0.12 Arena: Battle of the Uniques

[Klown]

64 Uniques thrown into an arena for a 1v1 tournament with bragging rights on the line.
Notes: This is played out realistically, only one battle, permadeath. Dispater & Cerebov both fell in their battle. Cerebov lasted longer, so he is granted the win but dead. So his next opponent had a bye. Antaeus killed the royal jelly then fell to jelly's friends, so he wins but is dead, hence we'll just keep the million gold prize for ourselves.
http://challonge.com/dcssua

[Bloax]

Kobold on D:1 with wand of disintegration.

[reaver]

I'd say the toughest enemy is badwiki. Some people have splated 50 characters in a row to that monstrosity.

[pratamawirya]

I'd say that Sojobo, the new tengu unique in trunk, is pretty tough.

[Confidence Interval]

When it comes to Crawl I am my own worst enemy.

[Tiktacy]

When it comes to Crawl I am my own worst enemy.

^well said.

Cerebov is pretty much considered the strongest enemy in the game, the only single enemy in the game that can kill him is antaeus. Cerebov will however, often die to 4 ice fiends(or any other T1 demon).

Cerebov is probably not the most deadly unique though, I would have to say mennas and Antaeus. Mennas because of silence, Antaeus because he is followed by 4 ice fiends. I WOULD say ereshkigal, but mennas has a habit of appearing when you aren't ready, and when you are in Tartaris, you are usually READY for the worst.

Here is a list of uniques if anyone is curious: http://crawl.chaosforge.org/Unique

[Grandiloquent Gentleman]

Have you ever tried to take down a test spawner in the arena before?

[1010011010]

I would say the most dangerous would be the ones where you turn a corner and things get to a game over situation, I wouldn't include branch boss uniques since they are to be expected but monsters like Erolcha and Nikola who can banish you before you got any magic resistance or chain lightning you after blinking beside you.

[Mankeli]

64 Uniques thrown into an arena for a 1v1 tournament with bragging rights on the line.
Notes: This is played out realistically, only one battle, permadeath. Dispater & Cerebov both fell in their battle. Cerebov lasted longer, so he is granted the win but dead. So his next opponent had a bye. Antaeus killed the royal jelly then fell to jelly's friends, so he wins but is dead, hence we'll just keep the million gold prize for ourselves.
http://challonge.com/dcssua

With more matches cerebov would have reigned supreme though. And royal jelly is second. Somebody once did some extensive testing, don't remember the URL unfortunately. Your format is hilarious though !

[Klown]

Thanks The Hell/Pandemonium guys are absolutely scary. Can't wait to do this again for 0.13 with the new tengu guy in there.

[Grimm]

we should stage a Great Outdoor Fight of all Crawl monsters

[Mankeli]

What I would really want to see go down in Crawl Arena: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Godzi ... a_1974.jpg

(or some other installation of Gojira vs. a random monster with a creative name such as Destoroyah, take your pick, there are about 30 films).

[Confidence Interval]

we should stage a Great Outdoor Fight of all Crawl monsters

We could all come along in costume as our designated monster and then have a huge brawl and see who wins.

[Klown]

we should stage a Great Outdoor Fight of all Crawl monsters

We could all come along in costume as our designated monster and then have a huge brawl and see who wins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

[tcjsavannah]

What I really want to know is...

did Jory fight Polyphemus while silenced??

[Tiktacy]

Hmmm, maybe have a tournament of all the uniques in the game but with team mates?

Spoiler: show

am 1: Team 'Burried Alive'
-Team leader: Boris
-Team mates: 3 ancient liches(Dave, Reginald, and Paco)

Team 2: Team 'Jory'
-Team leader: Jory
-Team mates: 5 vampire knights

Team 3: Team 'Forever Cursed'
-Team leader: Knufu, Menkuare
-Team mates: 5 greater mummies

Team 4: Team 'Crusade'
-Team Leader: Mennas
-Team mates: 2 Cherub(Billy and Jimmy)

Team 5: 'Dream' Team
-Team Leaders: Mara, Nikola, Rupert,
-Team mates: 5 Wraith

Team 6: Team 'Fuus Row Dah"
-Team Leader: Saint Roka, Nargalle
-Team mates: 3 orc warlords(all named steven)

Team 7: Team 'hellfire'
-Team Leader: Azrael
-Team mates: 2 orb of fire, 1 brimstone fiend(cuddles)

Team 8: Team 'Enter The Dragon'
-Team Leaders: Tiamat, Xtahua
-Team mates: 2 golden dragons(fluffy, stuffy(dead), tuffy)

Team 9: Team 'Captain Planet'
-Team Leaders: Wiglaf(earth), Norris(heart), ilsuiw(water), Harold(fire), Sojobo(air),
-Team mates: None(Together, we are all one!)

Team 10: Team 'Cocytus'
-Team Leader: Antaeus(DISQUALIFIED, Reason: Found steroids inside his locker)
-Team mates: None(hell lords don't need friends!)

Team 11: Team 'Gehenna'
-Team Leader: Asmodaeus
-Team mates: None(hell lords don't need friends!)

Team 12: Team 'Dis'
-Team Leader: Dispater
-Team mates: None(hell lords don't need friends!)

Team 13: Team 'Tartarus'
-Team Leader: Ereshkagal
-Team mates: None(hell lords don't need friends!)

Team 14: Team 'Excruciating Pain'
-Team Leader: Ignacio, Grinder
-Team mates: 3 executionors(Kain, Willis, Ronald)

Team 15: Team 'Apocalypse'
-Team Leader: Cerebov(DISQUALIFIED: killed one of Tiamats pet dragons for eating his cup of noodles)
-Team mates: None(pandemonium lords don't HAVE friends)

Team 16: Team 'Impending Doom'
Team Leader: Gloorx Vloq
-Team mates: None(pandemonium lords don't HAVE friends)

Will make more if people want more. =)

[Lokkij]

Team 10: Team 'Cocytus'
-Team Leader: Antaeus(DISQUALIFIED, Reason: Found steroids inside his locker)

Where is his locker? I want those steroids to boost my strength

[Amnesiac]

Is it a box of potions of gain strength? Won't help a mage much, but at least you might be able to wear a heavier armour. It's probably better to leave them until they expire and turn into potions of beneficial mutation.

[Confidence Interval]

Team 10: Team 'Cocytus'
-Team Leader: Antaeus(DISQUALIFIED, Reason: Found steroids inside his locker)

Where is his locker? I want those steroids to boost my strength

Unfortunately the steroids also make you occasionally lose your temper in combat, make your jawbone grow in an odd manner, give you acne, and do odd things to your breasts. Call it a potion of gain strength with some odd mutations to go alongside.

[Grimm]

Team 10: Team 'Cocytus'
-Team Leader: Antaeus(DISQUALIFIED, Reason: Found steroids inside his locker)

Where is his locker? I want those steroids to boost my strength

Unfortunately the steroids also make you occasionally lose your temper in combat, make your jawbone grow in an odd manner, give you acne, and do odd things to your breasts. Call it a potion of gain strength with some odd mutations to go alongside.

Berserk 1, Beak 1, slightly scaly skin (forget which), and...er...

[Zicher]

we should stage a Great Outdoor Fight of all Crawl monsters

"Welcome to the Rrrrrrroyal Rrrrrrrumble!"

[Confidence Interval]

Berserk 1, Beak 1, slightly scaly skin (forget which), and...er...

New mutation proposal: Gynecomastia (a.k.a., in relation to steroid use, bitch tits).

[evilmike]

You should do another one where it's split up into weight classes (HD? spawn depth?), that way you won't deal with stuff like Nikola v Edmund. Also, uniques which spawn with bands should get some friends on their side, imo...