xeyloderixed
02-08-2005, 19:40
ok so i'm still not even close to completing the 3 boss pieces, as salad and i only got 1 so far (actually 2, but both of them meff's brain :o ) i'm the one getting the hardest key, so here are some thoughts on doing nilathak:
(1) the cheapest build that can do it, imho, is a blizzsork. any standard blizz will do, but you almost have to get max block. the monsters near nil are all ci, so if your merk weapon is craptacular, he will never kill one of those things, so you can just blizz nilathak to oblivion. if you have a high defense/high block build, you can even tele right next to nilathak, ignoring all those ci monsters, and just blizz him to death. this is what i do with my lvl95 blizz sork (45 dr, 1.5k/1.2k life/mana when bo'ed by cta, max block)
(2) imho, if you plan on doing this with any other char, you at least need a natures peace or a way of dealing with corpses. the ce damage from nilathak is massive (2 ces and my eshield goes down, 3 and im down to no mana and 1/3 life), and if cold is not your element, then you better have a way to kill the corpses faster than nilathak (which is pretty damn fast).
for body popping, trappers and necs do pretty well, although both need to be standing waaay off screenof nilathak, have some sort of long range damage dealing, and be able to spam ce uber fast. i did nil runs with a nec in season1, so its very doable.
(3) to do the runs fast, you almost need a sork. the 63 fcr is fine i guess, but ive never tried it, cuz i always use the 105 fcr bp. teleing through all the halls is pretty dangerous, even more dangerous than tele'ing to throne of destruction: halls of pain/anguish both can spawn fanataurs (ive teled into fana/might fanataurs ><) and halls of vaught can spawn those always deadly psn vipers (which can 3 hit kill my cta bo'ed merk), so fast teleing is almost a must. i dont have an extra sork that teles at 63 fcr, but i'll post results if i ever build one.
btw, here is my sorks setup:
shako (topaz)
35/13 upp'ed viper (um)
stormshield (shael)
wiz (clean)
tgods
+2 sork/28str/9fcr/18 res all crafted ammy
2 sojs
travs
magefist
+1 bo cta/spirit on switch
(no anni, so my bo is pretty terrible)
1.5k/1.2k life/mana when self-bo'ed
7/40some/73/40some res when convicted (yes, i have insane stacked res ><)
gl on getting those keys of destruction~!
ps: its very easy once you get the hang of it; ive had r/d doin these nilathak runs >< average time is less than 2 minutes, and thats teleing from halls of pain, and not from halls of anguish wp
pps: sorry if i got the names of the halls wrong. too lazy to look >< but u get the idea
(1) the cheapest build that can do it, imho, is a blizzsork. any standard blizz will do, but you almost have to get max block. the monsters near nil are all ci, so if your merk weapon is craptacular, he will never kill one of those things, so you can just blizz nilathak to oblivion. if you have a high defense/high block build, you can even tele right next to nilathak, ignoring all those ci monsters, and just blizz him to death. this is what i do with my lvl95 blizz sork (45 dr, 1.5k/1.2k life/mana when bo'ed by cta, max block)
(2) imho, if you plan on doing this with any other char, you at least need a natures peace or a way of dealing with corpses. the ce damage from nilathak is massive (2 ces and my eshield goes down, 3 and im down to no mana and 1/3 life), and if cold is not your element, then you better have a way to kill the corpses faster than nilathak (which is pretty damn fast).
for body popping, trappers and necs do pretty well, although both need to be standing waaay off screenof nilathak, have some sort of long range damage dealing, and be able to spam ce uber fast. i did nil runs with a nec in season1, so its very doable.
(3) to do the runs fast, you almost need a sork. the 63 fcr is fine i guess, but ive never tried it, cuz i always use the 105 fcr bp. teleing through all the halls is pretty dangerous, even more dangerous than tele'ing to throne of destruction: halls of pain/anguish both can spawn fanataurs (ive teled into fana/might fanataurs ><) and halls of vaught can spawn those always deadly psn vipers (which can 3 hit kill my cta bo'ed merk), so fast teleing is almost a must. i dont have an extra sork that teles at 63 fcr, but i'll post results if i ever build one.
btw, here is my sorks setup:
shako (topaz)
35/13 upp'ed viper (um)
stormshield (shael)
wiz (clean)
tgods
+2 sork/28str/9fcr/18 res all crafted ammy
2 sojs
travs
magefist
+1 bo cta/spirit on switch
(no anni, so my bo is pretty terrible)
1.5k/1.2k life/mana when self-bo'ed
7/40some/73/40some res when convicted (yes, i have insane stacked res ><)
gl on getting those keys of destruction~!
ps: its very easy once you get the hang of it; ive had r/d doin these nilathak runs >< average time is less than 2 minutes, and thats teleing from halls of pain, and not from halls of anguish wp
pps: sorry if i got the names of the halls wrong. too lazy to look >< but u get the idea