Ruination Lich

[gerriot]

Ruination instakill me with every second cast, its some how avoidable or i need a party to kill him?

[jelricle]

Personally, I dropped 30 kobold traps around his sarcophagus before I spawned him. BAM! Instant dead lich.

Are you dying from insta-kill or just from cumulative damage? Positive immunity also helps.

[Yojimbo]

You need to trap his spawn point for instant death or you need to spawn him with a BBoD out in GS and then grabby hand him or wait till he runs out of Ruins.

[simpetar]

May 26, 2023 16:15:52 GMT gerriot said:

Ruination instakill me with every second cast, its some how avoidable or i need a party to kill him?

Couple ways to do it:
1. get a high damage output party and hope for the best - positive damage is best, so if you have a paladin/cot smiter, baelnorn (undead) shifter, or the like, you are halfway there
2. have a mage bigby 9 the lich, it stops casting
3. have a cleric or bard cast silence around something tanky, silence will stop the spam
4. kobold traps or regular positive traps (those have to be set off by the dogs)
5. hide in GS and use bbod scrolls, most GR spammers run out (eventually)

If it makes you feel better, the problem isn't in you or your build. The December 2020 update made lowbie greater ruin spammers (i.e. Ruination, Elanna, Axilar, Lolth, and Immortal) absurdly overpowered. Their DC would be considered moderate to high in hells (lvl 55+), but they are lvl 35-40 bosses. They can't be beaten fairly, need to cheese them, or indeed, have a group (or both).

[gerriot]

Ok, all thanks, i found some guy who helps me, its very intresting when many of 30+ bosses need a party to kill, or use weird strategy.

[drquest]

Check out the Speedrun posts, also there are some videos out there of Johann Howitzer solo running HG and several in specific areas. Not exactly a how too, but for sure very informative.