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Johnmyster: /* Strategy */ wikified "Monks", spiced up the Amethyst Stare section to make it easier to read and find out what it actually does :)

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‎Strategy: wikified "Monks", spiced up the Amethyst Stare section to make it easier to read and find out what it actually does :)

Choongmyoung at 06:57, 27 December 2018

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Choongmyoung at 09:52, 1 August 2018

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Zayyeh at 11:39, 28 July 2016

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 == Strategy ==
-The Gorgon is a very bizarre class. Gorgons play sort of like monks, in that they both rely on the [[regen-fighting]] strategy, and they both have naturally bad damage. Gorgons don't have reduced base damage but bonus damage is much lower. However, with the right items the Gorgon should negate their bonus damage penalty and then some.
+The Gorgon is a very bizarre class. Gorgons play sort of like {{c|Monk}}s, in that they both rely on the [[regen-fighting]] strategy, and they both have naturally bad damage. Gorgons don't have reduced base damage but bonus damage is much lower. However, with the right items the Gorgon should negate their bonus damage penalty and then some.
 The most powerful part about Gorgons are their intrinsic poison attacks granted by {{a|SAPPHIRE LOCKS}}. Combined with their natural physical resistance, Gorgons are able to tackle higher level enemies, using poison to come out ahead in trades. Combining this with their death gaze immunity means enemy Gorgons are easy prey (as ironic as that might be for a mirror match).
-Confusingly, the Gorgon class's Deathgaze skill differs from the one that enemy monsters have. Both versions trigger when the enemy is below the Deathgaze% threshold at the start of the attack, but the player's Deathgaze does not instantly kill. Instead, the player's Deathgaze is a free attack that inflicts damage equal to the player's base attack before the enemy strikes. This often finishes them off, preventing retaliation.  This is NOT affected by {{i|Platemail}}, making it a great item to buy or even prepare that has great synergy with poison.
+Confusingly, the Gorgon class's Deathgaze skill, {{a|AMETHYST STARE}}, differs from the one that enemy monsters have. Both versions trigger when the enemy is below the Deathgaze% threshold at the start of the attack, but the player's Deathgaze does not instantly kill. ''Instead, the player's Deathgaze is a free attack that inflicts damage equal to the player's '''base attack''' before the enemy strikes''. This often finishes them off, preventing retaliation.  This is NOT affected by {{i|Platemail}}, making it a great item to buy or even prepare that has great synergy with poison.
 The Deathgaze skill doesn't scale quite as well as the other monster class's CP bonuses do, but the CP investment can make a difference all the same - it's just one option, where a {{c|Vampire}} or {{c|Rat Monarch}} would be crazy not to go conversion-heavy.  At 10% Deathgaze, the skill is strictly a finishing attack for edge cases.  With some CP investment, Deathgaze becomes a much more reliable First Strike alternative. It takes a moderate-to-large CP investment to be able to use Deathgaze two or more times in a single fight, and the scaling pays off especially well against Super Meat Man, who can be brought into Deathgaze range with {{i|Can of Whupaz}} and other potions before you continue, regen-fighting for the rest.

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 == Strategy ==
-The Gorgon is a very bizarre class. Gorgons play sort of like monks, in that they both rely on the "regen fight" strategy, and they both have naturally bad damage. Gorgons don't have reduced base damage, but unfortunately raising bonus damage is harder to accomplish. However, with the right items the Gorgon should negate their bonus damage penalty and then some.
+The Gorgon is a very bizarre class. Gorgons play sort of like monks, in that they both rely on the [[regen-fighting]] strategy, and they both have naturally bad damage. Gorgons don't have reduced base damage but bonus damage is much lower. However, with the right items the Gorgon should negate their bonus damage penalty and then some.
 The most powerful part about Gorgons are their intrinsic poison attacks granted by {{a|SAPPHIRE LOCKS}}. Combined with their natural physical resistance, Gorgons are able to tackle higher level enemies, using poison to come out ahead in trades. Combining this with their death gaze immunity means enemy Gorgons are easy prey (as ironic as that might be for a mirror match).
-Confusingly, the Gorgon class's Deathgaze skill differs from the one that enemy monsters have. Both versions trigger when the enemy is below the Deathgaze% threshold at the start of the attack, but the player's Deathgaze does not instantly kill. Instead, the player's Deathgaze is a free attack that inflicts damage equal to the player's base attack before the enemy strikes. This often finishes them off, preventing retaliation.  This is NOT affected by {{i|Platemail}}, making it a great item buy or even preparation candidate that has great synergy with poison and stoneskin.
+Confusingly, the Gorgon class's Deathgaze skill differs from the one that enemy monsters have. Both versions trigger when the enemy is below the Deathgaze% threshold at the start of the attack, but the player's Deathgaze does not instantly kill. Instead, the player's Deathgaze is a free attack that inflicts damage equal to the player's base attack before the enemy strikes. This often finishes them off, preventing retaliation.  This is NOT affected by {{i|Platemail}}, making it a great item to buy or even prepare that has great synergy with poison.
 The Deathgaze skill doesn't scale quite as well as the other monster class's CP bonuses do, but the CP investment can make a difference all the same - it's just one option, where a {{c|Vampire}} or {{c|Rat Monarch}} would be crazy not to go conversion-heavy.  At 10% Deathgaze, the skill is strictly a finishing attack for edge cases.  With some CP investment, Deathgaze becomes a much more reliable First Strike alternative. It takes a moderate-to-large CP investment to be able to use Deathgaze two or more times in a single fight, and the scaling pays off especially well against Super Meat Man, who can be brought into Deathgaze range with {{i|Can of Whupaz}} and other potions before you continue, regen-fighting for the rest.
-The biggest handicap that Gorgons have to face is that they petrify enemies on kill. This includes kills with {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}}, but not bosses. The Gorgon does begin with {{s|ENDISWAL}}, but the net effect is that the Gorgon often has to spend 6 mana to progress further. This means the Gorgon needs to conserve mana and/or blackspace when playing in cramped areas, which is sometimes easier said than done. The glyph makes it easier to reach hidden subdungeons, and the Gorgon does well with {{g|Binlor Ironshield}} on levels such as {{d|Shifting Passages}}, {{d|Rock Garden}}, and {{d|The Labyrinth}} where you would want to destroy a large number of walls regardless. Petrified enemies do leave blood pools, but they're only accessible after the statue is destroyed, so this means Gorgons have poor synergy with {{g|The Earthmother}} and {{g|Dracul}}. Gorgons also fare poorly against maps with lots of undead enemies, because poison doesn't work against them.  Depending on your worship plans, you may wish to break statues for blood pools mid-game.  Barring that, you should break walls that either make additional blackspace accessible in the late game, or that help you get past blockages.
+The biggest handicap that Gorgons have to face is that they petrify enemies on kill. This includes kills with {{s|BURNDAYRAZ}}, but not bosses. The Gorgon does begin with {{s|ENDISWAL}}, but the net effect is that the Gorgon often has to spend 6 mana to progress further. This means the Gorgon needs to conserve mana and/or blackspace when playing in cramped areas, which is sometimes easier said than done. The glyph makes it easier to reach hidden subdungeons, and the Gorgon does well with {{g|Binlor Ironshield}} on levels such as {{d|Shifting Passages}}, {{d|Rock Garden}}, and {{d|The Labyrinth}} where you would want to destroy a large number of walls regardless. Petrified enemies do leave blood pools but they're only accessible after the statue is destroyed. This means Gorgons have poor synergy with {{g|The Earthmother}} and {{g|Dracul}}. Gorgons also fare poorly against maps with lots of undead enemies, because poison doesn't work against them.  Depending on your worship plans, you may wish to break statues for blood pools mid-game.  Barring that, you should break walls that either make additional blackspace accessible in the late game, or that help you get past blockages.
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 Enemies should be non-undead (so that poison works), deal physical damage, and have irrelevant perks compensating for lowered stats.  Magic resist is a minor consideration, while physical resistance is often a larger concern.  Status ailments are to be avoided.  Some of the most common foes are listed below in roughly increasing order of difficulty by paragraph.
-{{mM|Gorgon}} is the easiest monster to kill for bonus experience.  Deathgaze immunity and your own Deathgaze negates their Deathgaze and First Strike skills.  {{m|Meat Man}} is about equally attractive as a target, as well as {{m|Goat}}, whose moderate magic resistance keeps it from being even easier.  Whenever you have {{s|HALPMEH}} to clear out poison, {{m|Serpent}} joins this tier.
+{{m|Gorgon}} is the easiest monster to kill for bonus experience.  Deathgaze immunity and your own Deathgaze negates their Deathgaze and First Strike skills.  {{m|Meat Man}} is about equally attractive as a target, as well as {{m|Goat}}, whose moderate magic resistance keeps it from being even easier.  Whenever you have {{s|HALPMEH}} to clear out poison, {{m|Serpent}} joins this tier.
 {{m|Goblin}}'s First Strike is bypassed by Deathgaze, so they are also decent regen-fighting targets, but not quite top-tier due to their good damage.  Similarly, {{m|Golem}} has enough magic resistance to be of a similar tier, unless you have {{s|PISORF}} or {{s|HALPMEH}} to make the fight easier.
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 {{g|The Earthmother}} can work well, despite the smaller numbers of blood pools for {{boon|Plantation}}, as the Gorgon's starting {{s|ENDISWAL}} ensures she won't find herself stuck, and {{boon|Greenblood}} and {{boon|Vine Form}} are strong with the Gorgon's slant towards fireballs and regen fighting, and her end-game piety and mana spike can be significant if you've been prioritizing statue-breaking mid-game.
-Similarly, {{g|Dracul}} can be worth it for {{boon|Blood Shield}} alone, making even one stack of {{t|Stone skin}} go the extra mile, and {{t|Sanguine}} is useful to the extent that you can access the pools. {{t|Life steal}} is a mixed bag, since you deal low damage, but apply poison to your blood cows.
+Similarly, {{g|Dracul}} can be worth it for {{boon|Blood Shield}} alone, and {{t|Sanguine}} is useful to the extent that you can access the pools. {{t|Life steal}} is a mixed bag, since you deal low damage, but apply poison to your blood cows.
-The only really unusable deity is {{g|Glowing Guardian}}, due to his hatred for poison.  {{g|Tikki Tooki}} is also problematic, since he is not a huge fan of regen fighter strategies.
+The only really unusable deity is {{g|Glowing Guardian}} due to his hatred for poison.  {{g|Tikki Tooki}} is also problematic, since he is not a huge fan of regen fighter strategies.
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 There is known bugs with deathgaze and {{t|Life steal}}. Lifesteal does not occur at deathgaze, but when it kills enemy lifesteal applies for the deathgaze attack. The first bug is the deathgaze-lifesteal can steal more life than HP left on the enemy in this situation.
-The second bug is when the enemy had {{t|Death protection}}. The prediction box thinks lifesteal will apply to the deathgaze attack, but since the enemy does not die, lifesteal does not occur. This makes a discord between the prediction and actual situation. This wrong prediction could say safe even the actually result is going to be death, and may end the run.
+The second bug is when the enemy had {{t|Death Protection}}. The prediction box thinks lifesteal will apply to the deathgaze attack, but since the enemy does not die, lifesteal does not occur. This makes a discord between the prediction and actual situation. This wrong prediction could say safe even the actually result is going to be death, and may end the run.
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 There is known bugs with deathgaze and {{t|Life steal}}. Lifesteal does not occur at deathgaze, but when it kills enemy lifesteal applies for the deathgaze attack. The first bug is the deathgaze-lifesteal can steal more life than HP left on the enemy in this situation.
-The second bug is when the enemy had {{t|death protection}}. The prediction box thinks lifesteal will apply to the deathgaze attack, but since the enemy does not die, lifesteal does not occur. This makes a discord between the prediction and actual situation. This wrong prediction could say safe even the actually result is going to be death, and may end the run.
+The second bug is when the enemy had {{t|Death protection}}. The prediction box thinks lifesteal will apply to the deathgaze attack, but since the enemy does not die, lifesteal does not occur. This makes a discord between the prediction and actual situation. This wrong prediction could say safe even the actually result is going to be death, and may end the run.
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	You can make a spellcasting Gorgon with {{i\|Avatar's Codex}} and {{g\|Mystera Annur}}. Since Gorgon has innate first strike which does not depend on your damage bonus, you can have a special first strike that ignores monster's first strike and your -100% (!) damage bonus from the class trait and {{boon\|Flames}}. Two-three fireballs and death gaze is usually enough to kill the enemies. The drawback is that your normal attack power becomes negligible so it makes you unable to mop popcorn without BURNDAYRAZ.		You can make a spellcasting Gorgon with {{i\|Avatar's Codex}} and {{g\|Mystera Annur}}. Since Gorgon has innate first strike which does not depend on your damage bonus, you can have a special first strike that ignores monster's first strike and your -100% (!) damage bonus from the class trait and {{boon\|Flames}}. Two-three fireballs and death gaze is usually enough to kill the enemies. The drawback is that your normal attack power becomes negligible so it makes you unable to mop popcorn without BURNDAYRAZ.
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		+	== Trivia ==
		+	There is known bugs with deathgaze and {{t\|Life steal}}. Lifesteal does not occur at deathgaze, but when it kills enemy lifesteal applies for the deathgaze attack. The first bug is the deathgaze-lifesteal can steal more life than HP left on the enemy in this situation.
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		+	The second bug is when the enemy had {{t\|death protection}}. The prediction box thinks lifesteal will apply to the deathgaze attack, but since the enemy does not die, lifesteal does not occur. This makes a discord between the prediction and actual situation. This wrong prediction could say safe even the actually result is going to be death, and may end the run.

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 Gorgons need bonus damage badly, so that means that the  {{i|Perseverance Badge}} and {{i|Dwarven Gauntlets}} are excellent items for Gorgons. The {{i|Battlemage Ring}} is a good option for a caster strategy.  {{i|Whurrgarbl}} synergizes with poison strike, and {{i|Platemail}} synergizes with the entire regen fighting scheme while not interfering at all with Deathgaze in its function as a first-strike finishing move.  {{i|Witchalok Pendant}} lets you regen-fight non-magical monsters much more efficiently. {{i|Martyr Wraps}} are also decent, even if the Monk uses them better.
-You can make a spellcasting Gorgon with a {{i|Avatar's Codex}} and {{g|Mystera Annur}}. Since the Gorgon has an innate first strike which does not depend on your damage bonus, you can have a special first strike that ignores monster's first strike and your -100% (!) damage bonus from the class trait and {{boon|Flames}}. Two-three fireballs and death gaze is usually enough to kill the enemies. The drawback is that your normal attack power becomes negligible so it makes you can't even mop the popcorns without BURNDAYRAZ.
+You can make a spellcasting Gorgon with {{i|Avatar's Codex}} and {{g|Mystera Annur}}. Since Gorgon has innate first strike which does not depend on your damage bonus, you can have a special first strike that ignores monster's first strike and your -100% (!) damage bonus from the class trait and {{boon|Flames}}. Two-three fireballs and death gaze is usually enough to kill the enemies. The drawback is that your normal attack power becomes negligible so it makes you unable to mop popcorn without BURNDAYRAZ.
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	Gorgons need bonus damage badly, so that means that the {{i\|Perseverance Badge}} and {{i\|Dwarven Gauntlets}} are excellent items for Gorgons. The {{i\|Battlemage Ring}} is a good option for a caster strategy. {{i\|Whurrgarbl}} synergizes with poison strike, and {{i\|Platemail}} synergizes with the entire regen fighting scheme while not interfering at all with Deathgaze in its function as a first-strike finishing move. {{i\|Witchalok Pendant}} lets you regen-fight non-magical monsters much more efficiently. {{i\|Martyr Wraps}} are also decent, even if the Monk uses them better.		Gorgons need bonus damage badly, so that means that the {{i\|Perseverance Badge}} and {{i\|Dwarven Gauntlets}} are excellent items for Gorgons. The {{i\|Battlemage Ring}} is a good option for a caster strategy. {{i\|Whurrgarbl}} synergizes with poison strike, and {{i\|Platemail}} synergizes with the entire regen fighting scheme while not interfering at all with Deathgaze in its function as a first-strike finishing move. {{i\|Witchalok Pendant}} lets you regen-fight non-magical monsters much more efficiently. {{i\|Martyr Wraps}} are also decent, even if the Monk uses them better.

		+	You can make a spellcasting Gorgon with a {{i\|Avatar's Codex}} and {{g\|Mystera Annur}}. Since the Gorgon has an innate first strike which does not depend on your damage bonus, you can have a special first strike that ignores monster's first strike and your -100% (!) damage bonus from the class trait and {{boon\|Flames}}. Two-three fireballs and death gaze is usually enough to kill the enemies. The drawback is that your normal attack power becomes negligible so it makes you can't even mop the popcorns without BURNDAYRAZ.

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 |Tooltip=MONSTER CLASS&#10;AZURE BODY: Starts with 25% Physical resistance, Death Gaze Immune, -50% bonus damage&#10;SAPPHIRE LOCKS: Natural Poisonous:5 strike, petrifies enemies, starts with the ENDISWAL glyph&#10;AMETHYST STARE: Starts with Death-gaze 10%. Death-gaze effect deals unresistable damage upon attacking enemies with low health&#10;&#10;Gorgons gain +5% Death-gaze for every 100 Conversion Points
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 {{g|Binlor Ironshield}} is one of the best gods for a Gorgon to worship. Since you'll be casting {{s|ENDISWAL}} many, many times as a Gorgon, {{boon|Stone Form}} is the best boon a Gorgon could ever ask for. There is never a shortage of ways to break walls as a Gorgon, so gaining piety is no sweat.  You can even pop tons of statues with {{boon|Stone Heart}} to aid a late conversion to {{g|Dracul}} or {{g|The Earthmother}}.
-{{g|Mystera Annur}} has useful boons and can easily be fueled by the always-spamable {{s|ENDISWAL}}. Whether you rely on stoneskin, fireballs, or a combination, Mystic Balance and Refreshment are welcome aid (but Flames is niche at best and Weakening is only occasionally worth the piety).
+{{g|Mystera Annur}} has useful boons and can easily be fueled by the always-spamable {{s|ENDISWAL}}. Whether you rely on stoneskin, fireballs, or a combination, {{boon|Mystic Balance}} and {{boon|Refreshment}} are welcome aid (but {{boon|Flames}} is niche at best and {{boon|Weakening}} is only occasionally worth the piety).
 {{g|Taurog}} helps with the Gorgon's low damage and his armor synergizes well with the Gorgon's innate physical resistance. Constant casting of {{s|ENDISWAL}} means you'll be losing a lot of piety for long-term worship, so consider converting out after acquiring one or two items.  Alternatively, a late-game death protection spike is possible if you spend your mana, convert to Taurog, clear out the popcorn, convert glyphs for piety and CP, and then proceed to land multiple Deathgaze attacks on the last boss.