how do I kill Kangaxx in Dimi-Lich form??

[Nima]

I am new player and have many problems when it comes to this game. killing kangaxx in dimi-lich form is one of them...
al my wepon are inaffectiv. why?? how do i kill him????

[Rimjaw]

He can only be hit by +4 weapons or better.

[Zuvio]

Hi and Welcome to IW Nima!

Go to Waukeens Promenade and then to Adventurers Mart. buy protection from undead scrolls. Use as many npc's as you have scrolls and have them, indeed with +4 weapons, attack the demi-lich. Make sure you have a VERY low THAC0 for the wielders of the +4 weapons and at least 3 attacks per round. This because the demi-lich regenerates at supernatural rates which makes him hard to beat.

Good Luck!

[Calaethis Dragonsbane]

with a sword! listen to the talking sword; "find a rich man and kill him, then find a richer man and kill him too! hack and slash your way to fortune, woohoo!"#
sorry im not being much help,. ah well.

[Radek]

Killing Kangaxx is a complicated task. First a lich and then, as it weren't enough, a demilich casting Imprisonment with high frequency, highly resistant to any magic and weapon, and regenerating at a remarkable rate. What to do?
1. You will need a +4 weapon as it was said above.
2. You will need somebody with a good THAC0 for the weapon as it was said above as well.
3. You will have to do something with the Imprisonment. Spell Immunity - Abjuration is one possibility but the spell is "caster only" so that only a mage can be protected by it. The green scroll Immunity to Magic is another possibility but only two such scrolls exist in the game.
4. You will have to do something with the "Demilich Howl". It is a killer spell used by Kangaxx after gaining the demilich form. Kangaxx seems to cast it only once. The Death Ward spell protects from the Demilich Howl.
Summary: If you have a kensai/mage trained in staves and owning Staff of Rynn or if you have a paladin trained in 2H swords and owning Carsomyr then you can deal with Kangaxx in Chapter 3. Otherwise, you will have to wait until Chapter 6 when you will be able to gain some powerful special weapons.
Because your protection from the Imprisonment will be always unsufficient, you must improve your position. Kangaxx is positioned wery well on the top of the sarcophagus - you must do something with it. I recommend wasting Kangaxx' spells one by one by peeking your nose downstairs, letting Kangaxx cast a spell and running back upstairs. You can heal upstairs. You can go to the inn and rest - Kangaxx' spells will not regenerate. At one moment, Kangaxx decides to follow you to the exit from the downstairs area. That's we wanted to achieve. Kangaxx is no longer strategically positioned on the top of the sarcophagus. Let him approach the exit from the area and run upstairs.
Prepare for the fight against a demilich. Return downstairs and beat Kangaxx. When it starts changing form, let the unprotected people run at the opposite side of the sarcophagus out of Kangaxx' sight. Only the protected people will remain. Beat Kangaxx the demilich.
At one moment, Kangaxx becomes "yellow" and starts to run away. It's time to use Ring of Ram on it (if you have the ring). Otherwise, follow him immediately, continue beating (don't forget that Kangaxx is regenerating!), and move the unprotected people so thet they remain out of Kangaxx' sight.
Hard work? Yes. But doable.

[Sir Exxon]

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Now, this aint really a big tactic for killing him, but get the Daystar.
First, kill the regular Kangaxx-Lich. I assume you dont have much troubles with him as you only asked for help with the Demi-Lich. When he turns into a Demi-Lich, move back. When he starts casting his first deadly spell, Imprisonment or Finger of Death, I believe, cast Sunray with the Daystar. This should interupt his spellcasting, plus bring him to Badly Injured or Near Death. Then, bash at him with all you got, and he should be down with little trouble.

[bulletsponge]

when i fought him, i lured him down to the bottom left corner and beat him, then he regenerated into that real tough demi-leach. i ran out of the room, gave my 2 +4 weps to my best brawlers, went back in and cast protection from magic on the both of them, and just went up to him and bashed his skull in. it took a while to kill him but he was helpless, he kept trying to imprisson them but it wouldnt work. and my other crew were out of his sight by the doorway.

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[Radek]

Sunray should work but it does not, Exxon! False Dawn does not work as well. Kangaxx the demilich is not undead! Mace of Disruption cannot dispel the demilich form. Protection from Undeads does not help. Using the scroll of Protection from Magic on Kangaxx does not work, too - if you use the scroll on the lich then the protection does not survive the change form, if you use the scroll on the demilich then you do not prevent it from casting Imprisonment.
Big tactics against Kangaxx are really rare. I was unable to find out something better, something that would really work and that would not rely on pure luck.

[bulletsponge]

i cast protection from magic on my people, and they never got imprissoned even though he was tryin

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[Zuvio]

radek, why did you say the scrolls didnt work, they do! He even stopped casting anything when my 3 protected from undead characters cornered him. False dawn doesnt work because he'll probably have a too high magic resistance (which is bogus offcourse, I agree).