Lightning Hound

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Lightning Hound
Health	150
Damage	20 (15 ) (100 )
Attack Period	2
Attack Range	3
Walk Speed	8.5
Run Speed	10
Sanity Aura	-40/min (-20/min ) (-30/min ) (-44/min )
Special Ability	Summons Lightning
Drops	(5%)
Code	"hound_lightning"

“Watch it, that one stings!”

–Wilson

“Lightning is just burning without the fun part!”

–Willow

“Yip yip!”

–Wolfgang

“Death from above!”

–Wendy

“ERROR, NONFUNCTIONAL CIRCUIT, ELECTRICITY ESCAPES TO THE GROUND”

–WX-78

“I must watch my step, they electrify the earth.”

–Wickerbottom

“Lightning never strikes twice... Right, Lucy?”

–Woodie

“Why didn't I think of that? Tsk.”

–Maxwell

“Thor's minion? What hath I done to gain his ire?”

–Wigfrid

“Ouch ouch ouch! Our feetsies!”

–Webber

“A walkin' generator!”

–Winona

“It's definitely from the tropics.”

–Warly

“A caster of elemental energy!”

–Wortox

“Zzzt woofer!”

–Wormwood

“Lightning doggy! LIGHTNING DOGGY!!”

–Wurt

“This isn't normal lightning, this is ADVANCED lightning!”

–Walter

“You can't control the lightning! Don't even try!”

–Wanda

“Yellow like corn I suppose.”

–Winky

“Surroundings ionized!”

–Wathom

“Stop shouting, you loudmouth!”

–Wixie

Lightning Hounds are a new hound type that spawn in Spring. They have the ability to summon multiple lightning strikes near the player, this attack can be negated by wearing protective clothing.

Fighting Strategy

The first attack of a Lightning Hound is always it's lightning attack which can be avoided by using protective clothing or getting out of the electrified terrain before a thunder strikes in that place, a similar mechanic to Antlion's Sand Spikes. The lightning caused by Lightning Hounds won't burn structures, and will deal 25 damage, ignoring any armor that the player is wearing. The player will be shocked if it hits a Lightning Hound that is charging an attack, being stunned for some seconds and receiving 5 damage.

If the player gets in melee range, the hounds will execute a biting attack, just like any other hounds, but that shocks you if you get hit, dealing 5 extra damage, but not stunning you.

Tips

• Be careful fighting against hound waves during Spring without any protection from Hay Fever, specially when Lightning Hounds are present, because sneezing during the attack will stun you, resulting in a fast death by either lightning or the attacks of other hounds.

Trivia

• Lightning Hounds were added in the Stalking Stuffers update.

• Lightning Hound's special electric attack will not trigger if you unload the Hound before they finish charging it. You can achieve this by getting far enough or by jumping in a Worm Hole, however, the moment they get loaded again, the attack will instantly trigger, making abandoning these Hounds without killing them a bad decision.
• For some reason, you can only be stunned getting hit by a Lightning Hound's bite while invincible (God Mode, using Bone Armor or Thulecite Crown's shield activated).

Gallery

• Lightning Hound Old.png

  An old image, before they were officially added.

• Lightning Hound New.png

  The current version of how they look.

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  It's getting ready to use it's devastating lightning attack!

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  It unleashed it's electric attack towards his enemies!