Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <pixel-dungeon>
Title: How do I defeat the goo?
Question: So I got to level 5 of Pixel Dungeon on my Android, equipped with a +3 dagger and a +4 leather armor, and was swiftly defeated by a goo, which kept "pumping itself up" and filling my wounds with acid.  How do I defeat it?

Answers:
sents: text: Find a water section to fight in, this will prevent the acid from harming you and washes it away immediately!Other than that a good weapon and armor and you will get him!
text: Other small strategies: a scroll of terror to make him run and than throw some fire at him!
text: with weapon recommend having a weapon that you have 1 strength higher than requirement, and aim to be level 5 before you meet him.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/44278/Brent Plante
score: 6
sents: text: After playing a lot , here are some tips: The Goo seems to be armored; prefer high-damage weapons to faster but low-damage ones.
text: The Goo heals 1 hp
text: every turn in which it stands in water; prefer fighting it when it's on a dry surface.
text: The Goo's acid washed away instantly in water; so prefer fighting where you stand in water.
text: When the Goo "pumps itself up", it doesn't do anything for a few rounds, and then does a devastating attack.
text: The attack has a range of 2 tiles, not just 1 like other melee attacks.
text: Ways to break it: Leave the attack's range Become invisible Kill
text: the Goo
text: So my main strategy is to place myself in water next to a dry place from which the Goo will attack, and when it pumps itself up either stay and hit it (if I have a good armor and HP to spare) or retreat to cancel the attack.
text: Also, standard boss tricks (becoming invisible and shooting it, using poison / paralysis potions etc.) work well.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/122/Oak
score: 6
sents: text: The easiest solution I've found is a combination of a few of the other techniques mentioned here.
text: The door to Goo's lair is always 1 wide and usually has some water.
text: Plant an earthroot seed in the patch of water
text: nearest the door to get the armor buff and immediately wash off Goo's goo. Plant
text: any damage over time (fire or poison) seed in the doorway.
text: Standing on the seed won't trigger it.
text: Throw something at Goo to get its attention and walk back to your earthroot As Goo approaches throw anything at it for a few hits.
text: Tank Goo from your watery rooted stronghold.
text: This approach works with almost any standard armor and weapon combo for any class.
text: With a warrior I never need a health potion with this strategy.
text: Wizards are a little squishier but this can be overcome with a potion or two.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 5
sents: text: Don't use daggers.
text: Use quarterstaff instead.
text: Make sure you don't let goo touch water though.
text: It heals 1 health each turn when it is touching water.
text: If possible, use wands at it like poison and fire.
text: Throw a potion of toxic gas and block it's entrance of the room.
text: Just keep on waiting and it will die sooner or later.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/44371/user44371
score: 3
sents: text: How you defeat the Goo is largely up what equipment you have.
text: I usually hope to find an earthroot and use it to receive hardly any damage, even when he is pumped up.
text: Use fire material to lure the Goo into a doorway and set it on fire.
text: Since the door burns it will receive more damage.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/62035/Raymond
score: 2
sents: text: Get the Goo to follow you back to the stairs that go up to level four.
text: Hit it until it "pumps itself up", or you get its acid on you, or your hit points get too low.
text: Go up the stairs, wash off any acid and use a portion of healing if necessary.
text: When you go back down the stairs the Goo is no longer pumped up
text: and you can safely continue the fight.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/72566/symanzik
score: 2
sents: text: The easiest way is to use the honeypot.
text: Throw it next to the goo before you Fight.
text: He helps tank the hits and helps damage.
text: works every time for me.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/103737/user103737
score: 0
sents: text: The best way to do it that I've found is to stand in water and use a Wand of Lightning.
text: About six hits with the Wand of Electricity should kill Goo.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/130308/pixelBoy
score: 0
sents: text: Try this tactic.
text: Plant an earthroot in the door and plant dreamweeds, fireblooms, and sorrowmoss everywhere.
text: Then (if you have any) throw a potion of poison gas next to goo and then go in the earthroot but DO NOT step off it.
text: So goo would take damage and if he gets too close you could attack him and soon kill him.
text: Be sure you have at least the earthroot and poison gas.
text: Also have a weapon that deals 10 or more damage and armor that absorbs at least 9 damage.
text: WARNING!
text: I haven't tried this yet
text: but it should work
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/144550/Suzzane Bumgardner.
score: 0

Summary of the answers:
Find a water section to fight in to avoid the acid. Use frie material to lure the Goo into a doorway and set it on fire.
The most common strategy to follow, regarding beating the goo, is to fight it inside the water.