Creeping Sludge usually come in a group of 4 and has very heavy hitting melee attacks. They move very slowly though so the key to beating them is keeping your distance and using ranged attacks.
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Creeping Sludge
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the bane of all Melee DPS
These also have a devastating AOE that it constantly uses, it has a very short range.
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Level and Map Tracking
The game data tunes Creeping Sludge for levels 10 to 30, Classic content.