Cultist Champion

The Cultist Champion is the first and most common boss fought in the Cultist Conspiracy Event. Like all enemies in the event, it has a chance to drop Strange Essence. It drops a trophy, despite being a miniboss. It first appears on wave 7. It's AI is a more advanced version of the paladin AI, it will throw it's hammer more rapidly, and will perform either a hammer slam if the player is close enough or bash them away with it's shield.