How do I defeat the half-dragon Baalor? He seems to be immune to all my weapons, only acid and sonic seem to damage him (but I can only do 1d6). He saves against my spells, all my minions die in the first attack. All his spells seem to do massive damage, even with all my resistances. I barely scratch him (about 10-20 damage) before he's unleashed about 150-250 damage to me! I do not have enough healing potions against his sustained attack.
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The obvious first step would be: Get More Healing Potions! Especially the full-heal ones (as opposed to the Cure X Wounds). Even if you don't use them in this fight, they will be needed pretty soon afterward. Make sure to chug one as soon as you are damaged significantly so that
I don't remember this being too difficult. Make sure you buff up as much as possible before you go into the strange courtyard, including Haste (or Potion of Speed) and whatever attack bonus enhancers are appropriate. Protection from evil is also helpful, if you can get it.
I don't remember exactly what spells he casts, but I think it was energy-based (like Horrid Wilting) rather than elemental so I'm not surprised it gets past the resistances. You might try for Spell Resistance items but I haven't had much luck with them and they don't stack so the best you can do will probably be around 16-18. I get best results from just hot-keying the heal potions and being very willing to suck them down at the first excuse. If things get too hot, you can always teleport away and come back when fully healed.
I do seem to remember keeping the henchmen alive being a bit of a problem. Try running to the opposite end of the courtyard then attacking individually. If you spread out his massive attack spells are less effective since they are mostly area effect. You can try making the henchman invisible but I don't remember if the baalor can see invisible people or not. Concealment spells like ghostly visage might be helpful too, but I'm not sure about that and you might not have access to them.
Keep pluggin away. His worst attacks seem to be in the first few seconds. After that, he becomes a standard sword-swinger and shouldn't be too tough.
I don't remember this being too difficult. Make sure you buff up as much as possible before you go into the strange courtyard, including Haste (or Potion of Speed) and whatever attack bonus enhancers are appropriate. Protection from evil is also helpful, if you can get it.
I don't remember exactly what spells he casts, but I think it was energy-based (like Horrid Wilting) rather than elemental so I'm not surprised it gets past the resistances. You might try for Spell Resistance items but I haven't had much luck with them and they don't stack so the best you can do will probably be around 16-18. I get best results from just hot-keying the heal potions and being very willing to suck them down at the first excuse. If things get too hot, you can always teleport away and come back when fully healed.
I do seem to remember keeping the henchmen alive being a bit of a problem. Try running to the opposite end of the courtyard then attacking individually. If you spread out his massive attack spells are less effective since they are mostly area effect. You can try making the henchman invisible but I don't remember if the baalor can see invisible people or not. Concealment spells like ghostly visage might be helpful too, but I'm not sure about that and you might not have access to them.
Keep pluggin away. His worst attacks seem to be in the first few seconds. After that, he becomes a standard sword-swinger and shouldn't be too tough.
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Who is your henchman? I seem to recall Dalean did pretty well against him, plus I had a Summoning of some sort.....I know, it was the Celestial Avenger. The CA did a LOT of damage before the Baalor killed him. I think I had Timestop by this time as well, very useful. My lightning attacks knocked a few points off him and even my Pixie got in there with some stealth attacks. Yes, he does have one massive spell right at the beginning which finished me off a couple of times before I got lucky (I think my CA disrupted his spell, or took the brunt of it), but as JoClubs says, once he's run through his worst spells, he become quite vulnerable (to Dalean, sorry, I must remember you may not be able to hurt him). Use a potion of Clarify on Dalean, the Balor casts something mind-affecting but the potion protects him. Have you got Tensers Transformation? Or Polymorph self? My Red Dragon self killed him after he had been worn down a bit.
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I am a 16lvl Ranger, I predominantly use dual wield (and therefore light armour) but am boosted with ring of resistance and storm armour. My str and Dex are in the high 20's but am barely able to scratch the balor due to his high damage absorption. I get attacked by the breath weapon almost immediately, doing 60-80 damage each time. Is it more the case that I need weapons with high enchantments (+2 or +3) to be able to hit him?
BTW I use boddyknock (although he is better against numerous foes- cone of cold and burning hands are used a lot!)
BTW I use boddyknock (although he is better against numerous foes- cone of cold and burning hands are used a lot!)
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[QUOTE=bunnies][...] My str and Dex are in the high 20's but am barely able to scratch the balor due to his high damage absorption. [...] Is it more the case that I need weapons with high enchantments (+2 or +3) to be able to hit him?[/QUOTE]
Well if the first part is true, the second probably isn't the issue. You can tell whether or not your character is hitting by examining the battle text in the window at the bottom of your screen. (You may have to turn this option on if it isn't already.) But getting the best weapons possible is always a good idea. The + to hit will also be applied to the damage and you can usually find weapons that will do elemental damage as well. You can right-click on the Balor to examine his characteristics including any damage resistances or vulnerabilities. Try to find a weapon that takes advantage of this, although your options will be limited in chapter 4.
I was able to kill him with a Rogue/Ranger/Wizard 5/4/8 which is probably weaker in melee than your character. I don't remember the exact weapons I used but it would have been a rapier and short-sword probably around +2 or +3 in each. Not very potent, in other words. Of course, I had Linu as henchman who is better in melee than Boddyknock would be. And Boddyknock's spell casting isn't going to be terribly helpful here as you can't control it.
My best advice is still to stock up on the healing potions and any other buffing items/potions you can get your hands on. Also do some experimenting with different tactics. Once you figure out what works, I don't think you will find this too difficult an encounter. I don't remember how I beat him, which indicates to me that I didn't have much trouble with it.
Well if the first part is true, the second probably isn't the issue. You can tell whether or not your character is hitting by examining the battle text in the window at the bottom of your screen. (You may have to turn this option on if it isn't already.) But getting the best weapons possible is always a good idea. The + to hit will also be applied to the damage and you can usually find weapons that will do elemental damage as well. You can right-click on the Balor to examine his characteristics including any damage resistances or vulnerabilities. Try to find a weapon that takes advantage of this, although your options will be limited in chapter 4.
I was able to kill him with a Rogue/Ranger/Wizard 5/4/8 which is probably weaker in melee than your character. I don't remember the exact weapons I used but it would have been a rapier and short-sword probably around +2 or +3 in each. Not very potent, in other words. Of course, I had Linu as henchman who is better in melee than Boddyknock would be. And Boddyknock's spell casting isn't going to be terribly helpful here as you can't control it.
My best advice is still to stock up on the healing potions and any other buffing items/potions you can get your hands on. Also do some experimenting with different tactics. Once you figure out what works, I don't think you will find this too difficult an encounter. I don't remember how I beat him, which indicates to me that I didn't have much trouble with it.
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