Spike

Spike
Health	Attack	Counter
7
Other Stats
2 Teeth
Card Description
Hogheaded
Card Art

Spike is a pet Companion can be unlocked, and the fifth available pet.

Unlock

Kill 10 enemies with Teeth.

Strategy

Spike is a purely defensive Companion, with no attack or Counter. Instead, it uses Teeth to punish anything that attacks it. This is extremely valuable in the early game when many enemies have low health; for instance, Pengoons and Baby Snowbos die in one hit and Snowbos die in two, making Spike very good at earning combo Blings. However, Spike's Hogheaded means that every point of damage it takes is permanent if not healed, making it generally unhelpful in the late game when many enemies can inflict 5+ damage in a single hit. If Spike does have proper support from healing, Shell, or Frost, though, it can be effective throughout an entire run.

Trivia

Spike bears some resemblance to some of The Toothy Shades and appears to be a juvenile version of Maw Jaw, but any specific connection beyond their toothiness is unknown. If Spike is in fact a Shade, its Hogheaded ability may reference how the Summoned ability prevents Shades from being recalled.

History

• 1.0: Added

• 1.2.0: Health reduced from 8 to 7

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Translation	Description
English	Spike	—	Hogheaded
Chinese (Simplified)	刺派克 Cì Pàikè	Thorn Pike	顽固
Chinese (Traditional)	刺派克 Cì Pàikè	Thorn Pike	死腦筋
Korean	스파이크 Seupaikeu	Spike	옹고집
Japanese	スパイク Supaiku	Spike	イノシシアタマ