Slinger

Slinger (Spear Cat)

Slingers are Animals. These spear throwing furries can be dangerous, in part due to a bug in the game that prevents throw javelins from ever striking any sort of player minion or merc (although, this only seems to apply to the Slingers in act 5). Characters accustomed to standing safely behind a wall of minions need to be careful when facing teh javelin kitteh.

Night Slingers are notable for the fact that they hurl poison potions, rather than javelins. These can deal very long-lasting damage on hell difficulty, and the habit of all types of Slingers to run out of melee range makes these cats annoying for most melee characters.

Slingers also appear as Guest Monsters. In this case, they appear in three areas and have very different attacks and resistances in each, so are listed separately when necessary.

• All values are listed by difficulty level: Normal / Nightmare / Hell.

Statistics

• The TC/Rune drops listed are the highest Treasure Class/Rune Group a normal monster of that type can drop.
  • TC Champions and Bosses can sometimes drop from the next higher group.
  • The max TC/Rune possible may depend on which level a monster spawns in, and can be lower than the maximum. See the item calculators to ascertain precisely what a monster from a given area can drop.

Type	Level	Experience	Hit Points	Speed	Max TC/Rune
Slinger	14 / 43 / 75	113 / 3296 / 30084	25-41 / 420-649 / 2075-4277	5	15/Nef, 45/Ko, 75/Ber
Spear Cat	15 / 44 / 77	124 / 3527 / 32258	28-45 / 438-677 / 2170-4472	5	15/Nef, 48/Ko, 78/Cham
Night Slinger	17 / 46 / 79	150 / 4040 / 34432	31-52 / 476-736 / 3020-4668	5	18/Nef, 51/Lem, 75/Ber
Hell Slinger	19 / 48 / 80	182 / 4626 / 35520	36-58 / 514-794 / 2312-4765	5	21/Ral, 51/Lem, 78/Cham
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Slinger	-- / 58 / 80	-- / 8517 / 35520	-- / 701-1084 / 3080-4765	12	--, 60/Ist, 84/Zod

Offence

Night Slingers throw poison potions; Spear Cats in the Dry Hills throw exploding potions; Spear Cats in the Halls of the Dead throw javelins; the other two kinds throw javelins. Javelins will hit characters, but not minions or mercs, so players must be careful not to position themselves directly behind their tanks.

• Guest Monster Slingers always add elemental damage to their javelins.

Type	Ranged Attack	Attack Rating
Slinger	5-12 / 18-30 / 42-72	125 / 1252 / 4390
Spear Cat	1 / 6-7 + 8-9 Fire / 33-34 + 44-46 Fire	135 / 1278 / 4500
Night Slinger	Poison Potions: Norm: 96-127 over 32s (3.1-4/sec) Night: 1024-1133 over 32s (32-35.4/sec) Hell: 4323-4568 over 32s (136-143.7/sec)	152 / 1331 / 4611
Hell Slinger	Norm: 6-15 Night: 20-34, 5% chance of 12-22 fire Hell: 45-77, 15% chance of 36-68 fire	174 / 1383 / 4666
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Slinger: * Bloody Foothills * Frigid Highlands * Arreat Plateau	-- / 24-38 +19-28 Lightning / 45-72 +36-54 Lightning -- / 24-39 +19-29 Cold (4s) / 46-74 +37-55 Cold (6s) -- /24-39 +19-29 Fire / 46-74 +37-55 Fire	-- / 1417 / 4022 -- / 1440 / 4070 -- / 1462 / 4070

Defences

• Regen Rate tells what % of a monster's hit points are recovered per second. Standard is 1.2/sec.
• Blocking tells what % of successful, blockable attacks will not damage the monster. Monsters need not carry a shield to block.
• Drain Effectiveness tells what % of a character's mana and life steal apply to that monster. 100 is all, 0 is none.
• Chill Effectiveness tells what % of a character's cold length applies to the monster. 100 is all, 0 is no freeze/chill at all.

Type	Defense	Blocking	Regen Rate	Drain Effectiveness	Chill Effectiveness
Slinger	48 / 581 / 1401	15%	1.2%	100 / 100 / 100	50 / 40 / 33
Spear Cat	52 / 592 / 1434	16%	1.2%	100 / 100 / 100	50 / 40 / 33
Night Slinger	59 / 615 / 1468	17%	1.2%	100 / 100 / 100	50 / 40 / 33
Hell Slinger	66 / 638 / 1484	19%	1.2%	100 / 100 / 100	50 / 40 / 33
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Slinger	-- / 752 / 1484	19%	1.2%	-- / 100 / 100	-- / 40 / 33

Resistances

• Resistances over 99% are listed as immunities and monsters will take no damage from that type of attack.
• Immunities can be "broken" by skills that lower resistance, if the value drops below 99%. See the Resistances page for more details.

Type	Physical	Fire	Cold	Lightning	Poison	Magic
Slinger	0% / 0% / 10%	0% / 0% / 25%	0% / 0% / 120%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Spear Cat	0% / 0% / 15%	0% / 0% / 75%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Night Slinger	0% / 0% / 15%	0% / 0% / 750%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 50%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Hell Slinger	0% / 0% / 10%	0% / 0% / 105%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%	0% / 0% / 0%
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Slinger: * Bloody Foothills * Frigid Highlands * Arreat Plateau	0% / 25% 0% / 25% 0% / 25%	0% / 110% 25% / 50% 25% / 50%	0% / 15% 50% / 150% 25% / 50%	0% / 15% 0% / 15% 25% / 50%	0% / 15% 0% / 15% 50% / 100%	0% / 0% 0% / 0% 25% / 0%

Locations

• Guest Monsters are found only in Act Five, and only on Nightmare and Hell difficulty levels.
• Monsters in areas marked "Boss Only" will only appear as random bosses or champions.
• Monsters in areas marked "No Boss" will never appear as random bosses or champions.

Type	Acts 1-4: Normal, Nightmare, and Hell
Slinger	Act 2: Rocky Waste
Spear Cat	Act 2: Dry Hills, Halls of the Dead 1-3
Night Slinger	Act 3: Lost City
Hell Slinger	Act 3: Canyon of the Magi
Guest Monsters (Act Five, NM/Hell only)
Slinger	Bloody Foothills, Frigid Highlands, Arreat Plateau