Summon Cactus Giant - Revision history

Patrick2011b: merge the first two bullets of strategy

2024-12-20T06:21:15Z

merge the first two bullets of strategy

Patrick2011b: bump

2024-12-20T06:18:27Z

bump

Hordes: try to standardize summons

2024-01-15T13:44:55Z

try to standardize summons

Hordes: /* Useful Info */

2023-08-17T02:25:34Z

‎Useful Info

Hordes at 15:51, 10 August 2023

2023-08-10T15:51:00Z

Hordes: /* Strategy */

2023-06-17T09:15:39Z

‎Strategy

Hordes: version bump

2023-06-17T09:14:41Z

version bump

Hordes: /* Effect */ format

2023-01-24T05:12:07Z

‎Effect: format

Hordes: /* Effect */ quickly explain cactus giant monster

2023-01-24T05:11:25Z

‎Effect: quickly explain cactus giant monster

Ge0ff: for 99.9% cases, if you need a verb, use "affect", if you need a noun - use "effect"

2022-08-23T20:04:48Z

for 99.9% cases, if you need a verb, use "affect", if you need a noun - use "effect"

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 {{spell info}}
-'''Sumon Cactus Giant''' is a Level 6 [[Summonings]] spell, which summons a titular [[cactus giant]]. These animated cacti attack extremely slowly, but are [[spiny]] and have remarkably high [[HP]] to boot.
+'''Summon Cactus Giant''' is a Level 6 [[Summonings]] spell, which summons a titular [[cactus giant]]. These animated cacti attack extremely slowly, but are [[spiny]] and have remarkably high [[HP]] to boot.
 ==Useful Info==
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 ==Strategy==
-*Cactus giants are tanky retaliatory summons that are quite effective in corridors. Their low [[EV]] helps activate their spines but makes them vulnerable to projectiles, which don't activate spines.
+*Cactus giants are tanky retaliatory summons that are quite effective in corridors against melee monsters. Their low [[EV]] helps activate their spines but makes them vulnerable to projectiles, which don't activate spines.
 *Spines can only affect hostile monsters once per round. While a cactus giant can still take out a regular [[hydra]] quite easily, don't expect one to obliterate [[the Lernaean hydra]] in one turn.

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 A single [[cactus giant]] is summoned. When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per monster turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).
-Higher spellpower increases the cactus giant's hit points; it doesn't increase [[HD]]. Their base HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|150}}</ref>
+Higher spellpower increases the cactus giant's hit points; it doesn't increase [[HD]]. Their base HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|spl-summoning.cc|227}}</ref>
 Duration of the summon is around 27 turns, it does not depend on the spell power.
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 ==Strategy==
-*Cactus giants are, effectively, a leveled up version of [[Summon Guardian Golem]]. While they don't [[Inner Flame|explode]], they fulfill the same tanky retaliatory summon role that they do. Their low [[EV]] helps with this role; projectiles are likely to hit them.
+*Cactus giants are tanky retaliatory summons that are quite effective in corridors. Their low [[EV]] helps activate their spines but makes them vulnerable to projectiles, which don't activate spines.
 *Despite what it may seem on paper, cactus giants actually 'deal' respectable damage in melee. Melee being the keyword here, as ranged attacks don't activate spines.
 *Spines can only affect hostile monsters once per round. While a cactus giant can still take out a regular [[hydra]] quite easily, don't expect one to obliterate [[the Lernaean hydra]] in one turn.

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 ==Useful Info==
-A single [[cactus giant]] is summoned. Higher [[spell power]] increases the strength of the creature. Players have a summon cap of 1; casting the spell again will cause the old summon to very quickly time out.
+A single [[cactus giant]] is summoned. When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per monster turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).
-When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per monster turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).
+Higher spellpower increases the cactus giant's hit points; it doesn't increase [[HD]]. Their base HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|150}}</ref>
-The cactus giant's hitpoints are determined by spell power; their HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|150}}</ref>
+Duration of the summon is around 27 turns, it does not depend on the spell power.
-Duration of the summon is around 27 turns, it does not depend on the spell power.
+There is a summon cap of 1 cactus giant; casting the spell again will cause the old summon to very quickly time out.
 ==Strategy==

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 A single [[cactus giant]] is summoned. Higher [[spell power]] increases the strength of the creature. Players have a summon cap of 1; casting the spell again will cause the old summon to very quickly time out.
-When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).
+When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per monster turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).
 The cactus giant's hitpoints are determined by spell power; their HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|150}}</ref>

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 '''Sumon Cactus Giant''' is a Level 6 [[Summonings]] spell, which summons a titular [[cactus giant]]. These animated cacti attack extremely slowly, but are [[spiny]] and have remarkably high [[HP]] to boot.
-==Effect==
+==Useful Info==
 A single [[cactus giant]] is summoned. Higher [[spell power]] increases the strength of the creature. Players have a summon cap of 1; casting the spell again will cause the old summon to very quickly time out.
-When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per turn even if they have multiple attacks, like a [[hydra]].
+When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).
-The cactus giant's hitpoints are determined by spell power; roughly equal to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|150}}</ref>
+The cactus giant's hitpoints are determined by spell power; their HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|spl-summoning.cc|150}}</ref>
 Duration of the summon is around 27 turns, it does not depend on the spell power.

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 ==Strategy==
-*Cactus giants are, effectively, a leveled up version of [[Summon Guardian Golem]]. While they don't [[Inner Flame|explode]], they fufill the same tanky retaliatory summon role that they do. Their low [[EV]] helps with this role; projectiles are likely to hit them.
+*Cactus giants are, effectively, a leveled up version of [[Summon Guardian Golem]]. While they don't [[Inner Flame|explode]], they fulfill the same tanky retaliatory summon role that they do. Their low [[EV]] helps with this role; projectiles are likely to hit them.
 *Despite what it may seem on paper, cactus giants actually 'deal' respectable damage in melee. Melee is the key word here; ranged attacks just don't activate spines.
-*Spines can only effect hostile monsters once per round. While a cactus giant can still take out a regular [[hydra]] quite easily, don't expect them to obliterate [[the Lernaean hydra]] in one turn.
+*Spines can only affect hostile monsters once per round. While a cactus giant can still take out a regular [[hydra]] quite easily, don't expect them to obliterate [[the Lernaean hydra]] in one turn.
 ==History==