 2 
Speed Dice of 4~6 and starts with 3 
Light. The Wolf starts with 3 Speed Dice of 2~5 and starts with 5 Light.
Little Red uses a deck consisting of 5 Combat cards. The Wolf uses a deck consisting of 4 Combat cards. With a grand total of 9 Abnormality exclusive cards.
Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary has 5 Passive Abilities:
Speed I: Speed Dice Slot +1- End of the Nightmare: "The battle is won if the Mercenary finishes off the Wolf; the battle is lost if the Mercenary dies before the Wolf does."
- No Hesitation: "Uses 'Strike Without Hesitation' every 2-3 Scenes, targeting all characters."
- Rage: "When the Rage meter is filled, enters a state of rage. The Rage meter rises upon taking damage from the Wolf, and decreases upon dealing damage to the Wolf. The screen becomes redder as the Rage meter fills. Rage: Lasts 2 Scenes. Gain +2
Strength each Scene, and use mass attack pages" - Fury with No Outlet: "If a librarian lands a killing blow on the Wolf, the Abnormality enters an 'Fury with No Outlet' state, and gains additional Max HP and Stagger Resist. Afterwards, recover 50% of Max HP and fully recover Stagger Resist. Fury with No Outlet: Permanently persists. Gain +5 Strength and
Haste each Scene, and use mass attack pages"
Wolf in her Nightmares has 3 Passive Abilities:
- Speed II: Speed Dice Slot +2
- Roaring Wolf: "Uses 'Howl' every 3~4 Scenes, targeting all characters."
- Howling Nightmare: "When HP falls to 50% or lower, gain a Speed Dice and use Howl every Scene."
Behavior and Decks
Little Red's deck includes many pages that deal debuffs and 
Stagger damage to the Wolf, while the Wolf is trying to anger and 
Bleed Little Red.
After 2-3 Scenes, Little Red will use her 
Mass-Summation Attack page, Strike Without Hesitation on all Allies and the Wolf. As a Mass Attack, it targets a random 
speed die on each target and will take effect immediately at the beginning of the combat phase. To block the attack, each target must play a Combat Page in the targeted die, whose dice rolls sum equal or higher than the Mass Attack's die roll (this Combat Page does not need to target the Mass Attack's Speed die). Each enemy or ally hit by the attack will give Little Red +1 Strength.
After 1-2 scenes since Little Red used her Mass Attack page, the Wolf will use his Mass-Summation Attack page, Howl, targeting all Librarians and Little Red.
Every time the Wolf in Her Nightmares deals damage to Little Red, it will increase her rage meter by 15%, while a hit from Howl raises it by 30%. Every time Little Red deals damage to the Wolf, it will decrease the Rage meter by -10%. The current Rage is indicated by a red tint extending from left to right across the screen. Once it reaches 100%, she will gain 2 Strength and use the Mass Attack page Bullet Shower. This effect lasts for 2 scenes and should reset the Rage Meter back to 0% afterward. Unlike the other two Mass Attacks, Bullet Shower is a Mass-Individual attack; the attack page played by each target must block all three 
attack dice to fully negate the damage.
When the Wolf drops under 50% 
HP, his Howling Nightmare passive activates; he gains one Speed Die and uses Howl every turn.
If Little Red is not allowed to finish the Wolf herself, Little Red will enter a Berserk Mode, "Fury with No Outlet." This effect doubles her Max HP (300), decreases her Stagger multiplier (0.25), and she will only use Mass Attack Pages in her first slot (Strike Without Hesitation and Bullet Shower) and gain 5 Strength and Haste every scene. This effect is permanent and will not be removed.
| Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary's Deck (5 Cards) |
|---|
| 3x Catch Breath Range:  Melee - Cost: 0 Lights
Dice: - 4~8 On Clash Win, All dice on this page gain +2 Power - 3~7 On Clash Win, Recover 6 - 3~7 On Clash Win, Recover 6 |
| 3x Beast Hunt Range: Melee - Cost: 0 Lights
Dice: - 2~9 - 5~10 On Clash Win, Inflict 5 |
| 2x Hollow-point Shell Range:  Range - Cost: 0 Lights
Dice: - 4~8 On Clash Win, Inflict 3 |
| Strike Without Hesitation Range: Melee - Cost: 2 Lights
Dice: - 4~8 On Hit, Gain 1 |
| Bullet Shower Range: Melee - Cost: 1 Lights
Dice: - 2~6 - 2~6 - 2~6 |
| Wolf in her Nightmares's Deck (4 Cards) |
|---|
| 3x Cruel Claws Range: Melee - Cost: 0 Lights
Dice: - 3~8 - 3~7 On Hit, Inflict 3 - 3~6 - 4~8 On Clash Win, Gain 1 |
| 3x Ferocious Fangs Range: Melee - Cost: 0 Lights
Dice: - 5~9 - 3~6 On Hit, Recover 10 - 4~8 On Clash Win, Gain 1 |
| 2x Bloodstained Hunt Range: Melee - Cost: 0 Lights
- 4~8 On Hit, Inflict 3 - 4~8 On Hit, Inflict 3 - 4~8 On Hit, Inflict 3 |
| Howl Range: Melee - Cost: 3 Lights
Greatly increase the Mercenary's Rage meter if it hits the Mercenary Dice: - 7~11 On Hit, Deal 5 |
Strategy
One[1] 'game plan' is to focus on debuffing the Wolf with conditions like 
Paralysis, 
Feeble and 
Disarm so that Red can win clashes. Librarians should generally only force a clash with the Wolf on speed dice that would otherwise result in one-sided attacks, or to mitigate damage if Red is low on health.
- Beast Hunt inflicts 5 Disarm, crippling the Wolf's
defensive and 
counter dice and allowing librarians to launch effective one-sided attacks. - Hollow-point Shell is a major source of Stagger damage on the Wolf and further inflicts
Fragile, but is likely to lose clashes unassisted. - Mass attacks: Librarians with
Slash resistance (or that can simply afford to take the damage) should let Strike Without Hesitation hit them to give Red the Strength boost. Howl causes unpleasant amounts of HP and even more Stagger damage and should be blocked.
- Avoid letting Red go into a rage if at all possible; the friendly fire from Bullet Shower is highly troublesome to block and can rapidly stagger or kill librarians.
Flavour Text
| Screen |
Normal:
Rage
Fury with No Outlet
|
| Librarians |
| Gebura Combat Entrance
On Kill
Assistants:
On Kill
|
Trivia
- Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary appeared in the prequel game, Lobotomy Corporation, as a WAW Abnormality, with a similar appearance.
Gallery
Little Red background
Little Red background (after rage meter is full)
Default battle formation
Little Red Sprite Sheet
Wolf in her Nightmares Sprite Sheet
Combat Sprites
Little Red
Default
Moving
Attack
Ranged Attack
Evade
Using Mass-Attack 'Strike Without Hesitation'
Using Mass-Attack 'Bullet Shower'
Damaged
Wolf in her Nightmares
Default
Moving
Attack 1 'Claw'
Attack 2 'Bite'
Block
Using Mass-Attack
Damaged
Attack VFX
'Hollow-point Shell' VFX
'Strike Without Hesitation' VFX
Bullet Shower VFX
Wolf Slash VFX
Wolf Pierce VFX
References
- ↑ "Red Riding Hooded Mercenary Help?" — r/libraryofruina, Reddit.