Hellwing

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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.

Spells

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

Tips & Tricks

  • 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.

History

Prior to 0.6, hellwings were tier-3 demons.

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