Jiangshi Assassins an enemy in Spelunky 2.
They are commonly enemies found in Tide Pool and Abzu, being a more advanced version of the Jiangshi.
Behavior[]
Jiangshi Assassins jump towards the player with jumps of varying height and distance.
Unlike standard Jiangshi, they are also able to flip their own gravity to stand on ceilings between jumps. Jiangshi Assassins will use this ability to drop down onto spelunkers below akin to Spiders, or ascend upward and surprise their target from below.
Just like their lesser counterpart, the Jiangshi Assassin only has 1 health, and can be killed by a flash of a camera
With a chance of around 1/1000, Jiangshi Assassins can drop Spike Shoes when killed.