05-14-2009, 12:34 PM
Quote:I was doing a solo (mp) IM yesterday as a warrior and got to 13. The enemies were succubi and guardians - quite possibly (probably) the easiest combination of monsters for 13. Even though I had loads of pots coming in (I hit an eldritch on 11 or 12) I used them all and died on that level. So I want some advice. Without fire resistance (I chose not to wear my crimson amulet of trouble, although that might have been a mistake) the inferno that guardians cast is quite painful. What do you do about that? Also, how do you consistently make witches stand in place so you can bow them without them shooting at you? It happens sometimes across a corner, but I don´t know how to make it happen consistently.
I was talking to Attika and this is what he said
"If you were doing a lock in (no re-visiting a Blood Fountain then) and got Balrog-types on a level, and you were a solo warrior, I'd also consider IDing bows and hoping for something with elemental damage on it. Then you play a "run and shoot" style game, taking the occasional inferno. It might appear that the Balrog's circular movement AI would make bowing them down impossible, but that isn't so. The first two Rog-types walk nearly straight toward you, like a knight does. For dealing with the later two, with their circular movements, you simply walk to a wall that has a clean shot to them(no hidden overhangs that stop shots). Eventually their circular movement makes them hit the wall and then turn against the wall toward you. You'll get in two to three shots, then run and repeat (best done with a lightning elemental bow, if possible). Long and boring, but it does work."
I wasn't doing lock-in, but I didn't have a BF either so it works out about the same.