Goblin

Overview
The Goblin is the most basic monster you can find in the dungeon. Lacking in speed, strength, or intelligence, Goblins are only dangerous when in groups.

Strategy
Killing individual Goblins is quite easy. The most basic strategy is to simply kite the goblin while hitting it with a sword. Out-ranging monsters is always the easiest way to kill them. If you have armor, you'll be able to tank the damage and shorter weapons will become more useful.

Killing groups of Goblins is challenging. Because their damage is relatively high early in the game, it doesn't take very long for a group of Goblins to whittle down your health. If you ever need to kill a group of Goblins, taking advantage of Magic is important. Out-ranging them with weapons such as greatswords or rapiers can also be a viable strategy.

Trivia

 * Goblins were given several variants to deal with stronger players crowding and farming a single Goblin spawn.
 * Goblin spawns were increased due to how easily they were being farmed to extinction.