05-11-2009, 09:56 AM
Congratulations on getting to 13 ! That's certainly not always going to happen with a solo warrior.
The magical distance for "freezing" dumb AI ranged attackers (such as Succubi) is 4 tiles. It works best at corners, but the lower tier AI can be fooled in many spots : obstacles, invisible walls and even the stairs.
If you're really confident (or in a pinch), you can also play a shootout with a single witch (or even 2 - but not recommended) if you keep your distance and just shoot - dodge - shoot at the stationary witch. Of course the Rogue excells at this, but the Warrior's bow speed is not too slow to do this.
Concerning Balrog types : these are always going to be a drain on your pots. Use fire resist if possible. Scout carefully, don't fight more than one if you can avoid it. TP out immediately if you wake up a bunch (or string them out if you have room), then work your way back from the stairs. Get up close asap so they don't use their inferno as much. Attika has a nice tactic for avoiding most of the inferno : here. You can also trap a single Rog in the stairs down, but it's rather tricky.
The worst is Balrogs on 13, since their boss Blackskull is present. He and his pack don't use inferno, but they are next to impossible to seperate and they pack a huge punch ...
Cheers,
Gil.
The magical distance for "freezing" dumb AI ranged attackers (such as Succubi) is 4 tiles. It works best at corners, but the lower tier AI can be fooled in many spots : obstacles, invisible walls and even the stairs.
If you're really confident (or in a pinch), you can also play a shootout with a single witch (or even 2 - but not recommended) if you keep your distance and just shoot - dodge - shoot at the stationary witch. Of course the Rogue excells at this, but the Warrior's bow speed is not too slow to do this.
Concerning Balrog types : these are always going to be a drain on your pots. Use fire resist if possible. Scout carefully, don't fight more than one if you can avoid it. TP out immediately if you wake up a bunch (or string them out if you have room), then work your way back from the stairs. Get up close asap so they don't use their inferno as much. Attika has a nice tactic for avoiding most of the inferno : here. You can also trap a single Rog in the stairs down, but it's rather tricky.
The worst is Balrogs on 13, since their boss Blackskull is present. He and his pack don't use inferno, but they are next to impossible to seperate and they pack a huge punch ...
Cheers,
Gil.