Treant

Treants are animated trees that appear in Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep.

Overview
Treants are slow-moving trees that appear exclusively in The Forest in the DLC, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep. There are two types of Treants, Elder Treants and Stumpies. The Elder Treants are large and resemble a fully grown tree, albeit having a face and legs. They also have several blue spheres orbiting their branches. Stumpies are, in a nutshell, stumps. They have arms and legs and move at slow, lumbering pace. Stumpies vary in appearence, from having an axe embedded in their head, to a sort of fern-like plant sprouting from their head.

Strategy
As being made of wood, Treants are very vulnerable to Fire-type damage. Elder Treants are very slow, but are capable of a powerful ground-pound attack if a player gets to close. They are also able to cause three bulbous plants to sprout from the earth. These plants always form in a straight line and are slow to grow to full size. The plants act as proximity mines, dealing Corrosive damage to any enemy that gets to close. However, due to the slow speed at which they grow, they are fairly easy to avoid. Elder Treants have one final attack that only occurs when they die. The blue spheres orbiting their branches suddenly fly away from the dying Treant and home in on the player. The orbs cause considerable Shock damage and can swiftly deplete most shields. The orbs can be destroyed though by gunfire. Stumpies are extremely easy to defeat, having only a melee attack that deals marginal damage. They can be easily brought down from a distance.

Notable Treants

 * Aubrey the Teenage Treant

Trivia

 * Treants are likely based off of the Ents that appear in J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.