Irene, the Infirm

[MongoJerry]

Next, Irene and Aliza came upon a champion afflicted pack. They broke up the pack, and Irene tanked the two champions while Aliza shot at them from a safe distance. However, the berserker afflicted was able to deal too much damage for Irene to tank him, so our heroines used the same technique they used against the boss shaman. Irene ran back and forth in front of the berserker afflicted while Aliza shot at and killed it.



Then, our heroines found a lightning enchanted afflicted boss pack. Ouch! It took a lot of running around, but they eventually broke up the pack and killed all the minions. Then, they went to work on the boss. Aliza got in a spot where she could shoot at the boss without being hit by his lightning while Irene stayed far back and fed potions to Aliza. At first, it seemed like our heroines might win this fight, but then the afflicted boss moved, and Irene and Aliza had to scramble. By the time they got setup again, the boss had completely healed. They tried killing him for a little while longer, but it became clear that it just wasn't going to happen. So, our heroines shrugged their shoulders again and parked him in the same room as Blight Spell.



Level 3 had one new monster type that Irene and Aliza hadn't met before -- the banished. I had wondered how our heroines would do against them, but it turned out that the banished didn't give them much trouble. In a continuing theme, Irene ran back and forth in front of each of them while Aliza shot and killed them.

Our heroines then found a second champion afflicted pack and disposed of it. Level 3 seemed to be wall to wall boss and champion packs!



Another champion pack? Sheesh! Irene attracted the attention of each of the champion ghouls in turn while Aliza systematically whittled them down and killed them. One kind of funny thing happened during this battle that you can see in the screenshot above. Irene got the ghoul to chase her around the casket while Aliza shot at him, but on one pass, the ghoul stubbed his toe on the casket and got stuck. Irene just stood there, the ghoul just stood there, and Aliza finished him off. I don't know if it would be possible to cause this to happen purposely, but it could be useful to find out if it could be done -- and whether other monsters could be trapped this way.

But other than the two previously mentioned bosses, Irene and Aliza successfully completed the clear of the Catacombs Level 3 and prepared to enter the Catacombs Level 4.



Kind of makes you want to yell, "Don't go down there!" doesn't it?