Need Tips for Undead Beholder on Elite!

[ebt-dnd]

Haven't done it since the last update, so this is dated.

However, before, on elite, Doomsphere's immune to acid fog/melf's/burning blood (melf's works on normal). It's immune to elemental damage on Normal. I never tried burning blood on normal. Since it's immune to fire, you probably aren't going to get much on it.

Best team seems to be 2 clerics, 3-4 caster/sorcs with Force Missile/Disintegrate w/Superior Potency V items and Maximize/Empower + 1 fighter or bard with the undead song (if you can't get that 4'th caster).

Dropping down, casters are cycling through disintegrate/FM (and MM for casters). Clerics doing heals. Barring a lot of saves, the floor usually breaks pretty quickly. Make sure people don't bunch up and there will always be someone casting on it.

If you try to do this without the casters, you will probably wipe multiple times.

Oh, and best time on normal zerging was 4 minutes. No best time on elite because we didn't zerg it. When we completed, the loot wasn't that great, so never did it again other than for favor.

[Cowdenicus]

My strat for that guy is the same as for any othe rmob in the game, make his red bar go empty before mine does.

[moorewr]

If you are going for the optional chest, Chill Touch is still the only way to go. He's not that hard to take down with disintegrate and heal - it's waiting him out that hurts so bad.

Very creative challenge on turbine's part. We can do it with very few deaths, but multiple D Doors and recalls for mana. that part is time consuming. Also my supply of D Door scrolls is dwindling fast!

[Aspenor]

Has anyone completed this baby on elite yet? If so tell me your tactics and success stories. Also put in how many times you had to recall and run back if pertinent.

Ohhh yeah Ger, elite, no problems, 20 min, 1 recall. 3 casters 1 cleric 1 barbarian with ethereal bracers and a ranger

[Vengenance]

I made this thread after my first run, since that time I've become quite an afficiondo at this quest having run my main toons on all settings. My cleric and sorc are both currently ransacked there (I need those bracers).

Best groups so far have been either 4 clerics spamming heal and 2 arcanes spaming disintegrate or 4 Arcanes and 2 clerics doing the same. Quickest run to date has been 5 minutes. With a proper group your feet never even touch the floor.

[Aspenor]

I made this thread after my first run, since that time I've become quite an afficiondo at this quest having run my main toons on all settings. My cleric and sorc are both currently ransacked there (I need those bracers).

Best groups so far have been either 4 clerics spamming heal and 2 arcanes spaming disintegrate or 4 Arcanes and 2 clerics doing the same. Quickest run to date has been 5 minutes. With a proper group your feet never even touch the floor.

You're still n00bsauce!!

[Line-dog]

Have tactics changed in 2009?

[MrCow]

The main change is you no longer have Chill Touch as a means of fearing the doomsphere. The other tactics mentioned should still be valid. The method I tend to use that isn't mentioned is here is having a cleric utilize Blade Barrier (as the doomsphere randomly moves between party members and has a poor reflex save).

[Line-dog]

The main change is you no longer have Chill Touch as a means of fearing the doomsphere. The other tactics mentioned should still be valid. The method I tend to use that isn't mentioned is here is having a cleric utilize Blade Barrier (as the doomsphere randomly moves between party members and has a poor reflex save).

Ah... That explains much. Maybe I'll respec RoE again. Good observation on the BB. We'll have to try it next time.

Great insight as always Mr Cow.

[Talon_Moonshadow]

Clerics make this quest easy. Spam heal.

But it can certainly be done other ways.

Done it on elite twice.
First time very mixed group and struggled a lot. (I put up the LFM and took the first five to join.....my LFM said no whiners, and I got lucky to get a group to persevere through it)
Second time.....three Rangers.....no cleric. Killed everything on the way in. Didn't worry too much about the guys with the beholder....just ranged him. Arcane tried to get agro from minions and everyone helped keep everyone alive. Easy run actually...but intense.

You don't need a perfect party, but you do need people who will stick it out....work together, and certanly helps to have top notch players.

Or have you rogue(non arcane/cleric type) do like everyone else and put up an LFM for arcanes and clerics only and ride their coattails.