Did you think that treading on a bug was an infallible way to kill it? Well, that won't work with Stinger S1. This metal scorpion is as tough as an armored tank! Be wary of its tail... Stinger S1 is merciless.
Role: Attacker
Overview
Stinger S1 is a Metal attacker, who's suprisingly good for his age. He's got 4 negative effects, and a decent 0 CD move, which is common on old monsters as the devs sometimes forgot to put in cooldowns. His trait is okay, but that's where the pros end. He's got 2 AoE moves, with high cooldowns and stamina costs, a awful life and low power, hindering his role as an attacker. The moves that actually have cooldown are high as well.
Pros
- Decent speed
- Access to 4 negative effects
- Has a decent 0CD move
- Metal weakness to boost dmg output
- Decent trait
Cons
- Awful life
- Low power
- Only 2 AoE skills and both have high stamina and cooldown
- Moderate to high cooldowns
Recommended Moveset
Scorpio
- Radiation Tail / Ray Tail (60 Metal dmg + Blind, 31s, 2 CD) / (60 Metal dmg + Burn, 31s, 2 CD)
- Poisoned Tarsus (45 Special dmg + Poison, 28s, 0 CD)
- Metasoma Machine Gun (AoE 30 Metal dmg + Metal Weakness, 35s, 3 CD)
- Metasoma Gatling (AoE 45 Metal dmg, 36s, 3 CD)
Stinger S1 deals solid damage so 3 Strength runes are the best with him. Metasoma Machine Gun is your AoE Metal Weakness skill so doing Metasoma Gatling with high 45 base power to all can deal lots of damage. Radiation Tail deals massive Metal damage and Blinds target so it's a semi stun. Ray Tail deals massive Metal damage and Burns target. Poisoned Tarsus does moderate damage and Poison.
Recommended Runes: 3 Strength; 2 Strength, 1 Speed/Team Speed
Counters
- Magic Attackers such as Gelotron and Devastress can crush this metallic scorpion.
- This monster is immune to Possession, but not to Stun and Freeze, so a monster like Brontes is good for stun and freeze while Krampus and Ihtiander can also be good counters.
- Despite having possession immunity, he can still be corrupted. Monsters like Hackster and Glitch can easily corrupt him.
- NER Users, like Ingenica, can easily remove his negative effects. Ingenica also has 0 CD Team NER and a Magic skill.
- CDA Users like Timerion, Thundeer and Crissandre ruin him.
- Santerion is the definition of a counter. His Mega Taunt Trait, Resistance to his Metal Skills and S1's already low dmg output leave this Scorpion looking more like a Housefly.
Fun Fact
- Several skills reference scorpion anatomy: the metasoma is the tail while the tarsus is the movable claw.