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Winnower Jack

2021 October v2

Face off against the Fomor Winnower Jack. As with previous Volume 2 encounters in October, Jack will attempt to steal buffs and disable players via Trick or Treat, thwarted only if you are under the effects of a sweet food.

Encountered Foes

  • Winnower Jack.
  • Spooky Chanteuse. Corpselight enemies, up to 5 depending on the difficulty setting.

The fight ends when Winnower Jack is defeated.

Difficulty Settings

The Difficulty Setting determines the stats and HP of Winnower Jack, as well as the count of Chanteuses present during the fight.

  • Very Easy: 1 Chanteuse
  • Easy: 2 Chanteuses
  • Normal: 3 Chanteuses
  • Difficult: 4 Chanteuses
  • Very Difficult: 5 Chanteuses

Battle Mechanics

Passive Traits
Winnower Jack

  • Strong damage taken down property until all Chanteuses have been disabled
  • Potent regain effect.

Spooky Chanteuses

  • Very low HP.
  • Don't seem to auto-attack their targets, preferring to sing songs.
  • Stop acting and moving for 60 seconds when their HP reaches 1.

Abilities Used
Winnower Jack

  • Trick or Treat: AOE Amnesia, Silence, ~10 second Terror, 1 Buff drained, enmity reset on affected targets. Everything but the buff drain is resistable. If affected targets have eaten Sweets, then Trick or Treat will instead dispel that food buff and apply a Slow effect to Culler Jack instead.
  • Staff weapon skills. Frequently tries to skillchain on its current target.

Chanteuse

  • None

Spells Cast:
Winnower Jack

  • Casts tier 2 AOE and 3-5 single Target Ice, Earth and Water aligned Elemental Magic spells
  • Casts Stun

Spooky Chanteuse

  • Casts Defensive bard songs on its allies: Knight's Minne V, Blade MAdrigal
  • Casts enfeebling bard songs on its foes: Foe Lullaby

Where to get your Primer:

Derivations

Winnowing is the process of separating chaff from wheat, continuing in the harvest theming of this line of ambuscade foes (Wikipedia)

Videos

Refer to the video page for various battle examples.

References

Source entry: Ambuscade/Battlefield Archive/Winnower Jack. Cached on this server on 5 November 2026.

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