Fish Dog

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Location
Fishing Hamlet	635	516	90	90	90	90	93	60	172	120	180	-	-

Discovery	Drop	Multipliers		Bonuses
Fishing Hamlet	None	HP multiplier	1	Is beast	No
		Arcane DMG multiplier	1	Is kin	No
		Fire DMG multiplier	1	Is weak to serrated	No
		Bolt DMG multiplier	1	Is weak to righteous	No

All information (HP, Echoes, Defences, Multipliers & Bonuses) was datamined directly from game files and can be accessed via spreadsheet | archived. Updated on January 31st, 2022.

Fishmen are the most common enemy type encountered in the Fishing Hamlet. While they use a variety of different makeshift weapons, most behave in more or less the same way - their movements and attacks are slow, but they are protected by super armor during their evasive steps and sometimes make deliberate efforts to attack in groups. Each subtype is equipped to support the others in battle and in certain cases they will work together to spring elaborate ambushes; these typically consist of a firebomb-throwing Fishman who will detonate a cluster of explosive-packed fishing buoys as you approach, followed immediately thereafter with a charge by a group of Fishmen, Fish Dogs and Giant Fishmen with melee weapons. While they can be quite dangerous in groups, these enemies are individually quite weak and pose relatively little threat as long as you take care to pick them off one by one. When entering a new area, survey the space ahead of you carefully to determine potential hiding places and traps; if you spot even a single Fishman closing in on you, retreat to a section you've already cleared and lure the target toward you by itself rather than advancing into the open where you'll likely be set upon by several more.

All but unrecognizable as anything canine at first glance, these bizarre creatures betray their true nature as soon as they begin their attack. They behave in exactly the same way as the more familiar dog-type enemies in other areas, with the exception of one attack unique to the Fishing Hamlet variant: an AoE scream which inflicts no damage but causes stumbling. Gunshots will still knock them down and leave them completely helpless, at which point one or two normal attacks will usually finish them.

Handle them in the same way as any other dog-type foes: knock them down with a gunshot and follow up with either a jump attack, a few more gunshots or a forward quickstep and a couple of (R1) swings. Their scream attack presents little if any danger unless other enemies are present, but even then its effect is so short-lived that it will rarely prove decisive. Still, these enemies should be lured away from groups and eliminated individually as their speed and evasive abilities make them somewhat more dangerous than their masters.

All enemies and bosses (except hunter enemies) have 999 frenzy resistance, despite that they are still vulnerable to such status. The only way to see it without modding is to use Shaman Bone Blade on enemy inflicting frenzy to attack others. [test video]

	Pungent Blood Cocktails attract this enemy, making it vulnerable for few seconds.
	Shaman Bone Blades affect this enemy, making it hostile to other enemies.

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