Just finished my first Honour Mode run and I owe my degree of preparation and the ease with which I cleared Cazador, Raphael, and the Netherbrain to this video. Thanks so much for this clear & well-laid-out content - subbed!
@leandermatthias688124 күн бұрын
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@creatorext90437 ай бұрын
I'd like to recommend the complete nonsense that is the Surgeon's Subjugation Amulet. It's 2 turns of paralysis on crit against a humanoid (once per long rest), and Luck of the Far Realms or the Killer's Sweetheart for guarenteed crits. The paralysis doesn't have a saving throw, so it's incredibly strong versus any of the humanoid bosses in act 2 or 3.
@rowno128 ай бұрын
For the Sarevok fight you don't even need to use Arcane Lock, if you just close the door the guards won't join the fight anyway. And for the Raphael fight, Yurgir will automatically join you if you helped him kill the last Dark Justiciar in Act 2. Also I discovered that Barbarian Tiger's Bloodlust bypasses Sanctuary, so Viconia didn't even get a turn for me and died with her Sanctuary still active (which was kinda funny).
@T0bi19838 ай бұрын
You can also just kill the Death Knights before. The Tribunal will not be hostile.
@CasualVeteranGamer8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tips.
@largefather99188 ай бұрын
another thing about cazador is if you just shoot him first and don’t talk to him he won’t take Astarion (assuming your bringing him) and he won’t actually use the ritual for buffs
@CasualVeteranGamer8 ай бұрын
Good to know!
@CelestialRinn6 ай бұрын
One additional caveat to this is that, as of current patch: while this DOES prevent Cazador from starting the Ritual out of the gate, if Astarion gets too close to him, he'll start the ritual and snag Astarion mid-combat. I learned this the hard way, after almost everyone had already used their resources on round 1; freaked me out, but worked out OK due to my army of summons!
@elion42454 ай бұрын
@@CelestialRinn lol, for me it was really funny. I've started the fight the same way, so no ritual. He just run up to Astarion and shoved him off the ledge. Basically, plot-wise, if it wasn't for resurrections / etc he just locked himself off ascension. To be fair, truly locked off ascension he became after my fire sorcerer turned him to ash in 2 casts of scorching ray. Felt really unfair. Didn't know I was playing the fight on easy mod (without ritual), tho to be fair it wouldn't have saved him from scorching rays
@menace67072 ай бұрын
idk if you're talking about some specific way or if they patched it, but i always just sneak up on him and shoot, but after the fight starts i'm forced into the cut scene where he does take Astarion. But i have a way around that too, i send a person to the place where he'll be held using potion of invisibility and wait there (out of line of sight). And when the cut scene is over that person is out of combat and i can easily free astarion and he's in from the very beginning, and as a bonus the enemies are surprised.
@lman20472 ай бұрын
@@menace6707 yeah. I'm still learning the rules, and I'm still new to the game of DND. But plan on beating the game and tactician and honour modes. But it's probably gonna be quite a while before I accomplish those goals
@dragoninventor7 ай бұрын
These videos have been amazing for me, I just beat my first honor mode thanks to your guides! Much appreciated
@CasualVeteranGamer7 ай бұрын
Congratulations! I'm glad that I was able to help.
@Whatyoudexpect8 ай бұрын
18:31 I believe during Act 1/2 when you encounter Raphael out in the field he has 865HP instead of 666 in his devil form. Regardless though, great video! Appreciate everything you've done to cover these bosses for Honor mode.
@CasualVeteranGamer8 ай бұрын
Ah, OK, I don't normally look at his model outside of the house of hope and just go to the cutscenes. Thanks for clarifying where the higher number comes from.
@alexw44828 ай бұрын
For Raphael, I recommend putting smoke powder barrels by the pillars and linking them with grease bottles, firewine barrels, etc. the pillars are weak to force damage so 3 barrels at each pillar takes care of them. Also helps wipe out many of the adds.
@BK-sq4nj8 ай бұрын
If you put Daylight sphere on Cazador arena it will stay after the fight and bug out the following cutscene with other vampire spawns after Cazador is defeated because this sphere cannot be removed and the spawns are also sensitive to daylight so they will run off asap. It's much better to apply Daylight to a weapon used for this fight and unequip it afterwards.
@CasualVeteranGamer8 ай бұрын
As usual the best tips are in the comments section!
@menace67072 ай бұрын
that never happened to me, i always used daylight
@BK-sq4nj2 ай бұрын
@@menace6707 They might have fixed it within 5 months, who knows. I did happen to me when I used it at Cazador though.
@menace67072 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these videos, they are honestly the most useful out all that i've seen! They helped me so much in a lot of these fights.
@CasualVeteranGamer2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind comment and I'm happy to have been helpful for you.
@Mike-r4h8 ай бұрын
For the Orin fight, the 'chanters' are not immune to debilitating effects. Hypnotic pattern will hypnotize them and end the chanting. Black Hole near the central altar and Hypnotic Pattern immediately after can cancel them all, with a bit of luck.
@ChrisZukowski887 ай бұрын
kinda overkill. With my fighter, I was able to yeet most except 2 of them off the platform. Only took 1 turn.
@elseggs65044 ай бұрын
@@ChrisZukowski88 Not just Fighters. Anyone that has a bow really. Arrows of Roaring Thunder are great at pushing and preserve your dies
@omegalynx17505 ай бұрын
I like to approach the Cazador fight by bringing Astarion but leaving him at the door when I talk to him. Then, I choose the persuasion option to convince him that I'll come back with Astarion and just use the opportunity to position my characters in strategic location, after which I'll just hit him. Once he's in combat, Astarion can join in with some sneak attacks! This way, I get the best of both worlds: easier fight AND closure for Astarion.
@Marshal_DunnikАй бұрын
Re: Viconia, Wall of Ice and Hunger of Hadar at the bottom of the stairs works very well
@lisandrohilbe75063 ай бұрын
In the fight against Oran, in many videos I see that the victim is Yenna, in my first game, second in strategist and now in honor mode recently, he always captures Lae'zel How does that happen?
@shadowl957 ай бұрын
Just beat my first honor mode run last night. 100% only because your videos are so good! this video especially was so helpful! Keep it up!
@MagicalMike28 ай бұрын
A summoned air myrmidon can use it's Raging Vortex ability to put a zone of silence over the counterspell minion in the Sarevok fight. The 2d8 damage will probably never kill it, but it'll silence the NPC. If initiative works out, you basically guarantee Illasera can't counterspell your next spell because she'll be stuck in the vortex between those turns.
@warmagicks5 ай бұрын
i've been binging your honour mode videos. currently on my third attempt but i'm so fascinated with the builds you use to clear everything! any chance you'll do your own build videos with the party you used to clear honour mode? thanks for the badd work!
@CasualVeteranGamer5 ай бұрын
I made a video about the party I used for my second honour mode run here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4izZJ1_mM6aq6s I hope it helps!
@datbottleofcidre69268 ай бұрын
For some reason I was able to use Hope's divine intervention repeatedly during Raphael's fight. I put everyone under the globe of invulnerability and after Hope's divine intervention Raphael was using a stun ability on her
@CasualVeteranGamer8 ай бұрын
Huh, I didn't use her divine intervention after my first time through the game. I guess it's a bug considering the description of the ability.
@alexw44828 ай бұрын
Yeah, I did this yesterday as well. Oddly when the fight started Karlach fell through the map and died. I had smokepowder barrels by each of the pillars, put everyone in an invulnerable globe, and had hope spam the divine intervention damage ability. Fight was super easy.
@parsus77978 ай бұрын
Hope's divine intervention can be cast 2 times from my experience.
@initiumnovum45523 ай бұрын
One thing not mentionned, abuse globe of invulnerability, definitely the best spell/scroll in the game, make all fights a breath.
@NKVale5 ай бұрын
Hello! What builds are you using in the Viconia section? Specifically, the Bard and Druid builds? Very interested. Thanks!
@NKVale5 ай бұрын
Bump!
@NKVale5 ай бұрын
Nevermind I found your video talking about it. Didn’t see it before. Sorry about that!
@GrizzyyG7 ай бұрын
No Loroakan?
@AC-kd7ms7 ай бұрын
does the barrelmancy still work on brain with invisibility skip after patch 6 ?
@alexwinchester81447 ай бұрын
No i found out the hard way. But my "cheese" was that everyone travels invisible exept for one, so all enemys focus one and are distracted and than we just went for the crown and got one in, who exploded it in one turn
@lisandrohilbe75063 ай бұрын
I see your video and your characters have many characteristics next to the image Hopefully in my game you only see the ritual of talking to animals how do you do that? How do you get so many features? potions, or choices that give you a buff in the game? and that you take half the life of a demon with an arrow, my god
@T0bi19838 ай бұрын
I let my Dschinni always make the 1st attack vs Ansur, since the Dschinni ist lightning immune. The Deva is better in most other fights, but I like the Dschinni for its mobility, just like the Elementals with their jump.
@onyourleft39468 ай бұрын
I’m in my first honor mode play-through and these videos have been a great help in understanding the legendary actions. On another note I’m curious who people think is better for the final fight, the emperor or Orpheus?
@dominikbakony27058 ай бұрын
I just finished honor mode and it was such a pain the butt its not even funny, but i got the golden dice so it was worth it, but i will probably never make an honor run again😂 i hardcore cheesed the brain fight with greater invis and protection scrolls and i just owned it in like 2 rounds😂 but your previous vids helped me a lot, especially with orin! Thank you mate, keep up the quality content!🎉 Edit: somehow the game is bugged and i didnt get the honor achievement, nor the golden dice
@Joci4458 ай бұрын
killing orin by telling her she smells like placenta musk is genuinely so funny
@CasualVeteranGamer8 ай бұрын
I do wonder if it's even a lie?
@pinheadgringo8 ай бұрын
She'd probably take it as a compliment tbh
@turbotime76053 ай бұрын
Link to act 2 bosses would have been nice but otherwise an awesome vid!
@CasualVeteranGamer3 ай бұрын
You're right, I should have done that earlier. I've gone and added links between the videos covering the bosses now. Thank you!
@ChrisZukowski887 ай бұрын
the Cazador and Viconia fight were easy af with my ward bonded fighter. Raphael's hellfire fireball to the face wasn't fun though.