ARGH - Nothing I hate more then getting stuck:
I am in the Severed Hand trying to sanctify the fortress against Xvim. I bless the statue and his avatar steps in. I can kill all his summoned guys in the first round but he has ridiculous damage absorbtion. I have beat him endlessly and he still kills my party before I get him past “Hurt”. Is there something he is weak against? Most of my magic rolls off him…Help before I deinstall in frustration!
Mages are useless against him. Summon a bunch of creatures and use them as meat shields, and make sure you have a bunch of protection spells and buffs on.
I fought this battle about a dozen times. I was tempted to lower the difficulty, but opted not to.
Summoning is good - elementals if possible. Get your mages and clerics out of the way. Make sure you have a lot of “heal” and “mass heal” spells. You will take casualties, but as long as the cleric survives to ressurect the dead, you’ll be OK.
If you have a paladin, make sure he has the Holy Avenger. The extra damage to evil is quite an asset. As Jakub said, magic doesn’t work well on the god - it does work on the demons he summons so focus the wizards on taking them out.
This is, in fact, the toughest battle in the game. The fial foozle battle isn’t so bad once you realize what is going on.
Troy
Walked into it not knowing what to expect - got my ass kicked. Reset, did the summoning - had a screen of like 6 critters and spelled up and tried again. I managed to wipe out the help he called in the first round. But even then with 6 guys firing non-stop at him he managed to knock me out. The Sunfire’s hurt like hell because I had to close with him to hit him. I quit that fight when I was down to my 2 mages and a ranger and he was “hurt”. Have not had the heart to start the game since…Will try again tonite.
Yeah, the Sunfires hurt, but they take a long time to cast. When you realize he’s casting Sunfire, move most of your whacking guys away from the god. He can’t move without losing his spell, and you can’t disrupt his spell anyway, so move.
Don’t forget mass haste.
Troy
I honestly don’t remember this being that tough of a fight. I had stoneskin on my guys, so they didn’t get hurt too much, and haste of course. I think I hit him with lower resistance, and got some spells on him after that. I also did some death spells, but I can’t remember if they did any real damage. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WEAPONS THAT ARE ENCHANTED HIGH ENOUGH. A lot of fights are a lot easier once you realize your +2 axe of bazillion pts. fire damage is no longer doing any damage to some badass.
Waded thru it tonite - still had 2 characters dead and no health on any of the remaining 4. Just a bad fight for me. I have 2 dedicated mages who were not worth much and you need +4 or higher weapons…did not learn this till I watched my ranger swinging away with a +3 with a nice effect to no avail for 1/2 the fight. Next annoyance - I seem to be missing one of the Xvim medallions. I have gone up the Cleric tower as high as I can but only seem to have 5 - I got the one from the bedroom already. Really annoying…I have the Guide and it says I was going to get to 3 from the battle in the church. I got 2.
Me too. So I went and killed the guy who can heal you on the 3rd (?) floor, and took his.