Striding Eel — fusionfall

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The only good thing about the monsters in Leakey Lake is that they can't leave the water, right? Wrong! This Eel has legs and knows how to use them.

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– Quick Start Game Guide, Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Victory Pack^[1]

The Striding Eel is an enemy that appears in Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall. It is a species of Fusion Monsters that is used in Fuse's Army.

Physical appearance

A Striding Eel, from the . — A Striding Eel, from the Quick Start Game Guide.

The Striding Eel is an eel-based, bipedal Fusion Monster. It possesses a mostly eel-like body made of Fusion Matter with dark blue scales covering its back and brown rock fragments filling out its underbelly, but with several extra features. Notably, it has a brown, almost lizard-like face with sharp teeth, two featureless red eyes, and a pair of light blue pectoral fins next to its chins. Next it has two digitigrade legs made of Fusion Matter, with its scales and rocks just barely covering the upper half of their gooey structure. Its thighs are also thick by comparison, while the rest of its legs are rather thin. Their feet are also covered in dark blue scales and possess two thin tones. Most notably though are the wide pair of dorsal fins that run parallel down from the top of its neck and down its back. Furthermore, extending far from the spines of each of said fins are three long and thin tendrils, allowing the monster to spread out its fins in a menacing way.

Gameplay

In gameplay, the Striding Eels are enemy monsters that the player fights at various points in the game, either optionally, or as a part of a mission objective. To target a Striding Eel, align the Avatar with it to make its information window appear on the top of the screen. Should its Health Bar reach zero when battling it, the Fusion Matter animating the Striding Eel will break up, and the Striding Eel will disintegrate.^[2] The player will then automatically receive some Fusion Matter and Taros as reward. However, while the Striding Eel's Taro reward remains consistent, its Fusion Matter reward will decrease for each level the Avatar is above the Striding Eel; if the Avatar is six levels higher than the Striding Eel or more, no Fusion Matter is rewarded. Sometimes, the player also automatically receives loot from defeated Striding Eels in the form of C.R.A.T.E.s, Nano Potions, and Weapon Boosts.

In battle, the Striding Eels target the Avatar when they get close enough. However, the higher the Avatar's level is, the closer they can get to a Striding Eel without it attacking them. Once they begin fighting, the Striding Eels will continue attacking until either they are destroyed, the Avatar is defeated, or the Avatar moves too far away from their point of origin. If the Avatar runs away from them, the Striding Eels will follow them until they get too far away from their area of roaming, at which point they will return, where they will regain their full health instantly. Notably, while retreating, they will be invulnerable to attacks. Also, once defeated, a Striding Eel will respawn after one hundred seconds.

History

Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall

Fusion Invasion

The Past

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In the Past, the Striding Eels would fight the soldiers opposing the Fusion Invasion.

Behavior

Like other Fusion Monsters, the Striding Eels are aggressive, hostile, and spit out Fusion Matter wherever they go.

Powers and abilities

Skills the Striding Eels have exhibited include:

Fusion Matter Explosion: The Striding Eels possess the Eruption Attack, which lets them create a localized explosion of Fusion Matter from the ground. When launching this attack, the Striding Eels make the ground below their opponent glow with Fusion Matter for a few seconds before causing a pillar of Fusion Matter to erupt.
Nano Drain: The Striding Eels possess the Corruption Attack, which lets them drain Nanos of their stamina. When they are attacking a Nano, they will start to glow, which is the wind up, before throwing an attack that will trump their opponent's Nano. Should it make contact, the Nano will lose a lot of stamina. Conversely, if their opponent drops their current Nano and brings out one that deflects the attack back at the Striding Eels, the Nano will get a boost in stamina. Should the Striding Eels launch their Corruption Attack on an opponent without a Nano out though, the former will take damage.

Rewards