Surrounded

Surrounded

Debuff
Receive 50% more damage if attacked from behind. Use targeting cards or potions to change your orientation.

Surrounded is put on every player at the start of the Crusher and Rocket boss fight, Kaiser Crab, in the Hive. Crusher carries a left-side Back Attack marker and Rocket a right-side one. You start facing right. Whenever the arm behind you deals damage, the amount is multiplied by 1.5. Playing a targeted card or potion on the arm behind you turns you to face it.

Kind
SurroundedDebuff
Stacks
No
Applied by
1 enemy

Where it comes from

Enemies that apply Surrounded

Rocket

Notes

The multiplier applies to all of that arm's damage, not just powered attacks. Cards that hit all enemies do not turn you; only a card or potion with a single target does. When one arm dies and every remaining enemy shares one marker, you turn toward it automatically. Turn toward whichever arm is about to hit hardest with a cheap targeted card before it acts.

Rules and timing

It interacts with Back Attack (left) and Back Attack (right).

Changes by version

  1. 15 Jan 2026Bug fixOstyByrdpipInternal playtest
    Osty, Byrdpip, and other pets now properly turn around when you attack the enemy behind you in a Surrounded encounter
  2. 5 Jun 2025Bug fixInternal playtest
    Surrounded power icon no longer has an opaque black background

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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