Pricklepuff

The Pricklepuff is an aquatic enemy in. The front of their face will protrude spikes which they use to stab threats, like a. As they are typically in fully submerged water, attacking them with the stab-immune Rock Pikmin is not always possible, needing Blue Pikmin to defeat them with extra caution.

Behavior
The Pricklepuff will swim around in an area passively, if Something approaches it, it will attempt to impale it

Appearance
Pricklepuffs are light cream and have darker colored spots lining the front of their of their body. They also have cyan eyes and light blue, translucent fins.

Locations

 * Serene Shores
 * Seafloor Resort
 * Doppelgänger's Den

Strategy
In water, due to their relatively low health, a decent sized squad of Blue pikmin (about 20 or so) should be enough to take them out quickly if you simply charge them at its back. You may charge the front of its face as well, since its attack takes a while to come out. However, be cautious while charging pikmin at its face (especially if it spotted you before you charged) as it may unleash an attack before the pikmin manage to get to it. This is almost guaranteed to skewer and kill several of your pikmin as, while the charge up for the attack is quite long, the attack itself is near instant and covers a large amount of space in front of it. It will kill any pikmin that was caught by the spikes.

Outside of water, they are pretty much helpless and can't really attack, so any pikmin type can take them out with relative ease.