Toughest Uniques

[grumbleguts]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Farmer Maggot.

Now that is one scary hombre. My current winner has killed every unique except Maggot. That moan attack is damaging to the soul.

[ewert]

Hmm. Most annoying, Smeagol, you bloody thieving SOB.

Most YASD maybe Azog (I can take him!).

Most 'oops that just happened' whats the doggy that breathes Huan? And Phoenix without iFire. The late game heavy breathers, when it is at the point you are kinda just breezing along and then get that 'oh yeah damn the max dmg is THAT much' moment.

[kineahora]

Originally Posted by ewert

Hmm. Most annoying, Smeagol, you bloody thieving SOB.

Most YASD maybe Azog (I can take him!).

Most 'oops that just happened' whats the doggy that breathes Huan? And Phoenix without iFire. The late game heavy breathers, when it is at the point you are kinda just breezing along and then get that 'oh yeah damn the max dmg is THAT much' moment.

Yeah Huan is always tough. I hate that we even have to fight him--he's Valar after all...

I just won playing for the first time with RandArts, which I think is easier than StandArts. I mean, I caught a *Killer* weapon Trident of Gwalin 3d10 +29, +1 attack, with XUndead and XDragon, branded with acid, with a ton of other goodies including HLife. It was so big, I ended up tossing a Blade of Chaos of Gondolin, an MOD *Slay Evil*, and even a MOD Holy Avenger!

Also the Balance Dragon scale of Elvenkind didn't hurt And 3 non-weapon items with (+8,+6) or better, and a +14 speed ring.

Thanks much to the community for:

(A) Telling me about +15 as the max bonus for weapons to enchant up to
(B) Informing me how important rods of Slow Monster are even until the endgame--really helps against all tough monsters and works on all uniques including Sauron/Morgoth
(C) Informing me about mushrooms of emergency--though this character tossed his in the midgame after finding an amulet with *Fire AND *Cold

[Pete Mack]

You don't have to fight Huan--in fact he is designed to be avoided. Even Carcharoth is a likelier target.

[ewert]

Blasphemy, all uniques must die.

[Estie]

Sweet as that trident is, a MoD +2 attacks would do more damage against the end bosses.

[kineahora]

Originally Posted by Estie

Sweet as that trident is, a MoD +2 attacks would do more damage against the end bosses.

I didn't find a MoD, BoC +1 or +2 attacks, and no SoS this game. The trident weighed *6* lbs!! Lugging that heavy MoD usually peels off a speed point or two... With temp speed, I had 4.2 for the final battle--I prefer faster than Morgy to avoid the dreaded double-mana-storm YASD.

Did I mention the Trident also had Immune Acid? With *Acid and an amulet of *Fire and *Cold, basically I could carry around and collect my end-battle consumables *So easy and fast*.

I like to have >5 restore Mana, >5 Life, >5 *healing*, and 8+ Rune of Protection (which I think is super underrated vs Morgy). I am now carrying rods of slow monster.

For this final battle I only had 5 runes of protection, and the last one was broken about 1/2 way through the fight, but it didnt matter much, I had 10 Life and 20 *healing*, and *2* rods of restoration.

[kineahora]

Originally Posted by Estie

Sweet as that trident is, a MoD +2 attacks would do more damage against the end bosses.

Ok I just found A blade of Chaos artifact 11d5!! (Thanks so much Itangast!) This looks pretty boss for the final guys with Paladin *Slay Evil* layered on it. It has no native slays unfortunately...

[sffp]

Originally Posted by kineahora

Ok I just found A blade of Chaos artifact 11d5!! (Thanks so much Itangast!) This looks pretty boss for the final guys with Paladin *Slay Evil* layered on it. It has no native slays unfortunately...

Much rather have a brand or two then random slay.

[kineahora]

Originally Posted by sffp

Much rather have a brand or two then random slay.

Yeah I meant a brand: fire or acid usu best.
And defo +2 attacks!