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{{ThrowingMissile
|name = Large rock
|cost = 7
|launcher = throwing
|damage = 20
|basedelay = 20 (200%)
|mindelay = 7 at skill 26
}}

{{flavour|A very large and very heavy stone. Only large creatures are capable of throwing it.

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"Well, I run to the rock and I hide my face<br>The rock cried out, No hiding place<br>There's no hiding place down here."

-Negro spiritual. 19th cent.}}

'''Large rocks''' are massive [[throwing]] weapons. Only [[troll]]s, [[oni]], [[list of ogres|ogres]] and [[list of giants|giants]] have the sheer size necessary to throw these effectively. They have the best damage of all throwing projectiles, but have a high base delay. At Throwing 0, it takes 2 full turns in order to throw one.

Large rocks have a 4% chance of [[mulch]]ing when thrown, slightly lower than other physical projectiles. This destroys the rock, though does +33% more damage.

==Strategy==
Strong at high skill. It's often worth training Throwing on large species. Even at low skill, it can be worth throwing at melee enemies, though watch out for the delay. (If you don't have high Throwing skill, don't throw at a melee enemy at melee range.)

Another ''large'' benefit of rocks is that they are plentiful - often carried by [[cyclops]]es and [[stone giant]]s. Large rocks are more common than [[boomerang]]s and [[javelin]]s ''combined''.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-SfdqTkjUkQ9kB9hyJTqt7grYzSDibv-XpPbEEFinCQ/edit#gid=523653744 Objstats 0.29 (Shoals/Spider)]</ref> In the late game, this makes large rocks a lot more disposable than javelins, since the latter can pierce through enemies.

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==History==
*Prior to [[0.30]], mulched large rocks did not get bonus damage.
*Prior to [[0.24]], [[Exploding (brand)|exploding]] large rocks could be found in a rare ammunition shop.
*Prior to [[0.20]], large rocks could be used by ogres and trolls to vastly increase the power of their [[Sandblast]] spells.
*Prior to [[0.18]], the attack speed of Throwing weapons did not rely on your Throwing skill, making large rocks much easier to utilize even without training.
*Prior to [[0.16]], they had a mulch rate of 2%, and their range was somewhat randomized; attempting to throw them long distances with low [[strength]] would often result in a toss that comes short of its target.
*Prior to [[0.15]], there was an ammunition shop that sold large rocks with the following brands: [[returning]], [[Exploding (brand)|exploding]], [[chaos]], [[poisoned]], [[Dispersal (brand)|dispersal]], [[flame]], and [[frost]].
*Prior to [[0.13]], large rocks were inherently [[penetration|penetrating]].
*Prior to [[0.11]], [[mulch]]ing a large rock would create a stack of stones.

==References==
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[[Category:Throwing]]

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