I love it when my pawn screams NO!! RUN!! and just fucking books it to the other end of the arena while I just run to stand behind the cockatrice. It's so satisfying when your damage output is finally high enough to damage it's sack and disable the petrifying breath~
...How did it take me up until today to realise that the Cockatrice has its own remixed version of the Griffin theme? I always just thought they used the same track!