Yeah that isn't true, you can get to level two before him to get heat metal I have done it no mods no cheats.
I also just said you don't need to beat him he had full health, I used heat metal and he dropped the sword, I picked it up and left, I never had to beat him.
Kind of wild a devil which I thought was supposed to be resistant to heat at least to a degree, and who is already holding a burning sword can't handle heat metal but whatever, that is Larians deal.
Heat metal is a level 2 spell, that means that you need to be caster level 3 to learn it, so you're saying you can reach level 3 with your character before reaching the fight with Zhalk. Is that right? Please explain how.
Even if you cheese extensively, I don't think there's a way for you to reach level 3 at the point you're claiming, and even if that was possible, cheesing your way through the prologue surely requires more effort than pulling Phalar Aluve from the stone.
The only actual way that i know of getting Zhalk to drop his sword without mods or cheating is by using the spell "command (drop)" with your main character, but that's not what you're saying here, so unless you offer a reasonable explanation to how you're using heat metal on him, I'm just going to assume you're lying.
EDIT: I guess we'll never know.
