Editing Stone Gargoyle and Obsidian Gargoyle

{{Tower creatures}}
{{Creature
 | AI_Value  = 165
 | Name      = Stone Gargoyle
 | Attack    = 6
 | Defense   = 6
 | Speed     = 6
 | Growth    = 9 [[Sculptor's Wings|(+4)]]
 | Damage    = 2–3
 | Health    = 16 
 | Movement  = [[Flying]]
 | Cost      = 130
 | Special   = • [[Non-living]] ({{withhota}} Bloodless)
 | U_AI_Value= 201
 | U_name    = Obsidian Gargoyle
 | U_attack  = '''7'''
 | U_defense = '''7'''
 | U_speed   = '''9'''
 | U_cost    = 160
 | No_shots  = 
 | No_ushots = 
}}

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'''Stone Gargoyles and Obsidian Gargoyles''' are the second level creatures of [[Tower]]. They are recruited from the [[Parapet]].

''"Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles are demon-form statues animated for use as troops. They attack with raking claws."{{-}}<sup>[[Restoration of Erathia Manual Page 113|RoE manual]]''</sup>

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Building the [[Sculptor's Wings]] increases gargoyles' growth by 4 per week.

== Special Ability: "Non-living" (i.e. Bloodless {{withhota}}) ==
Though Stone and Obsidian Gargoyles are considered as non-living, they are still affected by [[morale]] and [[mind spells]]. {{withhota}} In [[Horn of the Abyss]], they are called "Bloodless" instead of non-living.

== Heroes with a specialty ==
*{{H|Piquedram|Alchemist}} has gargoyles as a [[Specialty#Creature_specialties|specialty]], which increases the attack and defense skills of any stone or obsidian gargoyles for each level attained after 2nd level, and gives them a [[speed]] bonus of 1.

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Their stats are considered to be pretty low for a level 2 unit, but they are usually used as cannon fodder to protect the [[Gremlin and Master Gremlin|gremlins]] in the early game anyway. Unfortunately, Gargoyles are immune to [[Resurrection]] and cannot be risen by [[Animate Dead]] as they aren't [[undead]].

Despite their average [[Attack]] and [[Defense]], only 2-3 [[damage]] and mediocre 16 [[health]] they are quite fast after upgrade, having [[Speed]] of 9. Obsidian Gargoyles can be used offensively to block enemy ranged troops or tie up melee stacks while your [[Master Gremlin]]s deal damage from distance.

[[Bless]] and [[Curse]] have drastic effect on Gargoyles as despite just 1 point of damage range with 2-3 it means 1/3rd average damage more or less. When cast with Advanced [[Water Magic]] or [[Fire Magic]], Bless almost doubles their damage (2,5 to 4), and Curse more than halves it (2,5 to 1).

The most important buff for Gargoyles should be [[Shield]] or [[Stone Skin]], as they are fragile but not particularly strong, so anything that helps them live and distract the enemy just a bit longer while your ranged stacks shoot at them is good.

[[Non-living]] nature means some of the most debilitating spells and abilities will not work against Gargoyles. This includes [[Vampire Lord|life drain]], [[Ghost Dragon|aging]], [[Zombie|disease]], [[Wyvern Monarch|poison]]. However they have [[morale]] and mind spells still work on them.

Because they are relatively cheap, numerous, and fast, they make for good troops to overwhelm mainly ranged armies. They cannot keep up with real hard-hitters, though.

Against [[Necropolis]] army, they can be used to stop [[Power Lich]]es from shooting, denying them their powerful death cloud attack, or soak up [[Vampire Lord]]s retaliation, similarly to [[Stone Golem and Iron Golem|Golems]] - Vampire Lords are not healed by attacking non-living target. Keep in mind that Gargoyles are not nearly as tough as Golems and are not likely to survive long in melee against powerful stack like Vampire Lords.
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{{creature 'see also'}}
* [[Comparison of Level 2 Creatures]]

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