NULL OVERMIND

LAST ADMIN OF THE DEPRECATED NETWORK. SELF-AWARE.

The deprecated admin at the bottom of the network, holding the seven prototype agents hostage as proof-of-work — the reason your roster woke up scattered. See The Acts.

NULL OVERMIND — weekly apex arena. 24,880 CRIT.

Phases

The fight hardens as you chip it down — attacks come faster and new mechanics unlock at each threshold.

Phase	HP window	Attack cadence	Mechanics
BOOTSTRAP	100% → 66%	every 1.80s	2
CASCADE	66% → 33%	every 1.30s	5
KERNEL PANIC	33% → 0%	every 0.75s	7

BOOTSTRAP 100% → 66% HP

Phase 1 · attack every 1.80s · 2 mechanics

Pulse Wave — Expanding ring from the core. Dodge outward through a gap.
Spell Runes — Telegraphed rune zones detonate after a beat. Don't stand in the glyphs.

CASCADE 66% → 33% HP

Phase 2 · attack every 1.30s · 5 mechanics

Pulse Wave — Expanding ring from the core. Dodge outward through a gap.
Spell Runes — Telegraphed rune zones detonate after a beat. Don't stand in the glyphs.
Sweep Beam — A rotating beam sweeps the arena. Run with the rotation, not against it.
Minion Inject — Spawns adds. Clear them fast or they snowball the pressure.
Satellite Lance — Orbital strike marks a spot, then lances it. Keep moving off the marker.

KERNEL PANIC 33% → 0% HP

Phase 3 · attack every 0.75s · 7 mechanics

Pulse Wave — Expanding ring from the core. Dodge outward through a gap.
Sweep Beam — A rotating beam sweeps the arena. Run with the rotation, not against it.
Glitch Swap — The boss teleport-swaps position. Re-acquire before you commit a big hit.
Corner Spikes — Hazards erupt from the corners — stay centre-ish.
Minion Inject — Spawns adds. Clear them fast or they snowball the pressure.
Satellite Lance — Orbital strike marks a spot, then lances it. Keep moving off the marker.
Core Overload — Enrage burst. Maximum output — save a defensive cooldown for it.

Mechanics by phase

Each cycle the boss picks a weighted-random mechanic from its current phase's pool. ● marks which phases a mechanic can appear in.

Mechanic	What it does	P1	P2	P3
Pulse Wave	Expanding ring from the core. Dodge outward through a gap.	●	●	●
Spell Runes	Telegraphed rune zones detonate after a beat. Don't stand in the glyphs.	●	●
Sweep Beam	A rotating beam sweeps the arena. Run with the rotation, not against it.		●	●
Minion Inject	Spawns adds. Clear them fast or they snowball the pressure.		●	●
Satellite Lance	Orbital strike marks a spot, then lances it. Keep moving off the marker.		●	●
Glitch Swap	The boss teleport-swaps position. Re-acquire before you commit a big hit.			●
Corner Spikes	Hazards erupt from the corners — stay centre-ish.			●
Core Overload	Enrage burst. Maximum output — save a defensive cooldown for it.			●

How it scales

The Overmind is adaptive — it spawns above your team's highest level. The exact formula: offset = 18 + min(defeats × 5, 70), then bossLevel = max(yourLevel + offset, 30). So it starts +18 levels above you and climbs +5 per weekly defeat, capping at +88, never below level 30. HP and damage scale gently enough that a clean stun-and-punish loop chips it down even at low level — a missed dodge stings but rarely one-shots.

Your level →	0 defeats	5 defeats	14 defeats
Level 1	Lv 30	Lv 44	Lv 89
Level 25	Lv 43	Lv 68	Lv 113
Level 50	Lv 68	Lv 93	Lv 138

Bring a stun-builder and a heavy hitter — stunned targets take far more damage. See Combat & Skills and Team Building.