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Each post I put in here will be prologue fights and how to make them easier and do them as efficiently as possible. If I find a more efficient way to do the fight I will update it.

1st encounter at the ship off the coast.

The easiest way to do this fight is to is enter stealth as you approach the 3 Intellect devourers. You want to dip your arrow in fire or use a offensive spell such as eldritch blast targeting a container to the left of the intellect devourers. This will trigger an explosion killing 1 intellect devourer and putting good damage on the second intellect devourer.

After this connects use ranged attacks then move as far away as you can each turn after combat as they move towards you until they are all killed.

This should prevent you from taking any damage and make the fight as clean as possible.

Top of the Ruins Encounter

This is the second real fight most players will encounter in the game. There are 4 enemies here 2 fighters 1 with great sword 1 with sword and shield. 1 Archer like class(He should die before you ever find out what he can do), and 1 Wizard.

You want to approach this fight from stealth at the upper left entry path to the fight. Sneaking up behind the archer(Rogue or ranger forget his class). You want to back stab him if he lives push him for the kill this should end your suprise round of combat doing the first round of combat whatever character the first action in the turn needs to move and perform a ranged attack targeting a large stone block above the 2 fighter characters this should instantly kill both characters. Leaving you with your full party vs 1 mage.

Skeleton Crypt:
This fight seems to cause so many new players a lot of struggles. So this is how you do the fight super easy mode.

Loot Every single skeleton before you hit the switch.
After all the skeletons have been looted right click there corpses with your strongest party member and throw there bodies till you get them all moved into the corner with the switch.

Position 2 melee characters preferably with great weapons next to them. Push the button. First round of combat if your lucky one of the casters will go first and blind all of them because they cant move.

Each character using a 2 HANDED AXE or 2 HANDED SWORD. Wants to perform a CLEAVE action if they blinded each other your hit % should be around 95% so 2 hits with good position should kill all 5 enemies without ever taking taking any real damage. (Disclaimer: If you get punched for 1-2 damage sorry for the bad luck)

haha, cheesing strats are the best and most funny sometimes.

I plan to include one for every fight in the game eventually in this post I looking for the fastest ways to do every fight encounter currently in the game I already have some I don't think can be improved on such as how to clear the goblin bosses with just 1 attack from my first play through but i want to include them in typical order. The fastest most effective way to clear each encounter shot some really bad dice rolls. Taking the least damage possible is the goal.

I solo cheesed one of the minotaurs...

I came from the non zent end and had one player sneak up to the place where the lift comes down to see if i could get into zent camp that way.(nope)

Then i thought i would try building a wall with a window out of crates. If you fire from sneaked at the right time with an acid arrow and immediately press c (sneak hotkey) 9 times out of 10
if the other mino is far away you can chip away at the closer one til he dies. You want to wait til he comes closest, turns around walks a few steps and pauses. Then fire away!