Crooked Crow

Crooked Crow
30c
No one knows what to call it, but it doesn't seem to care.
Starting Cost	2.512e32
Base DPS	n/a
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Crooked Crow is the new Crusader in the sixth tier of the Emo's New Moon Event.

That’s not their real name, but no one knows what is, so this is the nickname they’ve acquired among the Crusaders. They seem to have different names in different regions!

Once you've recruited Crooked Crow you'll find them a friend to bugs, selling beneficial potions and charms alongside cursed objects and scavenged bodyparts. You'll find Crooked Crow in seat 30.

Upgrades

Upgrade	Level	Cost	In-game Description
Spare Parts	50	1.60E+36	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 100%
			Quote: It's a wonder how it holds all these.
Back Alley Doctor	100	6.40E+39	Heals Crusaders by 100% of their max health every second, reduced by 5% for each Gold Finder Crusader in the formation
			Quote: "I have... new pieces..."
Odds and Ends	200	2.56E+44	For every 25 levels over and including 200, Crooked Crow's DPS is multiplied by 4x. This multiplier stacks.
			(Can't be buffed by Formation Abilities)
			Quote: A baffling yet plainly deliberate selection.
Crawly Friends	300	1.02E+49	Gives each wave of monsters a 15% chance to spawn 1 to 3 Creepy Crawlies and increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 400% for 30 seconds when one of them is killed, stacking multiplicatively. Crooked Crow eats any that reach the formation, providing no bonus.
			Quote: "Skittering, scrabbling, juicy."
Trinket Tinkerer	400	4.10E+57	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 100%
			Quote: "Not perfect. Still not perfect."
Carrion Picks	600	1.64E+64	When a Creepy Crawly is killed, adds a 20% chance for monsters to drop two quest items at once, or count as two kills for area quests, for 8 seconds
			Quote: It doesn't seem to eat just anything that crawls.
Succulent Grubs	800	6.55E+66	Increases the chance that Crawly Friends will activate by 200%
			Quote: Were there always this many bugs around here?

Items[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

Item		Description
Grub	Common Docile Grub	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 10%
	Uncommon Wriggling Grub	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 25%
	Rare Skittering Ant	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 50%
	Epic Crunchy, Juicy Ladybug	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 100%
	Legendary Necrophagous Pest	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 200% Legendary: Increases the DPS of Crusaders next to Undead Crusaders by 100%
Alchemy Ingredient	Common Tiny Cave Mushroom	Increases monster spawn speed by 10%
	Uncommon Forest Mushroom	Increases monster spawn speed by 15%
	Rare Graveyard Fungus	Increases monster spawn speed by 25%
	Epic Unnerving Potion Ingredients	Increases monster spawn speed by 40%
	Golden Epic Exotic Base for a Powerful but Unstable Brew	Increases monster spawn speed by 60%
	Legendary Coveted Alchemical Mishmash	Increases monster spawn speed by 80% Legendary: Increases the chance that Carrion Picks will activate by 10% Note: Effect increases by 10% per level instead of doubling.
	Golden Legendary Exotic Base for a Powerful but Unstable Brew	Increases monster spawn speed by 120% Legendary: Increases the chance that Carrion Picks will activate by 10% Note: Effect increases by 10% per level instead of doubling.
Trinkets	Common Dull Baubles	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 10%
	Uncommon Lost Fragments	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 25%
	Rare Heap of Trinkets	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 50%
	Epic Sinister Onyx Band	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 100%
	Legendary Mysterious Obsidian Key	Increases the DPS effect of Crawly Friends by 200% Legendary: Increases the effect of Crooked Crow's Spare Parts and Trinket Tinkerer abilities by 100%

Strategies[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

• Similar to Alacrity's Imp monsters, the Creepy Crawlies that are spawned will survive for a minimum of about half of a second. Since they cannot technically be instantly killed, they are useful as targets for clicking (for Daily Quests), Fire Storm, and Royal Command without slowing down your progress.
• Despite the fact that the Creepy Crawlies cannot be instantly killed, they do not seem to slow down wave spawns. If so, the quest drop multiplier should still be beneficial, even if it is not as effective as a generic multiplier.
• Crawly Friends can be a solid DPS buff for a while, until later in progression when dungeons are a greater focus. With minimal investment in Crow, Crawly Friends can approach a buff of e100, up to about e200 as Crow's gear and slot 5 rune improve.
• Copying Crow with Mindy or Torakichi is unusually effective. Copying Crawly Friends both provides an extra copy of the buff as well as spawns even more Creepy Crawlies to stack both effects even higher. Crawly Friends (Mimic) can easily exceed e200 by itself under these circumstances.
• Given the random number of Creepy Crawlies that spawn, Crawly Friends has an unusually high variance in its buff in practice. With this in mind, RoboRabbit's Clicking Capacitor or Kris's Take Root can be helpful in taking more advantage of the peaks of Crawly Friends.
• In case more stacks are needed or need to be regained, Crawly Friends can be stacked slightly more efficiently by staying on area 1 for a minute. This should provide a few more stacks than during usual progression, since area transitions tend to waste time on stacks. This can be improved by including and copying TUR7L3, whose Sharp Beak ability seems to help to kill the Creepy Crawlies somewhat faster.