sandi_jones
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Okay so I've made it to Valdis and I have the shield of the Zaramoth, but I can't equip it, do I need to equip it to beat him? I tried whacking away at him for like 55 mins and didn't get a single hit point off of him, I was hitting the obliesk and eyes of zaramoth too, but still nothing. Can anyone help?
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| 09/07/05 17:03 |
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sandi_jones
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Nevermind, I found it. This was taken from a walkthrough by Papagamer.
Continue into the temple until you meet Valdis. Don't try to attack him, he's invulnerable. The only way to hurt him is to lure him in front of one of the Eyes of Zaramoth placed on the edges of the room, then beat on the eye to
open it (and they don't have great range). Conversely, Valdis can kill you quite easily. No matter how well you've outfitted your party, one sword combo from Valdis and they all turn into grave markers.
The best way to handle Valdis is to get beyond an Eye in a straight line from Valdis, so that he is forced to walk directly past the Eye you're near. Time it so your ranger starts attacking the Eye when Valdis is about three to four
steps away (or two or five, depending on the damage your ranger can do). If you time it right, Valdis will get zapped before he even gets close enough to you to start swinging.
For example:
Eye
Valdis
X - start shooting the Eye when Valdis is here
Eye
You
It will take patience and practice, but once perfected, you can take Valdis out pretty easily. You have to hit him three times to advance to the next stage of the fight. After the first hit, Valids summons a horde of Qatall
Minions. Take them out while staying away from Valdis, then re-commence the luring/zapping project.
After the third hit, you get the Fantasy RPG Plot Twists for Idiots cutscene and the fight against Valdis takes on a more traditional flavor. Valdis is now, essentially, just another boss character. He's got 90,000 health and he
can regenerate, so you don't want to leave him alone for a long time.
Don't worry about falling into the lava, if your characters are reasonably well-equipped, you won't get hurt (much). Just don't go swimming in it. Lay into Valdis with everything you've got.
Valdis has four main attacks:
1) A shockwave that will throw your characters back. Not a huge problem, even if you fall in the lava. However, if your party is melee-heavy, it will push the fighters off Valdis for a few seconds, during which he can regenerate.
Don't worry about the shockwave and just keep at him
2) He will bring rocks crashing down. This is (or should be) a non-issue. A few rocks shouldn't hurt you, but, if they're giving you fits, just watch for the enlarging shadows and run away.
3) A gigantic fireball. This one's dangerous. Fortunately, Valdis starts to glow yellow before releasing it, and he won't change his orientation once he starts the spell. So, as soon as Valdis begins to glow yellow, run behind him
and attack his back while he blasts empty air with a pretty fireball.
4) More a defensive maneuver than an attack, Valdis will clone himself, giving himself time to regenerate while you attack a clone. However, the
clones don't react to attacks--they don't physically react and they don't make any noise. So if you hit a Valdis and it doesn't do anything, go attack another one.
Once you take off one-third of his health, he summons a horde of Qatall Minions. By this point, Qatall Minions should be little more trouble than flies. Don't worry about them and concentrate on Valdis.
When Valdis reaches 0 health, he revives and summons a shield around himself. (So, why didn't he do this earlier?) You can't penetrate the shield, but the great big Eye of Zaramoth that was just revealed, can. This one's easy
because Valdis doesn't have his sword. Stand in front of the eye, wait for Valdis to get close, then whack it. Brutal Strike or Take Aim (or some other high-damage, single strike power) works very well.
After the cutscenes you can return to Kalrathia and finish up whatever you've left hanging. This would be a good time to do the Mysterious Mystery Quest (see section 4.7). You can also arrange your companions and equipment for playing at the next difficulty level.
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| 09/07/05 18:13 |
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Gryban
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one sword style from valdis and his party members turned to gravestones? papa seems to be a rusher. ^^
Valdis was the weakest final boss I ever met. (was lvl 44) His sword styles did nothing really and his minions just gave him some seconds more to live.
The Archmage was really hard. The strage attacks which come out of the magic stones just kill you instantly so you have to evade all the time. THAT is hard. :D
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| 09/21/05 02:47 |
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