[Act 3] Solo Warlock - Disrespecting Raphael - Honour Mode

[@L0rdLexan01]

Raphael must have been pissed beyond human comprehension when you decided to take a fucking nap right in the middle of the fight.

[@FriendlyLich]

😂 I hope he was!

[@JasonAstraea]

Who’s the girl from your clip cover?

[@FriendlyLich]

@@JasonAstraeait’s a generated pic I made with bings image creator. Sorry didn’t get a notification when you commented!

[@JasonAstraea]

@@FriendlyLich Can I have it?

[@FriendlyLich]

@@JasonAstraea absolutely. I won’t be able to send it for 2 weeks or so though but if you remind me we can work something out.

[@sammyisanoctopus]

This was a much more technical fight. It looks like fun. And of course he has 666 hp.

[@FriendlyLich]

It took quite some planning, but I think it worked out quite alright! I just love that he got 666 hp! Haha. Feels a bit cheesy but it's on point for him.

[@bertalankovacs8322]

@@FriendlyLich I just wonder why his HP drops from 865 to 666

[@FriendlyLich]

@@bertalankovacs8322 I don’t know, I thought he always had 666. Where does he have more?

[@bertalankovacs8322]

@@FriendlyLich On Tactician and Honor mode (I think) , he has 865HP during conversations, but reverts to 666 during the House of Hope fight.

[@FriendlyLich]

@@bertalankovacs8322 Oh I see, odd! I’ll try to remember to check that out if/when I get to see him.

[@theveganduolingobird7349]

theres something amusing about absolutely decimating a man who decided to go out of his way to say he doesnt like kittens, Tiamat herself was praying on his downfall

[@FriendlyLich]

Indeed! There shall be no kitten hate 🖤

[@tyrant351]

She prays 5x as hard as anyone.

[@Caleb_13]

This is so methodical. Most fights I see rely on large burst to take him out quickly. Really cool to see a different approach to Raph. Good on you!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you =). I really enjoyed this fight! Super happy with how it turned out, specially the Sanctuary + Angelic Sleep 😅

[@eetuantola2519]

25 rounds of combat. One must imagine friendly lich happy. Also love that bloodlust elixir bug not proccing with cull the weak 🙄

[@FriendlyLich]

Wow, did not realize it was 25 rounds! You're extremely correct with that I'm happy! 😂 I was really stressed when it did not proc at the start. Jesh. Just glad that the opener worked otherwise it would had been bye bye. The thing I'm most happy with though is Sanctuary and Angelic Sleep 🤣

[@sorenjensen3863]

Not a bug. Technically, cull the weak doesn't count as YOU killing the enemy, so it doesn't proc bloodlust

[@eetuantola2519]

@@sorenjensen3863 it is a bug. Most of the time you don't get the credit but let's say 1/5 times you do (bloodlust, rhapsody and other procs)

[@sorenjensen3863]

@@eetuantola2519 look up thr wiki. Cull the weak does not proc on-kill affects"

[@eetuantola2519]

@@sorenjensen3863 yeah thats the wiki but I do have 800 hours of experience and I have noticed that it is inconsistent. Sometimes it does give scarlet remittance but most of the time doesn't.

[@Sir_ShadowZ__]

Every single time I see someone about to fight Raphael, they always pick the Dialogue option about him being bad at sex 😂

[@FriendlyLich]

Poor Raphael, can't be easy 😅

[@Sir_ShadowZ__]

Poor Harleep, Can't be easy wanting sex all the time and your master is done in half a thrust.

[@FriendlyLich]

@@Sir_ShadowZ__ Mmm!

[@user-kx5en8dg7u]

damn, you made this fight look like a walk in park. your build is impressive and so are your battle strategies. hats off to you

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you so much 🫶. I made the build to specifically solo Myrkul but it turns out it is really solid.

[@ninian9332]

The music here is amazing, not played this far myself so it was a pleasant surprise!

[@FriendlyLich]

I think it's the best score in the game. Dramatic and epic!

[@The_Real_Fomsie]

Raphael proves he is a real Disney villain! The back and forth duet between Raphael and Hope is amazing.

[@FriendlyLich]

@@The_Real_Fomsie Haha yes! Which Disney villain would you say he's similar?

[@ninian9332]

@@FriendlyLich Ariel, little mermaid.

[@enhasa5653]

Holy moley. Just discovered this channel. The VA for Raphael went nuts, wild battle to see, super happy you won. And I can't wait to explore more of your channel. GGs my dude.

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! Love the song, it's just a brilliant conclusion to Raphael. Tons of more fights to see :)

[@RexSvea]

Man!! learning so many tricks from these videos! Keep 'em coming!

[@FriendlyLich]

\o/

[@Kasiarzynka]

Alternate title: "Bullying The Devil In His Own House" :D. Great fight, as always. Sucks that the cleric of war charge insists on going before second action attack (like from Haste), though. Looks like pairing it with a damage dealing cantrip is an absolute must.

[@FriendlyLich]

Hah, I like your alternative title! :D It does suck, would be nice if it was possible to toggle. However, it is possible to plan around it as you say with a damage cantrip (or spell for that matter). Just stinks that you're forced to use it.

[@GentleBreeze-72]

GG. Nice. And as always, spells are amazing. Circle of death go brrr

[@FriendlyLich]

Thanks! Really happy with how the fight turned out!

[@GentleBreeze-72]

@@FriendlyLich you're a good strategist.

[@FriendlyLich]

@GentleBreeze-72 You're too kind! Thanks!

[@GentleBreeze-72]

@@FriendlyLich nooooo I'm envious 😭

[@knightghaleon]

I loved this approach to the fight. It was patient and adaptive, used all the tools you came in with. And your multiclass combo meant you had the means to keep yourself safe. Nicely handled. I want to give this a try as a warlock.

[@FriendlyLich]

Oh thank you! I'm so very happy with how this fight went. Feels very thematic to fight Raphael as a warlock.

[@knightghaleon]

@@FriendlyLich A Devil warlock as that. Extra embarrassment for the devil Raphael.

[@dailywern1611]

Love how you're practically bullying Raphael during this fight

[@FriendlyLich]

It's payback for all those threats he did :)

[@leila13dnd]

I just wanted to comment that the thumbnail makes it look like Raphael is going "Dayum, I wanna tap that" while the knight of Tiamat is thinking about how to best hit him and I find that hilarious. Edit: Ok I watched it now and holy crap the Sanctuary + Angelic Repose was delicious. Also you playing The Power at the end was amazing.

[@FriendlyLich]

🤣

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you very much =) Keep Calm and Play the Power

[@sophialambert2616]

That was excellent strategy. Kicking a finally unhinged Raph around his parlor never loses its entertainment value.

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! I agree, it just feels good to kick him around :)

[@SlimJimApproves]

16:08 What a flex, lol. 22:52 "SHUT UP!" Hahaha! Glad Hunger of Hadar made an appearance. Well done!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed it. =) Edit: HoH is such an amazing spell. Going to be rough to live without it!

[@TT-ez1ws]

Yeeees! the best way to do this fight is fresh out da bank with every scroll bomb arrow and consumable possible! Nicely done!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! =)

[@DatCrazyOokamii]

I can't believe I watched a 25 minute video but I just did. Subscribed

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you 🙏🏻. It took awhile to take him down.

[@DatCrazyOokamii]

@@FriendlyLich I failed that fight 7 times on my first playthrough on balanced :). Then I just committed smokepowdermancy on the towers and hid in the darkness spell to sneak melee hits on everyone. It was SO CLOSE. I started looking at the scrolls in my inventory the way it was so hard. Memorable. I'm in act 3 now on my second run and I hope it goes better this time. I'm on tactician now though T_T

[@FriendlyLich]

@@DatCrazyOokamii I had a similar experience the first time I fought Myrkul on tactician. Thankfully practicing helps 😅. Good luck with your next Raphael encounter!

[@ninian9332]

One day, I will play a melee-lock combo, but as always it will be a half-orc :D

[@FriendlyLich]

It is probably the better race selection actually! Specially with so many ways to get crits on demand!

[@ninian9332]

@@FriendlyLich Oh didnt even think of that. I just love the idea of a charasmatic half-orc

[@iforgotmykeys666]

Make sure to combine with great old one for crit sinergy

[@ninian9332]

@@iforgotmykeys666 Thank you, will do!

[@FirstLast-qg7xn]

@7:29 That's the War priest charge bug I asked about a while back. You clearly had more actions/attacks but it prioritized your war charges instead. They really need to make war charges and awakened a toggle...

[@FriendlyLich]

I remember that and you're 100% correct. It's possible to work around but can be frustrating as hell at times :). Big agree on it being possible to toggle!

[@Drakkman1978]

Haha fantastic! Well played mate.. i must say you made me love hunger of hadar.. im using it now in my honour run..

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! Glad to hear it! You trying to find good choke points with hunger of hadar as well? :D

[@Drakkman1978]

Haha yeah.. kinda wanna throw spikegrowth into it aswell.. if they stack.. i really want sporedruid to work

[@FriendlyLich]

@@Drakkman1978 That would be cool! Did you find out if it works?

[@Drakkman1978]

@@FriendlyLich not on the same character tho..since both hunger and spike is concentration.. sadly I dont think 7 levels of druid is enough to get the good nuke spells cloudkill is a lvl 5

[@FriendlyLich]

@@Drakkman1978 Yea, was thinking in a party but you're correct!

[@jakubzachnik1070]

Really awesome - I think I will re-spec my Dark Urge from Sorcerer to this build.

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you, the build is imo a lot of fun to play!

[@zajtoja]

Nice build, well played. I wish larian would add a few extra lines to combat AI algorithm in Honor Mode, so we could have a bit of challenge without going solo.

[@FriendlyLich]

Thanks! That would be a nice addition! I don’t have any hopes for that unfortunately but I would love to see that.

[@romariorobinson3665]

Great fight! Solo Raphael is a true accomplishment

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! I was giggling when I used Sanctuary and Sleep Potion :D

[@Estentu]

Amazing fight, my favorite boss in the game. Nice one!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! Mine too! Just love that character and specially the boss music!

[@KujiArgisia]

The hecking Haarlep dialogue XD

[@FriendlyLich]

🤣 gloves off since he hate on kittens!

[@Jackson-fm4ve]

well done! As much as I've played bg3 I have a ton to learn. I thought any action whatsoever cancelled an invisibility potion. Had no clue you could cast minor illusion while invisible.

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! I’m not actually sure what else (if anything) you can cast while invisible 😅

[@kristijanzikic1970]

Goosebumps always on the song.

[@FriendlyLich]

Hell yes. Love that song!

[@ProfFlatTop]

I love it! Nicely done!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@orclisk]

Raphael never even stood a chance. Nice fight!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! =) It went really well.

[@sovelisholimion2680]

I've noticed in the past, if you kill enemies with cull the weak, most of the time it does not trigger the elixir od bloodlust. I don't know why. But in order to make sure to get it, you need to kill them without having to trigger it (or turn it off before, bit that is so much wasted damage especially in the endgame).

[@FriendlyLich]

That's a really good point, turning it off I mean. It had not even occurred to me to do that! Thanks! Edit: So good to get tips and feedback =)

[@sovelisholimion2680]

@@FriendlyLich you're welcome :3

[@GwenCabrol-ih5rj]

Very nicely done!

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you very much!

[@Holynoelle]

I like the character idle animation of spinning the spear

[@FriendlyLich]

Hm, I can't find it. You got a timestamp for me? :)

[@averyn4788]

I'm curious, why not destroy all four soul pillars? Wouldn't that prevent him from healing during the fight?

[@FriendlyLich]

He will turn into the ascended form permanently and I’m not sure I could handle that. Edit: though it would prevent the healing as you said.

[@averyn4788]

@@FriendlyLich ohh okay, thank you. I’m not as familiar with honor mode so it’s been interesting to watch your videos. Keep up the good work 👍

[@FriendlyLich]

@@averyn4788 All good, questions is how we learn after all :)

[@StillNoNecromancer]

Awesome! 🖤

[@FriendlyLich]

Thanks! 😄

[@MrCypher1999]

Good day ! Magnificent, very competent fight! Thanks for the video! However, it seems to me that Warlock is strong with his blast. And for this, a great build would be 2 level warlock, 4 level warrior, 6 level sorcerer. At the same time, if you pump up your critrate and get gloves from the merchant Sarevok, then on average the blast damage per attack (3 blast shots) will be about 130-150 damage. You can make 4 such attacks per turn. Do you think this is not too imbalanced? Critrate 15-20+

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you and very glad to hear that you enjoyed it. That does sound like crazy average damage indeed and it also sounds like it would trivialize a lot of encounters. Have you tried it out? I felt that the Bhaalist Armor made Act 3 a lot easier, even higher ranged damage must tip the scale by quite a lot.

[@MrCypher1999]

@@FriendlyLich Yes, I tried this build. It requires the Staff of Sparks (Act 1, valid until Act 3), Mantle of Power (Act 2, valid until the end of the game), Knife of the Undermountain King (Act 1, valid until the end of the game), Orin’s Knife (Act 3, until the end of the game) , Risk Ring (act 2, until the end of the game), Eversight Ring (act 2, until the end of the game), Bow for crit rate (taken in act 3 from a merchant in the lower city, valid until the end of the game), fit for crit with magic, fit from warrior for crit, you can wear Sarevok’s helmet or hood for crit rate (but not necessarily, there are enough crits). And most importantly - krater gloves (bought in Sarevok's chambers from the baalist merchant. This build is simply a hurricane! Damage, survivability, the ability to keep enemies away from the character, control, a sufficient number of cells. I choose "Vigilant" as the second feat for the sake of increasing initiative, extremely the right fit for this build.

[@FriendlyLich]

@@MrCypher1999 Thank you for that detailed answer! That sounds like something I need to explore 😊

[@Patrick-nl4zp]

Cannot wait to see whats after the knight of Tiamat. Solo Origin characters?

[@FriendlyLich]

Good question! A poll want me to run Spore 6 / Necro 6 so I might do that. Which Origin character do you think would be fun to run as?

[@Patrick-nl4zp]

@@FriendlyLich Love to see if solo Honour could be done as a Martial, so BM Laezel could be interesting. After your spores run ofc

[@roma33010]

Where I live we have candys named Rafaello, we call them "Rafaelki". Nice to see our sweet Rafaelka got squashed)

[@FriendlyLich]

\o/

[@ramonreategui-vasquez6734]

I think that the only one to get roasted with hellfire was Raphael, not only did Kithara go there with his lack luster performance in bed but then had the audacity to fall asleep on him during their fight 🤣. As always, great tactics, it was very enlightening to see that cambions have a soft spot for kitty cats 🤣

[@FriendlyLich]

Hard to resist such conversation options hehe. I found it super funny to sleep in the fight :D

[@jeanlaurent9447]

Awesome fight. Do you know why raphael is only using one action ? Is there a specifc spell or condition ? He looks like hes not getting close to you either. I remember when i did my run he would go straight at me.

[@FriendlyLich]

Thank you! I checked 14:55 and 20:25, seems to do 2 actions there at least. Hunger of Hadar got a tendency to mess up enemies if they get blinded though. Is that what you're thinking about?

[@jeanlaurent9447]

@@FriendlyLich thanks, yeah i did see that sometimes he uses one actions and other times 2. I was curious to know if there was a specific spell i miss. You're videos really helped me in my games. I will start a solo run soon :)

[@FriendlyLich]

@@jeanlaurent9447 Awesome to hear that you found them useful! You got a plan for what class to run with?

[@jeanlaurent9447]

@@FriendlyLich I'm not sure yet maybe a warlock or a rogue/ranger. I liked the build you made with the wizard (necromancy).

[@FriendlyLich]

@@jeanlaurent9447 The necro/paladin was insanely fun to play but I failed at Myrkul. I probably had a terrible strat on him too so I still think it's doable.

[@swag_po6784]

You gotta use the zombies from the necronomicon with circle of death, and make them invisible around the minor illusion. Absolutely shreds everything

[@FriendlyLich]

Sounds awesome but I'm saving that quest for another run :)

[@michaelkovalsky4907]

iirc, arrow of ilmathar (or w.e the name is) will prevent him healing

[@FriendlyLich]

That it does!

[@OnlineKenji]

20:12 Is hold monster still viable in Honor Mode? In tactician I always just hold monster him and rip him to shreds (I'm usually a Sorlock [heavy on the lock 9/3] with like 24 base spell DC, then I use that hat and scorching ray to get get max arcane acuity (30+ spell dc), then hold monster. I then wipe up the adds with eldritch blasts (which ray each does about 30-60+ [I really leaned into that - potent robe, antagonizing blast, 16-20 crit range, risky ring, bloodlust elixir, and quickened spell]) Probably won't use the true grit on HM though, out of fear of dying LOL!

[@FriendlyLich]

Hold Monster works just fine. The reason I couldn’t cast it at that timestamp is due to the legendary action Raphael had active at the time. Can’t remember the name of it but it’s basically a save that you have to do each time you attack him and if you lose then you cannot attack him next round. Something like that at least. Sorlock looks like a lot of fun, I haven’t gotten around to play it though!

[@Motidur]

I Solo'ed Raphael with a Barbarian on my first play through (Tactitian). Tiger Barb + Chaos Blade + Periapt of Wound closure is very mean, I would heal 30+ HP each turn from just attacking. If I got lower than 70 % of my total HP I could just drink one healing healing potion instantly healing the max amount of 60 or 80 HP (depending on the bottle). After all the useless demons died and it was just Raphael and I It became a straight slugfest xD

[@FriendlyLich]

That is sick. Absolutely crazy healing coming out from that. Love the idea of a pissed of barbarian slugging it out with Raphael! 🖤

[@user-if4yd8ev6z]

I can see what every piece of your build is but I have no idea what the chest plate is.

[@FriendlyLich]

The chest piece is locked behind siding with Bhaal in the Murder Tribunal. If you do that a vendor will appear which sell it.

[@Matos88]

Where can I get that awesome art on the thumbnail?

[@FriendlyLich]

Check my latest community post here on KZbin :)

[@rokyrikolino2288]

I am doing the same build cause I love the warlock but I'am doing a good run and didn't got Shar spear any recommendation?

[@FriendlyLich]

The selune version of the spear works great too. You also got the trident in act 3 called Nyrulna. Either of those two should work just fine

[@JoHa1337]

i feel like such a noob for not knowing that you can save the executioner buff for a miss

[@JoHa1337]

also i feel that its really lame the elixir of bloodlust and cull the weak still dont interact well esp for as long as this has been an issue

[@FriendlyLich]

There are just so many odd tidbits to know in this game so don't feel bad about that.

[@lendial]

that is so damn clever

[@FriendlyLich]

Oh thank you. I’m very happy with how this fight turned out :)

[@reggaemarley4617]

The song for this fight is crazy lmao. Great for a musical, but for a boss battle? It’s so out of place hahaha.

[@FriendlyLich]

I like it a lot. Took me by surprise when it went off 😄

[@yuvallevy7166]

Can u share this build🙏

[@FriendlyLich]

Absolutely. =) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGiuZ4esidV1bZI

[@crofoegbu6535]

How did you get your concentration so unbreakable?

[@FriendlyLich]

First level is fighter which gives us con save proficiency. At level 12 our proficiency bonus is +4 and Amulet of Health sets our con to 23 which is +6. That is +10 on our con saves. Concentration saves are calculated if you get hit for X amount, the save dc is X-10 or x/2, whichever is higher. Which means most of the times the save dc will be 10. And that leave us only failing at a nat 1.

[@crofoegbu6535]

@@FriendlyLich thanks so much for the quick helpful reply 😃 Your build in this vid is both incredible and inspiring (Cleric dips are more vital than I ever thought, that Sanctuary was such a flex lol) Been doing a solo Shadow Monk 6/Assassin 4 (plus GOO Warlock 2 dip) playthrough on Tactician (I should actually finish the game for once before trying Honor Mode) and I am literally just about to enter House of Hope. Based on your answer above, I might need to respec that Warlock dip to Fighter dip

[@FriendlyLich]

@@crofoegbu6535 No problem! Shadow Monks are awesome. Love em thematically! Good luck with Raphael :)

[@crofoegbu6535]

@@FriendlyLich yeah, thanks, got so many ideas from watching your fight (Shadow Monks get Minor Illusion and easy invisibility so I can group them up like you did then big alpha strike with Assassin Surprise etc Probably have to use Darkness Arrows as a substitute for Sanctuary when she need a breather.

[@thaedleinad]

I never get tired of this initial bitching of his, and the music.

[@FriendlyLich]

I love this fight so much 🖤

[@FonRize]

How did you get 34 AC?

[@FriendlyLich]

Mirror Image temporarily raises AC. Think it’s 9.

[@LordOfFrenzy]

How do you have great weapon master without using 2 hands ?

[@FriendlyLich]

You still get the extra attack when using a shield.

[@yeskevz]

I was expecting some elemental madness being a Tiamat warlock and all

[@FriendlyLich]

Besides chromatic orb it’s hard to squeeze in every element effectively on a warlock

[@yeskevz]

@@FriendlyLich True. That's why I was intrigued by the video in the first place XD I was curious how you'll do it

[@FriendlyLich]

@@yeskevz that's understandable! I believe there's some buffed elemental damage on the weapon and cold/acid from hunger of hadar. was awhile since i played this fight, but i think that was it.

[@manolvitanov2571]

How do you use GWM with a shield? Or did you drop the shield at some point?

[@FriendlyLich]

You can use the bonus action attack from GWM with a shield but you don’t get the -5 +10 damage

[@manolvitanov2571]

@@FriendlyLich how did you increase your damage then? At the start you had 12-25 and later you were hitting for ~30

[@FriendlyLich]

@@manolvitanov2571 Bhaalist Armor doubles damage from piercing sources on targets close to you

[@manolvitanov2571]

@@FriendlyLich oh, right. Thanks for answering me!

[@FriendlyLich]

@@manolvitanov2571 Anytime!

[@KaizikuM]

....I am not playing this game right lmao I don't use scrolls or potions outside of healing at all haha

[@FriendlyLich]

Hah I used to play like that too. Ending crpg’s with hoards of pots and scrolls 😅

[@victorhugo-rf7py]

I didn't know raphael could get blinded

[@FriendlyLich]

Most enemies can’t see in magical darkness :)

[@aldeonuwu2634]

People talks about strategy and so but I just watched a slow approach to the boss, destroyjng the towers was a no brainer choice i guess, plus he did what should every one do, stunning and killing every minnion befor approaching the boss....that sayed ive never played bg3 even tho I want to

[@FriendlyLich]

Oh you really should play it, it's a super fun game :)

[@andreysadowenko4503]

Click bait ,this not warlock this multiple class.

[@FriendlyLich]

You can see the three class icons in the thumbnail. Which of 9 levels are in Warlock, 2 Fighter, 1 Cleric.