King of Plague

The King of Plague is the eleventh Court boss in Hand of Fate, as well as a Monster Card which can be encountered normally after his defeat.

Lore

 * Only the most savage and cunning of the ratmen rise to kinghood among their rank.

King of Plague Court

 * Encounter deck size:
 * Encounter Cards added:
 * Equipment deck size:
 * Maximum stair count:

Curses

 * Wrath of Food: In combat, on every counter-attack the player inflicts double damage and loses 1 food. No bonus or penalty on 0 food.
 * Time Distortion: In combat, everybody moves 20% faster and receives +50% damage from all sources.

Challenges

 * 4 x Injury
 * 5 x A Winding Trail

Token unlocks

 * 2 Encounter Cards
 * King of Scales
 * Secret Society


 * 2 Equipment Cards
 * Folded Steel
 * Soldier's Furore

Strategy
The King of Plague requires slightly different tactics from other Court members. Staying close to him is the best option, and just rain blows on him while tanking the damage he gives you. His attacks are harder to dodge anyway so there's no point in wasting health running around getting hit.

The King of Plague cycles two attacks. First he teleport above the player, if you are below him you will automatically be hit and take damage. Then If you are far away, he has a shadow strike.He will cloak himself in shadows, vanish, and then three shadows of him will appear where you are and attack. This attack seems to track you fairly well, and just touching the shadow Kings hurt you, so is very hard and requires you run through the gap between two of his shadows. In between both of these attacks the King of Plagues will make unblockable melee attack combos depending on how close the player is to the King, and how often the player is attacking the King.