Which slime is the king of slimes, according to a scientist

polygon.com:

If you hear the goopy drip or bouncy spring of a nearby enemy, odds are you might have run into a slime. Known by many names — like Chuchu Jelly in Zelda or Flan in Final Fantasy — slimes have long served as the loyal punching bags of video game heroes everywhere. Whether it’s in the caves of Stardew Valley, or on the sprawling plains of Dragon Quest 11, the gelatinous grunts seem to have a place in many a video game environment.

Slimes come in many different forms: goo, jelly, gel, and more. But what makes for a strong slime? If we were to throw all these piles of goop into a colosseum, and have them duke it out battle royale style, which slime would prevail over all? We know that slimes are chumps to warriors like Link or Dragon Quest’s Hero, but what if they were to fight against one another?

We asked a polymer chemist, Dr. Marc Hilmyer, the McKnight Presidential-endowed chair in the department of chemistry at the University of Minnesota and editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Macromolecules, about which slime would win in a fight. Since it’s common for games to have different variations of slime, like electric slime or fire slime, we generally took the standard slimes from each game — except when scientific interest merited further discussion. Here is which slime would win.

Dragon Quest slimes sure look dopey, but Hilmyer thinks we should take them more seriously. Taking the crown of the strongest slime are the Dragon Quest Slimes. Hilmyer said that they looked like they could be what he called “double network hydrogels.” He observed Hero jump-slashing the Slime and said “A lot of hydrogels are easy to tear apart, but these folks are pretty tough.”

The Dragon Quest Slimes are able to bounce back from many