Pyroclasmic Slooch
| Pyroclasmic Slooch | |
|---|---|
| |
| Two Pyroclasmic Slooches. | |
| Appears in | Pikmin 3 |
| Scientific name | Unknown |
| Family | Unknown |
| Areas | Distant Tundra, Tropical Wilds |
| Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages | None |
| Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages | None |
| Side Story days | None |
| Bingo Battle stages | None |
| Attacks | Eating Pikmin, Burning Pikmin |
The Pyroclasmic Slooch is an enemy introduced in Pikmin 3. They are slug-like creatures that leave behind a dangerous trail of fire.
They are black in appearance, with stripes of red looping around their body in a pattern resembling that of flowing lava. They have two antennae near the top of their cone shaped bodies. The Pyroclasmic Slooch is also covered in a combustible slime which it leaves behind as it moves. When killed, the Slooch shrinks considerably and loses it's bright red stripes. It will also cease to burn, allowing all types of Pikmin to carry it.
Strategy
The Slooch is easy prey for Red Pikmin. It's very slow and its only defense is to throw to its front any Pikmin clinging to it. The Pikmin are stunned when thrown off, allowing the Slooch to eat them, but it has so few hit points that a team of five Pikmin are enough to kill it before it has the chance to do so.
Other types of Pikmin cannot attack the creature due to its coat of fire, though Rock Pikmin will cause impact damage if thrown at it. They will also survive if called back before burning to death.
The captains cannot harm the Slooch, mostly due to the fact that approaching it will trigger frequent fire damage that keeps the leader from performing any attack animation.