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How do you beat Achryssa?
« on: March 04, 2005, 10:51:52 AM »
I've faced Achryssa several times, each time managing to run away, but this time (in Suldanessellar) she caught the party in the open.  What's a good strategy for beating her?  I.E, how do you take down her magic protections so she can be hit (aside from waiting, because she'll damage Solaufein too much then), what items should I make sure to give him, how can I neutralize the revenge spiders...?

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Re: How do you beat Achryssa?
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2005, 01:28:26 PM »
I'm assuming that you've already read the hints in the README file:

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Q: I'm getting slaughtered by Archryssa. What's up with that?

A: With practice she's not all that difficult. But since you can only use
Sola (and thus cannot rely on Korgan's axe or Keldorn's dispelling or
Jaheira's elementals or whatnot), you must be able to use Sola effectively.
I think it's a fun challenge. Anyway, don't flee (and try not to become
confused or afraid or invisible) -- if you leave for too long she'll just
teleport you back and heal. Distract the Revenge Spider somehow (summoned
monster?) and kill the RS with magic from afar. She'll summon some animals
and skeleton warriors -- you should be able to handle it. When she runs out
of Ironskins the first time she gets a "second wind": more ironskins and an
another aura of flaming death, plus another Spider. Wait her out. When you
do go in for the kill, do it fast.  If you take too long she'll cast
Sanctuary and Heal herself.


Q: I still cannot handle Archryssa. Any stronger hints?

A: This sequence worked for me: Stoneskin, Blur, Blur, Mirror Image,
Invisible Stalker, Flame Arrow (Revenge Spider), Acid Arrow (RS), Magic
Missile (RS), kill RS, wait out Archryssa. Tenser's Transformation.
Lowering the Difficulty Level to the easiest setting will prevent her from
getting a "second wind". Here's what Gwion did:
   
   I just love the wand of fire and give one to every mage. Sola even came
   with one... He had the ring of free action and just wandered around,
   happily being teleported back if he strayed too far, until the web
   evaporated. Then he switched to the boots of speed and started using the
   fire column effect on the spider, roasting any other summons in the
   flames. It took around 8 shots per spider, he waited until Archryssa's
   second wind, then killed the other one, switching back to the ring for
   web avoidance first. Daystar's sunray nearly killed off the skeletons.
   Sola finished them off easily, he'd been relying on his magic resistance
   (plus this rather nice +10 amulet we picked up in Ust Natha) to ignore
   Archryssa's effects and she did almost nothing to him - easily healed.
   When the summons were gone, he reached into his pack and pulled out a
   Breach scroll, which cheerfully stripped Archryssa's protections away.
   Then he just hit her with the Flail of Ages (Daystar in the off-hand)
   until she died. She did hide and heal twice, but he just waited for her
   to come out again, then attacked her.

Beyond that -- if you're already in Suld, Archryssa shouldn't be that big of a deal. Revenge spiders are resistant to physical attacks. Use magic missiles, fireballs, etc. What would I get Solaufein? Hmm. Rings of free action and regeneration, perhaps. A weapon that does elemental damage (flail of ages?). His original wand of fire (strategically placed to allow you to win this fight). The wand of spellstriking or a scroll of breach should be good at getting through her defenses. Carrying scrolls of stoneskin and pro-magic-weapons can come in handy here.

Why don't you tell us what you tried to do and why it didn't work? We can offer more specific advice then.

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Re: How do you beat Achryssa?
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2005, 05:14:18 PM »
Ahh, revenge spiders resistant to physical attacks...I gave him a wide selection of party weapons (ranging from Flail of Ages to Mordenkainen's Sword to the Silver Sword) and had him variously run away, cast breach and fight, or try to kill the spiders with physical attacks while waiting for Achryssa's spells to wind down.  I found that Achryssa teleported him to her, or the spiders attacked, enough to spoil most spellcasting. 

I'll try the summoned monster thing--I've had bad luck with summoned monsters in general, so I don't think to try that often.  If I can get it down to just Achryssa vs Solaufein, it should be much more possible.

Thanks!


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Re: How do you beat Achryssa?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2005, 07:39:40 AM »
Achryssa was a tough one, I encountered her in the Shadow Dragons room 6 days after my return to Amn, and I lost three battles with her, due to the Skeleton Warriors and the Revenge Spiders. Reloaded, equipped him with ring of free action, girdle of hill giant strength and amulet of power. I used Staff of Airs Elemental to keep the Spiders busy, and Daystar and Helmet of Brilliance against the undead. I finished her off quite quickly with the Silver Sword.
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