Help Umber hulks

[Zuvio]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but having trouble with the UmberHulks means being at a fairly low level, otherwise, if you have progressed further through the game, isn't it likely that you would have better equipment and spells to deal with the Hulks?

And what I'm actually trying to say is, isn't it unlikely to have chaotic commands AND having trouble with Umber Hulks, because otherwise they would not be such a problem? All my chars have a mindshield from enchanted weapons and I'm still in chapter 2 doing all the quests.

Dos Vidanya!!

[Dundee Slaytern]

Assuming everybody is level 7( highly unlikely, but let us assume), then simply use the simple tactic of "Divide and Conquer".

Let us face it, the AI is stupid. I mean no disrespect to the game, but it is true, the AI has limitations. Send one party member to lure one Umber Hulk and lure it far, far away from the rest of the Umber Hulks. Bring it to some desolate room and beat the living crap out of it with everybody. Note, the Umber Hulk always cast Confusion before it chases after you, so equipment like Lilarcor( which is easily obtainable) should be used by the bait.

Chromatic Orb is useful against Umber Hulks as well. Depending on your caster's level, you can either stun or outright kill the Umber Hulk.

[Darkon Blackblood]

question, what are all the items that people know of that protect against Mind Flayers/Umber Hulks. And i got an amulet off a dead mordikaine's sword that says it is a greenstone amulet, but it is constant not using charges, so i bought/found a few of these spell scrolls cause i figure in the mind flayer city in the underdark they might come in handy, but the only problem is i can't kill the damn swords to get the amulets, could someone give me some strategies on how to kill the damn things

[Rimjaw]

Chaotic Commands provides complete immunity against any mind tricks. The Greenstone Amulet/Mordenwhatever's sword thing is actually a bug in the game. And it doesn't completely protect you from Flayers. Just have a cleric memorise a few Chaotic Commands. Cast it on your fighters and let them do the rest.

[Dundee Slaytern]

Originally posted by Darkon Blackblood: ~~ could someone give me some strategies on how to kill the damn things

Erm... has it ever occured to you to use the Mordenkenain Swords against the Mind Flayers instead? They rank among the top three summons to use against the Mind Flayers, along with Skeleton Warriors and Invisible Stalkers.

In any case, they can only be affected by magic damage IIRC. So use spells like Magic Missile/Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting, or Death Spell/Death Fog if they are hostile.

[kim_castles]

hi again

Thanks everybody, I lured them away with the dog meat and went on to kill torgal so I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself now.

Cheers
Kim

[Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs]

Originally posted by Zuvio: Correct me if I'm wrong, but having trouble with the UmberHulks means being at a fairly low level, otherwise, if you have progressed further through the game, isn't it likely that you would have better equipment and spells to deal with the Hulks?

Umber hulks can cause all sorts of problems for tanks soloing, because they have low THAC0s and TONS of hitpoints. When a tank gets surrounded by 4 or 5 of these, they die fast. You can try ranged weapons, too. But, by far, Cloudkill and Death Spell work the best. Use Cloudkill wands (recharged at any merchant for a price) because they're faster and (heehee) bypass the MR that several low-level creatures have.

With ToB, Deathblow works great on them, and many others. (vampires, golems, trolls, every person in the city of Athkatla, etc.)

[Loremage]

AS someone was saying you'ld have to be REALLY low level to have trouble with them. What level were you exactly?

[kim_castles]

I'm a level nine fighter, I picked up the talking sword but thought I might be better protected with the sword I got from Irenicus ginni. To be honest I'm totally new to RPG and don't really get the D&D rules yet and am just stumbling my way through the game.

[Dundee Slaytern]

Use Lilarcor, aka the Talking Sword. It will serve you far better.