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{{weapon
|name = Sling
|weight = 2.0
|skill = Ranged Weapons
|damage = 7
|accuracy = +0
|basedelay = 14
|mindelay = 7 at skill 14
|hands = 1H
|size = Little
|ranged = Yes
|acquirement = 10
}}
{{flavour|A piece of cloth and leather for launching stones, adequate for hunting small game like rabbits or goblins.

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"And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sank into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth."

-KJV Bible, 1 Samuel 17:49.}}
{{crawlquote|This weapon falls into the 'Ranged Weapons' category. It is a one-handed weapon.}}

'''Slings''' are one-handed [[Ranged Weapons]]. They are the lightest ranged weapon, and much more common than the sole other ranged one-hander, [[hand cannon]]s.

==Strategy==
Generally, any D:1 character with a sling is stronger than the same character without one; slings can attack from range for 0 MP, and can deal enough damage to take out D:1 enemies. Even if you don't plan on going ranged weapons long-term, an early sling is useful for the first few floors.

Slings are stronger than [[stone]]s, but [[boomerang]]s have better damage/turn and don't use the weapon slot. [[Shortbow]]s offer +1 base damage and more accuracy, although you can't wield a shield with one.

{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
! || Image
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| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Sling 1.png]]
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| '''Magical''' || [[File:Sling 2.png]]
|-
| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Sling 3.png]]
|-
! || [[Unrandart]]
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| '''[[Punk]]''' || [[File:Urand punk.png]]
|}

==History==
*In [[0.29]], hunting slings were renamed back into slings, with the removal of the [[Slings (skill)|Slings skill]] and [[fustibali]]. They now use Ranged Weapons skill. Also, prior to this version:
**Hunting slings required use of [[stone]]s or [[sling bullet]]s, which added 2 or 4 damage to your shots.
**They had an accuracy of +2 and a base delay of 12 (mindelay of 6).
**Their damage did not scale with [[DEX]] and their attack speed wasn't slowed down by [[encumbrance rating|armour encumbrance]], like all ranged weapons.
*In [[0.15]], slings were renamed into [[hunting sling]]s, with the addition of [[greatsling]]s (fustibali). Ranged combat also worked differently; they had 0 base damage, which was improved by their ammo.

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[[Category:Slings]]

Sling - Revision history

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