Rugaroo

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Job: Monk Family: Gnoles Crystal: Dark Weak to: Ice, Lightning Immune: Dark Notorious Monster

Rugaroo

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
La Vaule (S)	83	Willow Strongbox (100%) Danzo Tekko (???%) Vendetta (???%)		1	A, L, T(S) ??? HP
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Notes:

• Timed Spawn every 4 hours by the pool at (H-10).
• Spams Call of the Moon five times in a row, causing intimidation extremely often. Does not intimidate pets though.

• Uses Asuran Claws after Call of the Moon squence, hitting for around 500+ damage on a Ninja tank

• Can use Nox Blast.
• Seems to have extremely fast hate decay.
• Depending on moon phase, the nearby Lobisons will not link. If the Lobison is standing up on 2 legs, it will link.
• Highly recommend a pld/war tank, as it attacks very quickly, rarely misses, can't be slowed or paralyzed, counters, etc. PLD/NIN had incredible difficulty keeping shadows up, and shadows couldn't block Asuran Claws. PLD/WAR with good Def gear and Phalanx 2 shouldn't take 50 damage per hit.
• Can be duoed by a pld/nin and rdm. Take extreme care to get it away from possible linking Lobisons. Link range is fairly large.
• Easy duo with 2 bst, tiger and fish as pets. Fight along the river.
• Fairly easy with a standard party. Not hard, just really annoying.
• As with all Gnoles, it is recommended to fight during a smaller moon phase.
• He has 25~% magic defense bonus.
• Very resistant to Slow and Paralyze. Also resistant to Gravity, even resisted elemental seal gravity.
• Has little to no resistance to Thunder based spells
• Easy duo with bst/whm and rdm/nin rdm tanks/kites while bst gets pets.
• Can Be solo by a Skilled BST/WHM
• Soloable by RDM/NIN kiting it at the river, tho movement + is required since it seems it runs roughly 1.12 movement speed. 2x RDM/NIN makes it a child's play.
• (see testimonials)

Historical Background

The Rougarou (alternately spelled as Roux-Ga-Roux, Rugaroo, or Rugaru), is a legendary creature in Laurentian French communities linked to European notions of the werewolf. The creature, spelled as a Rugaru, has been associated with Native American legends with some dispute. The folklore stories vary from mild bigfoot (sasquatch) creatures to cannibal-like Native American wendigos.