V2 ULTRAKILL

V2 was a Supreme Machine, making its debut in [ 1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE ] and appearing again for a rematch in [ 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL ]. It is the game's first unique boss enemy, with parallels to V1 in both appearance and abilities. V2 is teased shortly before its first fight, briefly glimpsed sliding through the manor after V1 places the first blue skull on one of the pedestals. When confronting V1, it bows before the fight begins, as if to signal honor and respect. In its second fight, V2 is seen sitting on a throne, as if to assert dominance over its rival. When V1 enters the room, V2 stands up and cracks its knuckles before the fight begins, as if to state that this fight is personal V2 is a Supreme Machine and the second machine in the "V" series, the first being V1. The player first encounters V2 as the boss of 1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE and the final boss of the Limbo layer, where they are first seen when the player places the first skull in the level and walks back to the door where they are seen sliding across the lower hallway for a moment. They are then finally revealed to the player after they place the 3 skulls and enters the arena, where V2 jumps out of a window to land on the floor near the water, then stands up and politely bows before the fight starts. V2 is almost identical to V1 in terms of appearance, having a humanoid form with an elongated, cylindrical head resembling a camera with a bright yellow lens. They also have eight wing-like protrusions, and the label "V2" is embossed on their left chestpiece. In contrast to V1, their entire body is red and they are armed with the Knuckleblaster Knuckleblaster instead of the Feedbacker Feedbacker. V2 acts as the first major roadblock, having a very similar moveset to you, just minus coins and a nailgun, its small size and unpredictability makes it a tough foe. After defeating V2, it gets back up and quickly dashes through the skylight, leaving its Knuckleblaster behind, which the player can pick up and equip V2 shares many of the player’s abilities, being able to slide, jump, dash, and use the Piercer Revolver Piercer Revolver and Core Eject Shotgun Core Eject Shotgun. V2 has four movement patterns which they switch between depending on their distance from the player. Each pattern is telegraphed by a unique vocalization and indicated by the color of their wings: Gold wings mean that V2 will pick a direction to run in until they collide with something, upon which they will pick a new direction Blue wings mean that V2 wants to circle-strafe around the player while slowly getting closer. Red wings mean that V2 wants to rush the player down, advancing aggressively and using slides to close distance. Once a certain minimum distance is reached, they will circle-strafe at close range until the player retreats or until they shift movement patterns again. This is the only movement pattern V2 uses when enraged Green wings mean that V2 wants to rapidly gain distance away from the player until the outer limit of their preferred range is reached, at the expense of greatly reducing their attack speed. Activates when the player stays close to V2 for too long, but does not trigger if the player is below 33 health Keeping a certain minimum distance from V2 for a prolonged period depletes their patience, indicated by the rising indicator gauge under their boss health bar. Once the gauge fills up, V2 becomes enraged, yielding the + Enraged style bonus. While enraged, V2 has a faster base movement speed than the player and aggressively advances. They cancel their slides earlier to chase more accurately, and their Piercer charge shots have no cooldown. Their rage wears off after remaining within their preferred range for long enough. V2's movement speed has several possible debuffs to make healing off their blood slightly easier: Ground movement is 10% slower if the player has 33 health or less on Violent difficulty or lower. Ground movement is 10% slower if the player is within 10 units of V2 on Standard difficulty or lower (stacks with above debuff). Jumps are shorter if the player is within 10 units on Standard difficulty or lower with an additional jump height debuff if the player has 33 health or less. Cannot slide at close range and cancels slide sooner if player has 50 health or less on Standard difficulty or lower. V2's ground and air movement speed is reduced while they are stuck with a Screwdriver Screwdriver drill. V2 prefers to use this attack at a distance from the player. They rapidly fire 3 consecutive revolver shots. Each shot deals 10 damage points. The shots can be parried although it is extremely difficult to do so. If the shots hit a coin they flash red for a second before attempting to hit the player. Shooting the coins while they are flashing red makes them target V2 again and give the + COUNTERRICOSHOT x [amount of coins] style bonus. V2 does not perform this attack while they are enraged V2 prefers to use this attack at a distance from the player. They charge up the alternate fire of the Piercer Revolver Piercer Revolver and shoot it at the player. This attack deals 30 damage points, can be parried, and can also interact with coins as the Revolver Burst does V2 prefers to use this attack at close range of the player. They fire twelve pellets from their shotgun that deal 25 damage. The pellets can be parried back to V2 During this attack, V2 fires their shotgun's core similarly to the player's Core Eject Shotgun Core Eject Shotgun. This attack deals 35 damage. The core cannot be parried but it can be sniped with a hitscan weapon, creating a red explosion When defeated, V2 falls down, get up and run towards the center of the arena to jump up into the fake Limbo sky, dropping the Knuckleblaster in the process. The player can then pick it up, opening up the level exit elevator V2 (2nd) is the second and final encounter V1 has with V2 as the boss of 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL, and the final boss of the Greed layer, in a rematch to end the rivalry between them and V1 and to reclaim their arm. V2's second fight is introduced by them slouching on a stonecarved throne in the middle of the arena, watching V1. As soon as V1 gets close, V2 gets up and cracks their knuckles. Four pillars around the room rise and the throne breaks as the fight begin In place of the Knuckleblaster Knuckleblaster, V2 now possesses the Whiplash. Although V2 does not use their new arm in the fight Marksman Revolver Marksman Revolver and the Overheat Nailgun Overheat Nailgun, making them a much more threatening enemy V2 can throw 3 Coin front.png Coins from the Marksman Revolver and proceed to use a variation of the Revolver Burst attack on them. The coins can be punched and shot by the player. When coins are shot they flash red for a second before attempting to hit the player. Shooting the coins while they are flashing red makes them target V2 again and give the + COUNTERRICOSHOT x [amount of coins] style bonus. If the player does not shoot the coins during the red flash period, the coins reflect an unparriable red hitscan that targets any active coins and does 15, 22, or 30 damage to the player depending on if the shot ricocheted from 1, 2, or 3 coins, with damage not increasing after 3 coins. V2 does not perform this attack while they are enraged V2 can fire a trail of NailOverheat.png Nails from the Overheat Nailgun Overheat Nailgun at the player. This attack is unparriable. Each nail deals 8 damage points and can be neutralised by an active Magnet. V2 does not use this attack if they have a Magnet attached to them V2 can fire a NailOverheat.png Nail Burst from the Overheat Nailgun Overheat Nailgun at the player. This attack is unparriable. Each nail deals 8 damage points and can be neutralised by an active Magnet. V2 does not use this attack if they have a Magnet attached to them During the second phase, V2 falls down, similarly to their first fight, and starts running towards the left wall of the arena. They break it and start sliding down the side of the pyramid. A message prompt reading “You're not getting away this time.” appears. When following V2, the player and them are forced into sliding positions and the fight continues as such until V2 is defeated When defeated, V2's wings shatter, causing them to lose their balance while sliding on the pyramid's side and land head-first onto a desert structure in front of the player, letting out a long scream abruptly interrupted by V2's crash, resulting in their demise. The Whiplash can be found in the puddle of blood left by V2, allowing the player to continue and finish the level V2 was a Supreme Machine, making its debut in [ 1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE ] and appearing again for a rematch in [ 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL ]. It is the game's first unique boss enemy, with parallels to V1 in both appearance and abilities V2 is teased shortly before its first fight, briefly glimpsed sliding through the manor after V1 places the first blue skull on one of the pedestals. When confronting V1, it bows before the fight begins, as if to signal honor and respect. In its second fight, V2 is seen sitting on a throne, as if to assert dominance over its rival. When V1 enters the room, V2 stands up and cracks its knuckles before the fight begins, as if to state that this fight is personal V2 was designed to attempt to recuperate the costs of V1's development when the establishment of the New Peace drained all demand for weapons of war. As such, V2 was marketed and designed for peacetime applications such as security, eschewing the V1's blood-absorptive plating for durable standardized plating. However, its complexity and cost made bulk purchases of simpler, specialized machines such as Drones preferable to purchasing a single V2. As a result, the revised model failed to gain traction and only one prototype was produced, being the one we see in game Somewhere around an exit out of the Limbo layer, V2 hoped to ambush V1 and get rid of competition. However, V2 could not keep up with V1 and lost the fight, but escaped, losing its left arm, the Knuckleblaster in the process. Now fuelled by disdain, V2 laboured to meet with V1 again, which it planned to be its last encounter with its predecessor (sure as hell was its last encounter). On its way, V2 scavenged parts of other machines and created the mobility tool Whiplash. The Whiplash allowed it to catch up to its adversary and eventually meet it in , where the robots fought. After being defeated, V2 attempted to escape, but V1 gave chase. The two machines fought while sliding down the side of the pyramid, and V1 eventually emerged victorious, sending its red antagonist plummeting off the side of the structure. The resulting stain of blood on the ground, erstwhile known as V2, left only the Whiplash for its predecessor V2 is the second prototype of the V model line, sharing an almost identical appearance to V1 but with a bold red color scheme, being a vaguely humanoid form with toe-less feet, a five-fingered right hand, and a geometric head resembling a security camera. "V2" is displayed on the chest portion of its chassis. Both models share wing-like adornments from their back glowing with yellow light, making the unit vaguely resemble an angel. In [ 1-4: CLAIR DE LUNE ], V2 will have the Knuckleblaster equipped as its left arm, while in [ 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL ], it has the Whiplash The Knuckleblaster has exaggerated exhaust pipes along the forearm close to the elbow and three thick grey claw-like fingers at its end. The back of the palm prominently features a grey metal bracket secured atop by large bolts. It has a mechanism in the forearm to load and fire shotgun shells out of two barrels where the knuckles would be in a regular hand. The Knuckleblaster's plating is colored a slightly different shade of red from the rest of V2's chassis, suggesting that it is the product of V2's own self-modification The Whiplash, on the other hand, is much more sleek and humanoid in its shape, with green paint and an internal mechanism to fire a grappling hook out of the palm. It's possible that its green plating was salvaged from a Sentry

TYPE: SUPREME MACHINE DATA: The V model was built for war, with V1 boasting a new kind of exterior plating that allowed refueling through contact with blood rather than through a separate blood refueling process. Due to its necessary thinness, it is far less durable, but the ability to fix itself and rebuild broken parts on the fly would outweigh the negatives on an active battlefield. However, during the prototyping phase, the New Peace was established and war became irrelevant. V1’s planned production was cancelled and an updated model, V2, was developed instead, using the standardized plating, since durability was far more important during times of peace when no bloodshed was necessary. Neither model ever reached mass production due to the end of wars completely draining any demand, so it’s likely only a single prototype build of each model remains in existence. STRATEGY:

• V2 is adept at controlling space and will take advantage of this to change the flow of battle to throw off its opponent. Stay too close and it will run away. Stay far away and it will come close.
• V2's high mobility makes it a tricky target to hit, and especially difficult to heal off of. When in need of blood and unable to catch up, it is instead recommended to stay away from it and let it come to you instead.
• V2 will switch weapons depending on the distance from its target, so if one of its weapons is difficult to avoid, a change in proximity will close it off.
• Knowledge of the synergies of one's own arsenal can allow one to turn V2's weapons against it.

After its defeat and escape, V2 dove deeper into Hell, killing other machines for their blood to help its recovery with the intent of taking revenge on V1 and recovering its original arm. After finding a temporary replacement from one of its victims, V2 used parts from other machines to transform the new placeholder arm into a mobility tool that would allow it to catch up to V1's fast descent into the deeper layers. In order to prepare for their second and final encounter, it researched the combat data from their previous battle to copy strategies and techniques from the older and more experienced V1 to give itself an upper hand. However, despite all its preparation, V2 lost again, and unable to escape this time, was brought to a swift and decisive end by its predecessor. STRATEGY:

• Although V2's coins may seem extremely dangerous at first, they are also an excellent opportunity for high damage if shot before V2 can.
• V2's nailgun can be circumvented or turned against itself via Magnets.
• Hitting V2 with its own arm will cause it to enrage instantly

V2 is almost on the same level as V1 in terms of maneuverability; it can dash, wall jump and slide just like V1, making it a difficult target to hit. In addition, in its first encounter it has a Piercer Revolver and Core Eject Shotgun of its own, and uses them to switch between close and long-range combat. If it happens to hit one of V1's Coins, the coin can ricochet the shot into V1. Thankfully, since V2 cannot directly absorb blood like V1 can, any damage dealt will remain until the boss fight restarts. V2 is almost on the same level as V1 in terms of maneuverability; it can dash, wall jump and slide just like V1, making it a difficult target to hit. In addition to still possessing its own Piercer Revolver and Core Eject Shotgun, it has learned from V1's arsenal during the first fight, and now has a Marksman Revolver and Overheat Nailgun. It will also now actively target V1's Coins, though fortunately this can be used against it.

Rematch in the pyramid of Greed with your mirrored self