Scaling damage
Ordinarily, most of the monsters you face in your adventures have a fairly limited range of stats. You can buff your own stats, through equipment and effects, and defeat them with very little difficulty.
But when it comes to Special Monsters (monsters that scale to your own stats, certain bosses, or other unusual creatures), standard tactics may not work very well. This page lists some of the unconventional methods available for fighting these opponents. For the most part, we're interested in damage that scales either to your stats, or to your opponent's stats. These give you the tools to take on an opponent of virtually any size.
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Damage that scales to your stats
There are many different choices in this category. They fall into several distinct groups:
Uncapped spells
Some spells have a damage cap; no matter how Mystical you are, for example, Stream of Sauce will never do more than 24 damage. (This capped damage may be multiplied by percentage spell damage increasers, negative Monster Level bonus, and elemental susceptibility, but it's still capped.)
On the other hand, many spells do unbounded damage, based on your Mysticality. These are the first line of offense against most large monsters.
| Spell | Damage | Cost | Element | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuffed Mortar Shell | 32-64 + 50% Mys | 8 MP | Varies | Element can be tuned One round delay before impact Can only be used once per fight Multihits up to 3x |
| Weapon of the Pastalord | 32 MP | Varies | Physical damage if untuned If tuned, damage is split into half physical and half elemental | |
| Fearful Fettucini | 32 MP | Spooky | ||
| Saucegeyser | 60-70 + 40% Mys | 24 MP | Hot or Cold | Autotunes to Hot or Cold Multihits up to 3x |
| Saucemageddon | 80-90 + 50% Mys | 24 MP | Hot or Cold | Must equip Windsor Pan of the Source (Sauceror only) Autotunes to Hot or Cold Multihits up to 5x |
| Soul Blaze | 200-300 + 100% Mys | 100 Soulsauce | Hot | Soulsauce is a resource that can only be gathered by Saucerors |
| Conjure Relaxing Campfire | 10-20 + 10% Mys | 30 MP | Hot | Calms monsters that are flipping out |
| Maximum Chill | Cold | |||
| Mudbath | Stench | |||
| Creepy Lullaby | Spooky | |||
| Inappropriate Backrub | Sleaze | |||
| Wassail | Physical | |||
| Awesome Balls of Fire | 35-45 + 35% Mys | 120 MP | Hot | Hits once on the first cast per combat, twice on the second, and thrice thereafter |
| Snowclone | Cold | |||
| Eggsplosion | Stench | |||
| Raise Backup Dancer | Spooky | |||
| Grease Lightning | Sleaze | |||
| Toynado | Physical | |||
| Turtleini | 128-212 + 50% Mus | 35 MP | Physical + Spooky | Deals half Physical, half Spooky initially Does diminishing Spooky damage for 5 rounds, including the round it is cast Percent spell damage bonuses do not apply |
| Volcanometeor Showeruption | 35-45 + 35% Mys | 1 volcanic ash | Hot | Hits 3 times per cast |
| Shrap | 35-45 + 35% Mys | 1 warbear whosit | Physical | Hits 3 times per cast |
Other uncapped skills
There are many monsters that resist, or reflect, spells. Or sometimes, you may have much higher Muscle or Moxie than you do Mysticality, so a different tactic may work better.
| Skill | Damage | Cost | Element | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bawdy Refrain | Base accordion + 35% Mox | 11 MP | Sleaze | With no accordion equipped, damage is 0 + 25% Mox |
| Great Slash | 33% Mus (possibly twice) | 0 MP | Physical | Must equip at least one of Great Wolf's right paw or Great Wolf's left paw Adds bonus elemental damage(?) |
| Spectral Snapper | 10-40 + 20% Mus | 20 MP | Spooky | |
| Splattersmash | ?unspaded? | 25 MP | Hot | Multihits up to ?very large?x |
| Vicious Talon Slash | 75%-85% Mus | 5 MP | Physical | Must be in Form of...Bird! |
| The Statue Treatment | 1.5*(45%-55% Mys) | 20 MP | Stench | Must be in Form of...Bird! One use available per delicious stinkbug used |
| Give Your Opponent "The Bird" | 45%-55% Mys | 20 MP | Sleaze | Must be in Form of...Bird! One use available per tasty louse used Also delevels by sqrt(Mys) |
| Antarctic Flap | 45%-55% Mys | 10 MP | Cold | Must be in Form of...Bird! One use available per scrumptious ice ant used Also restores 3*sqrt(Mys) MP |
| Rise From Your Ashes | 45%-55% Mys | 20 MP | Hot | Must be in Form of...Bird! One use available per delectable fire ant used Also deals diminishing Hot damage each round |
| Feast on Carrion | 45%-55% Mys | 20 MP | Spooky | Must be in Form of...Bird! One use available per yummy death watch beetle used Also heals 22.5%-27.5% Mys HP |
Combat items
There are several Combat Items whose damage scales to your stats. (This table is a copy of the one on that page, reproduced here for convenience.)
| Item | Damage | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| cursed cannonball | Special +Special | Total damage roughly equal to your buffed Muscle |
| cursed voodoo skull | Special +Special | Total damage roughly equal to your buffed Mysticality |
| cursed dirty joke scroll | Special +Special | Total damage roughly equal to your buffed Moxie |
| divine blowout | Moxie | Does buffed Moxie in damage; awards Moxie substats (see item page for formula) |
| divine can of silly string | Myst | Does buffed Mysticality in damage; awards Mysticality substats (see item page for formula) |
| divine noisemaker | Muscle | Does buffed Muscle in damage; awards Muscle substats (see item page for formula) |
| grody jug | Myst | Does buffed Mysticality in damage; makes target stench-aligned for the duration of combat. |
| hot ashes | Highest | Does highest buffed stat in damage. |
| love song of vague ambiguity | Muscle | Does buffed Muscle in damage; restores HP based on damage done |
| love song of smoldering passion | Myst | Does buffed Mysticality in damage; restores MP based on damage done |
| love song of icy revenge | Moxie | Does buffed Moxie in damage; gives familiar XP based on damage done |
| love song of sugary cuteness | Muscle | Does buffed Muscle in damage; awards Muscle substats based on damage done |
| love song of disturbing obsession | Myst | Does buffed Mysticality in damage; awards Mysticality substats based on damage done |
| love song of naughty innuendo | Moxie | Does buffed Moxie in damage; awards Moxie substats based on damage done |
| shard of double-ice | Highest | Does cold damage equal to highest buffed stat; makes target cold-aligned for the duration of combat |
| The Six-Pack of Pain | Muscle | Does buffed Muscle in damage |
| special clip: boneburners | Special +Special | Total damage roughly equal to 6x your buffed Moxie; requires mercenary pistol or mercenary rifle |
| special clip: graveburpers | Special +Special | Total damage roughly equal to 6x your buffed Moxie; requires mercenary pistol or rifle |
| special clip: splatterers | Special +Special | Total damage roughly equal to 6x your buffed Moxie; requires mercenary pistol or rifle |
Damage that scales to your opponent's stats
Sometimes, your opponents don't scale to your stats. There are some zones where enemies increase in power as you proceed, regardless of your own stats. There are also certain bosses with very large, fixed stats.
| Name | Type | Damage | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| shrinking powder | Combat item | 50%-65% current HP | May only be used once per fight |
| Grizzly Scene | Skill | 50% current HP | Must equip right bear arm Only one bear skill per combat |
| Staff of the Headmaster's Victuals | Weapon | 30% current HP | May be jiggled only once per fight Is a chefstaff, so cannot be wielded offhand |
| slime stack | Combat item | 10%-20% current HP | Also delevels |
| Summon Love Mosquito | Skill | 10% current HP | May only be used once per fight Heals you for the same amount |
| Realistic cap gun | Combat item | 10% current HP | Can be used multiple times per fight |
| Curse of Marinara | Skill | 3% original att per round | Continues dealing damage every round Heals you for the same amount Mutually exclusive with other curses |
| Extreme High Note | Skill | 13.5%-16.5% current HP | Must equip The Trickster's Trikitixa (Accordion Thief only) |
| Wrath of the Trickster God | Skill | 15% current HP per round | Must equip Juju Mojo Mask and have Gaze of the Trickster God intrinsic |
Percentage deleveling
Another tactic that works well on certain opponents is to delevel their stats, and then attack them normally. Most deleveling sources only decrease the enemy's power by a small amount, but there are some that remove a percent of the enemy's stats instead.
Wearing a dark porquoise ring doubles the effectiveness of all deleveling.
| Name | Type | Delevel amount | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| jam band bootleg | Combat item | 50% att, 50% def | Also staggers opponent |
| crayon shavings | Combat item | 30% att, 30% def | Except against Bugbear Invasion bugbears |
| Intimidating Bellow | Skill | 30% att, 30% def | Avatar of Boris only Does 15% att, 15% def without Louder Bellows Only one use per fight |
| electronics kit | Combat item | 25% att, 25% def | Also staggers opponent and restores 30-40 MP |
| rattler rattle | Combat item | 25% att, 25% def | 75% att, 75% def against Beasts |
| slime stack | Combat item | 10% att, 10% def | Also deals damage |
| Curse of Weaksauce | Skill | 3% att, 3% def per round | Continues deleveling every round Mutually exclusive with other curses |
| Great Wolf's lice | Combat item | 30% att, 30% def | Beasts only Not consumed on use Only one use per fight |
| HOA citation pad | Combat item | 30% att, 30% def | Dudes only Not consumed on use Only one use per fight |
| Mayor Ghost's scissors | Combat item | 30% att, 30% def | Undead only Not consumed on use Only one use per fight |
| Bear-ly Legal | Skill | 20% att, (20% of att) def | Also grants 50-70 Meat for Zombie Slayers Only one use per fight |
| Thunder Bird | Skill | 15% att, 15% def | Heavy Rains only Costs 1dB of Thunder |
| CSA obedience grenade | Combat item | 5% att, 5% def | Also stuns 3 rounds |
