Gorilla
The Gorilla is a straightforward brawler among the game's animal hollows, rated at low-medium health and low-medium damage. Two of its three moves respect your defenses: Roar is parryable and blockable with low damage and posture damage, and Swing - its basic m1 string - is parryable, blockable and dodgeable with the same low numbers.
Smash is the move to respect. It deals low damage but is documented as dodgeable only, with no parryable or blockable tags, so treat it as a defense-bypassing crit and move out of the way rather than holding block through it. The pattern of poke, poke, delayed smash is easy to read once you have seen it a few times.
Community documentation lists no drops for the Gorilla and does not record its spawn zone or respawn behavior, so farm it for experience rather than materials until in-game verification fills those gaps.
Details
Moveset
Roar: parryable, blockable, low damage, low posture damage. Swing: basic m1 string - parryable, blockable, dodgeable, low damage. Smash: low damage but listed as dodgeable only, so sidestep it instead of blocking - it is the Gorilla's way of punishing turtling players.
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FAQ
What does the Gorilla drop?
Community documentation lists no drops for the Gorilla. Fur Pelts and similar parts come from Bears and Panthers instead.
How do I handle the Gorilla's Smash?
Dodge it. Smash is only documented as dodgeable - it has no parryable or blockable tags - so holding block invites the hit.
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Compiled from community documentation and cross-checked sources; values pending in-game verification. updated · GuideDex staff. Report a correction.