Killer bee: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 06:05, 29 January 2024

Version 0.31: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

For a list of all arthropods, see list of arthropods.

killer bee y
HP	10-22
HD	3
XP	62
Speed	20
AC	2
EV	18
Will	10
Attack¹	10 (sting: poison)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	Poison
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Tiny
Type	killer bee, killer bee
Flags	Flying No skeleton

A giant bee, bearing a deadly barb which can sting repeatedly.

Useful Info

Killer bees are poisonous flying insects that live up to their name. They're twice as fast as most characters, attack in swarms, and can quickly inject fatal amounts of poison. They are found in the mid-Dungeon, as well as in "hive" vaults scattered around elsewhere.

Tips & Tricks

Be extremely wary of out of depth swarms of bees. It's almost certain death to fight a swarm on D:4. If possible, close doors with C to keep them from reaching you. Even in a hallway, an early swarm of bees can take you out.
Never believe that there's just one bee on the floor. They always travel with friends.
With poison resistance and decent AC, they're nuisances. With only poison resistance, they can be a handful if they surround you. Without either, charging into melee is often suicide.
Later in the game, watch out for queen bees, who can berserk nearby killer bees. Even if you can tab through regular killer bees, berserked bees can be a serious threat.
The following are particularly effective against bee swarms:
- Poison attacks work wonders here. Mephitic Cloud will make a tightly-clumped swarm slaughter itself. Olgreb's Toxic Radiance will slaughter large bee rooms. A weapon of venom can quickly kill if it hits, but due to their 18 EV, this isn't as reliable.
- Bees have relatively low willpower, so wands of charming can be effective in turning some of them onto your side.
- When things go badly, don't forget about your potions of curing.
- A potion of lignification can give lightly-armoured characters some much-needed AC and poison resistance, greatly reducing the threat of a pack of bees.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{version026}}
+{{version031}}
 {{list of | arthropods}}
 {{monster info}}
 ==Useful Info==
-'''Killer bees''' are poisonous flying insects that live up to their name. They're twice as fast as most characters, attack in swarms, and can quickly inject fatal amounts of [[poison]] in lightly-armoured characters. They are found in the middle-[[Dungeon]], [[the Lair]], and anywhere else where their hive [[vault]]s occur.
+'''Killer bees''' are poisonous flying insects that live up to their name. They're twice as fast as most characters, attack in swarms, and can quickly inject fatal amounts of [[poison]]. They are found in the mid-[[Dungeon]], as well as in "[[hive]]" [[vault]]s scattered around elsewhere.
 ==Tips & Tricks==
-*Be extremely wary of encountering [[out of depth]] swarms of them, as it is almost certain death for a character to come across them on D:2 or D:3. If possible, close [[door]]s with '''C''' to keep them from reaching you.
+*Be extremely wary of [[out of depth]] swarms of bees. It's almost certain death to fight a swarm on D:4. If possible, close [[door]]s with '''C''' to keep them from reaching you. Even in a hallway, an early swarm of bees can take you out.
 *Never believe that there's just one bee on the floor. They always travel with friends.
-*With [[poison resistance]] and decent [[AC]], they're nuisances. With only poison resistance, they can be a handful if they surround you. Without either, taking them on in melee is often suicide.
+*With [[poison resistance]] and decent [[AC]], they're nuisances. With only poison resistance, they can be a handful if they surround you. Without either, charging into melee is often suicide.
-*[[Poison]] attacks work wonders here. [[Mephitic Cloud]] will make a tightly-clumped swarm slaughter itself, while a weapon of [[venom]] will make short work of them; however, with the bees' 18 EV, you will need to have decent accuracy with said weapon. [[Ignite Poison]] and [[Poisonous Cloud]] are good for quickly clearing out any large bee rooms you might find later on.
+*Later in the game, watch out for [[queen bee]]s, who can [[berserk]] nearby killer bees. Even if you can tab through regular killer bees, berserked bees can be a serious threat.
-*Bees have relatively low [[willpower]], so [[wands of charming]] can be effective in turning some of them onto your side.
+*The following are particularly effective against bee swarms:
-*When things go badly, don't forget about your [[potions of curing]].
+**[[Poison]] attacks work wonders here. [[Mephitic Cloud]] will make a tightly-clumped swarm slaughter itself. [[Olgreb's Toxic Radiance]] will slaughter large bee rooms. A weapon of [[venom]] can quickly kill if it hits, but due to their 18 EV, this isn't as reliable.
-*A [[potion of lignification]] can give lightly-armoured characters some much-needed AC and poison resistance, greatly reducing the threat of a pack of bees.
+**Bees have relatively low [[willpower]], so [[wands of charming]] can be effective in turning some of them onto your side.
-*Since bees are mindless, [[Conjure Flame]] also works well against them. Drop a cloud behind yourself in a corridor and the bees will happily roast themselves, though their high speed means you'll either have to start the fire when you first see them, or deliberately set yourself on fire to keep them from smothering the embers.
+**When things go badly, don't forget about your [[potions of curing]].
+**A [[potion of lignification]] can give lightly-armoured characters some much-needed AC and poison resistance, greatly reducing the threat of a pack of bees.