Ogre

Ogre
Attack:	Melee
Special:	Poison Breath Projectile
Introduced:	Original Creature
iconPrefix	Ogre

The Ogre is the first mini-boss encountered in the game. The creature is difficult to take down because of its large amount of health.

The Ogre first appears in the second level, Foundries and Forges, where it spawns from the middle set of doors on the final wave. They are commonly seen in the last several waves of levels, and frequently in Survival Mode.

The ogre's color and health varies widely based on wave and difficulty; blue ogres can have as little as 50,000 health, while purple ogres can reach up to 20 million or higher (though commonly in campaign missions have between 850K and 3M health). On Nightmare difficulty, Ogres may have an elemental affinity.

Attacks and Behavior

Ogres have 3 basic attacks: a vertical pound, a horizontal swipe, and a poison projectile.

Once aggravated, the Ogre will fire a poison projectile at its initial target before approaching it and swinging his club (randomly between pounding and swiping). Vertical pounds deal twice the damage as swipes if hit directly, however swipes are much more difficult to sidestep. Being hit with an ogre's club will cause some knockback to heroes.

Once an Ogre drops below 50% HP, it will stop for a moment and roar before continuing to move or attack. This gives a useful break in which to reposition oneself to continue the assault. In higher difficulties, this roar is faster.

Ogres cannot be stunned in any way, including shock from Lightning Towers, Shock Beams, and Lightning Stance; Gas Traps; or Enrage Auras. They are also immune to knockback from any hero or tower; the only exception to this is when hit by a Weighted Companion Cube.

Ogres initially attack the first hero/tower that deals damage to it. If another hero/tower deals more damage to the ogre, it will change target.

Strategy

• With enough speed, it is possible to kite the Ogre indefinitely by staying just outside of its melee range while it is targeting you. This protects the defenses and allows teammates to more easily attack the Ogre or repair defenses without getting hit.
• If you have a non-damaging wall in place (such as a Spike Blockade placed backwards, Magic Blockade, or Physical Beam) with a tower dealing damage behind the wall, the ogre will spend several seconds attempting to attack the damage-dealing tower before resorting to attacking the wall. This can give the player some time to deal additional damage to the ogre without it attacking anything.
• Ensnare Auras can slow the ogre's movement and attack, and increase the time the ogre stops to roar.
• Darkness Traps, though do not cause the ogre to lose its target, will strip ogres of their elemental affinity.
• Strength Drain Auras can significantly reduce the amount of damage ogres deal to heroes and towers. As of patch 7.30 (PC), strength drain auras will also remove elemental affinity on them.

Trivia

• The Ogre has only one eye but is not considered a Cyclops.
• Two challenges have a central focus on the ogre; Ogre Crush (where the heroes must defend the Eternia Crystals from waves of ogres exclusively), and Unlikely Allies (where the heroes must protect an ogre instead of an Eternia Crystal).

See also Mini Ogres.