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Aaaaargh! How do i kill Kangaxx, when he imprisons the only characters with *some* melee ability? Is there ANYTHING wich grants me immunity to imprisonment.

P.S: I would rather defeat him without cheese (sorry User )

As Kangaxx being lich, Protection from Undead and Protection from Magic scrolls help.

Also, make sure other party members without protection won't be seen from Kangaxx.

What does prot. from Undead do, actually? i thought it only helped against melee attacks?

Hpmmph i always get insta killed by him not imprisoned

"A Protection from Undead scroll invokes a 3' radius circle of protection around the target. It protects the person within from all physical attacks made by undead such as ghasts, ghosts, ghuols, skeletons, wraiths, zombies, ect. It does not offer any protection from magical attacks, howerever, and will wear off with the passage of 10 turns"

Try stacking up on magic protection (scroll's, potions) and protection from undead.
Hold out until he's drained his protections.
As said earlier keep your party away from him.

Owh, and a friend of mine then just killed him with one, solid, backstab and some melee.

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I find that the easiest way to take him out is to simply have my tanks beat him up until he changes into his demi-lich form (that's when he imprisons you) then have one of my fighters use the Helm Of The Balduran (casts simiraculum{sp?} ) with a Protection From Magic scroll in their quick slot. Get your simmy to cast Prot. From Magic on your chatacter as well as themselves while the rest of your party is out of the way near the stairs where you enter the room. He won't be able to imprison your character while the scroll is in effect. He will just keep casting it until you kill him for good.

This is of course taking advantage of poor AI, there are patches and fixes for Kangaxx to make him a lot smarter/harder. Both the helm and the scroll can be found in the Adv. Mart. This is a cheesy way because you get your simmy to cast the scroll for you, so that you don't actually lose the scroll for good. There is only 2 in the game, both are bought from the Adv Mart. Or use a Prot From Undead instead of Magic, which ever you preferr.

A beserker while enraged also is immune to his imprisonment, but it won't last as long as the Prot From Magic. If you do a search in the forums here you'll find many threads about how to kill him. You'll find ways to take him out using cheese or genuine tactics

Originally posted by Mr.Waesel
What does prot. from Undead do, actually? i thought it only helped against melee attacks?

Mmm, I think it makes you kind of invisible from Undeads.

However, I found some threads mentioning "cast prot. from Undead on liches". I've never tried, and am not sure how it would be effective.

Back to the question of how to kill Kangy, use summons as fodder for his imprisonment spells. After that, move in with your fighters. If you have the Sling of Everad, that can hit him too at a distance. I normally equip mage types with it, so they don't get too near him. Pelt him with everything you have got and you will have a dead Kangy.

Be careful of his Time Stop too, by the way.

Killing Kangaxx

Basically you need to accomplish two things to kill Kangaxx in his floating skull form.

1) Negate his infinite casts of Imprisonment, which can be accomplished by (at least) the following means:
Scroll of protection vs. Undead cast on whoever is actually fighting him
Spell Immunity:Abjuration - which is self only
Protection vs. Magic cast on whoever is actually fighting him

2) Damage him enough to kill him, which requires either
a +4 or better weapon - Carsomyr, Staff of the Magi, etc.
Magic damage to which he is not immune, such as Melf's Minute Meteors, Energy blades, etc.

I used Keldorn + Carsomyr + Prot. vs. Undead. Don't forget to PP his lich form BEFORE he turns hostile.

Protection vs. Undead makes undead of any kind unable to percieve you in any way. This also prevents initiating dialogue, so be aware.

try the bunnies....

using limited wish

"i wish for a horde to overrun my enemies...."

brings up a bunch of cute, cuddly hassenfeffer....

(Which i might convert into fluffy, fuzzy vorpal attack bunnies someday using sk....but thats another time)

then spawn kangy, who will start to attack the bunnies, giving your meelee fighters with protect from undead or magic a good shot at killing him...

waesel, you will note every suggestion uses cheese? thats cause there is no un cheesy way to kill kangy, he is inherently cheesy himself, ( unlimited ranged imprisonment? come on!)

so kangy battle is cheese versus cheese, and may the cheesier cheese win!!!

Originally posted by Baldursgate Fan
Back to the question of how to kill Kangy, use summons as fodder for his imprisonment spells.

You have to be careful with this tactic since the imprisoned fodder do not actually die so you quickly run out of fodder (the game will only allow you to have 5 at a time.) Kangaxx has quite a few imprisonment spells (actually Magic Jar according to someone at BioWare) so I don't think you can exhaust his spells using fodder alone. It never worked for me anyway.

Carsomyr and Protection from Undead. Works like a charm. You can also items like the Ring of the Ram.

The best non-cheesy way to kill Kangaxx, imo and as nephtu mentioned, is the spell immunity: abjuration on a lead character to absorb the imprisonments, death wards on everyone to protect from the demi-lich howl (wail of the banshee) and several (improved) hasted fighters with +4 or better enchantment weapons just behind the 'lead' character to pound him into dust.

Some good 'early game' weapons are the staff of rhynn, flame tongue (not the sword of flame), melf meteors, carsomyr and the imp. mace of disruption.

For a quick high level option one dragon's breath spell (or at most two) will kill him instantly.

killing kangaxx

I found that Protection from Evil (I have an Amulet) makes him just stand there looking stupid. Wont cast spells, wont hit you.

Made it stupidly easy for my solo Monk to take him out. Really cheezy.

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Too bad it wont work for the Chromatic Demon. It just killed me again.

Alternatively, you can trap the living daylights out of him if you have Yoshi, or a thief with high trap setting abilities.

yeh, spike trap works a charm :/
3 spike traps + mm and he's dead, then bust his demi lich form :/
lots of strategies to do this, but your party gets imprisoned almost every time
ring of the ram is also great to have in this fight
and don't forget to summon

I just had a paladin weilding Carsomyr, under the influence of Protection from Magic. He wasn't being hit by any spells, and Carsomyr dispelled all of the spell protections on the lich. The paladin singlehandedly whooped him, and wasn't hurt at all in return.

Originally posted by globester
the ring of the ram is also great to have in this fight

after you use it drop it into your gem bag, unpause for a nano second, pause, pull it out put it on and blast him again, and again, and again. if your ringbearer has pro undead on he will not even see
it comming.................

Cheese please, see the guide from

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