Cacodemon

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cacodemon 2
HP	81-117
HD	13
XP	1627
Speed	10
AC	11
EV	10
Will	156
Attack1	22 (hit: plain)
Attack2	22 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rElec, rPois+, rN+++, rTorm, rRot, rDrown
Vulnerabilities	Holy, Holy wrath, Silver
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	High
Uses	Open doors
Holiness	Demonic
Size	Large
Type	cacodemon, cacodemon
Flags	Levitate Regenerates See invisible Silence immune

A hideously ugly demon of rage and legendary power, it disables its foes before blasting them to pieces. “We’ll call him Cacodemon, with his black Gib there, his Succuba, his Devil’s Seed, his Spawn of Phlegethon, that o’ my Consience was bred o’ the Spume of Cocytus.” -John Fletcher, _The Knight of Malta_. 1647.

Useful Info

Cacodemons are extremely dangerous tier-2 demons. They wield a wide variety of debilitating ranged attacks, occasionally mutate the player, and have a powerful, irresistible energy attack. They are found in the Abyss, the Hells, and Pandemonium (particularly in Mnoleg's domain), and can be summoned by certain monsters through the Summon Greater Demon spell.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1	Energy Bolt (3d20)
Slot2	Slow (50% success rate when MR=47)
Slot3	Confuse (50% success rate when MR=47)
Slot4	Malmutate
Slot5	Dig
Slot6	none

Tips & Tricks

• An amulet of resist mutation and high magic resistance will protect you from most (but not all) of their attacks; kill them quick to avoid an unlucky Malmutate getting through to you.

History

Prior to 0.10, they were tier-1 demons. They also used to be fairly pathetic, as their energy bolt, slow, and confuse spells all used to be the near-worthless Call Imp.