# Killer beetle

a killer beetle 

Difficulty

21

Attacks

Bite 6d6

a killer beetle 

Difficulty

21

Attacks

Bite 6d6

Base level

19

Base experience

567

Speed

6

Base AC

-4

Base MR

0

Alignment

0 (neutral)

Frequency (by normal means)

1 (Very rare)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

100

Nutritional value

100

Size

Large

Resistances

poison

Resistances conveyed

poison (100%)

A killer beetle:

 has no hands.

 is an animal.

 is poisonous to eat.
 is carnivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

 does not appear in Gehennom.

Reference

SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line253

A killer beetle is the strongest insect in SLASH'EM.  It is the only insect to appear as a 5 via warning.  It almost always appears via summon insects, as it cannot be generated in Gehennom.

Strategy
Along with the assassin bug, killer beetles make the summon insects spell significantly less benign in SLASH'EM.  They are less of a threat than assassin bugs and stronger migos, however, since they are quite slow.  They can still do large amounts of damage though, and have large numbers of hit points, and thus are best avoided in favor of more pressing targets (such as the caster of the summon insects spell).

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