El Gigante
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| El Gigante | |
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| Based: | Human |
| Purpose: | Guardian |
| Status: | Deceased |
El Gigante (literally "the giant" in Spanish) is a towering behemoth, created from humans that were exposed to Plaga parasites, and through an unknown method, grew to an immense size, acquiring great strength and brutality to compensate for their loss of higher reasoning.
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Biology
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The Plaga within the El Gigante has mutated its body into having an extreme growth spurt, increasing its size to four times its original size as a human. Their parasites were unable to maintain control their bodies, making them liable to bezerking and striking down fellow Plaga hosts.
HistoryEdit
El Gigante were created by Los Illuminados as one of their experiments on Plaga hosts.[1] Due to their poor control only a few were created, who were then imprisoned underground. In Autumn 2004, when Leon S. Kennedy ventured through Spain, one of them was deployed into the area behind the church to stop him.[2] Trapping Leon in a small, fenced area, the creature was released from the mine it was incarcerated in. Unfortunately for his ganado handlers, he proved to be uncontrollable and succeeded in killing them all before turning to Leon.
A second gigante was deployed, again via the mines, to stop Leon and Ashley's escape;[3] this creature was killed by Ada Wong, instead.[4] Another two were encountered by Leon in the mines beneath the Salazar castle.
Learnset and strategiesEdit
El Gigante is capable of twelve combat moves in Resident Evil 4. All but one of these deal 800 points in damage.[5]
Note: All names are provided by the Biohazard 4 Kaitai Shinsho guide.
| Move | Damage | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Punch | 800 | El Gigante delivers a powerful punch that knocks itself to the ground. |
| Hammer Punch | 800 | El Gigante puts both arms together and throws itself to the ground in a powerful punch designed to crush. |
| Uppercut | 800 | |
| Hook | 800 | El Gigante swings its arm around quickly to knock over its opponent. |
| Kick | 400 | El Gigante tries to kick an opponent. |
| Trample | 800 | El Gigante tries to crush an opponent under its foot. |
| Grab | 800 | El Gigante grasps hold of an enemy and attempts to crush it. |
| Throwing grab | 800 | A variant of the above where El Gigante instead throws the opponent to the ground. |
| Tackle | 800 | El Gigante performs a Rugby tackle, where he storms at his opponent ready to ram it with his head and shoulder. |
| Large tree swing | 800 | El Gigante lifts a tree trunk from the ground and swings it at an opponent. |
| Throwing stones | 800 | A boulder is picked up and thrown at a target. |
| Swinging scaffold | 800 | El Gigante will throttle scaffolding if someone is using them. |
| Crowded fall | Death | About to die, El Gigante may try to crush its opponent. |
| "Fellow traveler" | Death | Falling into a pool of molten metal, El Gigante may try to take its opponent with it. |
The only weak point on El Gigante is the accordingly overgrown Plaga attached to its spine. When the Plaga is destroyed, so is El Gigante. Once damaged enough, the Plaga will expose itself and El Gigante will fall to its knees, grabbing his head in pain, allowing the player to climb up on it's back and use their knife to slash at the writhing Plaga parasite before the monster recovers. If the player is too slow or presses the wrong attack button during this action, they will be thrown from El Gigante's back and the player lose their chance to inflict damage on the monster. Repeating this method (3 successful attacks, more specifically) will eventually kill El Gigante. One does not however have to respond to the action and can instead shoot the Plaga with a powerful weapon. Likewise, a well placed shot from a Rocket Launcher can also instantly kill an El Gigante. A startlingly efficient way of dealing with El Gigante is to fire three mine darts from the Mine Thrower (without the EX heat-seeking upgrade) in rapid succession at the exposed Plaga: the Plaga will then retreat into the thoracic cavity and the mines will detonate, killing the monster instantly.
Resident Evil: The Deck Building GameEdit
Added by Gimpy Tyrant Trivia Edit
- If Leon helps the dog that was stuck at the beginning of the game, it will come and help him fight El Gigante by distracting it from attacking him. But in Professinal Mode, the dog is useless.
- When Leon first passes through El Gigante's enclosure (during the day), there are no trees. But when you return to the enclosure at night, three trees spawn in the enclosure that El Gigante will use during the fight with Leon.
- It also appears as if El Gigante's enclosure is much smaller in the day light hours than it is at night.
- The three huts inside of El Gigante's enclosure contain items both before and during the fight. Should the huts be destroyed during the fight, all items within them are destroyed.
- If, during the fight against the pair of Gigantes, you stand close to the hole in the floor after dropping one of them, it will rise up and drag Leon into the molten metal, killing him instantly. It normally happens after he goes under and it looks safe. Don't go near the hole until it closes.
- The sounds coming from the mines inside the first El Gigante's enclosure are actually the roars of a lion.
- El Gigante resembles the Cave Trolls from Peter Jackson's rendition of The Lord of The Rings.
- The Ndesu from Resident Evil 5 is essentially identical to El Gigante, in regards to appearance and attack patterns, although Ndesu is a larger creature, wears dead humans as trophies on its primitive belt, contains more than one parasite in its body, and sports a beard.
- In some versions of the game, if you hit El Gigante with the Rocket Launcher as he grabs you, when he dies you will also despawn, making you unable to do anything.
- The first El Gigante that you fight on your way back to the church from the waterfall has an incredibly reduced amount of health compared to the others, even considering being the first, capable of being dispatched with about 25 well aimed Exclusive TMP bullets.
- The El Gigante that Ada fights in Seperate Ways can be killed with less than 2 magazines from the Blacktail to El Gigante's face (provided you knife the Plaga that comes out of its back when it's stunned).
- You CAN shoot the exposed plaga with any firearm instead of climbing on top of him and slashing it, but it will still retract it back into its body. (A well aimed shot from a rocket-launcher, fully-upgraded handcannon, or three mine dart shots in rapid succession will kill it instantly).
- It is impossible to kill the twin El Gigantes by dropping them both in the lava pit; if you manage to lure them both onto the grate and release the switch, the second one will simply float there and the switch will break.
- If you kill one of them via the lava pit, you forfeit his money reward. However, there is a glitch in the GameCube versions of the game where if you leave and re-renter, the money will be sitting at the edge of the grate.
- Notice how every El Gigante Leon fights, there is a way to make the fight easier. For example: the first El Gigante is much easier if you help the dog. The second El Gigante you can shoot the boulders to reduce his health and save ammo. The last two El Gigantes, you can instantly kill one of them by burning him alive in lava.
- During the early stages of development of Resident Evil 5, at one point, Tricell was planned to release 10-15 El Gigantes into the African town. The Art of Resident Evil 5 contains rough concept art of this scrapped invasion.
- The Ada vs. El Gigante battle can be skipped by simply ignoring him and going to the door directly.
- In the Mobile Edition Leon cannot knife the plaga in his back.But he can dispatch him in 3-4 shots from the Rifle (semi-auto).
- El Gigante is very similar to Debilitas from another CAPCOM game called Haunting Ground.They are both big enemies that can crush your characters. Coincidentally, both players will be helped by a white dog.
- The Resident Evil 6 trailer features a creature which bears resemblance to El Gigante.
SourcesEdit
- ↑ Resident Evil 4, Luis' Memo 3
- ↑ Resident Evil 4, Anonymous Letter
- ↑ Resident Evil 4, Two Routes
- ↑ Resident Evil 4, Separate Ways
- ↑ Biohazard 4 Kaitai Shinsho Kaitei Ban, pages 134-138
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