exactly how do you handle gloam/blacksoul???

[belmont]

I was afraid of this type a while ago in NM, after leveling up and getting better gears, they are not problem to me anymore, well, until a few minutes ago. I was running Hell WSK with other folks, teleport in them, got killed in <5 seconds? I know ppl are gonna say taking it slow. but they can see me from a couple of screens away. How do you exactly handle them? I have lite resist 75 now, so resist is not problem. My life is around 800 with clvl88, is life too low?

[PFSS]

I was afraid of this type a while ago in NM, after leveling up and getting better gears, they are not problem to me anymore, well, until a few minutes ago. I was running Hell WSK with other folks, teleport in them, got killed in <5 seconds? I know ppl are gonna say taking it slow. but they can see me from a couple of screens away. How do you exactly handle them? I have lite resist 75 now, so resist is not problem. My life is around 800 with clvl88, is life too low?
Your life is kinda low and your resists could be higher.

Trade for a Thundergods Vigor belt and your problems will be mostly solved. And get some more life.

+160-200% Enhanced Defense
Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage
5% chance to cast level 7 Fist of Heavens when struck
+20 Lightning Absorb
10% to maximum Lightning Resist
+20 to Strength and Vitality
+3 to Lightning Fury (Amazon only)
+3 to Lightning Strike (Amazon only)

[belmont]

that looks attractive! time for more MFing! :D

Thanks a lot!

BTW: how does this lightning absorb works? lightning damage goes to life? :)

[Pitboss_2000]

BTW: how does this lightning absorb works? lightning damage goes to life? :)

Indeed! In this case, you absorb 20 pts of lightning damage and add 20 to health, basically cancelling 40 pts of lightning damage. Some items absorb a certain % of fire or lightning damage done, which basically makes you immune to that type of elemental damage. :)

[Dizzymjewu]

If you can afford them, Wisp Projector rings provide lightning absorb too and a tiny bit of mf.

[jiansonz]

I make it an effort not to get hit by many of them at once (this is HC so caution is a virtue). I can usually hear them fire, and sidestep the lightning stream. When I move into an unknown room, I try to move diagonally forwards, then I move diagonally backwards at the first sign of monster activity. This will make many lightning streams miss.

To stay safe when I fight them, I use a combo of
- hiding around corners (which is why WSK is less dangerous than Plains of Despair in this regard)
- engaging them in melee (best if you have a melee merc and summons. It is often possible to lure a back a few at a time to fight them)
- blind them
- freeze them

[Felix]

If you got fireball or another spam spell teleing right untop of them and outdraw them is my way to do it.

[MoonUnit]

I had problems with these buggers in nm baal runs on my tal's sorc, I'm sure I'll have more problems with her in hell baal runs.

On my light sorc, however, they aren't a problem, unless I get hit with lower resist. She's kinda permanently wearing tgods since she hit lvl 94, so souls aren't a problem. I didn't really have any problems when using an arachnid mesh, but I've found that Tgods gives me more "comfort" due to the lightning absorb.

[azazelt]

teleport past them........then there is no problem.
:yes:

[belmont]

i was teleporting around them and today something even more funny, i teleport into a bunch of big guys, you know the big half naked guy, they surround me and knock me stunned, I can't even teleport elsewhere, quickly my HP down to 10%. good thing I got out in last second, or i can be dead again. darn...