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I'm having trouble killing the Orc Drummers.

Can you kill them?

All they do is keep healing themselves.

Cheers.

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Put a point in freeze, helps alot. Orcs are also very vulnerable to poison.

Cheers.

I don't have any spell's at the moment. I'm a warrior so all of my skill pionts have been spent on melle attacks etc. Is it a good idea to have a few spells as well?


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Yes, you might find that even as a warrior, some spells can come in handy. Restoration for instance, but you get that like 4 times in the game by finishing certain quests, so you don't really have to invest anything in that.

Anyway, about the drummers though, if you're a high enough level, and strong enough, you should be able to hurt them more/faster than they can heal. So just leave them alone for now, and come back later is what I'd suggest.

Thanks All.

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what ive found is that if you rush the drummers they will attack you rather than healing themselves you should be able to kill them in a fiew hits.

the only problem with Tovi's suggestion is that the drummers tend to follow u around so it's best to learn freeze and kill them off quickly.

Near the beginning of the game, you can convince the drummers to attack you if you approach them from the left-hand side. You'll need a lot of potions or Frost, but it is possible. Later in the game, you can do enough damage to kill them with a few hits before they have a chance to heal.

thoguh heavy war drummers don't heal as much.

always go for them first!!...chase them down, put a freeze on 'em , then thrash him.....depends how strong you are, < 1-4 > hits and he's done!

once i attacked him with freeze (1) a ruined dirk (repair 5) and 10 health+mana potions. he's dead. after like 40 hits, and 5 repairs and 10 freezes. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I take them last so that I take less damage from the regular orcs.

Orcish War Drummers are very *very* difficult foes, especially for beginners.

Frost is a good tool, and I tried it using Meteorstrike, because M. is *very* fast ( I consider it the "machine gun"of all spells. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> ) .

But first, I'd say, try to eleminate any other foes, because they might disturb your fighting.

For me that was one and only Burning wall. Close them inside and kill the other orcs.If one burning wall wont help make it twice(its depends of which lvl of BW U have). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />