Trample

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A trample attack is a melee attack which knocks the victim back one tile; the trampler then occupies the tile previously occupied by its target. The knockback can't move a target through an impassible (wall, lava, etc.) or occupied tile.

Targets smaller in size than the attacker have a greater chance of being knocked back, and almost all monsters that can trample are among the largest monsters in the game.

Monsters That Trample

The following is a comprehensive list of all monsters that trample:

• All elephants:
  • Y Elephant
  • Y Dire elephant
  • Y Hellephant
  • Y Nellie
• Most dragons:
  • D Swamp dragon
  • D Fire dragon
  • D Ice dragon
  • D Storm dragon
  • D Iron dragon
  • D Bone dragon
  • D Golden dragon
  • D Xtahua
  • D Bai Suzhen (in dragon form)
  • D The Serpent of Hell
• 2 Hell beast
• X Thrashing horror
• X Mlioglotl

Tips & Tricks

• Pay careful attention to tramplers when near staircases. If one is adjacent as you climb up a stair, you can be trampled off, and it will occupy your former escape route.
• Trample works oddly with Inner Flame. When killing a target with Inner Flame, the victim is knocked back, then the victim explodes, then the trampler moves to the new tile (thus not getting hit by the explosion).

History

• Prior to 0.14, players in Dragon Form could trample their opponents.