hell meph stratagy

[honkytonkyzonky]

I have a 85 sorc and i still have difficulty killing hell meph,
I am a meteorb build and wouldn't have difficulty but my merc dies too easily, he uses a bonehew w/ 2 amns shaftstop (not upped) and the crushing blow set helm he is my lvl, i know i shouldnt be having this difficulty if someonw would help me i would be very appriciative
thankx

[StewieGriff_XLT]

Hello! I think that if your meteor is strong enough, you can just moat trick him the whole time w/o the need for even a tank a.k.a. your merc. If it's not that strong.... cast a few meteors at him (while at the moat), jump towards him, orb a few times, and hop back, dodge w/e the deuce he throws at you and cast more meteors, I have tried it and it seems to work :clap: Good luck with it :thumbsup:

[Superhal]

just use the moat trick.

hell meph cannot be leeched from.

[honkytonkyzonky]

ok, so the the moat trick is just to bomb him from the other side of the moat? will his lightning not plow my butt?

thankx alot for you help
(and thanx for the meph leech heads up)

[k/t]

Holy Freeze doesn't work on him either. My merc has 75 resists, but Meph will still destroy him quickly. My sorc is sturdy, though, so we tank Meph and take him down quickly, sometimes without even needing to feed my merc a potion. If you're gonna tank, smack Meph with a cold attack once in a while to keep him on ice; he'll attack less that way.

If you're doing the moat trick properly, Meph won't shoot at all, just mill around and say the multiplication tables while you "pick his pockets".

Edit: Kill your merc and don't resurrect him if you're doing the moat trick, because he'll screw everything up (well, not really, he'll just go towards Meph and get killed).

Edit2: Since you have Static Field, you don't really need CB, so give your merc a Tal helm for more leech, life, and resists. He's not getting resists from anywhere else and he'll perform better with them maxed.

[Superhal]

as you can't leech off meph, the tal's helm isn't going to help much. imho, you should go with a guillame's face for a quicker kill. otherwise, the only thing you can do is use lifetap. there are a few weps that will do it on ctc, but i use marrowwalks.

[honkytonkyzonky]

could someone explain how to do the moat trick correctly for me? whenever I do it he still shoots the crap out of me, mind you i can run around and dodge it relitively easily but if there is a way i can get him to not attack me at all that would be enven better :)

[StewieGriff_XLT]

could someone explain how to do the moat trick correctly for me? whenever I do it he still shoots the crap out of me, mind you i can run around and dodge it relitively easily but if there is a way i can get him to not attack me at all that would be enven better :)

I think that there is a sticky about this subject at the top of the forum... but I can still explain.

You have to find the "happy-medium" location on the left side (the side i use) of the red portal. You take a few steps back from meph but make sure you dont go too close to w/e is below you (usually the ghoul lord people) who will just start meteoring you and just make it a hastle because they are cold immune. Meph might fire at you once while you are finding your spot by the moat, but just dodge it and start spamming. Hopefully, you aren't standing right AT the moat? Because that would just be silly :lol:

Hope my .02 helped!

Have Fun
CJ :clap:

[Superhal]

go to the right or left path of the center catwalk. there are two torch holders on the ground next to the lava. stay behind the 2nd one farthest from meph and he won't attack you. meph should be partially offscreen.

[honkytonkyzonky]

hehe i figured it out, thankx for humoring all my dumb questions, ill be sure to check the sticky next time thx

[invisigoth]

I have a level 86 meteor-orb, am running with 516 mf and maxed resists (except for poison), just +1 to skills and my merc rarely dies. He's decked with an ethereal Kelpie Snare (shael, not upgraded yet), Duriel's Shell, and ethereal Vampire Gaze. I typically tele straight to Meph, hit him once with frozen orb, static to half, then back off and use frozen orb + fireball, feeding my merc (and myself occassionally) red potions. The frozen orb and "slow" from the snare seem to help keep the merc alive. I tried using the Reaper's Toll and Shaftstop, but Meph continuously wiped the floor with my merc. I like to run the Pits and Andy occassionally and this combination seems to work the best (can not be frozen is pretty important in the pits).

btw I have close to max block, that seems to help.