Alhoon THE toughest fight in BG2?

[Assassin]

Last time I played chp 2 I saved this fight for the last and still he was able to kill my entire party bar PC. (Since I´m trying the druidic Sorc-class I´m quite over powered So the battle starts with some umber hulks, mind fliers and ulitharids. One death spell and several Carsomyr / Sword of Arvoreen strikes later thers only my party and Alhoon left. He was protected from magical weapons so I took the standard "Keldorn dispell and kill that annoying mage" -routine. No effect what so ewer. Remowe magic just as useless. So I thought that pierce shield or RRoR should help with that (I thought to be spell immunity). To use those you have to see the target. Alhoon had cast shadow door (well that´s what I thought) and was partially invisible. So again I used the standerd "Keldorn cast true sight and kill that annoying mage" -routine just to find out the text box saying spell ineffective=( I tried Glitter dust too with the same result.

Okay. I'll pick apart your post. [img]tongue.gif[/img] Well, since I have no idea what the heck a druidic Sorc is, I can't really comment on that.

Yes, your problem is the common one that many people have. The loop of Protection from Magical Weapons + SI: Abjuration + Shadow Door + SI: Divination. You really have to wait out the Spell Immunities. Then, Keldorn can True Sight, Dispel, then you kill it. Glitterdust doesn't work because an Alhoon is a Lich/Mind Flayer. Glitterdust is a level 2 spell, and Lichs are immune to spells from levels 1-5. Oh, what are your party levels?

Traps, if you do it properly, should work. Set some outside of the door, kill all of the monsters save the Alhoon, and lead him outside. WHAM. Of course, I dislike this tactic, but if you're desperate, go for it.

[ 08-05-2003, 04:10 PM: Message edited by: Assassin ]

[Dundee Slaytern]

I used Project Image to great effect against Alhoon.

Here some facts... ...

1) PfMagical Weapons lasts for 4 rounds( before casting Project Image).
2) Project Images can kill themselves.

The fight would be a whole lot easier though... if you gain some ToB HLAs first, especially since the whole concept of Tactics was to prevent low-level parties from wiping out the Mind Flayers.

A brave man may die with honour, but it is a wise man who retreats to live to fight another day.