Vipet Napuatzi: Forced Phase Transition Triggered at 0% HP Is Poorly Telegraphed

Vipet Napuatzi features a forced phase transition that triggers exactly when the boss reaches 0% HP.
At that point, instead of dying, the boss instantly becomes immune and transitions into a highly lethal dodge-focused phase.

While the boss does deliver dialogue during the encounter, this does not sufficiently communicate the phase change.
The transition from “boss at 0% HP” (which universally signals death) to “boss at 0% HP but immune” is instantaneous and visually identical to a kill state, until the player is already inside the next phase.

This is fundamentally different from phase changes at predefined health thresholds (e.g. 50%), which players are trained to recognize and anticipate.

A phase transition at 0% HP directly contradicts core player expectations: once the health bar is empty, players reasonably assume the fight is over, not that an immunity phase and mandatory survival mechanic will begin.

As a result, the issue is not difficulty, but readability and expectation management.
The dialogue alone cannot compensate for the misleading health state, especially in a high-pressure combat environment.
In maps, this becomes even more punishing due to modifiers and build variance, where the forced phase can lead to sudden and unavoidable deaths.

Clearer telegraphing of the forced phase (such as preventing the HP from reaching 0%, using a distinct health bar state, or a highly explicit visual transition before immunity) would preserve the intended challenge while making the encounter feel consistent and fair.