Large abomination

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large abomination X
HP	32-66
HD	11
XP	719
Speed	10 - 15
AC	11
EV	6
Will	100
Attack¹	32 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy Silver
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Brainless
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Undead
Size	Large
Type	small abomination, large abomination
Flags	Evil Unbreathing

A hideous conglomeration of mangled body parts, possessed and altered in ways that challenge sanity. Each varies in speed, strength, or resilience by the nature of whatever unfortunates were used to make it.

“No — it wasn't that way at all. It was everywhere — a gelatin — a slime yet it
had shapes, a thousand shapes of horror beyond all memory. There were eyes —
and a blemish. It was the pit — the maelstrom — the ultimate abomination.
Carter, it was the unnamable!”
-H.P. Lovecraft, _The Unnamable_. 1925.

Useful Info

Large abominations are enormous piles of roughly connected humanoid body parts, and much more dangerous than their smaller counterparts. Their HP, AC and EV are randomized, but they always deal significant damage in melee. They are often found in the Abyss and occasionally in parts of Pandemonium.

Tips & Tricks

One stat that isn't randomized is their willpower. Unfortunately, at 100, it is moderately high: don't expect Hexes or hex wands to do much unless they are at high power.
They are vulnerable to Dispel Undead.
Their health does not regenerate naturally, so you can kite them or stair dance to whittle them down.

Alternate Tiles

Being haphazard collections of random body parts, large abominations can take many forms:

In console, they can be any manner of colors. Neither the alternate tiles nor colors indicate anything about their stats.

History

In 0.32, large abominations will lose their randomized attributes in favor of spawning with one of three permanent buffs: haste, might or regeneration.
Prior to 0.31, large abominations had randomized speed (6-12).
Prior to 0.27, large abominations could heal by merging with crawling corpses and macabre masses. Also, monsters could cast Twisted Resurrection to create large abominations.
Prior to 0.16, players could also cast Twisted Resurrection.
Prior to 0.14, abominations could regenerate naturally.