Icy Merman

Icy Merman

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Enemy
Environment	Underground Snow
AI Type	Fighter AI
Damage	60/120/180 (melee) 74 / 148 (ranged)
Max Life	280/560/840
Defense	30
KB Resist	50%/55%/60%
Banner	Icy Merman Banner
Immune to

Inflicts debuffs

Inflicts debuffs

Inflicts debuffs

Debuff	Chilled
Debuff tooltip	Your movement speed has been reduced
Chance	(Icewater Spit) 100%

Debuff	Frozen
Debuff tooltip	You can't move!
Chance	(Icewater Spit) 10%

Drops

Coins	51250

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Frost Staff
  2%
• Ice Sickle
  0.56%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 206

The Icy Merman is a Hardmode enemy found in the Underground Snow Biome. Upon gaining line of sight to the player, it will stop in place and begin firing ice projectiles similar to those fired by the Frost Staff, but with less frequency. Its projectiles also behave similarily to those of the Ice Elemental, but they are weaker in strength and fired more rapidly. Their icy spit attack causes the Chilled debuff, and more rarely, Frozen.

Tips

• As they stop in place when firing at the player, they are easily dispatched with a long-ranged weapon that fires more rapidly than their water-spit attack, such as the Phoenix Blaster. This will easily lock them in place. Alternatively, if you can use cover to get close to them without being hit by their projectile attack, they are vulnerable to melee weapons. However, if you are caught by their projectile and it causes Chilled it will be far more difficult to get into close-range without being hit by more of their attacks.

• A Nimbus Rod can be used to kill them effectively while they stand still.

Trivia

• The Icy Merman's pre-1.3.5 sprite is a re-color of the merfolk buff obtained by Neptune's Shell.

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.3.5: Sprite updated. Old sprite was .

• Desktop 1.2.0.3: Can now drop the Icy Merman Banner.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.