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Croc Men are tricky enemies uncommonly found in the Temple. They behave like Hawk Men, but will teleport to evade damage. Their teleportation ability is identical in form and function to the Spelunker using a Teleporter.
Croc Men always teleport the instant before they would take damage, so are impossible to harm directly and cannot be killed with conventional techniques.
If a Croc Man teleports into space occupied by another character, they will kill their unfortunate target instantly by telefragging. This even happens to enemies much stronger than the Croc Man, such as a Mummy or Anubis.
Strategy
As Croc Men are capable of teleporting to evade most forms of attack, there are very few reliable methods of killing them, and due to their unpredictable nature, it is often better to simply avoid fighting them altogether.
Attacking a charging Croc Man presents a high risk that he will teleport directly into you, meaning that attacking from the front is extremely hazardous and should be avoided.
If necessary however, there are a few ways in which a problematic Croc Man may be killed.
- Self-Telefragging - Just like the player teleporting recklessly into a wall, if a Croc Man teleports into space occupied by a solid block, he will be killed and the block will suffer no damage. This is the most common type of death and will often happen accidentally after a short period of time.
- The Scepter - The psychic rays of the Scepter can, due to a tiny cooldown time on the Croc Man's teleporting ability, eventually catch up to the Croc Man and kill him instantly. This is the only fashion in which a Croc Man may leave a sacrificable corpse after death.
- Freeze-Ray - As the freezing blast of a Freeze Ray causes no immediate damage, it does not trigger the Croc Man's teleport ability. Once frozen, he will be immobilised and vulnerable to being killed by shattering the ice.
- Crush Trap - Croc Men can also be killed by a Crush Trap if the trap is triggered when his back is turned.
Journal Entry
Croc Men killed by the environment aren't counted among your kills, so it can be tricky to add their entry to your journal.
To successfully acquire their journal entry, you must are either kill a Croc Man directly using the Scepter or the Freeze Ray, or be killed by a Croc Man.