Curse

wolfwing · Nov 19, 2007, 11:51 AM // 11:51

Is there any tips for killing these? Damage sems to be weak agaisnt them and can take forever to kill, they are the only real thing that is vaugly tough in Cathedral of flames, and I can kill them but I usually just find myself avoiding them, are there any tips?

Effendi Westland · Nov 19, 2007, 12:18 PM // 12:18

Spiteful spirit on a hero? Feast of corruption?

Don't really know, these don't spring out in my memories as being significant hard to kill. What I do remember is their dmg output can be a bit harsh when you don't pack anti-melee defenses in hard mode.

Cebe · Nov 19, 2007, 01:05 PM // 13:05

Yes, I found they can take a while to kill too. They seem relentless.

To help me last out their assault I ran Blinding Flash > Shell Shock > Epidemic. If they can't see you they can't hit. Blinding them gives you time to kill them in whatever way you decide is best, while minimising the damage they can cause to your party.

Abnaxus · Nov 19, 2007, 01:59 PM // 13:59

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

Yes, I found they can take a while to kill too. They seem relentless.

To help me last out their assault I ran Blinding Flash > Shell Shock > Epidemic. If they can't see you they can't hit. Blinding them gives you time to kill them in whatever way you decide is best, while minimising the damage they can cause to your party.

What he said.

Bring a SS necro for damage and 1 or 2 eles for blind, weakness and cracked armor + epidemic.

You take nearly no damage, while the SS necro kills them with armor ignoring spells. Splinter barragers also work well in taking them down.
Warders are less effective, since the main damage comes from rangers and paragons.

blurmedia · Nov 19, 2007, 02:05 PM // 14:05

Aegis and Defensive Anthem chaining hehe

Kattar · Nov 19, 2007, 02:22 PM // 14:22

Ineptitude + Epidemic ??

Haven't tried it (I usually use empathy) but it seems like it should work.

OS T · Nov 19, 2007, 02:32 PM // 14:32

just bring 2 prot monks that can chain aegis..22sec of blocking there and then get a ss with reckless haste or not and some wards.

Cebe · Nov 19, 2007, 04:43 PM // 16:43

90% chance for the enemy to miss > 50% chance for allies to block

wolfwing · Nov 19, 2007, 07:44 PM // 19:44

Heh I didn't say they were hard to kill...just can be a pain, Fights tend to last a fair bit, is tehre any type of damage that works best against them?

Antheus · Nov 19, 2007, 08:50 PM // 20:50

Spiteful spirit, insidious parasite, empathy, enfeebling blood, ward against melee, aegis.

Perhaps this is the reason why up until this thread I didn't know there were enchanted weapons there. I thought they were only in shards of orr (3 echo smiters are enough to kill them there).

Painbringer · Nov 19, 2007, 08:53 PM // 20:53

Are you set for Flaming?

In Shards of Orr they drop much quicker running Smiting signets. So I am guessing they have very good fire protection.

White knight lord · Nov 19, 2007, 09:49 PM // 21:49

SmBlood skill or Smite skills that ignore armor work fairly well from my own experiences :P

The Little Viking · Dec 15, 2007, 09:33 AM // 09:33

light of deldrimar seems to give them a major blow. and i usually take a smite hero where i will run ito those kinds of creatures.

Sacratus Ignis · Dec 16, 2007, 08:42 PM // 20:42

lol i 600 tank them in shards and cathedral and they die easy

but as far as a big group goes... pain inverter or necro hexes win. SS = gg. just SoA the tank and then hit em with the hexes