Hellwing

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hellwing 4
HP	32-58
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, rDrown
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.

Useful Info

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.

Spell set
Slot¹	none
Slot²	none
Slot³	none
Slot⁴	Teleport Other (50% success rate when MR=28)
Slot⁵	Animate Dead
Slot⁶	Teleport Self

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.