Wickerman

Wickerman
General information
Type	Close range assault
Affiliation	Mental's Horde
Individual information
Health	150
Attacks / weapons	Melee
Game information
Point value	1000

 

"Hey, Stickman!"

―Sam Stone

The Wickerman is an enemy that appears in Serious Sam: Next Encounter.

Overview

Created from the tortured souls of shamed Chinese warriors by Lo Pan, the Wickerman is raised from the Earth with diseased limbs of Wicker, a lone, dilated eyeball hidden by their hats. Their soul will be in constant torment until the day they are finally released from their bonds by death.

Appearances

The Wickerman is one of the rarest enemies in the game, only appearing in Cave Of The Wickerman.

Behavior and skills

Upon spotting the target, a Wickerman will try to get close to them and slap them. They run fairly slow, which leaves them vulnerable to attacks while spawning, and they take a second to initate their attack, which makes their attacks easy to avoid. However, their slap attacks deal a lot of damage, which can make groups of Wickermen dangerous if they surround the player.

Tactics

• The Double-Barrel Shotgun works well against the Wickerman, one shot will kill them at close range.
• The Wickerman can be easily avoided by walking away from it. It can't attack unless it is right in front of its target.
• The double-barrel shotgun and XM4000 Minigun are effective weapons against groups of Wickermen. The shotgun will instantly kill one of them and has a low-reload speed, allowing the player to kill them quickly, while the XM400 Minigun will do a lot of damage to groups in a short period of time.
• When paired with other enemies, the Wickerman is considered a low-priority target because it is often easy to avoid it.

Trivia

• The Wickerman's origins is a reference to Lo Pan, the main antagonist of the 1986 film Big Trouble in Little China.

List of appearances

• Serious Sam: Next Encounter (First appearance) (non-canonical appearance)