Skyshark

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skyshark F
HP	49-100
HD	10
XP	769
Speed	10 (move: 70%)
AC	6
EV	8
Will	40
Attack¹	20 (bite: bloodzerk)
Attack²	10 (tail slap: plain)
Attack³	10 (tail slap: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Animal
Uses	Uses nothing
Holiness	Natural
Size	Large
Type	skyshark, skyshark
Flags	No skeleton Cold-blooded Flying

Skysharks cut through the air with a thoughtless ease. Just a taste of blood gives them an enraged strength, and further morsels drive them into a frenzy.

Useful Info

Skysharks are fast and deadly denizens of the Lair and Shoals. Skysharks get more dangerous after they taste blood: at first they get the Might status (+50% damage) for 10-20 turns, and then they can go berserk, also for the same duration.

Tips & Tricks

If a skyshark can't taste blood, it can't go berserk. Undead species, Djinn, and Gargoyles don't have blood, so are immune to bloodzerk. For living species, a potion of lignification will turn you into a bloodless tree, and gives hefty AC to boot. Transmuters have access to Ice Form, which can also slow the skyshark through its freezing attacks.
They don't have any resistances, and their willpower is relatively low. You can disable them from a distance using hex wands, curare darts, etc.
- Skysharks will happily charge into a scroll of poison's clouds, but will take heavy damage in the process. If you have poison resistance, you can kite the skyshark through the clouds to kill it.
- Skysharks are good targets for Mephitic Cloud. Watch out, though, since a confused skyshark can become enraged if it hits another monster (even if you don't have blood yourself).

History

Skysharks have been added in 0.30.