Curse

Studio Ghibli · May 28, 2005, 09:28 PM // 21:28

Zexion, see above. ;P

Rhunex · May 28, 2005, 11:23 PM // 23:23

Hey, I'm just wondering. If you go into the fight with everything unequiped, and then equip it, will your mirror self have those same items? If not, then for most professions I'd recommend going in with nothing on, and then equiping armor from the crafters that blocks your more powerful attacks. Example would be:
Fire Elementalist goes in, with nothing equipped(except skills). This means the mirror has no def, no + to skills(if you already have runes on your armor or some such). Then, you equip Pyromancer armor, and you have def, +def against your own fire spells. You cast your fire spells on him/her, do a lot of damage and those same skills on you do less damage.

I'm not sure if this is already covered, I sort of need to get off the comp so I don't have time to read all the posts above...

Zexion · May 28, 2005, 11:57 PM // 23:57

The mirror only equals you in skills.
I don't know if he has the same attributes though.

_Zexion

sojen · May 29, 2005, 01:53 AM // 01:53

Heres my method as a Ranger/Monk. Note: My monk is just for res, I'm mostly ranger skills.

Skills to bring: Firstly, bring apply poison, troll unguent, and distracting shot.
As for the other slots, bring as many Spirits as you can.
Not enough spirits to fill the slot??
Bring traps then, make the mirror waste even more time.

All you have to do is apply poison the first thing, and poison him with the first arrow. If he starts casting spirits, just keep on damaging him. Keep in mind to keep poisoning him to ensure poison stays on him.

When he starts using apply poison, or troll unguent, decide for yourself, Do you want to stop his poison or his heal. Use distracting shot to stop him. Sometimes he will cast apply poison followed by troll unguent, depending on his life. So its safer to try to take out troll unguent if your health regen from troll is strong. Health regen can and will fight back the poison as well as healing some health.

Either way, you will outlast him because you can poison him AND heal yourself. Not to mention you pump in additional damage while he is busy casting all those nature rituals, 5 seconds each. 4 Rituals is 20 seconds gone. Plus, you gain the benefits from the spirit as well since the area is quite small.

If you bring traps, not to worry, he will set traps, but then again, you are just using your bow, no need to run towards him, and he also stays using a bow. Wasted him time setting traps.

Zexion · May 29, 2005, 02:33 AM // 02:33

Studio, I must admit, I forgot to give you credits for the Death Nova idea (thought it was ally only), but the Sacrifice thing was already in my strategy, so I actually took yours and made it more readable, and extended upon it.

So if anyone makes a compilation, credit both me and studio for that.

_Zexion

Cymboric Treewalker · May 30, 2005, 04:30 AM // 04:30

W/Mo

Zelot's Fire go stand next to him, Retribution, cast healing breeze.

May have to cast healing breeze again.

Dead in under 50seconds.

DRAGONHAWK · May 30, 2005, 05:31 AM // 05:31

ok im not sure if this was some bug or if it actually works but it worked for me and is worth a try. after a few tries with my ranger/elementalist i accidently found a way to beat the mirror self that just seems too easy.

i dont remember exactly what armor i had but all of it gave extra protection against elemental attacks. i know some of it was druids armor.

now all i did was equip ignite arrows and whatever else you want. he will use it and cause his arrows to do fire damage but because of the high resistance to elemental attacks the arrows had absolutely no affect. so i just sat there shooting until he was dead. seems too easy but its worth a shot.