Orc warrior

For a list of all orcs, see list of orcs.

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HP	17 - 39
HD	4
XP	133
Speed	10
AC	0
EV	13
Will	16
Attack1	20 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	Orc Slaying
Habitat	land
Intelligence	Normal
Uses	Weapons & armour
Holiness	Natural
Size	Medium
Type	orc, orc
Flags	Fighter Warm-blooded Speaks

An armoured orc, obviously experienced in the ways of hacking other creatures apart.

Useful Info

Orc warriors are powerful melee combatants who often lead packs of weaker orcs. They wear decent armour and tend to favor two-handed weapons such as great swords and glaives, although they will also throw clubs and daggers at you for significant damage if they can find them. They are found throughout the Dungeon, starting as early as D:3, and are especially common in the Orcish Mines.

Tips & Tricks

• Orc warriors are one of the deadliest melee fighters in the early Dungeon, easily taking out weak characters in two or three hits, and giving characters built for melee a run for their money if they spawn with branded orcish weapons. Try to take them out at range with magic or wands (elemental attack wands work well enough, but they are especially vulnerable to debilitating wands like enslavement or confusion).
• Definitely try to avoid facing multiple monsters at once. If you have a one-tile wide tunnel nearby, retreat to there and force the orcs to face you one at a time. Be aware that this doesn't apply when orc priests are present, though, as they can hit you from any point in your line of sight.
• Some of the attack spells found in starter spellbooks work well against orc warriors. Mephitic Cloud will confuse them, making them more of a threat to their allies than to you. Conjure Flame will create a tile of fire that they will either refuse to pass through or charge right into, taking heavy damage. Freeze and Sticky Flame will ignore their AC and EV entirely. Other elemental conjurations will usually also be effective enough against them. Swiftness and Blink will help you keep your distance from the orc long enough for your spells to take him down in safety. However, other spells are very poorly suited to handling them. Magic Dart's damage is heavily reduced by their armour, and Sandblast's damage is almost guaranteed to be reduced to zero.