03-09-2009, 10:29 PM
Quote:Since many of the links on Claudio's page don't work anymore I have a quick question - perhaps addressed by him. What do you do on lvl 15, hell difficulty, if there are soul burners and balrogs (I'm pretty sure I've seen that combination). Using a bow on balrgos is really a tough way to go (killing them with CL is difficult and without the added mana and magic benefit of a DF it's harder still) but not using a bow on soul burners is truly a pain as well. I guess CC with loads of stone curse could work (one difficulty is that it's hard to cast sc when there are melee monsters all over you, but if you don't then the soul burners will keep hurting you), but is their a better way? I guess there always is esc/start a new game and since it's a combo of monster you are trying to avoid you'll probably be successful.
Well, here is something from Claudio's page: "However, this is not always possible, a level with Soul Burners and Azure Drakes means: bow usage for the Soul Burners and weapon/shield combination for the Azure Drakes. In such a case I use my bow and Stone Curse melee monster if necessary, sometimes switching to weapon/shield combination if no Soul Burners are around. Bow setup, Stone Cursing and Fireballing the Azure Drakes is another option."
I think the same idea would work for balrogs, except no fireball.
If you want to get cute about it (less Claudio and more Nystul on this part), you can try to split monsters using scouting spells. In this case, you might cast CL into unexplored areas to try to draw out the balrogs only. You could fight them with your shield on, and then switch to bow to move forward and clean up the soulburners. If you want to get really cute about it, you could use bone spirit as the scouting spell. :shuriken: