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Magness · 01-02-2005, 01:36 PM

philip, use summons.

In fact, summons 2-4 monsters BEFORE trigering the battles with melissan and have them placed so that they draw the attention of Melissan's summons.

You don't really need to kill those summons, per se. Mel is your only real concern. But it doesn't hurt to kill those shadow slayers if you have a chance.

I'd suggest trying a Lower Resistance spell, followed up with some heavily damaging spells against Mel.

Like I said previously, last time I played TOB, I was using traps. And it's been a long while since I'd played before that. I know that I've defeated Mel without traps, cuz I only use traps when I'm playing a thief. My experience is that the 3rd battle against Mel is always the toughest, because she'll just teleport up to the top of the screen and it gets real tough to deal with her then.

IIRC, one tactic I've used after she teleports is to summon a tough monster right next to her to force Mel to deal with it while I move my party closer to her.

01-02-2005, 01:36 PM	#12
Magness Quintesson Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Manchester, NH, USA Posts: 1,025	philip, use summons. In fact, summons 2-4 monsters BEFORE trigering the battles with melissan and have them placed so that they draw the attention of Melissan's summons. You don't really need to kill those summons, per se. Mel is your only real concern. But it doesn't hurt to kill those shadow slayers if you have a chance. I'd suggest trying a Lower Resistance spell, followed up with some heavily damaging spells against Mel. Like I said previously, last time I played TOB, I was using traps. And it's been a long while since I'd played before that. I know that I've defeated Mel without traps, cuz I only use traps when I'm playing a thief. My experience is that the 3rd battle against Mel is always the toughest, because she'll just teleport up to the top of the screen and it gets real tough to deal with her then. IIRC, one tactic I've used after she teleports is to summon a tough monster right next to her to force Mel to deal with it while I move my party closer to her.