Cloaked Demon

The Cloaked Demon is a punishing enemy found in The Core and The Rift that turns aggression against it into a liability. Any unit that damages the Cloaked Demon is immediately afflicted with the Hex status effect, making every attack against it carry a cost. This reactive curse mechanic forces players to think carefully about when and how to engage rather than simply focusing fire.

In addition to its Hex-on-damage mechanic, the Cloaked Demon wields a charge burn area attack that threatens multiple tiles at once, combining fire damage with area denial. This makes it dangerous both to attack and to leave alive, as its offensive output can quickly overwhelm a party that tries to ignore it. Like other Core demons, it likely shares fire immunity, making fire-based abilities ineffective.

The best approach to the Cloaked Demon is to designate a single high-Constitution cat to absorb the Hex penalty while dealing with it, rather than spreading the curse across multiple party members. Alternatively, abilities that deal indirect damage (damage-over-time effects, terrain hazards, or reflected damage) may bypass the Hex trigger entirely. If the Hex penalty is too costly, consider using knockback or displacement abilities to move the Cloaked Demon away from your party rather than attacking it directly, then dealing with it once higher-priority targets are eliminated.