The Professor

"I was burdened with terrible news recently... My most talented student... I'll show you real power!"

- The Professor

The Professor is the of Catacombs - Floor III of The Catacombs.

Lore
Despite his great technique, he failed the Masters exam three times. Works from 8 to 5. Cares about his students.

He is the teacher of Scarf and Bonzo.

Collection
Killing the Professor increases The Professor collection.

Boss Fight
The Professor has 3 phases.

First Phase
The Professor is surrounded by a barrier at the beginning of the fight, preventing players from dealing damage through it.

To end the first phase, all of The Professor's Guardians must be defeated. Each of the guardians has a special attack/ability. The Guardians are revived with (Normal) /  (Master Mode)  after 10 seconds of being killed.
 * The Healthy Guardian can perform, which heals every guardian in the room to full . However, landing 10 hits or more before the heal timer is up will startle the guardian and prevent the heal.
 * The Chaos Guardian is the most dangerous of the Guardians. Above its head is an meter. Getting too close to it will cause it to discharge for  every second, and approaching it while it is on full  will result in it striking the player for, twice per second.
 * The Laser Guardian will begin the fight by charging up a . This laser can be very annoying without an Aspect of the End to break its focus. Every second, it deals to the player. After firing for about 10 seconds, it will overheat and cool down for a few seconds before resuming fire.
 * The Reinforced Guardian is the least dangerous of the guardians, only firing off some TNT every so often. However, this TNT can be difficult to avoid at times.
 * Standing on any guardian's pedestal will cause them to body slam, dealing and.

Rogue Guardians will also spawn throughout the fight and fly around firing lasers at any nearby players. After being alive for some time, they will turn into Elder Rogue Guardians which deal more damage.

Second Phase
In the second phase, The Professor has. When the Professor is brought down to ( (Normal) /  (Master Mode)), The Professor undergoes his third and final phase.

Third Phase
In his third phase, the Professor absorbs the dead Elder Guardians and transforms into a Guardian himself. He will spawn Rogue Guardians, and occasionally use the, , and abilities. If the fight goes on for too long, the arena will flood but spawn in several boats. Once the Professor is defeated, Necron will smite him with lightning and warn the players not to go further before he deals with them himself.

The Professor

 * - The Professor flings TNT around him in all directions, which detonate and deal heavy amounts of damage.
 * The Professor uses this move only during the third phase.


 * - The Professor begins a countdown. At the end of this countdown, he and all Rogue Guardians in the room are healed fully.
 * The Professor uses this move only during the third phase.
 * - The Professor summons a pile of Prismarine that can deal.
 * The Professor uses this move only during the second phase.

Chaos Guardian

 * - The Chaos Guardian summons lots of lightning and zaps its surroundings, dealing very heavy damage.
 * - Hits the player for.

Healthy Guardian

 * - Heals all the other Guardians to full.
 * - Hits the player for.

Reinforced Guardian

 * Has higher health and defense than other guardians.
 * Can summon Rogue Guardians.
 * - Throws TNT in the direction it's facing.
 * - Hits the player for.

Laser Guardian

 * - Charges up and fires a laser at players after 12 seconds. This deals per second.
 * - Hits the player for.

Master Mode Changes

 * The Professor has and his guardians  and . All attacks deal more damage.
 * Rogue Guardians immediately spawn as the Elder variant.
 * Guardians are revived after 7 seconds instead of 10.
 * When Guardians are revived, they regain of their  instead of.
 * The Healthy Guardian is invulnerable when performing, however, can still be interrupted by hitting the Guardian enough times.

Boss Minions

 * Healthy Guardian
 * Reinforced Guardian
 * Rogue (Elder) Guardian(s)
 * Rogue Guardian(s)
 * Laser Guardian
 * Chaos Guardian

Quotes

 * "Now that you have fallen, my student has been avenged. Picking a fight with me and my experiments will only lead to your demise!
 * I give you an F-!" -If players have lost to The Professor
 * "What?! My Guardian power is unbeatable! How could you... I needed more power... I can't let my Master hear about this... he'll kill m-" -If you have won the fight, the dialogue is continued with Necron saying the rest
 * "Perfect offense and defense, I am INVINCIBLE!" -When reviving a guardian
 * "I'm afraid to say that I can quickly revive one of my Guardians!" -If you have killed an Elder Guardian
 * "I can do this all day." - When reviving a guardian
 * "Two Guardians. Impressive..." -If you have killed 2 of his Elder Guardians
 * "Revive, {Guardian Type}!" -When reviving an Elder Guardian
 * "What?! Nobody has managed to take down three of my Guardians before!" -If you have killed 3 of his Elder Guardians
 * "Giga Heal requires a large amount of concentration." -When the Healthy Guardian uses Giga Heal
 * "A few hits can throw that off, and you didn't even bother trying. Fools!" -When the Healthy Guardian uses Giga Heal
 * "My barrier will hold as long as my Guardians are alive."
 * "How do you like the taste of Gunpowder?" -When activating his TNT Rain
 * "My Guardians! Show them your power!" -Says randomly
 * "These wounds are nothing for my Giga Heal!" -When taking significant damage
 * "Another flawless Giga Heal. You are making this too easy for me!" -If he has successfully done a Giga Heal

Trivia

 * The Floor III boss was called Oak in the Alpha Hypixel Network.
 * This was a reference to Professor Oak from the Pokémon franchise.
 * It is unknown why it was changed.
 * This is the first usage of Elder Guardians in Hypixel Skyblock.
 * This is the first time Necron interacts with the player.
 * Necron killed The Professor after he was defeated.
 * The Professor canonically taught Scarf the Necromancy skills they have. But also has other unknown students.
 * The Rogue Guardians can be absorbed by Necromancer Sword and Reaper Scythe, making them the only non-undead mob to be able to be summoned.
 * His head has the same texture as Sadan's, except that it has been recolored and the brows are missing.
 * Although the professor is the one who drops Adaptive Armor, the armor is upgraded with Scarf Fragments.