Crab-Claw Raider

Animated field sprite shown in its neutral pose.

Monster level is clamped between 0 and 99. Health, damage, and XP rise with level; speed increases up to a fixed bonus.

Beginning at monster level 5, this species can spawn as a rare gold-stamped elite with the exclusive Tentacle Triad attack and a guaranteed level-matched item promoted one rarity tier above its normal roll. Each elite affix independently has a 50% chance to add one ordinary, non-promoted item roll.

Crab-Claw Raider holds at 50% of its authored melee reach, commits to the visible strike, and can deal at most one hit. Each strike connects only when its target intersects that trail during the corresponding active frames. Moving outside the trails or waiting until their active windows have passed avoids them, while touching the monster still deals 90% of its current outgoing damage.

Releases an authored armored crab that follows the hero with a limited turn radius, so a sharp lateral dodge can escape before it hits the hero or terrain and plays its authored death sequence.

Erupts nine authored tentacles in a 3×3 grid around the hero's sampled position, with each tentacle able to strike once from its visible eruption through its loop.