The Slimes despawn if there are no targets nearby, the player has moved too far from them, or there have been no inputs from the player for 30 seconds. They will take damage in the same way as the player (although they may not be targeted directly by enemies), and will die if they take excessive damage.
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The Slimes also have Max HP equal to 50% of the player's Hybrid ATK. The Red, Green and Blue Slimes deal 100% Base Bamage on a hit, while the Orange Slime does a barrage of 5 hits, each dealing 35% Base Damage. The Base Damage of the Slimes is 50% of the player's Hybrid ATK (ATK + MATK). The "higher" tier Slime will only spawn if the lower tier Slime is already active, so the weapon will always try to create slime in the Green - Red - Blue - Orange order. Up to 4 Slimes will spawn (one of each color). While in combat, friendly Slimes will spawn and attack the closest enemy. Each of the four slots needs to be filled with 50 Goo of the respective color before the weapon can be retrieved. But, I can't complain too much because when it does find an enemy, the way it moves to the next enemy is great.The Staff of Slimes is a Two-Handed Magic Weapon obtainable from the Slime Statue south of Mt.
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My one complaint with it is that sometimes when you release it, it goes right by an enemy without seeing them. Insect Swarm is a lot easier to use because you can just release it and let it go. So I took my points out of that and put it into Insect Swarm instead, and with that and Cloud Strike and lots of MATK gear my playthrough has been a breeze so far. And while perfect guarding can, in theory, help you snap cast it with a higher charge, in practice I found it impractical to perfect guard, aim the spell, then guard the next attack also. It's also easy to miss with and the area of effect is small. I found it difficult to kite enemies while also aiming it at them, and it felt like there was no margin for error at all.
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In order to get the benefit of putting any points into it you need to charge it up, and you need to aim it, but you're vulnerable and slow during that second or two. It does good damage, but it's hard to use, and I was dying a lot. Update: I started a character off with cloud strike and with Earth Spike as my main damage spell, but I was really having a hard time with it.