Cultist Bishop

The Cultist Bishop is a promoted form of the Cultist Lackey, created when a Lackey picks up a dropped Bishop Hat. Found in The Bunker, The Rift, and The Lab as part of Johnny's cultist faction, the Bishop transforms any cultist group into an attrition encounter by actively healing and sustaining its allies mid-fight. Its lightning strikes deal damage and carry a chance to stun, but its healing ability is the real threat — it can continuously restore health to Zealots or Mutants, making otherwise-killable enemies require multiple focuses.

When killed, the Bishop drops its Bishop Hat, which any remaining Lackey on the field can then pick up to repeat the promotion cycle. This creates a feedback loop where even after eliminating one Bishop, a second can appear from the same fight if Lackeys are still alive. The stun from its lightning attacks can also cost you a turn at a critical moment, preventing a cat from following up on a key opportunity.

The Cultist Bishop is almost always the highest-priority target in any cultist encounter. Kill it first, then immediately destroy or displace the dropped Bishop Hat before any Lackeys can pick it up. Burst finishers that can one-shot it are ideal since they also deny the stun window. Without the Bishop healing the group, the remaining cultists become far more linear — especially important when a Zealot is in play and already scaling damage each turn.