Difference between revisions of "Hellwing"

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hellwing 4
HP	33-59
HD	7
XP	336
Speed	10
AC	8
EV	10
Will	56
Attack¹	17 (hit: plain)
Attack²	10 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rPois+, rN+++, rTorm, rRot
Vulnerabilities	Holy, Holy wrath
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Normal
Uses	Open doors
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Large
Type	hellwing, hellwing
Flags	Evil Flying Regenerates Silence immune

A hideous skeletal demon, with wings of ancient withered skin.

Hellwings are pesky tier-4 demons with average melee combat skills and annoying magic. They are found in the Abyss, Pandemonium, and the Hells, and are often summoned by other monsters through the Summon Demon spell.

An amulet of stasis will keep it from teleporting you away mid-fight. You may wish to switch amulets as soon as you see a hellwing, as putting it on mid-teleport will incur magic contamination.
Try not to create any particularly beefy corpses while facing hostile hellwings. Alternatively, you could allow them to resurrect fallen enemies so you can get extra experience.
Their teleports can occasionally be handy in places like the Abyss, but don't wait around them hoping they will teleport you. Also, if you're fighting hellwings and want to teleport, make sure you haven't already had the teleport status inflicted on you: if you have, attempting to teleport will instead cancel the active teleport, wasting the scroll/wand charge.

Prior to 0.6, hellwings were tier-3 demons.

Prior to 0.12, player-summoned hellwings could be used to gain permanent undead allies.

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 *An [[amulet of stasis]] will keep it from teleporting you away mid-fight. You may wish to switch amulets as soon as you see a hellwing, as putting it on mid-teleport will incur [[magic contamination]].
 *Try not to create any particularly beefy [[corpse]]s while facing hostile hellwings. Alternatively, you could allow them to resurrect fallen enemies so you can get extra experience.
-*If you're stuck in the [[Abyss]] and are out of [[scroll of teleportation|scrolls of teleportation]], you could wait around a hellwing and hope it forces you to teleport. It's still not an ideal method for escaping trouble in the Abyss, though.
+*Their teleports can occasionally be handy in places like the Abyss, but don't wait around them hoping they will teleport you.  Also, if you're fighting hellwings and want to teleport, make sure you haven't already had the teleport status inflicted on you: if you have, attempting to teleport will instead cancel the active teleport, wasting the scroll/wand charge.
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