Gorgon and Mighty Gorgon

Fortress creatures

Level 1

Gnoll

Gnoll Marauder

Level 2

Lizardman

Lizard Warrior

Level 3

Serpent Fly

Dragon Fly

Level 4

Basilisk

Greater Basilisk

Level 5

Gorgon

Mighty Gorgon

Level 6

Wyvern

Wyvern Monarch

Level 7

Hydra

Chaos Hydra

Towns

Statistics

Gorgon

Cost per troop
525

Attack	10
Defense	14
Damage	12–16
Health	70
Speed	5
Movement	Ground
Size	2
Growth	3
AI Value

Mighty Gorgon

Cost per troop
600

Attack	11
Defense	16
Damage	12–16
Health	70
Speed	6
Movement	Ground
Size	2
Growth	3
AI Value

Special abilities:

• Death stare

Portraits

Gorgons and mighty gorgons are level 5 creatures of fortress town. They are recruited from the gorgon lair. The sturdy gorgons attack with their acidic breath. The mighty gorgon has a death stare with a 10% chance per attack of killing 1 creature in a troop outright, applied for each Mighty Gorgon in the troop. Unlike most "magic" abilities, this works on Black Dragons, but not on undead.

Special ability death stare

Mighty Gorgons have special ability death stare, which may occur after the stack have attacked, including retaliations. When the stack attacks, the successful death stare occurs before the enemy has chance to retaliate. Every gorgon in the stack has 10% chance to cause death stare. Successful stare instantly kills the 'top' unit of a stack, leaving the new 'top' unit with full health. The stare cannot kill more enemies than 1/10th from the number of Mighty Gorgons in a stack rounded up. In other words, the stare of 1–10 Mighty Gorgons may only kill one enemy, while a stack of 11 might kill two.

Calculation

PR% = 1 - 0,90^N

PR% = Chance to kill at least one enemy creature
N = Number of Mighty Gorgons in a stack

Discussion

Mighty Gorgons are among the best overall level 5 creatures in the game, and certainly one of the highlights of the Fortress town. They can defend your Ranged attackers, or with a prayer or haste or even a cape of velocity can go blow for blow with creatures far stronger than them because of their good defense stat, high health and incredibly effective death stare ability. Ideal strategy is to get them on the strongest troop stack possible (Azure Dragons, Titans, etc.) and watch them level opponents far stronger in stats.

Creatures immune to death stare: Elementals: