Storm of Zehir - Final Battle

[thesheeep]

Well, yeah...I'll try not to spoil too much.

At least I hope that this is the final battle, as an even harder fight would make little sheep cry. This all took me by suprise, as this is the first fight in both NWN2 OC and all Addons that really IS hard. Congrats on that, Obsidian

Until that part of the game, I came along pretty well with my Monk, Fighter/Rogue, Favoured Soul and Warlock. I'd even say it was too easy, especially the story-bound fights.
I didn't take any cohorts, simply because I didn't need them (not on normal, at least).
All characters are lvl 14 to 17.
But this battle seems fairly impossible to me.


Those are the reasons I figured out to be the biggest problems:

1. No resting before the final battle. Seriously, whose idea was that? Mean bastard You just can't get to the final battle with all your spells etc. still there when you have to fight before. And you have to, since there is still one level of the dungeon where sneaking won't do the trick. And even if you knew before and saved all your stuff...

2. Zealots standing around, praying at statues, healing everyone. As if the fight itself wouldn't already be hard enough. And with only 4 people, all dying like flies in that fight, you have no one to send killing those Zealots.

3. Big thing with a lot of swords attached to it. 4 attacks a round (or more?), all around 15 - 25 dmg, hits (almost) always. At least I noticed that when it attacked my Monk (and shouldn't Monks be kinda.. hard to hit?), taking the poor guy down in 3 rounds or something.

4. Eyes watching you. Not that they'd do anything, but I feel threatened by them just floating there


So... has anyone finished this fight and has some other tips other than going back, leveling to 19 and getting cohorts?...


What I already tried:

Luring the big bosses away (meaning: more or less sacrificing Rogue and Favoured Soul), so my Monk and Warlock could finish off the healing Zealots and both Purebloods.
Even with that I wasn't able to get the big one below "Badly Injured"... and there is still the priest.

 

[Erebus]

I posted the strategy I used on another thread but, since you have a totally different party, it wouldn't work for you.

1. No resting before the final battle. Seriously, whose idea was that? Mean bastard You just can't get to the final battle with all your spells etc. still there when you have to fight before. And you have to, since there is still one level of the dungeon where sneaking won't do the trick. And even if you knew before and saved all your stuff...

Invisibility enables you to avoid fighting on the last level of the dungeon.

2. Zealots standing around, praying at statues, healing everyone. As if the fight itself wouldn't already be hard enough. And with only 4 people, all dying like flies in that fight, you have no one to send killing those Zealots.

They're annoying indeed. I focused on killing them first (some with spells, some with my rogue). If you can summon some creatures to act as meat shields, it should give you enough time to get rid of them. They're not very resistant and it's possible to sneak attack at least some of them.

3. Big thing with a lot of swords attached to it. 4 attacks a round (or more?), all around 15 - 25 dmg, hits (almost) always. At least I noticed that when it attacked my Monk (and shouldn't Monks be kinda.. hard to hit?), taking the poor guy down in 3 rounds or something.

Don't go anywhere near the Herald. Have him chase one of your PCs, away from the rest of the battle.

I think the right order for killing the enemies is the following :
- the praying zealots
- the minor enemies
- the Herald
- N'Safa

Use pause a lot (especially to check that the Herald is not coming near any of your PCs). Save during the fight.

Without a sorcerer or wizard, I don't suppose you can use the scrolls found in the library (the Wail of the Banshee scroll contributed a lot to my victory). If your Favored Soul has Destruction and Harm, use them to kill the minor enemies quickly. Once most of the enemies are dead, target the Herald with your Warlock.

4. Eyes watching you. Not that they'd do anything, but I feel threatened by them just floating there

To tell the truth, I didn't even notice them the first time because of the camera angle.

 

[Volourn]

There's already a final soz battle thread.... why the spam?

 

[Hümmelgümpf]

There's already a final soz battle thread.... why the spam?

This thread was cretaed eralier than the ohter one. Dumbass.

R00fles!

 

[Volourn]

Yeha, but the other is cooler.

 

[Caveman]