Changes: Giant Blue Slime

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The Giant Blue Slime is a foe in Epic Battle Fantasy 3. It is mostly found in Glacier Valley.

Appearance

The Giant Blue Slime is a large monster made of transparent cyan slime. Aside from its main body, it has three smaller blobs surrounding it, each covered in white snow. Its main body has a larger patch of snow that seems to be melting slightly, with a large chunk of blue ice and a couple of dead trees embedded in it; the roots of the largest tree are visible within its gooey mass.

Overview

Unlike its lesser counterpart, the Giant Blue Slime is an Ice-based foe instead of a Water-based one. Aside from an icy Body Slam and the Earth-based Ground Pound used by all Giant Slimes, all of its attacks are multi-target spells; it can exhale hard enough to deal minor Wind damage and a modest Magic Defence debuff, or summon Snow to hit the entire party for weak Ice damage and a chance of Freeze. It can also cast Hailstorm, which hits the entire battlefield at once; this lets it heal itself and other Ice-absorbent foes while damaging and potentially Freezing the party; fortunately, the Freeze chance is astoundingly low.

Most of the Giant Blue Slime's attacks have above-average Accuracy, so Evade-based strategies may not be very effective; on the other hand, its own Evade is on the low side. All of its attacks are fully elemental, so building resistance to Earth, Wind, and especially Ice will greatly reduce its damage output; Freeze resistance or Regen support can negate its status application. Syphon and Berserk lock it out of its magical attacks; the latter also forces it to use nothing but Body Slam, which means that high Ice resistance alone will render it near-impotent. Conveniently, the most reliable sources of Berserk - Unleash off of the Flameheart or the Red Vulcan - also hit the Slime's elemental weakness while giving Natalie or Lance resistance to Freeze.

The Giant Blue Slime massively absorbs Ice and is immune to both Wind and Water, but is very weak to Fire. It's also very susceptible to Doom, giving the party a means to ensure its demise after a few turns while they focus on other tasks.

	Giant Blue Slime	Glacier Dwelling Slime	EBF3
	Frosty and massive slime, can heal allies with hail.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	Gold
Base Statistics	450	4	4	4	4	4	3.6	80	15	80
Elemental Resistance
Elemental Resistance	-70%	-	300%	100%	100%	-	-	-	-	-
Status Resistance
Status Resistance	-	-	-	-100%	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
Debuff Resistance	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-	-	-
Name	Icecream	Rainbow Gems	Ice Crystal	Sundae	-	-	-
Chance	100%	80%	60%	10%	-	-	-

Attacks and Abilities

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Body Slam	Single	44		100%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Ground Pound	All	20		100%	--	--	--	110%	10%	10%
Hailstorm	Everyone	22/4		100%	2%	--		200%	10%	10%
Notes: Allies will only be hit for 20 power and won't ever be Frozen.
Snow	All	22		100%	20%	--		100%	10%	10%
Wind Blow	All	18		100%	40%	20%		130%	10%	20%

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Berserked → Body Slam;
Syphoned → Body Slam (1/2), Ground Pound (1/2);
Otherwise → Body Slam (1/5), Ground Pound (1/5), Hailstorm (1/5), Snow (1/5), Wind Blow (1/5).

Trivia

The Giant Blue Slime is currently the only Giant Slime who doesn't match the elemental theme of its smaller counterpart, being Ice-based in comparison to the Blue Slime's Water affinity.

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 |Roles = Foe
 |Appearances = Epic Battle Fantasy 3}}
-The '''Giant Blue Slime''' is a [[Foes|foe]] in {{EBF|3}}. It appears mostly around cold areas, such as the [[Glacier Valley]]. It is a member of the [[Giant Slimes|Giant Slime]] enemy class.
+The '''Giant Blue Slime''' is a [[Foes|foe]] in {{EBF|3}}. It is mostly found in [[Glacier Valley]].
 == Appearance ==
-The Giant Blue Slime is rather shaped like itself. It has a large cyan body with a slight transparency and three smaller blobs surrounding the main body. It is covered in snow, with a large chunk of ice and a couple of dead trees/saplings (one with its roots visible inside the slime) protruding from its body.
+The Giant Blue Slime is a large monster made of transparent cyan slime. Aside from its main body, it has three smaller blobs surrounding it, each covered in white snow. Its main body has a larger patch of snow that seems to be melting slightly, with a large chunk of blue ice and a couple of dead trees embedded in it; the roots of the largest tree are visible within its gooey mass.
 == Overview ==
-Unlike its [[Blue Slime|lesser counterpart]], the Giant Blue Slime has abandoned its [[Water (element)|Water]]-based nature and now mainly relies on [[Ice (element)|Ice]] attacks, befitting of its appearance. Iit retains the standard [[Earth (element)|Earth]]-based Ground Pound that all other Giant Slimes have, as well as having a minor [[Wind (element)|Wind]]-based attack, which can slightly debuff [[Magic Defence]]. Two of its Ice attacks can [[Freeze (status)|Freeze]] the players, one of them (Hailstorm) can heal other Ice-absorbent foes. Luckily, most of its attacks are fully elemental, so Freeze resistance as well as Ice and Earth resistance can hinder its damage output.
+Unlike its [[Blue Slime|lesser counterpart]], the Giant Blue Slime is an {{E|Ice}}-based foe instead of a {{E|Water}}-based one. Aside from an icy Body Slam and the [[Earth (element)|Earth]]-based Ground Pound used by all Giant Slimes, all of its attacks are multi-target spells; it can exhale hard enough to deal minor [[Wind (element)|Wind]] damage and a modest [[Magic Defence]] debuff, or summon [[Snow]] to hit the entire party for weak Ice damage and a chance of [[Freeze (status)|Freeze]]. It can also cast [[Hailstorm]], which hits the entire battlefield at once; this lets it heal itself and other Ice-absorbent foes while damaging and potentially Freezing the party; fortunately, the Freeze chance is astoundingly low.
+Most of the Giant Blue Slime's attacks have above-average {{S|Accuracy}}, so {{S|Evade}}-based strategies may not be very effective; on the other hand, its own Evade is on the low side. All of its attacks are fully elemental, so building resistance to Earth, Wind, and especially Ice will greatly reduce its damage output; Freeze resistance or {{S|Regen}} support can negate its status application. {{S|Syphon}} and {{S|Berserk}} lock it out of its magical attacks; the latter also forces it to use nothing but Body Slam, which means that high Ice resistance alone will render it near-impotent. Conveniently, the most reliable sources of Berserk - [[Unleash]] off of the [[Flameheart]] or the [[Red Vulcan]] - also hit the Slime's elemental weakness while giving [[Natalie]] or [[Lance]] resistance to Freeze.
-Even so, its Ice-based nature brings new disadvantages. For one thing, it now greatly absorbs Ice and retains its immunity to Wind (like the smaller Water slimes), but it sacrifices its ability to heal from Water (simply resisting it) and is no longer immune to Earth and [[Fire (element)|Fire]] (the latter element being it only major weakness).{{FoeTableEBF3
+The Giant Blue Slime massively absorbs {{E|Ice}} and is immune to both {{E|Wind}} and {{E|Water}}, but is very weak to {{E|Fire}}. It's also very susceptible to {{S|Doom}}, giving the party a means to ensure its demise after a few turns while they focus on other tasks.{{FoeTableEBF3
 |Name = Giant Blue Slime
 |Type = Glacier Dwelling Slime
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 == Trivia ==
-* [[Blue Slime]] is currently the only slime which giant version doesn't match the elemental theme of the basic one. With the normal version being water-themed, while the giant version ice-themed.
+* The Giant Blue Slime is currently the only Giant Slime who doesn't match the elemental theme of its smaller counterpart, being Ice-based in comparison to the [[Blue Slime]]'s Water affinity.
 [[Category:Epic Battle Fantasy 3]]
 [[Category:Foes]]