Macawtrice

Macawtrice is a boss monster appearing in CookieWars. It is a colorful winged creature with flower atop of its head. Macawtrice and World 9 was released alongside Mangosteen Ocelot and Strategist Jujube Cookie on September 21, 2018. Unlike the other bosses ingame, it has not been turned into a Jelly Walker by the time that the Cookies encounter it. However, its second Boss Bounty story shows that it is starting to feel sick and may turn into a Jelly Walker. .

Boss Bounty Story
(1. There was something odd going on on the Tropical Jelly Island, the Macawtrice's domain. For an unknown reason, the beloved squishy island dwellers suddenly grew fierce and furious! The crunchy off-landers must be the reason! 

(2. The source of this menace was the strange tainted Jellies! The Macawtrice felt sorry it blamed everything on the Cookies and agreed to deliver them to their destination. On the way back, the Macawtrice felt unwell. Had it eaten the tainted Jellies too? At any rate, the order on the island had to be restored!

Strategy
Macawtrice has four forms of attack: screeching (using a ightning spell), a gust of wind that can blow units away from it, a tail swipe, and an aerial attack. The main strategy is to keep the Macawtrice on the right side of the and manipulating it into facing away from the Base. On the harder difficulty, the boss will always starts out by screeching and summoning one Jellied Bomberfly, followed by a few close-ranged tail swipes. At around half health, the boss will start to use 3 aerial attacks simultaneously, making the boss reach the Base quickly even if it was on the other side of the map. In order the counter the attack, Units should be placed close behind it, causing it to turn around fly towards the right side of the map. At this point, swarms of Jellied Bomberflies will also start flying towards the Base. However, they explode and deal heavy damage if they fly close to any units, leaving the base vulnerable since most other units are unable to survive after a few explosions. Reviving units such as Moonlight Lantern are counters to them since the revive allows them to take more hits from Bomberflies, leaving more Mana to summon units to attack the boss.

Appearances

 * Story Mode Stage 9-10

Trivia

 * Macawtrice's name is a portemeau of macaw, a colorful type of parrot, and cockatrice, a mythical dragon-like or serpent-like creature with the head of a bird.
 * The treasure Tropical Crown is most likely based on this boss, being released around the same month and having the same flower-shaped "crown" and orange-green feathers in its design.