01-04-2004, 09:40 AM
Quote:The one real PITA with decoy in HC is that you can't pass through it. Try 'helping' in the maggot lair (for example) by casting a decoy as a lit-bug shield... you'll hem in your buddies... not good if you want to keep friends.
True, but this isn't such a big deal so long as you're aware of it -- you can always recast your decoy on the other side of the mob if it's in any danger of trapping someone, and sometimes it's useful to block monsters.
Quote:Has anyone tried a valkazon --- using the valk as the only damage source (once you get it that is)? I doubt that it would be much fun, and would probably be much less damaging than a 20/20 skelmancer using a single skel, but perhaps would allow someone to study the valkyries damage more closely?
In the beta, I used a valk as my main source of physical damage (though the damage on hell diff was toned down a bit in the actual release) -- she took out the hell/ancients more or less on her own. One of them had holy shock, and after isolating two ancients on my valk (they could barely scratch her) and positioning my character just off screen, I watched tv for half-an-hour while she took them out. (Not one of 1.10's better innovations.)