05-11-2009, 01:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2009, 01:40 PM by weakwarrior.)
Quote:Rarely, oh so rarely in an Ironman game you may come upon a fire-elemental damage bow (of Flame, Fire, Burning); ... TREAT FIRE BOWS AS IF THEY ARE MADE OF SOLID GOLD. When properly used, a fire-bow is a terrific weapon for the IM team.
One other nice use for the fire bow is if you happen upon Leo without your blocking bonus as a warrior (this can happen in mp if you lag out) and with no rogue around or with a mage without HB. You almost certainly don't have flamedart yet (Brokenhead Bangshield is the only boss who can drop it) but since the IM game is almost certainly over as is you may want to try and ID what bows you have. If you happen upon a fire damage bow then you can hit leo with a shot from the fire bow and then you can run and shoot (with whatever bow you have handy), doing your best to avoid leo's big sword. The reason a fire bow is necessary is that with a low level warrior or mage's low cth, damage, and shooting speed when using a bow, leo will almost certainly regenerate hit points faster than you can dole damage out (especially since every so often he will make contact with that sword of his). This way it may take loads of patience but you can bow him down. KoP used this tactic without a fire bow in his IM game in hell difficulty (http://realmsbeyond.net/diablo/cdimphantom.html) but his cth and damage were far greater and therefore leo couldn't regenerate fast enough. Remeber, if for some reason you need to go off lvl during the fight (a bf on 2 for example) then try to hit leo asap with the fire bow when you come back to 3 since once you go off lvl the tag for no regen stops working.
Of course if you have no qualms just go to dlvl 4 and come back for him later.