Scab of Azathoth

"Otherworldly shrieking fills the night air..."

Overview
The Scab of Azathoth is a late Hard Mode boss on tier with the Lunatic Cultist in terms of raw statistics.

It appears as a large blob of gore with many eyes scattered across it's wretched and bloody mass.

It will spawn at night naturally once Plantera has been defeated. It can also be spawned using the Suspicious Looking Needle at night.

Stats
35,000

45,000 (Expert Mode)

50 Defense

Attacks
The Scab of Azathoth is an unusual boss, upon being summoned its presence will cause effect identical to a Blood Moon. Monster spawn rates will increase exponentially and water will be stained red. The moon will not turn red, it will just phase out of existence until the boss is defeated.

It's movement pattern is similar to that of the Queen Bee 's, dashing from side to side of the screen.

All of the Scab of Azathoth 's attacks depend on the availability of monsters, it will manipulate and move them indiscriminately as the fight continues.
 * It will kill 3-5 monsters onscreen instantly, (the number is dependent on the Scab's current health), and blood projectiles, that travel through blocks, will fire continuously from the corpses for 2 seconds, the Scab can perform additional attacks while the corpses fire (50 Damage Projectile)
 * It will teleport from 3-5 monsters directly on top of the player (No Direct Damage)
 * It charges the player from offscreen (120 Contact Damage)
 * It fires a large burst of blood projectiles, that explode upon contact with blocks (100 Damage Projectile, 80 Damage Explosion)
 * It flies over the player and drops several blobs of gore that explode like grenades but with the radius of a bomb (80 Damage)
 * It causes all onscreen monsters to explode violently (60 Damage)

Trivia

 * Azathoth is the ruler of the Outer Gods in the Lovecraftian mythos
 * Sprite is by Terrarrarrarrarria57