Has anyone defeated Nauselom?

DrAgOnS_TaIl · Post by **DrAgOnS_TaIl** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:32 pm

I got the relic but can't seem to bump off Nauselom with whatever I use. If you have defeated him can you let me know how you did it so I can get out of this god forsaken realm (Shadow Ruins) I would be ever so greatful.

JoeMolley · Post by **JoeMolley** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:46 pm

Yeah, what you gotta do is beat on him for a little till he disappears and drops a shadow stone then put the stone on the statue in the corner. do it enough and you'll get to use the staff in the center and that thing just kicks his shadowy butt.

I used a lot of Blast Novas in this fight to clear away all the minions that appear and also summoned some Divine Intervention to keep Nauselom busy.

DrAgOnS_TaIl · Post by **DrAgOnS_TaIl** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:50 pm

To Joe:

I tried using that lightning rod and it doesn't even put a dent in his hit point bar. I only have 4 blast novas but those are even weak. Granted they take care of any minions that come around but not for him.

Belhawk · Post by **Belhawk** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:12 am

use the relic to kill him.

darkpark · Post by **darkpark** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:04 am

yep, if you already got the relic than it's just a matter of beating him with it. the relic does some decent damage but like other scepter type weapons it has a habit of randomly going into that spray mode where it also makes you susceptible to getting hit.

anyway, that rod of his can really do a number on you if you're not blocking so always approach him while blocking. as soon as you're close take two or three swings at him and block again. he'll fire off an ice ball at you, swing, block, he'll shoot a nether blast at you, swing, block, and he could either fire another single nether blast at you or he might fire off a series of them.

Zed Zorander · Post by **Zed Zorander** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 5:29 pm

You need to get close enough to him to hit him with that weapon. The magic in it by itself won't dent him. And, remember to block. I went through 3 shields defeating him and only because I had 2 Battle Spirits (Divine Intervention) distracting him. And, they died during the battle!

blueray · Post by **blueray** » Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:38 pm

If you still have the Shield of Retribution with you, it's gonna be much more easier to kick his shadowy rear end. Always keep the shield with you untill you absolutely have to return it to Talendor (i.e. you have to talk to Vartugg to progress to Maze of Irynthabl). The shield can never be damaged and will deflect any spells you blocked back to it's caster.

So, during the battle with Nauselom, keep reflect his spells back to him, just make sure you do not stand near a wall as he sometimes will aim a few inches away from your shield and if the spell hit the wall behind you (or the floor), its splash effect will damage you.

Ultimately, you still have to use the relic (the lighning rod) to beat the crap out of him.

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:37 am

Am I the only person who didn't have much of a problem with Nauselom? I tried out the relic, but I found that I did more damage with my blade of death, and so I used that instead.

Maybe for magic users he's tough, but for melee fighters he's easy?

SWC

MARK1952 · Post by **MARK1952** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:29 pm

Magic Missiles bump him off.

azazel · Post by **azazel** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 11:46 pm

I found him relatively easy aswell. Only trouble I ever seemed to have was his spray magic, and even then I just blocked it and charged forward with the rod...

Long live melee

darkpark · Post by **darkpark** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 7:54 am

so technically, you can defeat him with any weapon once you obtain the relic? i had the impression that you're supposed to use that rod to fight him. if i had used my sword than i would have wooped his butt a lot faster.

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:33 pm

[QUOTE=darkpark]so technically, you can defeat him with any weapon once you obtain the relic? i had the impression that you're supposed to use that rod to fight him. if i had used my sword than i would have wooped his butt a lot faster.[/QUOTE]
HP might have intended it that way -- especially after Lord Kingston tells you how much Nauselom fears the relic and blah blah blah -- but you can kill him with anything.

SWC

GSR_Tufelhunden · Post by **GSR_Tufelhunden** » Thu Jun 16, 2005 11:37 pm

This is the problem i am having with Nauselom:

i've got the relic

i've been fighting him now for about 2 days

i've restarted the whole ruins mission twice

he's disappeared on me about a dozen times AFTER i've obtained the relic, and each time he's back at full strength.

I am melee, and not much maginc skills, and i am doing this quest before going to the vale of Ruin. (perhaps that was my mistake)

in any case, my earliest save left is just after i enterd the shadow ruins. sounds like i may have to start the game completly over now, unless someone can give me any suggetsions. my polearm skills ar only at 3, so i get a _1 penalty when using the relic, i hit him with it (not the spray but actual hitting him with it) and it only does about 2 to 4 damage, I have found that if i take my Heavy Elven War Bow and run around him, i can get in about 2 to 3 shots at him between his spells, doing an agerage of about 8 or 9 damage a hit, and i am far enough away to continue to dodge his spells.

problem with this though, like i said, is that after i hit him about 7 or 8 times, he disappears and regenerates fully healed. This is after the room is open and i have the sceptor

Has this happened to anyone else, and if so, is it a bug.............I'm really at my ends wit on this one.

BadBreath · Post by **BadBreath** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:48 am

[QUOTE=GSR_Tufelhunden]I am melee, and not much maginc skills, and i am doing this quest before going to the vale of Ruin. (perhaps that was my mistake)[/QUOTE]

I also did the shadow ruins before the vale of ruins. And I played a melee character as well.

The rod seemed to have 2 modes, one where it would hardly hit, and then it would hit for 20 damage or so. I am not sure if the magic charges needed to be depleted first.

Your bug seems to be the fact that he keeps respawning, not so much that you can't hit him.

BB

blueray · Post by **blueray** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:29 am

[QUOTE=swcarter]HP might have intended it that way -- especially after Lord Kingston tells you how much Nauselom fears the relic and blah blah blah -- but you can kill him with anything.

SWC[/QUOTE]

oh....I wish I could kill him with dropping a piano on his head. That's for hiding in this god-forsaken dungeon (the pillar jumping and those @#$% shadow islands)!

GSR_Tufelhunden · Post by **GSR_Tufelhunden** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 1:56 am

[QUOTE=BadBreath]

Your bug seems to be the fact that he keeps respawning, not so much that you can't hit him.

BB[/QUOTE]

aye, that is the problem. I was wondering if this happened to anyone else before, and if so, how did they correct the problem?. I am hitting him just fine, but the wanker keeps respawning on me.

Zed Zorander · Post by **Zed Zorander** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:21 am

When I defeatewd Nausoleum the last time round I discovered the following interesting facts:

damage done by any weapon but the relic slowly regenerates
damage done by divine intervention doesn't
damage done by the relic in either mode doesn't.

Note that Nausoleum is probably the toughest boss creature since he constantly teleports. I found that the best (only) way to defeat him is to get close up and hit him physically with the relic. In between I used up three shields parrying his magic attacks.

This time round, I intend to use the relic shield to reflect his damage back onto him. I will let you know if it works.

swcarter · Post by **swcarter** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 4:18 am

Well, this is odd. When I killed Nauselom, I just used the blade of death, and I didn't have any trouble at all. I didn't even bother to block his spells. I just charged at him and whacked away. But that was after going to the Vale of Ruin, getting my third tier class, and visiting the Tomb of Souls.

GSR_T: You never did mention if you're using the 1.1 patch. Are you? Regardless, here's something you can try. Just attack Nauselom with the relic for a while, and revive if necessary. I'm curious if he's coming back fully healed, or if you did so little damage with the relic before that it just looked like he was fully healed. If he's healing the relic's damage, then it has to be a bug.

SWC

GSR_Tufelhunden · Post by **GSR_Tufelhunden** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 6:34 am

aye, thanks for the responses

yes he is comming back fully healed, the green on his health is all the way to the right, even fillign the curved part of the health bar on the right

yes, i have the patch, v1.1

since i have no saves till before entering the final area, and have restarted back to there about 3 times, I am going to restart the game from beginning.

this time i'll go to the vale of ruin first before i come here

Fiko · Post by **Fiko** » Fri Jun 17, 2005 11:16 am

Getting your third tier class and the shield relic helps Alot with this bad boy. I found that reflecting his magic back at him and tossing magic missiles or fire burst when there's time between blocking is an effective way to kill him as well. Just don't let yourself get pinned against a wall because when he uses the scepter of shadows to spray at you the ones that miss you and hit the wall will hurt you with thier splash effect.

Fiko