You Hardcore guys are crazy!

[Concillian]

see, I had better luck with the exact opposite tactic. In general, I've found staying mobile vs Belial in ALL phases of the fight is the way to go. Using Diamond Skin AFTER the explosion hits is futile, because if it hits and you dont have it on, you are already dead.

1) It's like meteor. There's a graphic on the ground, then the damage happens later.

2) Do people really expect to not get hit by a single meteor every time they fight Belial? If you die in one hit, that's a pretty good indication you don't have enough armor / resist.

It can be done, but that'd be pretty insane. Every time I've killed Belial so far on my Wiz, (not inferno yet) I've pretty much facetanked his arm hits and just avoided what I could of the meteors, but I usually still get hit once or twice. Dying in one hit leaves no margin for error.