Little Giant

The Little Giant is an elite enemy of Pascal's Wager. Its name is a translation of the internal name 小巨人 ("little giant"); see Enemies. It appears in Ch.6, Ch.7 and Ch.8 and has 8 attack moves (arcane/physical damage). In the reference placement (Ch.7 Underground Caves) it has 802 HP in journey 1 and 2709 HP in journey 4. It attacks from a distance (AI range up to 15 m); it has unblockable attacks; it leaps down on you with a jump chop when it falls.

Where it appears#

Each row is one area: level, HP, Physical attack and Physical defence of its placements there (a range when they differ). Reading guide: The Where it appears table.

Maze scaling#

In Deep into the Dark Mist the level comes from the maze floor, not from the placement (details).

Stats#

Reference placement: story 7, monster 7028 (Ch.7 Underground Caves, the area with the most placements); how to read the table: The Stats section.

Senses and rewards#

Attacks#

How to read this table (move names, attack values, Poise and Resilience damage, AI column): The Attacks table.

Reaction and utility moves: threat roar (#106); alert (#109); idle (#110); jump chop (#111): 410-439 attack in journey 1, 1021-1121 in journey 4, unblockable; spawn animation 1 (#114); spawn animation 2 (#115).

Move notes#

• LL, LP, HP, H: hand combos, a double-hand ground slap, a kick and a leg sweep.
• S: a laser beam (arcane, unblockable) used from 5.5 to 15 m.
• SP: a three-part bear hug (grab, unblockable, 40 to 300 flat attack).
• Dead: it self-destructs when it dies: an arcane explosion with guard break 200.
• O: a ground explosion used in the Ch.8 version of the enemy.

Animation clip names for each move are in reports/bosses_and_enemies.md.

Drops#

Rolls, groups and lists work as described in The Drops section.

Group Ch.7 #70008 (used by 16 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.7 #70096 (used by 16 placement-rolls)

Group Ch.7 #70097 (used by 16 placement-rolls)

Hidden mechanics#

• Scaling. Level 18 / 50 / 68 / 80 in the reference placement for journeys 1-4 (fixed per placement, rising with each New Game Plus journey); HP goes from 802 to 2709 (x3.4) and Physical attack from 330 to 941 by journey 4. Poise and Resilience never scale; the rule is in How enemy stats are built.
• Fixed level. 1 of its 27 chapter placements keep the same level (1) in all four journeys, so those copies do not get stronger in New Game Plus apart from their fixed bonuses.
• Unblockable moves. S, SP have Guard Break 999. An ordinary guard cannot hold against it: the hit lands as a normal hit and the defender's poise drops to 0, unless the guard value itself is higher (see Guarding#How a blocked hit is resolved).
• Drop attack. It uses the unblockable jump chop (move #111) when it falls onto you; see AI and senses.

See How to read the enemy pages for what the sections mean and How enemy stats are built for the stat rules.

Sources#

• es_storymonster.lua: 93 rows with HeroId 20041 (stories 6, 7, 8, 401, 404, 405, 410, 412, 1006, 1007); es_storymonsterproperty.lua rows for the same story/monster ids; es_herodata.lua row HeroId 20041; es_heropropertydata.lua rows HeroId 20041; es_enemyattributedata.lua (attribute point to property curves).
• Moves: es_skilldata.lua rows HeroId 20041 (_id 1542-1561); AI tables logic/ai/behaviour/attack/attack20041.lua; move names gamedata/playerdefine/hero20041_define.lua.
• Shared rules (stat formula, drop roll, Dark Mist level rule, AI senses): see the Sources of Enemies.