Glabrezu — D&D 5e Monster Stats (CR 9)

Q: What are Glabrezu's AC and HP in D&D 5e?

Glabrezu has an Armor Class of 17 and 157 hit points (15d10+75).

Q: What Challenge Rating is a Glabrezu?

Glabrezu is CR 9, worth 5,000 XP — roughly a fair fight for a party of four characters of a similar level.

Q: What type of creature is Glabrezu?

Glabrezu is a large fiend (demon), alignment chaotic evil.

Armor Class17

Hit Points157 (15d10+75)

Speed40 ft.

ChallengeCR 9 (5,000 XP)

STR

20

(+5)

DEX

15

(+2)

CON

21

(+5)

INT

19

(+4)

WIS

17

(+3)

CHA

16

(+3)

Saving ThrowsSTR +9, CON +9, WIS +7, CHA +7

Resistancescold, fire, lightning, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons

Immunitiespoison

Cond. ImmunePoisoned

Sensestruesight 120 ft., passive Perception 13

LanguagesAbyssal, telepathy 120 ft.

Special Abilities

Innate Spellcasting. The glabrezu's spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 16). The glabrezu can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic
1/day each: confusion, fly, power word stun

Magic Resistance. The glabrezu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

Multiattack. The glabrezu makes four attacks: two with its pincers and two with its fists. Alternatively, it makes two attacks with its pincers and casts one spell.

Pincer. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). The glabrezu has two pincers, each of which can grapple only one target.

Fist. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage.

Running Glabrezu in an encounter

As a CR 9 threat worth 5,000 XP, Glabrezu is a fair challenge for a party of four at a comparable level. With no legendary actions it works best in numbers or paired with support, where its CR 9 rating won't be burned down in a single round. Use the XP value with the encounter builder to slot it into a balanced fight.

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