# Sir Strawman
> Sir Strawman, Guardian of the Rows, is boss 5 of 21 in tibo.dog. A scarecrow knight. It throws fans of sharp straw.
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| Sir Strawman | |
|---|---|
| Title | Guardian of the Rows |
| Order | 5 of 21 |
| Arrives | 7:00 ([schedule](/bosses#wave-schedule)) |
| Base HP | 2600 |
| Contact damage | 18 |
| Speed | 36 |
| Main attack | `charge` every 2.6 s |
| Telegraph | 0.8 s |
| Bullet patterns | 1, every 2.6 s |
| XP | 90 |
**Sir Strawman**, *Guardian of the Rows*, is a boss in tibo.dog. In-game description: “A scarecrow knight. It throws fans of sharp straw.”
## Overview
Sir Strawman is the fifth boss in the boss order and the 7:00 boss on the [wave schedule](/bosses#wave-schedule), arriving together with that minute's elite. It is not part of the overtime cycle after 20:00, but a [Boss Lair](/points-of-interest#boss-lair) can wake it.
It has 2600 base HP, which is 1690 HP on Normal (boss HP ×0.65, see [Modes](/modes)), plus [curse](/curse). Contact damage is 18 before time scaling. At speed 36 it ties with [The Harvester](/bosses/harvester) as the second-fastest boss after [The Great Wireworm](/bosses/great-wireworm) (40), though still well short of Tibo's base speed of 62.
It drops a [chest](/chests), an XP gem worth 90 XP and a 25-gold coin (both multiplied by the biome's XP and gold multipliers).
**Measured** (headless `tools/play.mjs`, build `main-B2gf34bA`, seed `wiki`, standard mode, `--god`; the clock warped to 2 s before each minute and stepped across it; level-up offers taken first-in-order except Rotten Spud, so curse stays at the difficulty's start value): it spawned at exactly 7:00 on all four difficulties, with 1300 HP on Easy, 1690 on Normal, 1820 on Hard and 2717 on Nightmare. The Nightmare figure is 10% above base HP × the difficulty multiplier because Nightmare starts every run with one curse, and boss HP is multiplied by 1 + curse. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `startCurses:1,tierLag:2,wallPests:.6`] [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `n.maxHp[r]=i.hp*t.hpMult*(1+e.loadout.stats.curse)`] Seeds `s1` to `s4` gave the same Normal times and HP.
## Fight
Sir Strawman is a smaller version of the Harvester's fight: a short charge and a single fan of straw that comes back. Every 2.6 s of walking it charges. A full walk, warning and charge cycle takes 4.1 s.
### Lance charge
When the attack is ready, Sir Strawman stops and locks onto the direction Tibo is in at that moment. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `s.state[t]=1,s.timer[t]=n.telegraph,s.timer2[t]=n.telegraph,s.tx[t]=r/c,s.ty[t]=i/c`] A 22-unit-wide lane shows its path for 0.8 s, then it rushes along it at speed 280 for 0.7 s, covering about 196 units. The hit comes from touching it during the rush, and contact damage is ×1.5 while charging (27 before time scaling). Its hitbox stays at its normal radius of 15, because the lane is narrower than its body.
### Straw fan
Every 2.6 s of walking, after a 0.8 s warning, it throws a fan of 7 straw shots spread over 1.1 radians (about 63°), aimed at where Tibo was when the warning began. Each shot deals 14 damage before scaling. The shots fly out at speed 120, stop about 113 units out, and then fly back along the same lines, through the point they were thrown from and out the other side. The exact speeds and the per-difficulty return speed are on this page under [Returning sickles](/bosses/sir-strawman#returning-sickles).
Bullet count, fire rate and speed grow with run time (see [Enemy bullets](/enemy-scaling#enemy-bullets)). At its 7:00 arrival the fan has 9 shots at about speed 133, and comes every 2.15 s of walking.
**Measured** (headless `tools/play.mjs`, build `main-B2gf34bA`, seed `wiki`, standard mode, `--god`, Normal; the clock warped to just before 7:00; every other boss and every pest removed each tick, so the sim's hostile-shot counter only counts this boss): 9-shot fans 2.05 s, 5.70 s, 9.35 s and 13.00 s after it spawned.
On [Nightmare](/modes#nightmare-rules) the fan is slightly faster (130 base) and turns back a little later. The charge is the same on every level.
## Tips
- **Step sideways off the lane.** The direction is locked when the lane appears, so about 20 units to the side (its body radius plus Tibo's size) is enough. At base speed that takes about a third of a second, well inside the 0.8 s warning.
- **Get out of the fan's wedge, not just its range.** The returning shots come back through the point they were thrown from and keep going, so the area behind Sir Strawman is not safe either. The safest place is to the side of the 63° wedge, in either direction.
- **Keep track of the shots on their way back.** On Normal and harder they come back faster than they went out (on Easy, slower). Walking into the wedge right after the shots stop can be how a hit happens.
- **A dash through the fan works if timed.** The dash makes Tibo immune to hits for 0.15 s (more with [Ghost Pepper](/items/ghost-pepper)), but with only one charge and a 5 s recharge it is usually better kept for the charge. See [dash details](/controls#dash-details).
- **Boss damage bonuses** such as [Bacon Bits](/passives/bacon-bits) and [Boss Buster](/items/boss-buster) shorten the fight. The 7:00 elite arrives at the same time, so area weapons that hit both are useful.
## Main attack
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| `kind` | charge |
| `dashSpeed` | 280 |
| `dashTime` | 0.7 |
| `width` | 22 |
## Nightmare ground attack
**Verified**: Nightmare adds the `cross` ground layout; other difficulties keep the ordinary attack. Its anchor captures Tibo's position when placed, rather than following him. A cross points away from the boss through the captured position. The main bar reaches 60 ahead and 68 behind; a second bar 40 ahead reaches 45 to either side and strikes 0.45 seconds later. Both are width 24. Damage is 35% of contact damage before mitigation; the charge still happens. Distances above are raw values: multiply them by Nightmare's `areaScale` of 1.45, but not counts, angles, ratios or times. This does not enlarge every enemy attack. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `return e.level.sharpAttacks&&n!==void 0?n:t.attack`] [run-extras-l2haGSVw.js: `kind:`cross`,width:24,ahead:60,behind:68,arm:45,bar:40,wave:.45,harm:.35`] [run-extras-l2haGSVw.js: `j.cx=e.player.x[e.me],j.cy=e.player.y[e.me],j.scale=e.cfg.level.areaScale`]
## Bullet patterns
| Pattern | Count | Bursts | Bullet damage | Speed | Telegraph (s) | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `fan` | 7 | 1 | 14 | 120 | 0.8 | motion: `{"speed":[{"at":0.8,"to":1},{"at":1.05,"to":0.1},{"at":1.5,"to":-1.15}]}`; arc 1.1 |
## Nightmare bullet patterns
**Verified**: on Nightmare these replace the ordinary patterns above; they use the same pattern interval. Other levels use the ordinary list. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `return e.level.sharpPatterns&&n!==void 0?n:t.patterns`]
| Pattern | Count | Bursts | Bullet damage | Speed | Telegraph (s) | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `fan` | 7 | 1 | 14 | 130 | 0.8 | motion: `{"speed":[{"at":0.85,"to":1},{"at":1.1,"to":0.1},{"at":1.55,"to":-1.05}]}`; arc 1.1 |
## Returning sickles
**Verified**: the seven-shot fan flies outward, slows, then reverses along the same heading. The ordinary fan launches at speed 120: its speed multiplier stays at 1 through 0.8 s, falls to 0.1 at 1.05 s, then to −1.15 at 1.5 s. Nightmare launches at 130, with multipliers 1 at 0.85 s, 0.1 at 1.1 s and −1.05 at 1.55 s. Speeds interpolate between these points, so reversal happens between the last two points, not at the final timestamp. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `return r+(a.to-r)*i`]
The negative-speed portion also uses the [difficulty's return multiplier](/modes): ×0.7 on Easy and ×1.05 on Normal, Hard and Nightmare. This does not change the outward speed or the timing of the reversal. Nightmare uses the returning fan rather than an inward-curving fan. [sim-BkfBhQfw.js: `s=t.launch[n]*(o<0?o*mp.back:o)`]
## HP scaling
Boss HP is multiplied by a step factor depending on the run time (`bosses.hpSteps`), and by the difficulty's boss HP multiplier (see [Modes](/modes)).
| From minute | HP × | Sir Strawman HP (Normal) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 1690 |
| 16 | 3 | 5070 |
| 18 | 4 | 6760 |
| 20 | 6 | 10140 |
The Normal column includes Normal's boss HP ×0.65, without curse. Other time scaling may also apply; see [Enemy scaling](/enemy-scaling).
## Names in other languages
**Verified**: the name the game shows when another language is selected in Settings, from its translation files. [i18n-ja-content-DO6GrqHt.js: `"content.boss.sir-strawman.name":["サー・ストローマン"]`] See [Languages](/controls#languages).
Show names in 26 languages
| Language | Code | Name | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 简体中文 · Simplified Chinese | `zh-CN` | 稻草人爵士 | 田垄守护者 |
| 繁體中文 · Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) | `zh-TW` | 稻草人爵士 | 田壟守護者 |
| 日本語 · Japanese | `ja` | サー・ストローマン | 畝の守護者 |
| 한국어 · Korean | `ko` | 서 스트로맨 | 이랑의 수호자 |
| Español · Spanish | `es` | Sir Espantapájaros | Guardián de los surcos |
| हिन्दी · Hindi | `hi` | सर स्ट्रॉमैन | कतारों का रक्षक |
| Deutsch · German | `de` | Sir Strohmann | Wächter der Reihen |
| Français · French | `fr` | Sire Épouvantail | Gardien des rangs |
| Português (Brasil) · Brazilian Portuguese | `pt` | Sir Espantalho | Guardião das fileiras |
| Türkçe · Turkish | `tr` | Sör Saman Adam | Sıraların Muhafızı |
| Bahasa Indonesia · Indonesian | `id` | Sir Jerami | Penjaga Barisan |
| Русский · Russian | `ru` | Сэр Пугало | Страж грядок |
| Bahasa Melayu · Malay | `ms` | Tuan Jerami | Penjaga Batas |
| Filipino | `fil` | Sir Dayami | Bantay ng mga Hanay |
| मराठी · Marathi | `mr` | सरदार बुजगावणे | रांगांचा रक्षक |
| Tiếng Việt · Vietnamese | `vi` | Ngài Bù Nhìn | Hộ Vệ Luống Cày |
| తెలుగు · Telugu | `te` | సర్ గడ్డిబొమ్మ | వరుసల కాపలాదారు |
| தமிழ் · Tamil | `ta` | வைக்கோல் துரை | வரிசைகளின் காவலன் |
| বাংলা · Bengali | `bn` | স্যার কাকতাড়ুয়া | সারির প্রহরী |
| ไทย · Thai | `th` | เซอร์หุ่นฟาง | ผู้พิทักษ์แปลงไร่ |
| Hausa | `ha` | Malam Ciyawa | Mai Tsaron Layuka |
| Naijá · Nigerian Pidgin | `pcm` | Sir Strawman | Guard of di Rows |
| العربية · Arabic | `ar` | السير فزّاع | حارس الأثلام |
| فارسی · Persian | `fa` | شوالیه مترسک | نگهبان کرتها |
| עברית · Hebrew | `he` | סר דחליל | שומר התלמים |
| اردو · Urdu | `ur` | نواب بجوکا | کیاریوں کا محافظ |
-content` files of `main-CSuyb4iv.js` (`data/i18n-names.json`)