Editing Ancient Sirehound

|image      = Ancient Sirehound P4 icon.png

|size        = x250px

|icon        = Ancient Sirehound P4 icon.png

|name        = Deicanis perditum

|attacks    = Eat, [[crush]], ram, cause stalactites to fall, [[ice|freeze]] Pikmin, launch snowy furballs, breath ice, [[electricity|electrocute]] Pikmin, create electric furballs, create electric arcs, [[fire|burn]] Pikmin, create burning furballs, create rings of fire, create [[Gloom]], cause [[panic]]

 

The '''Ancient Sirehound''' is the final [[boss]] of {{p4}}. It is a giant space dog very similar to [[Oatchi]] and [[Moss]], speculated by [[Yonny]] and [[Captain Olimar|Olimar]] to be the ancestor of all space dogs. They theorize that its descendants evolved to become smaller and were somehow dispersed across the universe, eventually becoming modern space dogs.

While it is said to be rather gentle in most cases, [[Louie]] makes it his mount and drives it into a rampage, complicating the [[Rescue Corps]]' attempts to get the cell sample they need to reverse the leaf growth on Oatchi's tail.

On the 20th sublevel of the [[Cavern for a King]], the Rescue Corps confronts Louie, who tells them to go home before he mounts the Ancient Sirehound and starts a boss battle. When defeated, the Ancient Sirehound loses consciousness and drops the [[Gift of Friendship]] and Louie, but quickly wakes up and runs away.

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Although the Ancient Sirehound has strict damage gates, normally not being able to get less than 3 damage cycles per phase, there is an easy way to defeat it in as little as a single cycle. This requires a [[Lightning Shock]] and a large number of Purple Pikmin. Use an ultra-spicy spray as it's about to become vulnerable, and once the Ancient Sirehound is down, utilize Oatchi's [[rush]] to latch all Pikmin onto it. Then, immediately activate your Lightning Shock in order to stun it. This will allow you to deal massive damage without it getting up and resuming its attacks. In the case where the amount of Purple Pikmin is less than sufficient (at least 60 or less), it is still easily defeated in 2 cycles instead of the usual 3.

The Ancient Sirehound has a specific yet crucial weakness that can be exploited with the right timing and method. If it charges at Pikmin in an attempt to eat them, and only ''if'' it catches at least one Pikmin, it will briefly stop at the end of its charge to devour them. In this window, its tail becomes vulnerable and open to being pulled down. In every phase other than phase 1, the only time the Ancient Sirehound will charge at Pikmin to devour them is if Pikmin are currently affected by a hazard and are panicking. In this instance, it will pause its attacks to prepare a charge. If no Pikmin are caught in its mouth, then its tail will not be vulnerable, so it is crucial to let them get snatched. If done correctly, you can skip most of its attacks with ease.

In this phase, the Ancient Sirehound mainly attacks with a jumping slam and a charge; the former [[crush]]es Pikmin and causes stalactites to drop from the ceiling, and the latter allows it to eat Pikmin that it catches in the charge. It can also swipe at Pikmin if they're too close to it.

To fight it, the player must trick it into charging at one of the fallen stalactites, which will stun it. The player must then have at least 15 Pikmin or two [[Purple Pikmin]] grab onto its tail to flip it over and expose its belly to attack. This is the basis for dealing damage in all of the phases. As the Sirehound's health decreases, it will perform more jumping slams before charging.

=== Second phase ===

The Sirehound will now begin to use a spread of five snowballs that bounce off of the walls (akin to those of an [[Arctic Cannon Larva]]) and a long-range ice breath attack; if it freezes Pikmin, it will follow up with a charge before eating the frozen Pikmin. While it will try to face the player when using the latter, it cannot turn very quickly and its tail can be pulled on as before. However, care should be taken in order to avoid being hit by stray snowballs. The Sirehound will use six, then seven, snowballs as its health decreases, and its ice breath rotation speed increases slightly. Like other ice-elemental enemies, the Ancient Sirehound is immune to being frozen by [[Ice Pikmin]] and the [[Ice Blast]], but only during this phase.

Starting from this phase, touching any part of the Sirehound's body other than its tail will afflict Pikmin with its current element.

=== Third phase ===

The Sirehound fights with electrical attacks in this phase. It starts the phase by spitting up three electrical furballs that generate a spread of lightning in a spinning plus shape until they are destroyed, performs an electrical dash attack, and then returns to the center of the arena and produces a set of electric fields around itself. The Sirehound cannot move while using the electric fields, providing an opportunity to attack its tail.

Starting in this phase, the Sirehound will begin to elevate its tail out of reach when not using its "center of the arena" attack. The number of electrical furballs it spits out and dashes it performs before using its electric field attack increases as it takes more damage.

 

 

 

 

Upon losing its last health wheel, the Ancient Sirehound will be defeated and run away, leaving behind its [[Gift of Friendship|collar]] and [[Louie]]. If one defeats it in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]], it will simply fall asleep, now docile.

=== Dalmo's notes ===

{{transcript|A coat that's dense and rough like a primeval forest, a stench like a wet canine, and a shockingly toasty body temperature... Clearly a dog in every sense. The long history of dogs being companions we can rely on triggers an instinctive reaction through our entire bodies! If I were left on this planet with this massive cutie, I'd be content!|block=y}}

=== Olimar's notes ===

{{transcript|1=If we harvest mesenchymal stem cells from this gigantic canine creature and cultivate them with glow sap, the generated serum should return {{color|Oatchi|green}}'s leafified tail to normal once administered. These results would indicate that 99.9 percent of the canine creature's DNA matches {{color|Oatchi|green}}'s, and that the only difference between {{color|Oatchi|green}} and {{color|Moss|green}} may be the natural presence or absence of a leaf tail.

If these two theories prove to be true, it would suggest the possibility that this ancient creature is a common ancestor to two canine species from vastly remote star systems. And that, perhaps, there are even more hidden secrets out there that could hint at a fascinating yet inconceivable truth the universe has yet to reveal...|block=y}}

=== Louie's notes ===

{{transcript|The ultimate ride, plush and comfortable. I wish I could bring it home with me.|block=y}}

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=== Names in other languages ===

* The Ancient Sirehound is one of the two enemies in the ''Pikmin'' series to have sequential health meters, the other being the [[Waterwraith]]. It also has 9,000 HP for each meter, meaning the Ancient Sirehound has the highest HP of any enemy in the entire Pikmin series, with a total of 45,000 health.

** Self-resurrecting enemies from {{p2}}, such as the [[Spotty Bulbear]] and the [[Gatling Groink]], can fill their meter from empty to full, however this is technically the same meter and not a new sequential one.

** Technically, the [[Titan Dweevil]] has sequential health wheels, but those only apply to the weapons that are required to be knocked off before the boss itself can be damaged.

**Similarly, if the Sirehound{{'s}} final phase is defeated while frozen, the final [[cutscene]] will have it with the final phase colors.{{source needed}}

* After the [[Rescue Corps]] cure Oatchi and leave [[PNF-404]], the Ancient Sirehound is seen docilely following [[Moss]] and the Pikmin. One randomly determined straggler Pikmin will get spooked by the Ancient Sirehound and run off.

== See also ==