Slow

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This article is about the status condition. For the spell, see Slow (spell).

Slow is a status effect that makes all actions take 150% their normal duration in decaAuts.

Effect

Slowed creatures take 50% longer for movement and all other actions. Haste and Slow will cancel each other out, without rounding error. This can seriously reduce the damage output of affected creatures, and it is much easier to escape slowed pursurers (but much harder to escape when slowed).

Formicids are completely immune to the effect due to their stasis. It can be removed by quicksilver attacks or a potion of cancellation.

Sources

• The Slow spell

The following enemies cast Slow:

• n Bog body
• 2 Cacodemon
• e Deep elf archer
• x Erica
• w Gastronok
• S Guardian serpent
• H Guardian sphinx
• a Imperial myrmidon
• E Iron elemental
• @ Jessica
• @ Kirke
• L Lich
• h Natasha
• H Sphinx
• i The Enchantress

The following enemies may be able to cast Slow, depending on their spell set:

• & Pandemonium lord (3.4% chance)
• Metabolic Englaciation and the Skin of Zhor
• Miasma clouds
• Curare-tipped darts
• Cheibriados' Temporal Distortion
• Chaotic effects
• Mummy death curses
• Torpor snails while they're in LOS
• Miscasting a Hexes spell
• Taking cold damage while cold-blooded
• Overwhelming divine retribution

The following are trunk-only:

• Taking damage while having level 2 of the Poor Constitution mutation
• Having 0 or less in any stat

History

• Prior to 0.14, you could be slowed by drinking a potion of slowing.