# Assassin bug

a assassin bug 

Difficulty

12

Attacks

Bite 4d6 poison

a assassin bug 

Difficulty

12

Attacks

Bite 4d6 poison

Base level

10

Base experience

236

Speed

24

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 (67%)

A assassin bug:

 has no hands.

 is an animal.

 is poisonous to eat.
 is carnivorous.

 is normally generated hostile.

 does not appear in Gehennom.

 may turn against you when tame.

Reference

SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line246

An assassin bug is a new insect in SLASH'EM.  Although they can be seen randomly generated, they are most often summoned by the summon insects spell that priests and devas cast.

Strategy
Along with the stronger migos, assassin bugs are a major reason that one cannot just ignore the summon insects spell and use it solely as a buffer, as is possible in vanilla NetHack.  Assassin bugs are very fast, with a speed of 24, and are more than capable of dealing large amounts of damage, particularly to a character who is focusing on the priest next to them.  A good strategy for dealing with summon insects is to take out the migo warriors, killer beetles and assassin bugs, and let the rest of the a serve as a buffer.

Biology
This is a real insect. A terrestrial ambush predator, injecting lethal saliva that liquefies the insides of their prey, which they then suck out.

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