Grinch

Last updated: Exalt Version 4.1.0.0 (Dec 2023)
Grinch

The Grinch is a rare enemy that has a chance to appear whenever certain dungeon bosses are killed during Oryxmas 2017, 2023. It was later made into a guaranteed chance for certain events, and significantly buffed as a result.

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Stats

HP: 45,000 (+10.8% [4,860] to 111.6% [50,220] HP per player in dungeon)
DEF: 0
EXP: 19
Location: Varies

Immune to Stasis
Immune to Stun
Immune to Paralyze

Counts towards Structure Kills


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Combat

Attacks

Aesthetics
Damage
Condition effects
Speed (tiles/sec)
Range (tiles)
Comments
Xmas Shockwave
110
Red Down Arrow Slowed for 2s
8
20
Piercing Shots hit multiple targets
Oryx Horde Shiny Orb
130
Gold Five Pointed Star Stunned for 1.6s
6
15
Piercing Shots hit multiple targets
Elemental missiles
190
Silenced Silenced for 2.4s
9
22.5
Piercing Shots hit multiple targets

Behavior

When a dungeon boss in the Grinch’s dungeon pool is killed, there is a small chance (later guaranteed) that a Chest will appear. However, the chest will soon transform into the Grinch, who will taunt:
“I hope you don’t mind me taking this chest!”
He will then begin running around erratically and quickly. Once he takes damage, he will taunt:
“Well well well, it seems you leave me no choice but to harm you!”

The Grinch will then begin his attack. All of his attacks inflict significant amounts of damage alongside debuffs that are detrimental to chasing him around or securing damage on him. He will be dashing all over the place, firing pairs of white Stunning orbs, shotguns of red Slowing waves, and single aimed Quieting missiles.

Once he takes a substantial amount of damage, he will taunt:
“Enough of this! Time to escape!”
He will then become invulnerable and begin opening a multicolored portal, taunting:
“I’ll have this portal open in a jiffy!”

The Grinch will then become vulnerable again and start to run erratically around the portal without attacking as it opens. You will then have 10 seconds to kill the Grinch, otherwise he will escape through the portal and nobody will get any of his loot, screaming “Goodbye and thanks for the loot!” in the process. He will taunt every second to count down how many seconds you have left to kill him.

Once he is brought to low enough HP, the Grinch will taunt “Nooo!” and self-terminate, leaving your loot in tow.

Drops (outdated)

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Tips and Strategies

  • Avoid his highly dangerous status shots and shoot at him, while tracking his erratic movement. He is vulnerable to Slow, so classes like Archer and Huntress can slow him down to allow players to fire at him.
  • Try to avoid the stunned shots if you want to get shot damage in to kill him before he disappears. For classes such as wizards who rely on mp-based attacks, try not to get hit with quiet.

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