Giant Shelly

The Giant Shelly is an enemy found in the Cavern layer. It walks around slowly, and occasionally curls into its shell. It then starts spinning and hurls itself at the player, gaining increased defense and dealing high contact damage. Giant Shellies attack very quickly and deal high damage for the stage in the game where they are found.

Giant Shellies are unique in that their ability to spawn is connected to two other enemies: the Crawdad and the Salamander. Of these three enemies, a world will choose two types that it can spawn, leaving the third inaccessible. Giant Shellies will never spawn in a world that features both Crawdads and Salamanders together. In the, this is taken into account by the Bestiary progression logic, and the missing enemy will register as unlocked when the other two exclusive creatures are unlocked.

Tips

 * Any weapon with a high rate of attack is effective, as it prevents the Giant Shelly from using its spin attack.
 * Melee weapons are useful as long as the player stays close to the Giant Shelly. Even when not attacking continuously, the spin attack cooldown is much higher at close range.
 * Giant Shellies cannot drop through platforms. Setting up several rows of long platforms significantly reduces the danger of the spin attacks.

Trivia

 * Like their aforementioned analogs, Crawdads and Salamanders, Giant Shellies have multiple colored variants. Also like said analogs, these differently colored variants are statistically identical, unlike various Zombie varieties meaning that both colored variants share the same Bestiary entry.