Scornet Maestro: Difference between revisions

The Scornet retinue is used to attack the [[leader]]s and their [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. The boss relies heavily on the Scornets, as it has no way of attacking.

In [[Defeat Bosses!]], the player can refight the Scornet Maestro. The time limit is 10 minutes. The only exit of the arena is blocked off by a "keep out" sign. The player can use Alph (player 1's starting leader), Brittany (player 2's starting leader), and Charlie. Their order in ''Pikmin 3'' is Alph, Brittany, Charlie, and in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' the [[action menu|order]] is Brittany, Charlie, Alph. 100 Pikmin are on the field in this mission, but only 50 start in the player's squad: 30 [[Winged Pikmin]] and 20 [[Red Pikmin]]. Around the edges of the arena are groups of buried Pikmin. There are two groups of 10 Winged Pikmin, two groups of 10 Red Pikmin, and one group of 10 [[Rock Pikmin]]. The Pikmin in the squad from the start all have the leaf [[maturity]], while the buried Pikmin have a mix of bud and flower maturities. If at any point during this fight all of the player's Winged Pikmin are lost, the game will display a message stating that it is impossible to damage the boss, and will ask if the player wants to give up or continue regardless.

*The Scornet Maestro will order the Scornets to get into a cone formation and will aim at the active leader. Simply move around a lot to dodge.

*The Scornet Maestro will order the Scornets to get into lines, and each line will proceed to aim at the active leader. Walk around the outer edge of the arena to dodge.

*The Scornet Maestro will order the Scornets to form a circle around the active leader. Have a few Pikmin kill some Scornets to escape the circle.

If any Pikmin are captured, the Scornets will form a circle around the Scornet Maestro and will eat them after a few seconds. Throw Pikmin at the Scornets to save them.

The strategy is mainly to defend your Pikmin from the Scornets and then attack the Scornet Maestro. As the battle progresses, it will create different formations with its retinue in an attempt to destroy your swarm. Note that this boss completely relies on its own swarm to attack, possessing no offensive moves of its own besides shaking off Pikmin.

If all the Scornet Maestro's Scornets are killed, it will use a period during which it would normally create an attack formation to summon more onto the field from the trees in the background.

Once any of the formations are complete, the swarm will temporarily leave the boss, giving you a chance to attack it. To strike it, throw Pikmin at it, preferably Winged Pikmin. Once enough Pikmin are latched onto it, it will fall to the ground, allowing any ground-based Pikmin to swarm it as well. When it dies, it will drop a large fruit, alongside [[Louie]]. Its body, alongside the corpses of its swarm, can be taken back to the Onion. As with all bosses in the game, the Scornet Maestro's corpse produces 50 Pikmin.

The Scornet Maestro will only attempt to attack the leader that is currently active. This can be used to an advantage by having an unoccupied leader stand away from another leader who has all the Pikmin. When the Scornet Maestro begins an attack, it will lock on the current leader, and will not switch targets, meaning that at this point, you can swap from the defenseless leader to one with Pikmin, and attack it by swarming it with Winged Pikmin. Once it falls to the ground, pelt the creature with Rock Pikmin to rapidly diminish its health. The lonesome leader will receive damage from the Scornet attacks, but unless their [[health]] was low at the start of the battle, they will be able to endure the strikes without much of a problem.

In [[Mission Mode]] with two players, the boss will only ever target the first player's leader. It is not known how the boss targets players during 2 player story mode in ''Deluxe''.

In {{p3d}}, there is a [[badge (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|badge]] the player can gain from the Scornet Maestro:

Badge 13 maestro.png|Decomposer. The badge shows the creature.

ScornetMaestroAppear.png|The Scornet Maestro roaring as it first appears.

Scornet Maestro frontal view.jpg|Front view of the Scornet Maestro.

ScornetMaestroDefeat.png|The Scornet Maestro defeated.

Beee.png|The deceased Scornet Maestro surrounded by the Seed Hive and Louie.

Scornet Maestro dead.jpg|The corpses of the Scornet Maestro and its subordinates.

*The Scornet Maestro is the smallest boss in the ''Pikmin'' series.

*The Scornet Maestro is similar to a boss in another Nintendo game, ''[[metroid:Metroid Prime 3: Corruption|Metroid Prime 3: Corruption]]'', [[metroid:Helios|Helios]]. Both Helios and the Scornet Maestro are smaller bosses (in comparison to other bosses) that use smaller minions to both protect themselves and attack the player.

*During its battle, even if the player [[Lock-on|locks-on]] the Scornets, it will lock-on to the Scornet Maestro instead.

*Interestingly, when the Scornet Maestro is defeated, not only will the Scornet Maestro's corpse fall, but all the Scornets as well, which can be brought back to the [[Onion]]. Normally, Scornets are not retrievable when defeated.  

*The Scornet Maestro can command up to one hundred Scornets at the same time, much like the player's leaders can control up to the [[Pikmin limit|same amount of Pikmin]].

*Although the Scornet Maestro is a queen – as stated in Olimar's reports, and in its name in certain languages – it has a {{w|hair-pencil}}, a furry appendage on the abdomen that releases pheromones used by ''male'' butterflies to attract mates. The Scornet Maestro instead uses those pheromones to control the Scornets, as queen bees do without hair-pencils.