Irene, the Infirm

[MongoJerry]

IRENE: THE JAIL PART II



Irene and Aliza found Pitspawn Fouldog and his horde already conveniently in a jail cell. Tainted can shoot lightning balls through the cell bars, of course, but their AI allows them to shoot their lightning balls only after they've been damaged in some way. By a fortunate accident, Irene and Aliza found themselves in a perfect orientation to whittle down the pack. Aliza would shoot at the minion in the uppermost corner of the cell. Meanwhile, the minion, the only tainted who was damaged, would shoot lightning balls toward Irene who was closer to the tainted than Aliza. But the corner pillar blocked the lightning balls, so Aliza was able to take free shots at all of the tainted minions, and she took them down without any trouble.



Then, it was Pitspawn Fouldog's turn and the same tactic was tried on him. He shot at Irene, but his shots were blocked by the corner pillar. Meanwhile, Aliza could take free shots at Pitspawn. After about a minute of this, however, it was clear that Pitspawn healed too quickly for Aliza to take him down alone. Pitspawn's attacks did too much damage to allow Irene to tank him -- and anyway his cold enchantment would have slowed Irene's punches down to a crawl --, so Aliza and Irene shrugged their shoulders and left Pitspawn where he was.



Irene and Aliza entered the Jail Level 3 to find a lightning enchanted bone mage boss pack in a cell right near the entrance. However, Aliza's range with her bow must've been farther than the range of the bone mages' lightning attacks, because Aliza was able to stand back and pick off the pack without any reprisals.



Irene and Aliza slowly made their way around the level. Some of the toughest battles were with death clans, and as if normal death clans weren't bad enough, they also ran into a death clan boss pack. Death clans move fast, hit hard, and can take a punch (so to speak), so it was always rough dealing with them.

However, Irene and Aliza used the jail cells and the fact that death clans can't open doors to their advantage. One method they used to break up death clan packs was to run into a jail cell, let the first death clan in, and then close the jail door behind him to prevent his buddies from helping him. Then, after the first death clan was killed, they'd let in another one and then another one and so on until all of the death clans were killed.



After completing a full clear of Level 3, Irene and Aliza walked up the stairs to the Inner Cloister and grabbed the waypoint.