Why is Ilsuiw guaranteed to appear in shoals?


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Post Monday, 4th June 2018, 22:45

Why is Ilsuiw guaranteed to appear in shoals?

Serious question. I think it might be good for variety if Ilsuiw didn't show up in shoals every game. Maybe rotate her with some other uniques if you want a very high chance of a unique in the shoals ending; could do one of Ilsuiw/Polyphemus/random non-shoals-exclusive unique.

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Post Monday, 4th June 2018, 22:54

Re: Why is Ilsuiw guaranteed to appear in shoals?

I also have wondered why, for a long time. I was even sure I'd made a GDD topic about this, but looking back I've just mentioned it in a couple of posts in other threads. It's hard to understand why she is guaranteed, since Swamp, Spider or Snake do not have guaranteed uniques.
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Post Monday, 4th June 2018, 22:59

Re: Why is Ilsuiw guaranteed to appear in shoals?

Is she guaranteed? I've done Shoals without encountering her a number of times (definitely a small minority of times, but it's happened) did I just miss her?
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Post Tuesday, 5th June 2018, 03:32

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