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finishing table before compressing Easy

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This table lists how "complex" it is for SLASH'EM characters to damage statue gargoyles with their initial inventory:

* Easy: Can essentially deal with them like any other monster
* ''Medium'': Have a way to damage them, but it is either limited or does lower damage than primary means
* '''Difficult''': Have no viable way to kill them with initial inventory

Note that "Easy" does not necessarily mean statue gargoyles are trivial for that role: a [[Tourist/SLASH'EM]] can kill them with darts as they do other monsters, but that remains a dicey proposition as it would be with (e.g.) a [[giant ant]].

A split rating denotes different complexities based on different possible starting inventories, ignoring inventory variations with low (<1/20) probability.

{|class="prettytable"
!Role
!Complexity
!Notes
|-
||[[Archeologist/SLASH'EM|Archaeologist]]
||''Medium''
||Can use the bullwhip, but because they are [[thick-skinned] it will only do 1 damage per hit.
|-
||[[Barbarian/SLASH'EM|Barbarian]]
||'''Difficult'''
||No way to hurt them with initial inventory
|-
||[[Caveman/SLASH'EM|Caveman]]
||Easy
||The starting club works normally.
|-
||[[Flame Mage]]
||''Medium''
||[[Spellbook of flame sphere|Flame spheres]] can't hurt them, but quarterstaff and wand of fire can.

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 * '''Difficult''': Have no viable way to kill them with initial inventory
-Note that "Easy" does not necessarily mean statue gargoyles are trivial for that role: a [[Tourist/SLASH'EM|Tourist]] can kill them with darts as they do other monsters, but that remains a dicey proposition as it would be with (e.g.) a [[giant ant]].
+Note that "Easy" does not necessarily mean statue gargoyles are trivial for that role: a [[Tourist/SLASH'EM|Tourist]] can kill them with darts as they do other monsters, but that remains a dicey proposition as it would be with (e.g.) a [[giant ant]]; the following roles are always or nearly always classified as Easy:
-A split rating denotes different complexities based on different possible starting inventories, ignoring inventory variations with low (<1/20) probability.
+* [[Caveman/SLASH'EM|Caveman]], [[Knight/SLASH'EM|Knight]], [[Monk/SLASH'EM|Monk]]<ref>Once the Monk reaches XL4; occasionally players might need to go up a floor to get XP</ref>, [[Necromancer]]<ref>Surprisingly, statue gargoyles are not immune to [[drain life]]</ref>, [[Ranger/SLASH'EM|Ranger]], [[Tourist/SLASH'EM|Tourist]], [[Valkyrie/SLASH'EM|Valkyrie]], [[Yeoman]]
 {|class="prettytable"
 !Role
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 ||'''Difficult'''
 ||No way to hurt them with initial inventory
 |-
 ||[[Flame Mage]]
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 ||''Medium''
 ||[[Spellbook of freeze sphere|Freeze spheres]] can't hurt them, but quarterstaff and wand of cold can.
 |-
 ||[[Priest/SLASH'EM|Priest]]
 ||'''Difficult'''/''Medium''
 ||Usually '''Difficult''', {{frac|9}} chance of starting with a [[spellbook of force bolt]] that can hurt them
 |-
 ||[[Rogue/SLASH'EM|Rogue]]
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 ||'''Difficult'''
 ||No way to hurt them with initial inventory
 |-
 ||[[Undead Slayer]]
 ||'''Difficult'''/''Medium''
 ||Roughly half of Slayers cannot hurt them; +1 low boots can kick them to death, and +2 bullwhip can damage them slowly
 |-
 ||[[Wizard/SLASH'EM|Wizard]]
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 ||Force Bolt starts work as normal, but statue gargoyles are immune to Sleep, necessitating quarterstaff
 |-

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 ||[[Tourist/SLASH'EM|Tourist]]
 ||Easy
-||Darts
+||Darts work normally

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 ||Perhaps counterintuitively, statue gargoyles are not immune to [[drain life]], wand or spell
 |-
-||[[Priest/SLASH'EM]]
+||[[Priest/SLASH'EM|Priest]]
 ||'''Difficult'''/''Medium''
 ||Usually '''Difficult''', {{frac|9}} chance of starting with a [[spellbook of force bolt]] that can hurt them

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 * Easy: Can essentially deal with them like any other monster
-* ''Medium'': Have a way to damage them, but it is either limited or does lower damage than primary means
+* ''Medium'': Have a way to damage them, but it is either limited or suboptimal
 * '''Difficult''': Have no viable way to kill them with initial inventory
-Note that "Easy" does not necessarily mean statue gargoyles are trivial for that role: a [[Tourist/SLASH'EM]] can kill them with darts as they do other monsters, but that remains a dicey proposition as it would be with (e.g.) a [[giant ant]].
+Note that "Easy" does not necessarily mean statue gargoyles are trivial for that role: a [[Tourist/SLASH'EM|Tourist]] can kill them with darts as they do other monsters, but that remains a dicey proposition as it would be with (e.g.) a [[giant ant]].
 A split rating denotes different complexities based on different possible starting inventories, ignoring inventory variations with low (<1/20) probability.
 {|class="prettytable"
 !Role
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 ||[[Archeologist/SLASH'EM|Archaeologist]]
 ||''Medium''
-||Can use the bullwhip, but because they are [[thick-skinned] it will only do 1 damage per hit.
+||Can use the bullwhip, but because they are [[thick-skinned]] it will only do 1 damage per hit.
 |-
 ||[[Barbarian/SLASH'EM|Barbarian]]
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 ||''Medium''
 ||[[Spellbook of flame sphere|Flame spheres]] can't hurt them, but quarterstaff and wand of fire can.