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*The more [[fire resistance]] you have when facing them, the better. | *The more [[fire resistance]] you have when facing them, the better. | ||
| − | *Balrugs are vulnerable to cold. Any decent [[Ice Elementalist]] or [[Conjurer]] shouldn't have much difficulty with them. Other characters can take advantage of their mediocre [[EV]] to zap them with a [[wand of | + | *Balrugs are vulnerable to cold. Any decent [[Ice Elementalist]] or [[Conjurer]] shouldn't have much difficulty with them. Other characters can take advantage of their mediocre [[EV]] to zap them with a [[wand of iceblast]]. |
*Although huge, they are still faster than most characters. | *Although huge, they are still faster than most characters. | ||
*[[Maces & Flails]] specialists will probably want to take a look at their weaponry, as [[demon whip]]s are among the best weapons in the game. | *[[Maces & Flails]] specialists will probably want to take a look at their weaponry, as [[demon whip]]s are among the best weapons in the game. | ||
Revision as of 11:59, 25 July 2020
Version 0.25: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
balrug 2 
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|---|---|
| HP | 50-103 |
| HD | 14 |
| XP | 1661 |
| Speed | 12 |
| AC | 5 |
| EV | 12 |
| Will | 160 |
| Attack1 | 25 (hit: fire)
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| Resistances | rF+++ rPois+ rMiasma rN+++ rTorm |
| Vulnerabilities | Cold Holy |
| Habitat | Land |
| Intelligence | Human |
| Uses | Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors |
| Holiness | Demonic |
| Size | Large |
| Type | balrug, balrug |
| Flags | Fighter See invisible Flying |
| A huge and very powerful demon, wreathed in fire and shadows. |
Useful Info
Balrugs are brutish tier-2 demons, often armed with branded demon whips and capable of casting powerful Fire Magic. Even when unarmed, they still deal significant fire damage (14-27 HP) per hit.
Spells
| Spell set I | ||
|---|---|---|
| Slot1 | Bolt of Fire (3d23) | Magical flag |
| Slot2 | Fireball (3d23) | Magical flag |
| Slot3 | Pyre Arrow (2d14*) | Magical flag |
| Slot4 | Smiting (7-17) | Magical flag |
Tips & Tricks
- The more fire resistance you have when facing them, the better.
- Balrugs are vulnerable to cold. Any decent Ice Elementalist or Conjurer shouldn't have much difficulty with them. Other characters can take advantage of their mediocre EV to zap them with a wand of iceblast.
- Although huge, they are still faster than most characters.
- Maces & Flails specialists will probably want to take a look at their weaponry, as demon whips are among the best weapons in the game.
Trivia
The balrug is almost identical to the balrog, a fiery whip-wielding demon from J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings novels.
History
They knew Teleport Self between 0.6 and 0.10. Prior to 0.10, they were tier-1 demons.
Categories:
- 0.25 articles
- Hit type
- Fire flavour
- Fire resistance
- Fire resistance 3
- Poison resistance
- Miasma resistance
- Negative energy resistance
- Negative energy 3
- Torment resistance
- Cold vulnerability
- Holy vulnerability
- Human intelligence
- Weapons armour
- Starting equipment
- Open doors
- Demonic holiness
- Large monsters
- Fighter
- See invisible
- Flying
- Monsters
- Spellcaster
- Demon
