Subject

"He defies the laws of reality, making energy and matter from nothing. He truly is, the ultimate lifeform."

Subject
Unlocked By	Beating the game on Seconds (Minutes on mobile)
True Name	Prideful, Graceful, Beautiful - Riddle Major
Controlled Potion Brewer
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Subject is one of the fifteen Hosts featured in HOURS. It can be obtained after beating Light Beneath Closed Eyes on the Seconds difficulty, or Minutes on mobile.

Description

Subject is a mainly ranged host that is known for creating potions with key combos, creating a unique play experience from other hosts.

Upon reaching Light Beneath Closed Eyes with Subject, the game will show its true name, Riddle Major

Appearance

The Subject appears as a gray humanoid with pink transparent body parts. He wears a gas mask and wields a lightsaber-esque sword that has a similar mesh to the Red Sparkle Time Claymore, both blade and hilt. His icon represents his face, gas mask in all. It also looks like a potion. On the back is a cuboid split into 3 parts, which resembles a slot machine.

Playstyle

Subject is awarded only to players who have shown they can handle the game at its hardest, and it's easy to see why - this host is by no means easy to learn or master. His unique control scheme will likely take some time to get used to, but the payoff for memorizing keystrokes - or potion patterns - allows you to become one of the most versatile players. If you remember the different Potion Brewing mechanisms you can use them along with your other abilities to adapt to any situation possible.

For more information on Potion mechanics, see the Abilities and Potions and Upgrades sections below.

Statistics

Subject
			Strike		Consume
			Strike for 14 damage + 4 for each imbue		Uses a stored potion
			Blink		Brew
			Teleport a short distance in front of you		Brew a wide array of potions with keybinds
			Random Brew
			Brews a random potion
Health	100	Passives
Speed (Studs/s)	16	Passive Regeneration - Regenerate 0.33 HP every second

Abilities

• Default
• Potions
• Upgrades

	[M1] - Strike
	Strike for 14 damage. Damage is increased by 4 for each active imbue Subject's main attacking move. Strike can inflict different status effects depending on the potion imbues used

	[M2] - Consume
	Use a stored potion. Thrown potions will apply 1x their effect in an area. Imbued potions will apply 0.25x their effect to the next 5 hits of Strike

	[SHIFT] - Blink
	Become invulnerable and teleport in the direction of which you are currently facing. Recharges after 3 seconds Subject's only mobility ability, this allows it to travel a medium distance in front of it while being invincible temporarily

	[Q] - Brew
	Brew an array of potions with varying effects using keybinds. Pressing Q again will brew your previous potion. Recharges after 6 seconds. Holds 3 charges Subject can brew 12 different potions, each with 2 types. Pressing Q after the first keybind automatically creates the last potion used with the specified type

	[E] - Random Brew
	Brew a random potion. Can only be used after using Brew Random Brew can brew both Imbue and Thrown Potions, and any of the 12 potions

Brewable Potions

• Positive Effect Thrown Potions are thrown below you while Negative Effect Thrown Potions are used as a projectile
• Imbued Potions will apply 0.25x the potions effect for 5 slices while Thrown Potions retain its whole potion effect
• Imbued Potions will automatically increase damage by 4 and Thrown Potions will automatically deal 15 base damage unless said otherwise

								Life
								When used as an imbue, heal for 5 HP each hit When thrown, heal 20 HP
Imbue Keybind				L	L	L	L
Throw Keybind				R	L	L	L

								Water
								When used as an imbue, regenerate 4 HP every second for 2 Seconds on hit When thrown, regenerate 4 HP every second for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	L	L	R
Throw Keybind				R	L	L	R

								Crystal
								When used as an imbue, gain 6.25 Shield every hit for 8 Seconds When thrown, gain 25 shield for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	L	L	Q
Throw Keybind				R	L	L	Q

								Earth
								When used as an imbue, when hitting increase Armor by 50 for 2 seconds When thrown, increase your 'Armour' by 50 for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	L	R	L
Throw Keybind				R	L	R	L

								Wind
								When used as an imbue, obtain the Windy buff, increasing your speed by 50% for 2 Seconds When thrown, Windy increases your speed by 50% for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	L	R	R
Throw Keybind				R	L	R	R

								Blood
								When used as an imbue, increase damage by 1.5x for 2 seconds When thrown, increase damage by 1.5x for 8 seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	L	R	Q
Throw Keybind				R	L	R	Q

								Lightning
								When used as an imbue, deal 6 more damage and inflict stun for 0.5 Seconds for each hit When thrown, deal 24 damage and stun hit enemies for 2 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	R	L	Q
Throw Keybind				R	R	L	Q

								Poison
								When used as an imbue, inflict poison, damaging enemies for 5 Damage every second for 2 Seconds When thrown, inflict poison, damaging enemies for 5 Damage every second for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	R	L	R
Throw Keybind				R	R	L	R

								Fire
								When used as an imbue, create a explosion every hit, dealing 8 damage When thrown, create an explosion dealing 30 damage in an area
Imbue Keybind				L	R	L	L
Throw Keybind				R	R	L	L

								Shadow
								When used as an imbue, reduce Armor of enemies by 50 for 2 Seconds When thrown, reduce Armor of enemies by 50 for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	R	R	L
Throw Keybind				R	R	R	L

								Frost
								When used as an imbue, Slow enemies by 50% for 2 Seconds When thrown, Slow enemies by 50% for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	R	R	R
Throw Keybind				R	R	R	R

								Nether
								When used as an imbue, reduce the enemy's damage by 50% for 2 seconds on hit When thrown, suck enemies in towards the potion and reduce the enemy's damage by 50% for 8 Seconds
Imbue Keybind				L	R	R	Q
Throw Keybind				R	R	R	Q

Life

	Phoenix Pheather
	Life heals 20% of missing health

	Still Spirits
	Life heals again 5 seconds later for 50% of health healed

Water

	Atlantic Dust
	Water amplifies healing received by 50% while active

	Inverted Rainwater
	Water heals 100% more when health is above 50%

Crystal

	Crystal Glowpetal
	Taking damage while Crystal is active will give shields equal to 40% of the damage taken

	Fractal Growth
	While Crystal is active, gain 2.5 shields per second up to 50. Increase the number of shields granted by 20%

Earth

	Ashen Bone
	Earth reduces damage taken by 5 while active. Gain knockback resistance and reduce the duration of stuns, silences, and disarms by 75% while active

	Slateskin Lotion
	Increase Earth's armor bonus by 25. Gain stagger resistance while active

Wind

	Tempest Cloud
	Cooldowns recharge 50% faster while Wind is active. Wind grants an additional 50% speed bonus that decays over 2 seconds after attacking or getting staggered. Passively increase Wind's speed bonus by 25%

	Pressurized Ether
	Increase Wind's speed bonus by 25%. This bonus increases to 100% over 3 seconds and resets when attacking or getting staggered

Blood

	Vampiric Blood
	Blood grants 15% lifesteal to melee attacks when active. Blood's bonus damage is increased proportionally to your missing health, up to 150%

	Fermented Spider Eye
	Blood's damage bonus is increased by 6.25% per second of duration left, up to 150%

Lightning

	Ionized Plasmavine
	Lightning's damage is increased proportionally to the target's remaining health, up to 100%. Lightning removes all shields from the target

	Storm Dangleroot
	Lightning deals 5% of the target's maximum health as damage and stuns for twice the duration

Poison

	Nettleberry Extract
	Poison's damage is increased by 0.33 every time it deals damage

	Rose Of The Reaper
	Poison deals damage 100% more frequently when the target's health is below 50%

Fire

	Essence Of Dynamite
	Fire deals up to 100% bonus damage and knockback the closer the targets are to the centre of the explosions

	Molten Timber
	Fire has 50% increased radius, damage, and knockback

Shadow

	Lily Of The Void
	Enemies afflicted with Shadow degenerate 8 health over 0.5 seconds whenever damage is taken. Prevent healing while active

	Valley Noonshade
	Shadow's armor reduction is increased by 50. Afflicted targets are staggered every 5 times damage is taken

Frost

	Biting Frostweed
	Frost deals 4 damage for every second its duration is increased

	Rising Icicles
	Frost's duration is increased by 1 second every time damage is taken. Frost's slow is increased by 3% for every second it is active, up to 25%

Nether

	Liquid Curse
	Enemies afflicted with Nether are periodically disarmed and silenced. Increase Nether's power reduction by 25%

	Crumbling Iron
	When Nether ends, deal damage equal to 5 times its active duration

Tips and Tricks

• If you are new to playing as subject, Gold can be a very useful tempo, as it allows you to take a second and think over what potions you want to try without risk of damage or stun.
• Tempos that allow you to either repeat or double the damage of actions (eg. Gate, Anti) are recommended as this combination can deal large amounts of damage.
  • The combination of Imbueable Shadow and Imbueable Blood is highly recommended due to their potential to deliver substantial DPS, especially with tempos like Rush and Sand.
    • For upgrades, Valley Noonshade and Fermented Spider Eye are advised. Valley Noonshade reduces enemy armor by 50, while Fermented Spider Eye boosts the damage bonus by 6.25% per remaining second, up to a maximum of 150%, potentially adding over a hundred damage.
  • The throwable Lightning potion is very powerful, And can be combined with any of the two tempos mentioned above.
    • The upgrades Storm Dangleroot and Ionized Plasmavine are recommended as Storm Dangleroot can deal 5% of the targets HP and stun for twice as long, And Ionized Plasmavine deals increases damage dealt by lightning up to 100% proportional to enemy HP
• Inverted Rainwater is recommended as it can heal you back to full HP, and when below 50% HP upon using a throwable water potion
• When you are brewing a potion, keep in mind that staggers and stuns can cancel your Brew ability when playing on Minutes or above.
• Every 4th Strike in a combo, an overhead strike attack is done. Without properly aiming your attacks, This may cause you to miss and give the target enough time to either attack or flee.
• The easiest way to play Subject is to make the throwable Crystal potion once, then when you need it again press Q to brew last potion. Because the Crystal potion gives 25 shield health and stacks, you can use Zero to get Brew back again and spam Crystal potions so that you have an effective health of infinite. With that you can easily kill the enemies with Strike. This is also the best way to get Drifter provided you chain your Crystal potions effectively so that you always have shield.

Chromashift

• Red
• Orange
• Yellow
• Green
• Cyan
• Blue
• Purple
• Pink

Trivia

• A good few of Subject's poses are in reference to the many poses that characters perform across JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.
  • His idle bears a resemblance to Kakyoin's idle animation in Heritage for the Future.
  • His stagger is taken from one of the four panels during the torture dance scene in Vento Aureo.
  • His brewing poses are all taken from character poses as well.
    • Starting a brew input, as well as inputting L at all during the chain makes Subject pose similarly to one of Kakyoin's taunts in Heritage for the Future.
    • The first R input is in reference to a pose performed by Killer Queen.
    • The second R input is in reference to a pose performed by Koichi Hirose during the first OP for Diamond is Unbreakable, Crazy Noisy Bizarre Town.
    • The third R input is in reference to a pose performed by Enrico Pucci.
    • The fourth R input is in reference to DIO's famous WRYYYYY pose.
• Subject's lore about being 'the ultimate lifeform' is another reference to JoJo's; specifically, it references the character Kars, who achieves ultimate power and becomes known as the ultimate lifeform, via the Red Stone of Aja.
• The upgrade "Fermented Spider Eye" is a reference to Minecraft's item with the same name which is used for potion brewing.
• Using Chromashift on Subject will also change the color of the brewed potions.
• Subject is the only non-echo Host that does not have any obtainable abilities.
• The animation from using an imbue potion can be used to dodge certain attacks if timed properly.
• In the first phase of the Resident Mind, being stunned will always cause the signature move (its Piano Slam) to miss due to Subject's hitbox being too low.
• Subject is the only host which carries their weapon in their left hand.
  • This was to make it easier to aim thrown potions as well as make it so they'd be thrown closer to the center. This is also why most of his basic attacks are spins.
• Subject's gameplay design is considered to be the worst of all the non-secret hosts by the developer. The reason for this is that having 24 possible combos limits possible interactions between upgrades, gives him less interesting upgrades, and also reduces the amount of moves he actually has due to three of his moves being dedicated to brewing and using his potions.
• Subject's Lily of the Void upgrade prevents the inherent health regeneration of training dummies, allowing you to kill them with accumulated damage. This requires you have access to the cheat menu to give yourself upgrades in Sinking Sands.

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Subject's Icon

Subject's Potion Sheet

Subject's element colors

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Potion guide

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