Ferryman

Ferrymen are Supreme Husks first encountered as a boss at the end of the mission. [ 5-2: WAVES OF THE STARLESS SEA ]. They appear in later levels of the campaign as normal enemies, and are also encountered as special enemies in later waves of the Cyber Grind The Ferryman is a skeletal humanoid figure with blue bones, and a small, white robe covering his torso. He wears gold, ring-like artifacts around his limbs, and on the top of his hood is a figure that resembles a crescent moon. He also wields a large white boat oar To initiate the boss encounter, V1 must destroy the Idol blessing the Ferryman. Upon the Idol's destruction, he will backflip right onto the deck, starting the fight. The Ferryman will relentlessly chase V1 on the deck of his ship. This fight has 2 phases: the first is fought on the deck, while the second is fought somewhere on the ship's roof. During the fight in [ 5-2: WAVES OF THE STARLESS SEA ] Ferryman will generate a translucent box around the ferry's deck and then, in the second phase, the roof, creating a closed arena for them and V1 to fight in. While V1 is moving, the Ferryman will sometimes combat roll around the arena. This mainly serves to catch the player off-guard and make them miss their attack. When his first HP bar is depleted, the Ferryman will run to the roof and will repeatedly attempt to strike V1 with lightning. These lightning strikes can easily be avoided by stepping away from the transparent white lines that indicate where the bolts are going to hit. The lightning bolts are an AoE attack, so it is recommended to keep a good distance away from the lines when they show up. A second Idol will also appear on the roof, blessing him. To reach the Idol, you must jump on the barrels in a corner of the arena, then until you reach the stairs, jump over the obstacle blocking them, and then walk up the stairs. The destruction of this Idol will initiate the Ferryman's second phase. The Ferryman has 8 attacks, and which he chooses to use largely depends on V1's movements. An overhead oar swing followed by a horizontal swipe. The first swing cannot be parried, while the second can. An upwards kick followed by a downward kick. The first kick cannot be parried, while the second can. A dash backward, followed by a large spinning oar strike that launches V1. This will only be used while V1 is approaching, and can be parried. The Ferryman will get on top of the oar before slamming it into the ground in front of them, creating an average-sized explosion. This will only be used while V1 is approaching, and can be parried. The explosion deals 35 damage but it's unlikely you'll get hit by it at full damage, as you'll either be hit by the 25 damage oar first, or the explosion will have experienced damage fall-off and only do 23. A distance-closing spinning oar strike. This will only be used if V1 is far away, and cannot be parried. A thrust with the oar directly forward. This will only be used if V1 is walking away, and can be parried. A jumping thrust with the oar directly upwards into the air. This will be the only attack used at close range if V1 is airborne, and cannot be parried. If the Ferryman has been unable to get at and attack V1 for multiple seconds, he will begin to summon lightning, indicated by a pillar of light. This will track V1 slowly before creating a large explosion, but the attack will be canceled if V1 is in range to attack again. This attack can be chargebacked, but will not yield the style bonus associated with the action. He can also perform the attack indoors, and the explosion is based on V1's vertical position, rather than on the ground. On Brutal, they can do this attack at any time. This is also used in the transition between phase 1 and phase 2 during the boss fight Out of all of the enemies and bosses in the game, the Ferryman has one of the most diverse moveset of 8 attacks, tying to Minos Prime's 8 attacks, and even beating Sisyphus Prime's moveset, only having 7 Attacks. Ferryman and Sentry's corpses as of now can't be destroyed by any means. However explosions can still fling them at long distances. In the 2021 Development Recap, V1 Is seen using the oar as a spoon. This may be a homage to a frequent in-joke in the ULTRAKILL community where the Ferryman wields a giant spoon, rather than an oar.[1] Install the mod "Ferryman with spoon" if you wan't da meme to be true Tossing a coin to the Ferryman will allow you to skip his fight, which completes 5-2's challenge. This is a reference to Ferrymen in myths, where departed souls have to pay ferrymen a coin for a ride to the afterlife, as seen when the Ferryman allows V1 to enter its own ship after paying. Upon inspecting The Ferryman's model under his cloth, he appears to lack a head despite the rest of his body being physically present. The Ferryman's lightning attack can be reflected using a coin, causing it to ricochet away. Causing the Ferryman to be hit by his lightning (generally by throwing two or more coins and breaking the idol after the lightning hits them) will grant the [ +ULTRARICOSHOT ] style bonus, but not the [+CHARGEBACK] style bonus. This is likely due to the Lightning and Malicious Railcannon sharing similar mechanics and therefore likely using recycled code from the other. If the lightning is redirected into a Core Eject Shotgun's core using a coin, it creates a larger, blue explosion, akin to the explosion created by hitting a shotgun core with a Malicious Railcannon's beam, but with higher damage. This further supports the former theory. If you can pull this off in the Cyber Grind and kill an enemy with it, PLEASE put a footnote to the video here. Bonus points if you kill the same Ferryman with it. The lightning attack is electric, meaning that should the redirected lightning strike an enemy who has nails stuck in it, the nails will explode similar to when being shot by the Electric Railcannon and giving the [ +CONDUCTOR ] style bonus. If trying to reflect the lightning a consistent method is to throw the coin right above his head and parry after he does the Oar Thrust-Swing combo. The Ferryman is a Supreme Husk introduced as a boss in 5-2: WAVES OF THE STARLESS SEA, and is the eighth Husk-class enemy that the player encounters in ULTRAKILL. Ferrymen are bright-blue skeletons whose upper bodies and heads are concealed under featureless white cloths. They are adorned with golden bracelets, anklets, necklaces and chipped halo-like ornaments on their heads; and they carry gilded ivory oars in their right hands, which are used as weapons. Ferrymen choose their attacks based on V1's movements, employing advancing attacks such as Lunge and Spinning Leap to close the distance when the player is fleeing and using defensive moves like Tornado Swing to trip up aggressive motions. They will react to any aerial movement with Uppercut, a fast, unparriable attack covering a huge swath of airspace, and will perform the persistently-tracking Lightning Cast to continue pressuring players who lay out of their reach entirely. Parrying a Ferryman will call down lightning directly on top of them, dealing 5 explosive damage to nearby enemies while leaving both the player and the Ferryman unaffected. Ferrymen move at a maximum speed of 32 units/s with an acceleration of 1000 units/s², and have a turn speed of 36000 degrees/s. The Ferryman will roll towards the player if they are fleeing and away from the player if they are aggressive with their attacks. The Ferryman will jump on their oar for a moment, then slam it down onto the player after a slight delay, causing a blue explosion. This attack deals 25 damage and can be parried. The Ferryman will lunge towards the player if they attempt to flee. This attack does 25 damage and can be parried. The Ferryman will backstep from the player if they are approaching and then dash towards them, spinning their oar around them. This attack does 25 damage and can be parried. The Ferryman will leap towards the player if they are fleeing while spinning their oar around them. This attack deals 25 damage and cannot be parried. The Ferryman will stand still for a split second and then dash kick twice towards the player. Each kick does 25 damage. The first kick is unparriable, while the second kick can be parried. The Ferryman will stand still for a split second, perform an overhead and then a swipe with their oar. Each hit does 25 damage. The overhead is unparriable while the swipe is parriable. The Ferryman will perform an uppercut when the player is airborne. This attack does 25 damage and cannot be parried. If the Ferryman is unable to reach the player, they will begin casting a tracking lightning strike, telegraphed by their oar glowing a bright blue and a pillar of light with a silhouette of a lightning bolt, similar to that of a Virtue Virtue. After a few seconds, it will summon a large lightning bolt that explodes on top of the player, dealing 35 damage. The attack will be canceled if the player returns to the ground, and the Ferryman will then chase after them. The lightning bolt can be chargebacked back into the Ferryman, which awards the + Ride the Lightning style bonus.

TYPE: SUPREME HUSK DATA: Ferrymen are rare husks whose powerful bodies, trained skills and blind faith have granted them the chance of becoming the transporters of souls between the layers of Hell. They have each been given a holy cloth by Heaven as a symbol of their devotion to God's order, which they wear over their bodies to hide the human form that they've grown to despise as a reminder of their sins in life stopping them from becoming angels, to the extent that they have torn off their own skin and flesh, leaving behind only bones. Due to the holy power emanating from the cloth, Ferrymen's skeletal bodies have slowly been colored bright and radiant, and their skulls have enough latent energy to open gates that otherwise stop Husks from exiting their places of torment. Each ferry can only have one Ferryman at a time, so when a new Ferryman is formed, it will fight another to the death in order to take their place and inherit their cloth. The loser's skull is taken as a trophy and used to grant the winner passage across the layers in order to transport the souls of the damned to their destinations. Ferrymen will often use the knowledge from their past life to improve their ferries, growing past the need for oars, which are now used by Ferrymen only as weapons. As the influx of souls has ended with the death of mankind, the Ferrymen have lost their purpose and now wander around aimlessly, hoping that the angels would grant them passage into Heaven, despite Gabriel being the only one who cares about their efforts. STRATEGY:

• Ferrymen choose their attacks based on their opponent's actions. When approached, they move to safety, and when retreated from, they'll apply pressure via attacks with greater reach.
• Despite its looks, their uppercut is quite dangerous and can be difficult to dodge. It's best not to stay in the air for too long.
• Some of their attacks are parryable and some are not. Pay attention to the color of their warning flash to learn which are which.
• Ferrymen may attempt to cross a retreating opponent up by rolling behind them before attacking. Keep track of their position and if they roll too often, try being more aggressive.

You've come onto the ship of the Ferryman. Pay with money or one of the two of you will die