Act 3 Chapter 8 Archmage
Act 3 Chapter 8 Archmage
Help wanted. Having problems cant kill Archmage. All my characters are level 45 and i have 1 nature mage. Also 1 ranger and 2 fighters, one of the fighters can use combat magic (at lvl 10). I do some damage to the Archmage and then see a message(?) saying The Archmage targets an Agallan obelisk and begins to cast a crystal barrier spell. After this my characters begin to get killed one at a time. Please help!
*STRATEGY SPOILER*
Judging by when this thread was posted you may have already figured out that the Archmage is tapping into the powers of the obelisks on the edge of the circular platform that you are on. He then uses them to shoot a slow pinkish looking missile at you. Look closely you will see them and you can dodge them.
EDIT: Also it gives a message before he even converts an obelisk, so when you see the message wait for the pinkish purple straight laser type spell he uses, and look in what direction its going towards. leave your party on rampage mode so they continue to do damage, select a range damage type character with the F1, F2 etc. buttons and quickly target the obelisk you should be able to kill it faster then it shoots one. Also remember if your playing single player and maybe multiplayer if the option is selected, you can do the targeting and character selecting while the game is paused (Spacebar default.)
Judging by when this thread was posted you may have already figured out that the Archmage is tapping into the powers of the obelisks on the edge of the circular platform that you are on. He then uses them to shoot a slow pinkish looking missile at you. Look closely you will see them and you can dodge them.
EDIT: Also it gives a message before he even converts an obelisk, so when you see the message wait for the pinkish purple straight laser type spell he uses, and look in what direction its going towards. leave your party on rampage mode so they continue to do damage, select a range damage type character with the F1, F2 etc. buttons and quickly target the obelisk you should be able to kill it faster then it shoots one. Also remember if your playing single player and maybe multiplayer if the option is selected, you can do the targeting and character selecting while the game is paused (Spacebar default.)
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This is a tough one
OK, I just finished off the ArchMage after several unsuccessful attempts. I think this strategy might also work at the advanced levels.
POSSIBLE SPOILER FOLLOWS:
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My group consisted of two melee characters plus a melee dire wolf, and Deru the Archer. I selected the archer as my active character and whenever the ArchMage converted one of the obelisks I had her shoot the obelisk. One shot does it.
All worked fine until near the end of the ArchMage when he converted the obelisk furthest away from the archer. It managed to get off one missile before the archer disabled it again. The missile killed one character, but because the mage was so close to death I didn't even bother tryying to rez the deceased until I finished off the Arch Mage.
OK, I just finished off the ArchMage after several unsuccessful attempts. I think this strategy might also work at the advanced levels.
POSSIBLE SPOILER FOLLOWS:
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My group consisted of two melee characters plus a melee dire wolf, and Deru the Archer. I selected the archer as my active character and whenever the ArchMage converted one of the obelisks I had her shoot the obelisk. One shot does it.
All worked fine until near the end of the ArchMage when he converted the obelisk furthest away from the archer. It managed to get off one missile before the archer disabled it again. The missile killed one character, but because the mage was so close to death I didn't even bother tryying to rez the deceased until I finished off the Arch Mage.