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Very Cancerous Rodent is the TRUE secret boss of [ 1-2: THE BURNING WORLD ], only spawning after Cancerous Rodent has been killed. Along with the Cancerous Rodent, it is a reference to a recurring character in the videos of boomer shooter Youtuber Civvie11. Killing the Very Cancerous Rodent opens up the gate to the Second Limbo Slab, making this boss a requirement to obtain the Alt Revolver.

Appearance/Details[]

Very Cancerous Rodent is just a scaled up model of the Cancerous Rodent with a face similar to that of a Skull. Unlike its smaller iteration, however, VCR can actually deal damage to V1. VCR will shoot out bursts of green projectiles at V1 that home in similarly to the ones fired by Mindflayers, Minos, and the Flesh Prison, but detonate on contact with the same damage as a Cerberus projectile and half the explosive radius. Because of the tight confines of the arena, it may be somewhat hard to dodge the projectiles. VCR does not move from its spot, but will turn to face V1's direction.

Rending Apart[]

The VCR can be tricky to kill because of the small arena, but it's not in any way impossible. One strategy is to peer out from the corner of the Dungeon exit and fire a magnet from the Attractor Nailgun and shoot out nails from the safety of cover, or use the Marksman Revolver while under cover. If you choose to fight the VCR head on, Shotgun Swapping, the Overheat Nailgun, Parrying and any of the Railcannon Variants are good tools.

A simple tactic for beating VCR is to stand as close to its face as possible. Its projectiles will detonate as soon as they appear, which will harm the rodent without damaging or knocking back the player due to quirks with collision detection. Another tactic is to simply ground slam it to death, exploiting its 2x weakness to ground slam damage. VCR takes 13 slams to kill; since ground slam shockwaves cannot be triggered on top of enemies, holding slam when landing will not consume stamina, and since shockwave-creating slams do not deal additional damage anyway, the slam input may be mashed with impunity.

Trivia[]

  • Both the Cancerous Rodent and the Very Cancerous Rodent have a unique battle track that is not currently present in any OST release.
  • Very Cancerous Rodent is the only enemy in the game to fire green projectiles. These projectiles home in on the player identically to the teal seeker projectiles used by Mindflayers, Flesh Prison, and Mysterious Druid Knight (& Owl), but explode on contact.
  • Very Cancerous Rodent internally has its EnemyType identifier set to Cerberus. This doesn't affect much, but it does result in the Rodent being assigned a support priority rank of 3 instead of the default -1, making Stalkers and Idols prefer targeting it over fodder enemies, with the same level of priority as Malicious Faces, Swordsmachines, and indeed, Cerberi.
  • You can skip the Very Cancerous Rodent and hit the Slab II switch without killing it. Simply slide over its large body into the crevice that is normally only revealed after its death. However, you are trapped here until the VCR unblocks the entrance.
  • Unfortunately, cancer is one of the most terminal diseases known to humanity and sadly cannot be parried. However, you can help change that.
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