Burfer Maggot

The Burfer Maggot is a swollen, tumor-covered maggot variant found in The Throbbing Domain and The Desert. With 14 HP, 2 damage, and 3 movement, it is considerably more durable than standard maggots and uses a unique crowd-control mechanic that traps cats in place. Rather than dealing heavy damage directly, the Burfer Maggot disrupts your positioning by surrounding targets with obstacles, creating one of the more frustrating containment effects in the game. It can also spawn from Carcass enemies or through Mama Maggot's mutation ability.

The Burfer Maggot uses a lobbed ranged attack with a 2-tile range that surrounds the targeted unit with Thorny Tumors on all four cardinal directions. These Tumors have only 1 HP each but inflict the Thorns status effect, dealing damage to any unit that makes contact with or attacks them. This creates a prison effect where the targeted cat is boxed in on all sides by damage-dealing obstacles, unable to move without taking Thorns damage and unable to easily break free without wasting actions destroying the tumors.

When facing Burfer Maggots, cluster your cats so that at least one cardinal tile around each cat is already occupied by an ally, preventing a complete Tumor encirclement and leaving an escape route. The Tumors only have 1 HP, so any attack will destroy them, but spending actions to break free eats into your damage output for the turn. Area-of-effect abilities can clear multiple Tumors at once. Champions have 28 HP, 3 damage, and 4 movement, making them harder to burst down before they can imprison multiple cats with their Tumor cages.