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Hand to Hand is a creature spell and the standard mêlée attack in Dungeon Keeper.

General Information[]

The simplest attack, Hand to Hand allows the creature to whack the enemy with whatever claws, sword or other means it has available. All creatures can use Hand to Hand, apart from the Dragon, who uses Flame Breath instead.

Mêlée strength varies greatly between creatures. Some creatures, such as Bile Demons, have strong Hand to Hand skill and use it as their primary form of attack. Other creatures, such as Warlocks, are hopelessly weak and rely on their spell-casting abilities to hurt the enemy instead. Hand to Hand is also faster on some creatures than others.[clarification needed]

Hand to Hand is not 100% accurate. Each creature has a chance to hit the enemy, and a chance to dodge incoming hits.[clarification needed] Hand to Hand strength, accuracy and dodge ability increase with experience.

In Dungeon Keeper, there are two types of hand to hand attack: fist and sword. The main difference is the sound made on contact with things like doors and Dungeon Hearts. In general, weaker or less physically skilled creatures, or those without actual weapons have the fist type, while more able creatures, or those with a sharp weapon or a beetle, have the sword type. There are exceptions and inconsistencies, however: the Troll (who's weak) has the sword type and the Giant (who has the second strongest mêlée attack) has the fist type, despite both wielding clubs; the Mountain Dwarf has the sword type whereas the Tunneller has the fist type, even though both creatures wield axes (this is made consistent in KeeperFX: the latter was changed to the sword type); the Imp, despite having the weakest mêlée attack, has the sword type.

Fist Sword

Archer
Beetle
Demon Spawn
Fairy
Fly
Ghost
Giant
Hound
Monk
Warlock
Spider
Tentacle
Tunneller
Vampire
Priestess
Wizard
DruidFX
Time MageFX

Avatar
Barbarian
Bile Demon
Dark Mistress
Mountain Dwarf
Horned Reaper
Imp
Knight
Orc
Samurai
Skeleton
Thief
Troll
TunnellerFX

Trivia[]

  • It is possible to edit the cfg data of the Dragon to give him this ability. He would then have the 3rd highest attack rate and would use the fist symbol and sound.
  • The "swipe" graphics will be different for different creatures, for example claws, a sword slash, fists etc. for creatures who use those methods of attack.
  • There exists a fist-only icon in the game's assets (see above), but all creatures who have this attack use the fist-with-sword icon, regardless of whether they have the fist or the sword variant. This was fixed in KeeperFX 0.4.9.

Dungeon Keeper 2[]

In Dungeon Keeper 2, all creatures have Hand to Hand by default, but the icon is not present as a usable spell, and works differently. The icon for Hand to Hand is unique for nearly every creature and represents their means of attacking, for example, a Warlock's image is of his staff. Like the first game, the "swipe" graphic is different for each creature. Each creature's Hand to Hand icon is as follows:

Icon Creature
Imp
Dwarf
Goblin
Black Knight
Bile Demon
Dark Angel
Skeleton
Dark Elf
Salamander
Maiden
Mistress
Firefly
Rogue
Troll
Vampire
Warlock
Wizard
Knight
Stone Knight
Lord of the Land
Prince
King Reginald
Guard
Royal Guard
Giant
Monk
Fairy
Thief
Elven Archer

Dungeon Keeper Online[]

Hand-to-Hand is not a specific spell as such, but rather a range of mêlée attacks whose icon depends on the creature:

Icon Creature
Bite Magic Eye,[1]
Hound,[2]
Bite Salamander[3]
Spike Spearman[4]
Tap Craftsman,[5]
Engineer[6]
Slap Giant,[7]
Bile Demon[8]
Fencing Ninja,[9]
Rogue[10]
Fencing Skeleton[11][12]
Sprinkle Fairy[13]
Vertex Unicorn[14]
Swing Goblin[15]
Tekken Magic Colossus[16]
Light Sword Holy Angel[17]
Chop Paladin,[18]
Black Knight[19]
Dark Sword Dark Angel[20]
Whip Mistress[21]
Fire Scythe Horned Reaper[22]
Ghost Claw Vampire[23]

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