Fish Dog

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Location			Drop	Weaknesses	Race
Fishing Hamlet	635	516	None		Neutral

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.

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