Rate that Reaver!: Puurian

[Buster Cannon]

Name: Puurian HP: 65 (B) 128 (A) 255 (S) Location: Manda Ruins

Overview

(Wow, it's been a good few months since the last one. 0_0)

Welcome to the latest installment of Rate that Reaver! This article covers one of the crankiest reaverbots around, Puurian!

Puurian's certainly an oddity when it comes to reaverbot designs. They seem to be modeled after a Venus Flytrap in form, but functionally this thing is a different beast entirely. When first encountered in the grassy Manda Ruins, they do nothing but move their heads occasionally. During this state, they are invulnerable to all non-piercing weapons, and are completely harmless. However, after activating the central control panel near the entrance of the ruins, Puurian's behavior changes. They now spit little orange shots at any nearby intruder, at the cost of being vulnerable when doing so. The shots come in short bursts as opposed to a steady stream.

It's interesting to note that Puurian reverts to its tame state after beating Galgalfummi. The same goes for all of the other ruin traps (bug-zapper, etc.) and upgraded enemies.

Dealing With It

Puurian can be annoying if you linger around, but to be honest a quick dash through its respective hallway should leave you relatively unscathed, save for the really annoying Frongel pair before the small ledge. They Puurian themselves don't do a lot of damage, but the fact that you've got said Frongel playing goalie can be irritating.

As for taking them out, it's best done from long range. Getting in buster shots when the mouth is open is often more trouble than it's worth. Piercing weapons like the Buster Cannon and Homing Missile can take Puurian out while it's dormant, which is a plus. Considering the fact that the zenny/health drop is decent, taking them out in this way isn't a bad decision at all.

Coming In For A Landing

Overall, I thought Puurian was an interesting design that probably could've been used a few more times. Granted, the Venus Flytrap design works great for the jungle, but the design is robotically ambiguous enough that it could have been placed in a few more locations. I didn't find Puurian to be too challenging on it's own, though it holds some potential when paired with other reavers. It would have been kinda cool if they stayed active for more than one part of the game, but oh well.

That said, Puurian's one of the more interesting designs; it keeps the 'jungle motif' while not giving the appearance of trying to hard to "blend in", so to speak. I'd have to give Puurian a 5.5/10.

EDIT: Revised to a 5.5.

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[Mikéy]

Holy crap, A RTR sighting! Mark your calendars!

Definitely one of the most curious designs. They aren't worth the kill effort though, so I essentially give them a 4/10. They definitely should have been in more of the game.

[Deleted]

I found Puurian's design to be quite interesting.

They ain't worth killing though.

3.5/10

[player]

I didn't find them particularily special, though I agree on the fact they had an interesting and good design.

3/10.

[RyanLEO]

They made me kinda paranoid at first how they didn't do anything and you couldn't kill them. Plus I couldn't get past them sometimes.

4/10

[blayze16]

A little bit of good, a little bit of bad, but not really worth it for money gathering since you'd have to replace the vacuum arm for a piercing, or should I say, explosive weapon. And that they don't drop that much zenny.

P.S. All the green frogs in Manda Ruins are in a trance. Lift them up and throw them (not necessarily at another enemy) and they'll revert to their "chase after you by hopping madly" tactic. But I can see diffficulties in that when said Puurian are firing orange shots.

4/10

[Rockman Striker]

5/10 because of it's design, I never try to kill them (I though they were invincible) but what takes my attention of this reaverbot is that it's actually a plant, it grows from the walls and can't move from it's position, it's interesting in my opinion. This reaverbot is one of the key specimens of my reaverbot theory I'm researching, I'll probably let you know of it someday.

[Loken]

I thought the Puurian were pretty terrifying the first few times, but they are alot like Poh in that they are pointless after you figure them out. I don't usually waste time killing them since I only use zenny to buy stuff for Roll and the Flutter, and the reaver is easy to avoid in the first place.
I'll give it 4, because it looks cool.

[Sudo Iwaki X]

Another Reaverbot with potential, but several limitations from being one worthwhile.

5/10

[aguy]

So...explain to me how this, when penetration weapons hurt it, gets 6.5 and guruguru , who is annoying as all get out under water gets a 5.

At most, this little bug gets from me a 1.0/10