I have reached the Burial Isle on HoF Mode, and everything seemed okey-dokey... until I met the Wailing Virgins.
Now. I have fought against them before on Core Difficulty, but HoF Mode has apparently made the Wailing Virgins into something that causes players to wail as well.
The unlimited UBER AoE Magic Damage attacks (NOT SPELLS, RANGED ATTACKS!), fine... I can deal with it, even though it means my summons get fried extra fast. Did I mention that I only had
ONE Potion of Magic Shielding? I cannot seem to recall any item that grants resistance to Magic Damage besides that, so it is bite the bullet time, all the time.
I had my Bard sing The Song of Kaudies, but it is NOT 100% effective.
They can haste the Barrow Wights and the Drowned Dead, who have a
base ApR of 8 and 7 respectively.
That is not a problem. My Paladin has an AC well into the -20 and more range.
WHAT really irks me is their Hopelessness attacks. To date, I cannot seem to find ANY form of protection against it other than pray for a successful SaveVsSpell throw. My Paladin, who had a SaveVsSpell of
-23, can still fall to the Hopelessness attack and be torn limb from limb as a result.
IT'S UTTERLY INSANE! NO WAIT! IT'S NOT INSANE! IT'S UTTERLY HEART OF FURY!
And I say that quite bitterly.
So far... I have been forced to send in a wave of summons to occupy the Wailing Virgins while I lure the Barrow Wights and the Drowned Dead to another location to beat them up, then go back to the Wailing Virgins and attack them with range. Melee combat with the Wailing Virgins is too painful.
There has to be a better way to do this... ...