Guardian serpent

Useful Info

Guardian serpents are dangerous support units. They can deal moderate damage on their own, but the real danger lies in Blink Allies Encircling, sending its allies to the tiles adjacent to you. You can end up surrounded very quickly. They are common in Snake Pit, and occasionally show up in the Desolation of Salt.

Tips & Tricks

• Being surrounded is extremely dangerous. When surrounded, your normal escape paths are cut off. Since nagas constrict, even a scroll of blinking can fail to get you out. And, even for the toughest Axes users, taking 8 attacks per turn isn't fun.
  • Try to limit the number of free spaces around you. If you're standing in a hallway or corner, you might take only 2-3 attacks per turn rather than 8. Also, being surrounded by allies (summons, Kiku's Unearth Wretches...) means you can't be surrounded by enemies.
  • In Desolation, being encircled by creatures means high damage from Resonance Strike.
• Blink Allies Encircling can bring any monster in the caster's line of sight adjacent to you (not the player's LOS). This means that a guardian serpent can bring in monsters you didn't know about.

History

• Prior to 0.14, they knew Teleport Other and Minor Healing in place of Blink Allies Encircling.