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Hordes at 23:01, 15 January 2024

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Ge0ff: no aoops if the monster is confused or can't see you (see _maybe_launch_opportunity_attack() in mon-act.cc)

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no aoops if the monster is confused or can't see you (see _maybe_launch_opportunity_attack() in mon-act.cc)

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 ==Strategy==
-Watch out! When retreating, a 100% speed enemy with AOO gets more attacks than an [[adder]] would without AOO. Always try to reposition (say, to a [[stair dancing|upstairs]]) ''before'' you get adjacent to them.
+Watch out! When retreating, a 100% speed enemy with AOO gets more attacks than an [[adder]] would without AOO. Always try to reposition (say, to a [[stair dancing|upstairs]]) ''before'' you get adjacent to them. Once you're adjacent to a melee enemy, you should only move if you have a good reason to.
 Should you need to retreat from a bad fight, your options are limited. Common ways to escape include:
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 *Prevent the monster from moving: [[Throwing net]], [[BVC]], [[wand of roots]]
 *Translocating yourself away: [[Blink]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[scroll of teleport]], [[scroll of blinking]]
-*Sending the monster away: [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]], [[Dispersal]] ([[Dispersal|spell]] and [[dispersal (brand)|darts]]), [[scroll of butterflies]], [[phial of floods]]
+*Sending the monster away: [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]], [[Dispersal]] ([[Dispersal|spell]] and [[dispersal (brand)|darts]]), [[scroll of butterflies]], [[scroll of fear]], [[phial of floods]]
 ==History==

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 Whenever you move away from an enemy's melee attack range, and the monster would pursue, it has a 33% chance to trigger an attack of opportunity. This allows it to move and attack simultaneously. They can only occur if a monster would choose to pursue. Enemies with [[reaching]] attacks can make attacks of opportunity from 2 tiles away.
-The combined time spent for both actions is a single monster turn, but with a 50% chance for it to lose an extra 10% of a turn. If a monster attacks slower than it moves, or moves slower than the attacks, it takes time equal to the slower of the two actions.
+The time spent to do both actions is a single monster turn, but with a 50% chance for it to lose an extra 10% of a turn. If a monster attacks slower than it moves, or moves slower than the attacks, it takes time equal to the slower of the two actions.
 Note that [[random energy]] does not apply whenever an attack of opportunity happens. However, if a monster would be eligible for an attack, but doesn't actually get one, random energy will apply.

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 ==Useful Info==
-Whenever you move away from an enemy's melee attack range, and the monster would pursue, it has a 33% chance to trigger an attack of opportunity. This allows it to move and attack simultaneously. They can only occur if a monster would choose to pursue. Enemies with [[reaching]] attacks can make attacks of opportunity from 2 tiles away. Even if you are faster than the opponent, attacks of opportunity can still be made.
+Whenever you move away from an enemy's melee attack range, and the monster would pursue, it has a 33% chance to trigger an attack of opportunity. This allows it to move and attack simultaneously. They can only occur if a monster would choose to pursue. Enemies with [[reaching]] attacks can make attacks of opportunity from 2 tiles away.
-The time spent for this combined move is a single monster turn, but with a 50% chance for it to lose an extra 10% of a turn. If a monster attacks slower than it moves, or moves slower than the attacks, it takes time equal to the slower of the two actions.
+The combined time spent for both actions is a single monster turn, but with a 50% chance for it to lose an extra 10% of a turn. If a monster attacks slower than it moves, or moves slower than the attacks, it takes time equal to the slower of the two actions.
 Note that [[random energy]] does not apply whenever an attack of opportunity happens. However, if a monster would be eligible for an attack, but doesn't actually get one, random energy will apply.

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 Should you need to retreat from a bad fight, your options are limited. Common ways to escape include:
-*Swapping places with a [[summon]] or other type of [[ally]].
+*Swapping places with a [[summon]] or other type of [[ally]]
-*Prevent the monster from moving: [[Throwing net]], [[BVC]].
+*Prevent the monster from moving: [[Throwing net]], [[BVC]], [[wand of roots]]
-*Translocating yourself away: [[Blink]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[scroll of teleport]], [[scroll of blinking]].
+*Translocating yourself away: [[Blink]], [[Passage of Golubria]], [[scroll of teleport]], [[scroll of blinking]]
-*Sending the monster away: [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]], [[Dispersal]] ([[Dispersal|spell]] and [[dispersal (brand)|darts]], [[scroll of butterflies]], [[phial of floods]].
+*Sending the monster away: [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]], [[Dispersal]] ([[Dispersal|spell]] and [[dispersal (brand)|darts]]), [[scroll of butterflies]], [[phial of floods]]
 ==History==

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 The time spent for this combined move is a single monster turn, but with a 50% chance for it to lose an extra 10% of a turn. If a monster attacks slower than it moves, or moves slower than the attacks, it takes time equal to the slower of the two actions.
-Note that [[random energy]] does not apply whenever an attack of opportunity actually happens. If a monster would be eligible for an attack, but doesn't actually get one, random energy will apply.
+Note that [[random energy]] does not apply whenever an attack of opportunity happens. However, if a monster would be eligible for an attack, but doesn't actually get one, random energy will apply.
 ===Avoiding===

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 *If a monster would choose not to move or melee attack, it won't make attacks of opportunity. For example, a [[centaur (monster)|centaur]] will prefer to use its bow over a weak melee attack.
 *Monsters who cannot move or melee attack will not perform attacks of opportunity, so the following statuses stop them entirely:
-**Incapacitation: [[Asleep]], [[paralysed]], [[petrified]]
+**Incapacitation: [[Asleep]], [[paralysed]], [[petrified]], or [[confused]]
 **Cannot move: [[Constrict]]ed, caught in a [[web]]/[[net]]
 **Cannot attack: [[Fear|Fleeing]]
 *If you swap places with an [[ally]], so that the ally blocks the monster's movement, you avoid an attack of opportunity.
 *[[Zin]]'s Sanctuary prevents all attacks. This protection is retroactive - if you were previously outside the area and moved inside, the Sanctuary still protects you.
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 *[[Translocation]]s don't count as movement, so you can use them safely.
-The following can help you escape from a melee monster, but attacks of opportunity can still occur:
+Being faster than the monster can help you escape from a melee monster, but attacks of opportunity can still occur. For example, against a 100% speed monster, a [[haste]]d player can take at most 2 attacks of opportunity before escaping melee range.
 ==Strategy==
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 **Monsters didn't have a 50% chance to lose 0.1 of a turn after making an opportunity attack.
 **Monsters only made attacks of opportunity if you were ''adjacent'', not in ''melee range''. Therefore, monsters with [[reaching]] attacks couldn't make attacks of opportunity. Their AI would let you get 2 tiles away before chasing, thus invalidating opportunity attacks.
-**You were immune to attacks of opportunity if: you moved faster than the monster, if the monster is confused or blinded, or if you were invisible and the monster who couldn't see invisible.
+**You were immune to attacks of opportunity if you moved faster than the monster.
 **Certain [[attack flavour]]s, such as [[engulf]], [[constrict]], and any effect that moved the player or monster, were disabled during attacks of opportunity.
 :Also, [[random energy]] was re-introduced in this version.

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 *[[Zin]]'s Sanctuary prevents all attacks. This protection is retroactive - if you were previously outside the area and moved inside, the Sanctuary still protects you.
 *You become immune to attacks of opportunity while performing [[Wu Jian|martial attacks]], [[rampaging]], or Serpent's Lash.
-*[[Translocation]] doesn't count as movement, so you can use them safely.
+*[[Translocation]]s don't count as movement, so you can use them safely.
 The following can help you escape from a melee monster, but attacks of opportunity can still occur:
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