Sunday, 6th September 2015, 15:51 by tedric
There was a time when I thought Gastronok was a pretty tough cookie -- he hits hard, has lots of HP, and can spam summons while smite-targeting Airstrike over their heads -- and for those reasons, it was best to just avoid him. But that was back when I was a wet-behind-the-ears buffoon who didn't think to carry a blowgun on every character. Anyone who is faster than Gastronok and can poison him at range will be able to reliably, and trivially, kite him around while being exposed to near-zero danger until he drops.
With poison resistance or immunity, this tedious and perfectly safe slug-extermination method would be gone. Of course you'll still be able to "kill him by walking out of his LOS", as somebody put it in another long-ago thread -- but that's a separate issue, and discussing it would involve a can labelled "Speed-10+ monster debate", which is full of worms, and I'd really rather not open it in this thread.
Wins (Does not include my GrEE^Veh 15-runer...stupid experimental branch)