Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) Help/Tips/Tricks How the hell do I kill Josephina?

I'm in the Black ring castle. I've killed everyone esle, but the last major bad guy gave me trouble with the same "spikes from the floor while untouchable" trick. I have plenty of restoration potions, but the last bad guy to use this stayed visible for brief intervals long enough for me to kill him once I could touch him (freeze, Holy sword). She doesn't stay visible long enough to hit, allthough I get right on her. Same with the little blue man she conjured. I have strength and agility near 200, and my vitality is over 1400, so I can last with the spikes a long time, but I just chase her around and around. My resistances are all at or over 100.

I have 2 unassigned skill points left to use if a spell is the answer.

Until now, killing wasn't a problem.

HELP!

These seem to be the general consensus....this is from a post Kiya made

Warrior:
Drink a shadow potion and wait until her Blind spell wears off, then attack. Even when you are blinded, area effect spells which do not need a target will do damage (Hell Spikes, Elemental Hail...). If you drink a shadow potion and use the warrior's spin attack near (but not directly on) a creature, you will hit it without turning visible. Freeze weapons are useful, too

Mage:
Do you have Curse? A few casts of that before switching the Elemental Hail will make the attack much more effective. You can drink a shadow potion if Josephine casts Blind on you, to wait for it to wear off. Area effect spells that do not require a target (Hell Spikes, Elemental Hail...) may not turn you visible (don't know, never tried), but even if they do, they will work when you are blind. Blind / Hell Spikes works well against Josephine, if you get her first, or survive until her spell wears off.

I killed what most people think is the toughest boss in the game (Josephina) in less than 3 seconds by doing the following:
Killing Josephina
4 quick curses (level 5), freeze (level 4), 4 leeches (level 5), one hellspike (level 5). if you can click fast enough, you should be able to beat my time.

If you have a spare skill point, level 1 of the survivor's Deadly Gift combined with a couple scorpion traps would make it an easy fight. You can run up the ladder after releasing them...

I take it not much of your equipment has a vitality bonus? Even as a warrior with only a single stat point put into intelligence, towards the end of the game I had over 500 magic points from equipment bonuses.

Survivor:
If you have a spare skill point, level 1 of the survivor's Deadly Gift combined with a couple scorpion traps would make it an easy fight. You can run up the ladder after releasing them...

go and resurrect the other bosses youve killed. then slaughter her!

If you dont want to do that though, with your health and everything (you are a warrior yes?) just use your spit attack. You dont even have to go invisible if you dont want to. Also make sure you have a fair few super health potions because when she decides to hit you, it can really hurt.