Epic creature

An Epic Creature is a giant version of a creature. They are encountered in the Creature stage of the game and in subsequent stages. Epic Cells also exist in the Cell stage. Epic Creatures appear randomly, and their appearance is dictated by specific criteria programmed to software.

They act like the creature they are based on, and have been known to attack creatures of the same species and they will battle other different Epics should they encounter them.

Cell stage


Occasionally, Epic cells can be found in the Cell stage. They can range from just about the size of your screen to more than four times the size of your screen (as shown in the video below). These can kill your cell with just one move. However, as your cell gets larger, the epics get smaller (in relation to your cell) and can be killed easily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi3kPswDQks

Creature stage


Epic Creatures are not scared by the Raging Roar or soothed by the Siren Song. Summon Flock also has no effect on epics.



In Creature stage, Epics can pick up a creature and throw it (likely earning Flight of the Bumblebee), and are able to kill most ordinary creatures with a single attack, as their attacks take away 100 health per hit.

Rogue Creatures are able to survive multiple hits because they have 250 health, but will die instantly if an Epic stomps on it. They are slower than normal creatures and will cease pursuit shortly after losing sight of a creature.

When engaging an Epic, the most effective tactic seems to be using Spit in a hit and run manner. Multiple Rogue allies can help take out a few hundred hit points from the Epic at the start of the fight.

Kiting the Epic through trees can cause it to be temporarily stuck. From here, you can just stand in one place and use Spit. Kiting back to your nest can get your kind to start attacking it, and they can even block it from moving while attacking it (happens more frequently than in the trees). This is the fastest way to kill Epics since spitting alone does very little damage.

Starvation can be a real issue during Epic killing but if you can get it stuck in trees or stuck at your nest you'll be losing HP slower than the Epic. If you don't get it stuck, be prepared to eat something while you fight from time to time.

Epics being able to die in meteor showers is simply a myth; they can survive such events.

Social abilities cannot be used with Epics, and therefore they cannot be allied or added to the player's pack.

It was once thought that having the Epic near your nest is a good way to go because you can keep respawning, but it was later found that when you respawn, the epic's health is restored fully to 1,000. Their health will only respawn however if you have the second official spore patch installed. However, if the Epic is standing in the nest when it kills you, your egg will hatch directly beneath it, or even inside it for legless Epics, which protects you from damage because the Epic will not back away to a point where it can hit you. You can now attack the Epic using Strike and Bite with no risk to yourself.

If you find a rock pinnacle near an Epic without charge, you can use it as a defense against the Epic. It is possible to spit through rocks, and the Epic will not go around the rock unless a nearby creature moves it and it sees you afterward. This method takes quite a while, but it has almost no risk.

Killing an Epic in Creature stage gives you the Epic Killer Achievement as well as 100 DNA and a full stomach (for omnivores and carnivores).

Early Creature stage
During the early Creature stage, it is possible to see Epic Creatures that have only 500 health, which some have deemed "Half-Epics"

Tribal stage


In Tribal stage, the player will find one or two Epics in his continent. The player can kill Epics easier in this phase by having many tribe members with weapons. Killing an Epic in Tribal stage gives a lot more meat than standard creatures for Omnivorous or Carnivorous tribes.

It should be noticed that though Epics may follow your Tribesmen back to your tribe, they rarely, if ever, will enter it, most likely due to the large amounts of buildings make it hard for it to move about.

The best way to take down an epic, especially those that move especially slow and lack wings, is to use spears and keep at a distance, especially when one uses one tribesman to lure the beast in circles as his allies continue to pelt it with spears.

If you do kill an Epic in Tribe Stage, you can get from 100-300 Food (specifically Meat), or even higher.

Civilization stage


The player will find one or two Epics in each continent. They use a fire-breath attack (this is probably meant to be a spoof of Godzilla) against units, aircraft and buildings, and can also use more standard swipes and stomps. The epics have 3000 health. The player can defeat Epics with military vehicles or with the city's turrets, or can charm the Epic with religious vehicles and lead it around. Killing Epics in Civilization stage doesn't give anything to the player, but Epics do high damage to the player's vehicles and buildings, destroying vehicles in only a few hits. This can make war and trade more difficult. If an Epic enters a city, it will be attacked by the citizens and it will shortly after be killed off, even if it still has health. This may be more of a feature than a glitch made by Maxis to prevent total destruction of a player's city. A useful tactic for when Epics enter cities is to delete all the buildings and keep respawning turrets.

Space stage


In the Space stage, normal Epics will become much rarer than before. They appear in habitable planets and will act as they do in Civilization stage. They will attack creatures, UFOs and cities with a fire-breath attack.

Beware when colonizing planets, because Epic Creatures can do really heavy damage. Killing Epics in Space stage doesn't give anything to the player. They also are too large for the cargo hold. Strangely, Epics don't seem to die on T-0 planets.

Sometimes, when the player puts animals in a planet, the game can generate an Epic Creature on it.

Supersized Creatures


Only appearing in Space stage, Supersized Creatures are a sub-class of Epic Creatures. They are creatures affected by the UFO tool "Supersizer". The only differences between them is that the Supersized Creatures are larger and have more health. Apart from this, they act exactly like Epics, stomping on creatures, sending fire-breath attacks at the UFO or the Hologram, grabbing, biting and then throwing creatures, etc. They also can be easily killed by the UFO's weapons.

Trivia

 * If you ally (or at least get a friendly blue face) with an Epic's species, it will act friendly towards the player, waving and dancing. However, they cannot be added to your pack, most likely for balance reasons.


 * Epic Creatures will normally fight each other if left alone in an open area, generally one dying, although rarely the 2 Epics will kill each other in the fight, this is actually to a players benefit, it leaves them 2 less Epics to deal with.


 * It is possible to duplicate an Epic Creature in the Space stage by using a Supersizer on an Epic Creature.


 * "Epicize","Epicized" - Occasionally the player will find a notice like this on his "My Spore" page in the "Events" section:

"(UserName) epicized  (CreatureName) in the Space stage. Thu January 15, 2009" The UserName might even be the player's own name.

This is not an intentional action by the User himself and not (at this time) something that can be done intentionally. It is done by the game software at the beginning of a game-phase. It seems that it is phrased that way for brevity and consistency.


 * Epics are quite weak against Captains in Spore Galactic Adventures, the Missile Launchers causing the epic to fly in the air, considering how powerful Captains may be in the expansion pack.

Known Glitches

 * Although technically not a glitch, there is a rare occurrence that will cause an extremely large number of epics to spawn on the player's planet. It is unknown what causes this, but usually, all the epics will be made by the player.


 * In the Civilization Stage, it is possible to find a normal sized epic which is the same size of the rest of its species. However, it makes the same sounds as an epic, and has 1,000 health.


 * Rarely in Creature stage, if a Rogue dies, it will turn into a friendly Epic that is in your pack.


 * Sometimes, if you try and kill an epic in the creature stage, it will heal wherever you go. To solve that glitch, just save and exit.