If the party is reaching high stress, target back-row shamans. If the party is low on health, consider finishing Groupers first.

Order of target elimination varies depending on the party's health and stress level. Its additional utility makes it more important to kill quickly Roots is very effective at disabling heroes, and even a single Shard of Growth can make the entire enemy party, including itself, much more difficult to kill, especially as Restoration heals before blight/bleed.The music that plays during combat in the Cove is The Cove Battle. In Endless, Scarecrows are much more of a problem as they now have access to Roots and Shard of Growth. That said, if your team is heavy on powerful AoE attacks like Hew or Impale, the party may be able to take out most of the Scarecrow's HP or even kill it outright before the stealth breaks. Unless you have a destealthing move and an opportunity to use it over another skill, it's often a better use of the party's time to wait out the stealth before cutting it down quickly. On Apprentice/Veteran, Scarecrows are not that threatening, with only decent blight and damage from Flail the Crops and Horror from Haunting Revelation their potential damage is still less than the Foremen, and so it can often be more efficient to focus on clearing out the other enemies than spending a turn worrying about the Scarecrow's stealth. Outside of its evasiveness, it is very weak, with low HP and only mediocre resistances, save for its effective immunity to bleed. Scarecrows have high dodge and start with two rounds of stealth, making them difficult to attack without first using a destealthing move like the Leper's Intimidate or the Shieldbreaker's Expose. Additionally, it will only use Shard of Growth when there are at least 3 total enemies on the battlefield. Roots and Shard of Growth have cooldowns of 6 turns and 3 turns respectively. In Endless, Scarecrows have access to two new abilities: Roots, a significant SPD and ACC debuff, and Shard of Growth, an AoE Restoration ability. It cannot use Haunting Revelation twice in a row. They are 2x/3x more likely to target marked heroes with Flail the Crops. On Apprentice/Veteran, their skillset is very limited, with only Haunting Revelation and Flail the Crops. Scarecrows are very unique enemies in that they gain new abilities at later difficulties, and their behavior changes accordingly.

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