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To fight this Abnormality, you must obtain the book of Sweepers and the book of a Index Proselyte.
"There can never be enough drones! There’s no end to our labor." - Queen Bee
Queen Bee is an Abnormality Enemy, being the fourth Abnormality Battle on the Floor of History. Defeating Queen Bee will make Malkuth's Floor level up to Level 5 and provide its 3 Abnormality Pages: Spores, Worker Bee, and Loyalty.
Queen Bee's stage is composed of a large yellow room with honeycomb structures in the background. Both the walls and the floor are covered in a honeycomb pattern.
Queen Bee is an enemy with the appearance of a large, heavily mutated bumblebee. Her body is yellow with black stripes, and is segmented into tiers of red dismembered flesh. She has one large blue iris, a pair of bent antennae, and a pair of torn bee wings. Her head itself is severely mutilated, with each 'slice' being rimmed with small pointed teeth. She has 270 HP and 60 Stagger. She has 2 Speed Dice of 2~5 and starts at 4 Light.
Worker Bee is an enemy that resembles a large wasp with long legs, tattered wings, a small head and thorax, and a large abdomen. It lacks eyes, but has thick teeth protruding from its mouth and a pair of bent antennae pointing downwards. It possesses 6 legs in its abdomen and a pair of small arms in its thorax. At the end of the abdomen, it has what appear to be intestines in place of a stinger. Four Worker Bees accompany the Queen Bee. Each has 60 HP and 40 Stagger. They have 1 Speed Dice of 2~5 and start at 4 Light.
Queen Bee uses a Deck with 3 Abnormality Exclusive Combat Pages. It has 4 Passive Abilities:
Spores: If the character was attacked, inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene. on all librarians next Scene.
Pronatalism: If there are 2 or fewer Worker Bees alive at the start of the Scene, inflict 2 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene. on all librarians.
Metamorphosis: If a librarian dies while under the influence of SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene., spawn a Worker Bee next Scene.
Pheromones: Uses pages that boost the aggression and loyalty of Worker Bees every 3 Scenes.
The Worker Bees use Decks with 5 Abnormality Exclusive Combat Pages. They have 2 Passive Abilities:
Loyalty: Target the last foe that attacked the Queen Bee in the previous Scene.
Balling Embrace of Death: If the Queen Bee's HP falls to 20% or below, attacks her.
Behavior and Decks
Queen Bee and the Worker Bees' decks revolve around inflicting SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene., dealing a large amount of residual damage. Queen Bee only uses Block dice and endures all damage types. Every 3 Scenes, she uses both Boost Aggression and Boost Loyalty to try to buff the Worker Bees. During this Scene, all of Queen Bee's Stagger Damage resistances change to "Fatal". The stage also becomes filled by a dense fog of spores.
The Worker Bees can deal bonus damage equal to the target's SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene. stacks and also recover Queen Bee's HP. When Queen Bee's HP falls to 20% or below, all Worker Bees will target her and gain access to Embrace of Death. Killing all the Worker Bees is not required to win the fight, as the battle ends once Queen Bee is dead.
If the character doesn't get staggered, give 5 StrengthStrength X Offensive dice gain +X Power for the Scene. and HasteHaste X Boost all Speed values by X for the Scene. to all allies next Scene
- 2~4 Block On Clash Win, Inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
- 2~4 Block On Clash Win, Inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
- 2~4 Block On Clash Win, Inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
If the character doesn't get staggered, give 5 EnduranceEndurance X Defensive dice gain +X Power for the Scene. to all allies next Scene
- 2~4 Block On Clash Win, Inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
- 2~4 Block On Clash Win, Inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
- 2~4 Block On Clash Win, Inflict 1 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
- 3~8 Pierce On Hit, Inflict 3 SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene.
- 3~8 Pierce On Hit, Deal bonus damage equal to target's SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene. stacks
- 3~8 Pierce On Hit, Deal bonus damage equal to target's SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene. stacks
- 3~8 Pierce On Hit, Deal bonus damage equal to target's SporesSpores X At the start of the Scene, take X damage and halve the stack. (Rounded down) Take X damage every time the character rolls an Offensive die. If the character dies with this ailment, a Worker Bee is spawned next Scene. stacks
"It seems she wants more and more drones to work for her."
"If those teeth and that jaw crushed me…"
"What do you mean by ‘spores’, Miss Malkuth?"
On Kill
"Sorry about ruining your kingdom… It was a do or die situation."
"Sorry, didn’t really feel like becoming a busy bee…"
"…My neck feels kinda itchy."
Trivia
Queen Bee appeared in the prequel game, Lobotomy Corporation, as a WAW Abnormality, with a similar appearance. Queen Bee in Library of Ruina is however noticeably wider.
The Worker Bees appeared in Lobotomy Corporation as HE enemies, with a similar appearance.
The Worker Bees attacking the Queen Bee when she is at 20% HP or below is similar to how worker bees in real life kill an unsuitable queen by "balling" her.