Strangler and Friend

Fight
Fight
Monster room in Overgrowth1 in 12 from the normal pool, equal odds
Health
54/55 HPSlithering Strangler 53 to 55, rolled when the fight starts. From Ascension 8: 54 to 56. Plus a random pick on top.
Gold
1511 goldAny amount from 10 to 20, rolled when the fight ends. 7 to 15 from Ascension 3.Any amount from 7 to 15, rolled when the fight ends. 10 to 20 below Ascension 3.
Random pick
One of Snapping Jaxfruit, or Leaf Slime (M) / Twig Slime (M), or 2 × Leaf Slime (S) / Twig Slime (S)One of Snapping Jaxfruit, or Leaf Slime (M) / Twig Slime (M), or 2 × Leaf Slime (S) / Twig Slime (S)
attack3/4buffStrength2StrengthSnapping Jaxfruit32/32/35/35Snapping JaxfruitStrength2debuffConstrict3ConstrictSlithering Strangler54/54/55/55Slithering Strangler

Lineup 1 ·Turn 1 of 12

The enemies in this fight

Slithering StranglerMonster · 54/55 HPSnapping JaxfruitMonster · 32/35 HPrandom pickLeaf Slime (M)Monster · 34/35 HPrandom pickTwig Slime (M)Monster · 27/28 HPrandom pickLeaf Slime (S)Monster · 13/14 HPrandom pickTwig Slime (S)Monster · 9/10 HPrandom pick

How to beat Strangler and Friend

Strangler plus an escort

  • Slithering Strangler: 53 to 55 HP plus one of three escorts rolled with equal odds: a Snapping Jaxfruit with 31 to 33 HP.
  • The other escorts: one medium slime, Leaf Slime (M) or Twig Slime (M), or two small slimes drawn from Leaf Slime (S) and Twig Slime (S).
  • The Strangler opens with Constrict, 3 stacks of Constrict that deal 3 damage to you at the end of every turn while it lives, then Thwacks for 7 with 5 Block or Lashes for 12, and returns to Constrict after every attack.
  • Each cast stacks, so the bleed grows 3, 6, 9.

Kill the Strangler first

  • Kill the Strangler first. The debuff vanishes with it.
  • The Jaxfruit is the worst escort: Energy Orb hits 3 and adds 2 Strength every turn, so it reaches 11 damage by its fifth turn.
  • Take it second, or first if you cannot finish the snake inside two turns.
  • Slimes only pile up Slimed cards and small hits.

At higher Ascension

  • Ascension 8+: Strangler 54 to 56 HP, Jaxfruit 34 to 36.
  • Ascension 9+: Thwack 8, Lash 13, Energy Orb 4.

Where it appears

The Strangler appears only here. The Jaxfruit also fights in Overgrowth Flora; the slimes fill Swarm of Slimes and Group of Slimes.

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