Balrogs

[LemmingofGlory]

After playing Diablo several times i noticed Balrog-kin are probably the most harassing monster in Diablo, for a number of merits: 1. can't be stunned, 2. they're fast, 3. they circle you, making Lightning hard to use, 4. no safe way to face Inferno.

Re: 1. Yes, they can; they just have very fast hit recovery. It is, however, extremely difficult to stunlock them. For instance, you can stunlock Gorefeast with a double flash (assuming it does sufficient damage) because he has no resistance to magic.

Re: 3. Then don't let them. Draw them down hallways so that they must walk toward you and into any projectiles you fire at them.

Re: 4. I've never had problems with Megademon inferno outside of characters with really horrible resistance and characters doing limited-potion games (e.g. Ironman). In fact, I find Megademons' use of inferno to be a blessing compared to how awful they'd be if they had the same AI as Blacksull's mob.

Do you know tactics in safely defeating Balrogs by warriors?

Have good fire resists and return to town for additional potions as necessary.

My character trains either fully in Dex or partly in Mag AND Vit, alternatively.

With non-variant characters, you can completely ignore vit until you can buy elixirs. There's really no need for it, and any additional HPs you might need can be obtained via enchanted items.

-Lemmy