Trample
Version 0.30: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
A trample attack is a melee attack which knocks the victim back one tile; the trampler then occupies the tile previously occupied by its target. The knockback can't move a target through an impassible (wall, lava, etc.) or occupied tile.
Targets smaller in size than the attacker have a greater chance of being knocked back, and almost all monsters that can trample are among the largest monsters in the game.
Monsters That Trample
The following is a comprehensive list of all monsters that trample:
- All elephants:
- Y
Elephant - Y
Dire elephant - Y
Hellephant - Y
Nellie
- Y
- Most dragons:
- D
Swamp dragon - D
Fire dragon - D
Ice dragon - D
Storm dragon - D
Iron dragon - D
Bone dragon - D
Golden dragon - D
Xtahua - D
Bai Suzhen (in dragon form) - D
The Serpent of Hell
- D
- 2
Hell beast - X
Thrashing horror - X
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Tips & Tricks
- Pay careful attention to tramplers when near staircases. If one is adjacent as you climb up a stair, you can be trampled off, and it will occupy your former escape route.
- Trample works oddly with Inner Flame. When killing a target with Inner Flame, the victim is knocked back, then the victim explodes, then the trampler moves to the new tile (thus not getting hit by the explosion).
History
- Prior to 0.14, players in Dragon Form could trample their opponents.
