Virus/Host

Virus Hosts are a large, extremely powerful variant of Virus. They look fleshy and organic unlike most other variants of Virus. They also have a giant, pink triangular eye with a triangular black pupil in the center of it. They have Virus symbols all over their face around the eye area, with the symbol on top of the center of their eye resembling a standard Virus head.

Lore
Virus Hosts are stationary beings who attach themselves to walls and other kinds of structures, essentially merging themselves with the structure they choose to attach themselves to. Once they're attached, they don't go anywhere because they can't really move around too much on their own.

Virus Hosts are created via a ritual that involves Program Hearts. First, around a million Program Hearts are gathered then crushed into a thick goo. Then, a Virus proceeds to sacrifice themselves in the goo-like substance in order to make a Virus Host. In order for the Host-making ritual to work properly, the sacrifice must be a greater Corruption (something more powerful than a standard Virus in this case), which could be a Virus Brawler, an Advanced Virus, etc. The sacrificed entities who become Virus Hosts retain their memories from their past life, and in some cases, they retain the exact same personality they had prior to the transformation.

Weapons/Abilities
Unit Spawning - Virus Hosts have the ability to spawn basic units of of their species (in this case, Viruses) and of any class/variant. Virus Hosts are also not contained to a limited spawning range when they spawn the units. The lack of limitations on Virus Hosts' spawning abilities distinguishes their spawning abilities from those of Virus Summoners, who are more limited in their spawning abilities.

Mind Control - Virus Hosts have the ability to mind-control all of the units they spawn at once, with few Viruses being able to escape the mind-control. Virus Hosts are capable of controlling millions and millions of units at once. Typically, once the destructive work is done, Virus Hosts allow their previously mind-controlled soldiers to roam around the computer freely until they are needed again.

Merging/Linking - Virus Hosts also have the ability to ally with other Virus Hosts and merge with them. Merged Virus Hosts have a greater influence than standalone Virus Hosts. When more than 12 Virus Hosts merge together (which is an uncommon occurrence as Virus Hosts usually cease merging at the normal maximum of 12), they form a Greater Host, which is an even more powerful variant of Virus Host. Few Viruses are able to resist the influence of Greater Hosts, with one of the only known ones being able to do so being Vyrus. Virus Hosts can also choose not to merge and to instead link their flesh together to form "Knowledge Veins". Knowledge Veins connect the minds of the Virus Hosts involved. A nearly infinite amount of Virus Hosts can link together and form Knowledge Veins, unlike with merging where there's usually a limit of 12 Virus Hosts.

More Virus Host Facts

 * Virus Hosts, along with Malware Hosts, were originally planned to be Coin drop-off points in Databrawl's Battle Zone, however, flag posts were used instead until drop-off points were ultimately removed from the game. This was due to the complexity of the Virus/Malware Hosts' design, which would be more difficult to model than the flag posts.