03-29-2005, 02:48 AM
In normal, I'd say Duriel, in the other parts, I'd say Baal.
Duriel:All the other areas are gib enough that you can run away if need be, Duriel's chamber is really small, so your timing has to be good to run away from him if your merc/minions get killed. In normal Duriel kills mercs fast, moves pretty quickly with holy freeze slowing you down, and the small space makes it tough for ranged characters to kill him. He does high damage to any character, and combined with the holy freeze slowing your attacks, and possible hit recovery keeping you from gettign away, make it tough for close combat characters I play as well. In nightmare and hell, mercs do much better, and Duriel does a lot less damage compared to normal. Normal Duriel has probably killed more characters than anyone else, fortunately, I play softcore.
Baal: in nightmare and hell his special abilities become a real pain in the butt. Normal he isn't that bad for an act boss, although some characters do have trouble, but in nightmare and hell, however, his attacks are more annoying. The tentacles keep you from running away to recover as you could with other bosses. The mana burn inferno keeps you from using good skills a lot. The cold wedge's knockback gives Baal free shots, since you can't attack during it, and if you need to be closer in to aim, you can't do that. It gives Baal that extra time to summon the clone and/or tentacles that might get you after being puched far away. The clone itself makes a really good distraction. With Baal, you have ot get to him rigth away (at least when Iplay), or the tentacles and/or clone will get you.
I used to get really adrenalized against Diablo, to the point of jumping backwards when an attack I wasn't expecting came, but now he doesn't scare me muc hat all.
About polls: no, you can't atart polls. I don't remember why, but it was mentioned in some thread awhile ago. Interestingly, the person had wanted to start a poll about act bosses as well.
Duriel:All the other areas are gib enough that you can run away if need be, Duriel's chamber is really small, so your timing has to be good to run away from him if your merc/minions get killed. In normal Duriel kills mercs fast, moves pretty quickly with holy freeze slowing you down, and the small space makes it tough for ranged characters to kill him. He does high damage to any character, and combined with the holy freeze slowing your attacks, and possible hit recovery keeping you from gettign away, make it tough for close combat characters I play as well. In nightmare and hell, mercs do much better, and Duriel does a lot less damage compared to normal. Normal Duriel has probably killed more characters than anyone else, fortunately, I play softcore.
Baal: in nightmare and hell his special abilities become a real pain in the butt. Normal he isn't that bad for an act boss, although some characters do have trouble, but in nightmare and hell, however, his attacks are more annoying. The tentacles keep you from running away to recover as you could with other bosses. The mana burn inferno keeps you from using good skills a lot. The cold wedge's knockback gives Baal free shots, since you can't attack during it, and if you need to be closer in to aim, you can't do that. It gives Baal that extra time to summon the clone and/or tentacles that might get you after being puched far away. The clone itself makes a really good distraction. With Baal, you have ot get to him rigth away (at least when Iplay), or the tentacles and/or clone will get you.
I used to get really adrenalized against Diablo, to the point of jumping backwards when an attack I wasn't expecting came, but now he doesn't scare me muc hat all.
About polls: no, you can't atart polls. I don't remember why, but it was mentioned in some thread awhile ago. Interestingly, the person had wanted to start a poll about act bosses as well.
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The gloves come off, I'm playing hardball. It's fourth and 15 and you're looking at a full-court press. (Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun)
Some people in forums do the next best thing to listening to themselves talk, writing and reading what they write (source, my brother)