Naga

''A hybrid; human from the chest up, with a scaly, muscular torso trailing off like that of a snake. They move slowly but are naturally resilient.''

Naga is a Species in Dungeon Crawl.

Nagas have difficulty surviving in the early game due to the slow speed and generally low AC due to the Deformed 1 mutation, which halves base AC granted from armour. Abusing Spit Poison for the extra damage and potential poison effect is usually critical to an early game naga's strategy.

Once past the early game, Nagas become significantly stronger. Their high health pools begin to show, and at XL 13, they gain the ability to constrict enemies; a high damage-per-turn effect.

In the late game, Nagas are extremely powerful. Unless they are worshiping Cheibriados, most Nagas will be able to access Haste and hence negate their main weakness, while also enjoying the benefits of high AC and armour due to a Naga Barding. This leads to the equivalent of a regular caster or fighter with high health and medium AC/medium EV/high SSH or high AC/mediocre EV/high SH.