30XX:Lil' Hoot

Lil' Hoot
Whirling death fueled by your Powers!
Statistics
Type	Repro
Shop Cost	35 Nuts
Salvage	2 Scrapbits
Effects
4 Damage (5 hits)

Lil' Hoot is a Repro-type augment. When obtained, it trails behind the user, sleeping. When the user spends energy by using a Power or Technique, Lil' Hoot will wake up. When an enemy is nearby and Lil' Hoot is awake, a miniature Rending Whirl tornado will be fired on top of the enemy, and Lil' Hoot will go back to sleep. By default, this tornado deals 4 damage up to 5 times to each enemy in its range.

Picking up more than one Lil' Hoot will raise its level by 1, increasing the base damage dealt per hit by 2. With the Zookeeper's Set Bonus active, Lil' Hoot will fire tornadoes even when asleep, at the rate of 1 per second.

Interactions and Synergies

• With the full Zookeeper's Set, Lil' Hoot fires at a set speed which is not affected by repro attack speed boosts like Zookeeper's Zeal.
• Besides the damage boost from additional levels or copies and that of Zookeeper's Sigil, Lil' Hoot does not benefit from damage buffs.

Trivia

• Lil' Hoot's appearance appears to be based on Hoot Omega, the boss of Highvault. Interestingly, the original name for the miniboss of Highvault was Lil' Hoot, before it was changed.

Bugs

• As the projectile fired by Lil' Hoot is a copy of Rending Whirl, any fusions that Nina currently has that affect Rending Whirl will also affect Lil' Hoot.
• If Lil' Hoot is facing left when asleep, the Zs above its head will be reversed.

History

• Release 1.2.0: Appears less often?
• Early Access 0.40.0: Increased shop cost to 35. Previously, it cost 30 nuts.
• Early Access 0.36.0: Damage reduced by 60%.
• Early Access 0.24.0: Released.