Dealing with Monsters

How to kill the Butcher

To kill the butcher, very easily with a new rogue or a mage possibly, find the entrance to the next level, (the square shaped steps), then open the door to the butcher's room and run as fast as possible to the steps. DON'T go down. Just run around the stairs and eventually the butcher will get stupid and walk into the stairs themselves. Since the butcher isn't a player he will be trapped there, while you pelt him with spells or arrows. - Ian
Zhar the mad
Once he start nuking you, cast a firewall on him (he wont move). Then get out of the room and wait for his death. This way you wont get hit. Just remember never to come close to him for he would cast flash. - Cretinos
Killing a lot of pesky monsters with minimum damage.
I'm sure a lot of you out there knows how to do this already, but I think this will help the newbies trying to level up quickly. When you bump into a lot of monsters in any room, make sure you run quickly to the entrance of the room, or run to the nearest available door (make sure that area is already cleared), and stand just outside the entrance. u will find that at any time, onl y one monster can attack you, and all the other monsters just line up or move around behind the first monster. They are then easier to pick off....... as the first monster will find itself in a fix as it cannot move backwards (it's "friends" are blocking it). If you like, you can use your Inferno scrolls or spell. This will do maximum damage to the other monsters, as well as the first one. Anyone can be dealt with this way, except for those irritating disappearing Advocates (and their likes). For Archers an d S uccubuses, this tactic can be used but it must be slightly modified. Think about it. - Cat
Tip for Fighting Unique Enemies
Unique enemies are always a pain in the neck, and sometimes worse. One thing I have noticed, though, is that the unique enemies are usually susceptible too the spells their counterparts are immune to. For example, the balrogs are immune to fir e while the unique counterpart is easily killed by fireballs. Most unique enemies will be susceptible to the fireballs, which can quickly destroy any enemy. My level 42 mage's fireball does a max of 893 damage. Also all the witches in lazarus's lair ar e s usceptible to fireballs, so just launch a bunch in there. - LordMontague
Those Pesky Archbishops
This is a tip especially useful for warriors who cannot afford to continually cast stone curse on spell casting enemies like archbishops. All I can say is GOLEM! I found out that golems are immune to the flash spell that they cast so often, and I don't recall seeing any of the firebolt/fireball spells hitting it either. They tend to cast the fire spell at you only. Set him off and go around a corner while he takes them out. Just listen for the golem to get squashed, then send out another. - Strike
Fun With Advocates
Well, I noticed that they ALWAYS teleport away in the direction that you face. So, the trick is to "chase" them into a corner. If you're careful, you can trick any teleporting character into a corner, and if you face into the corner exactly (you have to face into the corner, and not face either of the walls), then you can just slash away and all they can do is teleport in and out of the same square. I was able to kill the ArchBishop this way taking no damage once I lured him into the corner. - Scorched
Advocate Shields
As a warrior, one of the most annoying enemies out there is the advocates... especially when you're fighting Blood Guards and they're just sitting there shooting at you with those fireballs. Well, I found a way to kill the Blood Guards quickly and shield the fireballs. When I run into a room filled with Blood Guards and Advocates, the Blood Guards would gather around me while the Advocates shoot. Attack ONLY the Blood Guards that are on the side that there are no Advocates. After that, just sit and watch as the Advocates kill the Blood Guards for you. And if you want a laugh, let a Blood Guard chase you next to an Advocate, and the Advocate will cast flash a few times and kill the Blood Guard. But I'm not sure if rogues and sorcerors can take such a beating from the Blood Guards. - Edge
Firewalling and certain Acid Beasts
Doesn't every one hate when there are a zillion balls of acid firing at you with seemingly careless precision? This could be a problem but I think I have discovered that on certain acid beasts, namely the ones that accompany the boss acid spitter, they don't advance on you if they spit on you. The acid spits only go so far so get a little closer until you are one step away from the barrage, then firewall their asses till most of them are dead. This strategy when done right will allow you to take little or no damage. This does not appear to work on normal acid beasts, mages or succubi. Hope it helps someone... - Gariso
Warriors and Goatmen
Goatmen, the archer type and not the mace type, can be a huge pain, especially with the warriors since they cowardly retreat and sometimes lead you into a HUGE ambush. This ambush can seriously put a dent in your HP as the ambush could lead to more Goatmen archers and some other flunkies with them. Here's the way I deal with Goatmen, unless there are corners nearby, don't engage them but try to get out of their sight and in a nice little place where you can easily thrash them as once they see you, they WILL follow you until they see you again and start shooting, while they are close to you, STRIKE!!! Make sure you keep swinging until they are DEAD since they will flee from you and the consecutive hits will bring them back in swinging distance. This always appears to work with archers and don't have to much magic to spare. But if you warriors do have some magic at your command, when they shoot at you, they will not move until you are out of their line of sight, so if you got decent AC and a shield, cast firewall and let them die. Your AC should prevent most hits and the shield should block the rest. So even a warrior, don't neglect the force of magic as it will come in handy and may save your life. Hope this helps and Happy