how to get past duriel

[Archon_Wing]

Oh man, I've done that bastard so many times. Stock lots of gold by selling random items on the floor so you can resurrect your merc repeatedly. Then buy a crapload of town portals and mana potions and watch as your merc and golem slowly take him down. Buying a random wand with + bone spear may or may not help. Use iron madien if you have it, otherwise just keep spamming amp. If you want to level to 24 before taking him on, which is really tedious but can be worth it, decrep makes him, and most of normal, a piece of cake. I'd level in the false tombs.