09-07-2006, 09:22 AM
2) Many people have advised you to kill witches using the "telekill" technic. This leads me to believe that these people have never actually played a single player warrior, or else did so long ago that they have forgotten everything about it. Clearly, your warriors do not have the magic or mana needed to jump around like bunny from witch to witch using teleport! In fact, in the very rare possibility that you were able to get a book of teleport, you probably weren't able to read it at all.
So then, how do we kill witches with a single player warrior? There are a lot of possibilities.
One possibility is the "peekaboo" tactic. Walk forward slowly until a witch sees you. Then retreat around a corner, quickly stop, and ambush that witch by attacking her as she goes around the corner after you.
Another possibility is the more standard cornering. Walk forward until a witch sees you. Retreat back into a previously cleared room. When the witch enters the room, loop around her and force her to retreat into a corner. Now stand diagonal to her so that she has no place to go, and finish her off. A great variation of this is to lure them into a small "room within a room" which are often seen on level 15, and finish them off in the corners of this smaller room.
Against succubi and snow witches only, you could use this line of fire trick with a bow:
![[Image: deathwish13witchcicles8ef.th.jpg]](http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/5143/deathwish13witchcicles8ef.th.jpg)
It takes a while to figure out exactly where to stand so you can hit them and they can't hit you, but once you figure it out, piece of cake.
Against hell spawn and soulburners only, you can use Tanja's tactic. Basically this means you hide behind any obstacle... stalagmites, corpsekabobs, chests, barrels, etc. and start swinging. These types of witches will fire a couple bloodstars and then chase around the obstacle to get to you. You can hit them as they come past the obstacle. If you have enough damage to stun them, you can kill them right then and there. Otherwise you will need to corner them to finish the deal.
No matter what tactic you use, one thing is always consistent. You never want to chase a witch into an area unless you have already cleared that area. Doing that will only wake up more witches, multiplying your problems. Ironically, this is exactly what people do when they use telekill. (Of course, they do it with warriors so powerful that witches are about as dangerous as black ants.)
3) Yes, the town portal area is nice for storage in a single player game. Another convenient area for storage is the town square (the general area around Deckard Cain).
So then, how do we kill witches with a single player warrior? There are a lot of possibilities.
One possibility is the "peekaboo" tactic. Walk forward slowly until a witch sees you. Then retreat around a corner, quickly stop, and ambush that witch by attacking her as she goes around the corner after you.
Another possibility is the more standard cornering. Walk forward until a witch sees you. Retreat back into a previously cleared room. When the witch enters the room, loop around her and force her to retreat into a corner. Now stand diagonal to her so that she has no place to go, and finish her off. A great variation of this is to lure them into a small "room within a room" which are often seen on level 15, and finish them off in the corners of this smaller room.
Against succubi and snow witches only, you could use this line of fire trick with a bow:
![[Image: deathwish13witchcicles8ef.th.jpg]](http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=deathwish13witchcicles8ef.jpg)
It takes a while to figure out exactly where to stand so you can hit them and they can't hit you, but once you figure it out, piece of cake.
Against hell spawn and soulburners only, you can use Tanja's tactic. Basically this means you hide behind any obstacle... stalagmites, corpsekabobs, chests, barrels, etc. and start swinging. These types of witches will fire a couple bloodstars and then chase around the obstacle to get to you. You can hit them as they come past the obstacle. If you have enough damage to stun them, you can kill them right then and there. Otherwise you will need to corner them to finish the deal.
No matter what tactic you use, one thing is always consistent. You never want to chase a witch into an area unless you have already cleared that area. Doing that will only wake up more witches, multiplying your problems. Ironically, this is exactly what people do when they use telekill. (Of course, they do it with warriors so powerful that witches are about as dangerous as black ants.)
3) Yes, the town portal area is nice for storage in a single player game. Another convenient area for storage is the town square (the general area around Deckard Cain).