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'''Summon Cactus Giant''' is a Level 6 [[Summonings]] spell, which summons a titular [[cactus giant]]. These animated cacti attack extremely slowly, but are [[spiny]] and have remarkably high [[HP]] to boot.

==Useful Info==
A single [[cactus giant]] is summoned. When attacked in melee, cactus giants will retaliate with 5d8 damage. This damage cannot miss, but is reduced by [[AC]]. Any individual monster can only be harmed by spines once per monster turn, even if they have multiple attacks (such as [[hydra]]s).

Higher spellpower increases the cactus giant's hit points; it doesn't increase [[HD]]. Their base HP is set to <code>27 + <power></code>, which is then randomized like any other monsters HP.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|spl-summoning.cc|227}}</ref>

Duration of the summon is around 27 turns, it does not depend on the spell power.

There is a summon cap of 1 cactus giant; casting the spell again will cause the old summon to very quickly time out.

==Strategy==
*Cactus giants are tanky retaliatory summons that are quite effective in corridors against melee monsters. Their low [[EV]] helps activate their spines but makes them vulnerable to projectiles, which don't activate spines.
*Spines can only affect hostile monsters once per round. While a cactus giant can still take out a regular [[hydra]] quite easily, don't expect one to obliterate [[the Lernaean hydra]] in one turn.

==History==
*Summon Cactus Giant was added in [[0.28]].

==References==
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