Asmodeus

& Asmodeus
Difficulty	53
Attacks	Claw 4d4, magic cold 6d6

& Asmodeus
Difficulty	53
Attacks	Claw 4d4, magic cold 6d6
Base level	49
Base experience	3202
Speed	12
Base AC	-7
Base MR	90
Alignment	20 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	Not randomly generated; unique
Genocidable	No
Weight	1500
Nutritional value	500
Size	Huge
Resistances	Fire, cold, poison
Resistances conveyed	None

Asmodeus, &, is the most powerful of the demon princes who is guaranteed to appear in Gehennom. He is no trouble at all, provided you have decent AC and cold resistance.

Alternatively, if you are not wielding Excalibur, you can pay Asmodeus instead of fighting him. He asks for a portion of your visible gold so it is best to hide most of it, for example in your bag of holding.

Asmodeus always drops a wand of cold and a wand of fire upon dying.

Combat

Asmodeus will appear before you first and (if you aren't weilding Excalibur) demand that you pay him for safe passage. When you refuse, he becomes angry. Like some quest nemeses and other named demons, he will teleport to the Up stairs when he takes a few hits. The key to beating Asmodeus head-on lies in being able to (controlled) teleport to him, which would require you go Up with him to the level(s) allowing teleportation and (hopefully) kill him before reaching the Valley of the Dead, which is noport.

Alternatively, you can use a cockatrice corpse to turn him into a statue the first time he shows his face, and blast it for his wands and scrolls.

It is imperative that you be able to keep Asmodeus in your line of sight as much as possible, for like the aforementioned quest nemeses and named demons, in a few short turns after teleporting away from you, he will restore himself to perfect health, which is to the tune of 200 hitpoints.

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