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Elhana · 01-31-2002, 04:25 AM

I disagree. My 2 bishops have so far been devastating. They have the 1st and 2nd most number of kills amongst my whole party! (My party is currently at level 20/21 and we just finished Bayjin. )

You have to hit them where their resistance is weak. Take rock crabs. Tough to kill. My ninja, samurai and monk can all gang up on one and if we are lucky, might be able to beat just one down into the dust in one round. My 2 bishops cast 2 level 7 firebombs and go an average 90 to 100 damage on every single rock crab. 2 rounds, and, throw in a fireball or psionic blast from my hybrids and these crabs are toast.

Did your spell castors have powercast? I even killed Rynjin from afar with outright damage spells. Certain spells just work better against different kind of creatures. I haven't gone Rapax rift yet (plan to), but I hear that they have high resis against fire. Makes sense since they live around lava pits. Well, then I will use water realm spells!

Magic can be powerful too. I once fought 12 crabs, over 10 rynjin and 6 serpants at Bayjin. Would have taken me forever to walk up to each one and kill it with melee. But multiple fireball, firestorm, firebomb, pandemonium, plus summoning 2 elementals finished the battle in double quick time.

My bishops are now starting reach high enough level that they can cast power 5 death cloud and death wish. When it goes to the point when I can cast power 7 death clouds and death wish, they will be a death dealing machine!

Certain mobs are meant to be killed by melee and others are more efficiently killed by group spells. Magic has served me very well so far! [img]smile.gif[/img]

01-31-2002, 04:25 AM	#4
Elhana Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 18, 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 23	I disagree. My 2 bishops have so far been devastating. They have the 1st and 2nd most number of kills amongst my whole party! (My party is currently at level 20/21 and we just finished Bayjin. ) You have to hit them where their resistance is weak. Take rock crabs. Tough to kill. My ninja, samurai and monk can all gang up on one and if we are lucky, might be able to beat just one down into the dust in one round. My 2 bishops cast 2 level 7 firebombs and go an average 90 to 100 damage on every single rock crab. 2 rounds, and, throw in a fireball or psionic blast from my hybrids and these crabs are toast. Did your spell castors have powercast? I even killed Rynjin from afar with outright damage spells. Certain spells just work better against different kind of creatures. I haven't gone Rapax rift yet (plan to), but I hear that they have high resis against fire. Makes sense since they live around lava pits. Well, then I will use water realm spells! Magic can be powerful too. I once fought 12 crabs, over 10 rynjin and 6 serpants at Bayjin. Would have taken me forever to walk up to each one and kill it with melee. But multiple fireball, firestorm, firebomb, pandemonium, plus summoning 2 elementals finished the battle in double quick time. My bishops are now starting reach high enough level that they can cast power 5 death cloud and death wish. When it goes to the point when I can cast power 7 death clouds and death wish, they will be a death dealing machine! Certain mobs are meant to be killed by melee and others are more efficiently killed by group spells. Magic has served me very well so far! [img]smile.gif[/img] __________________ Caspenir loves shining ones!