After many tries I finally killed Damian. I will include a spoiler on the strategy I used. I really like this game a lot, but this final battle had me drooling all over myself, making up new cuss words, and yelling at my dog.

If you don't want to be spoiled on the battle do not read the spoiler.

<span class='standouttext'>Spoiler : </span><span class='spoiler'> First off, there is one summoned creature that seems WAAAY out of balance with the rest of the creatures in this battle. It is the Necromancer, and he seems even higher level than Damian, because he WILL insta-kill you with his spells. Here is what I finally did:

1. Prep: I de-trained my 1-H melee with shield skill and re-trained in 2-H Slashing. I switched from a sword to a Demon's Cutter 2-H Axe. I unloaded everything from my inventory except potions (but due to the weight bug I was still encumbered... a big hinderance in this battle.

2. The Battle: I concentrated mostly on Damian, but took out certain summoned creatures (Mummy-looking Spider, Earth Elemental, Chaos Monster, Shadow Demons (2), Black Bishops (2),and Skeleton Mage. I also Saved the game during the battle when Damian was 1/2, 1/4, and about 1/8 life).

3. The Necromancer: The Necromancer insta-killed me every time... I could be full health and any spell he threw at me was insta-death. So my goal was to neutralize him. There was one way I found to do this: There is one tree very close to where you are fighting Damian. When the Necromancer moved away from me to his spell casting range I maneuvered so that the tree was between me and him. Then all of his insta-death spells only blasted the tree and not me.

4. Final: With the Necromancer isolated from casting insta-death, the battle was still tough, but finally Damian went down. I just stayed focused on him and ignored the rest of the summoned minions. I used probably 80 medium healing potions during the battle.

My stats for the battle: Level 31 / Str 70 / Agility 50 / Con 35 / Int 13 / Survival 36 / Speed 20 / Armor Factor 45 / Damage 195-311

IMHO the Necromancer needs to be tweeked down a bit. </span>

Last edited by Grim; 11/05/04 06:08 PM.