Strawberry Lizard



Strawberry Lizards are a new variant of found exclusively in the Downpour DLC. They are exclusive to 's campaign unless lineaged.

Appearance
Strawberry Lizards are most notable for their small, narrow size, horns, short stiff antennae curved towards its back and tongue grappling ability. Their diet consists of the standard Lizard prey, though they also attempt to capture.

Combat
Strawberry Lizards are somewhat clumsy and slow on the ground; however, they pose a decent threat due to their ability to both latch onto Slugcat with their tongues, and to use those same tongues to pull themselves rapidly across the map, similar to 's own ability but with more freedom of grapple point selection. Like all Lizards, they can be stunned by hitting their head with, and made vulnerable to use (though in 's campaign, this requires s to be present, and for them to use the window of opportunity appropriately). Strawberry Lizards will still attempt to pursue the even when sustaining grave injuries. One may noticeably appear to be limping but gradually pick up speed greater than before combat began. It takes about 2-3 spear hits to kill a Strawberry Lizard.

Stealth
Strawberry Lizards have poor hearing, but compensate by being on the move constantly, making them a nuisance to evade; however, they can easily be distracted by insignificant prey such as the they hunt, giving Slugcat an opportunity to escape.

Evasion
Strawberry Lizards cannot outpace the walking speed of Slugcat without use of their tongue, and have difficulty walking in ragged, uneven terrains. Their tongue attack needs a quick reactions to be evaded, and is easiest to dodge if one can recognise the signs that precede an attempt. Throwing at them may give a window of opportunity to escape, but this can be unreliable once they are actively chasing Slugcat. They are capable of hurling themselves at prey even if it is in mid-air, or hanging from the ceiling, so active evasion is a strongly preferred strategy when being chased.

In a pinch, standard methods for scaring off Lizards, such as the use of or routing through terrain with other Lizards (to encourage territorial fighting) still work.

Grapple Tongue
Strawberry Lizards can shoot out their tongue and pull themselves towards the location of where it landed, as long as it does not land on a living creature. They use this to reach prey attempting to take advantage of terrain to evade them. The tongue of Strawberry Lizards is of similar length to that of s and is likewise used to catch prey from a distance.

Trivia

 * They are the second Lizard in the game to have a white body, and the only Lizard to have a white body at base (s have black bodies and white heads in code, which they then invert using their colour-changing ability).
 * Their grapple tongue ability is similar to 's, though much stronger.
 * If they are made to appear in other campaigns through the Lineage System, they will lack the "hair" on their head. This indicates that, like other unique lizard head changes in 's campaign, this is an adaptation to deal with the cold.