How to deal with Dark Zealots?
Jekanl
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I'm on Very Hard, and these girls are without a doubt the most difficult I've fought as a Destroyer, as a Vanquisher as well but they're particularly troublesome as a Destroyer because he's melee and he actually needs to reach them to kill them.
Their red lightning is the worst, 1 hit of it and suddenly half my HP is gone, so it's particularly bad when I jump through a Phase Portal into the Black Palace and find like, 5-6 of these girls waiting for me,
I died so many times in there that after finishing a whole level and a boss fight afterwards I'm still 3K gold less than before I went in, and the Zealots are the ones most to blame.
So far the only thing I can think is putting more points in Armor, but that doesn't seem to have done much to help, since I already had 3 points in armor, but they were still hitting like trucks with that spell.
Their red lightning is the worst, 1 hit of it and suddenly half my HP is gone, so it's particularly bad when I jump through a Phase Portal into the Black Palace and find like, 5-6 of these girls waiting for me,
I died so many times in there that after finishing a whole level and a boss fight afterwards I'm still 3K gold less than before I went in, and the Zealots are the ones most to blame.
So far the only thing I can think is putting more points in Armor, but that doesn't seem to have done much to help, since I already had 3 points in armor, but they were still hitting like trucks with that spell.
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Aside from that -- find armor with +resists for elemental damage types, enchant it and see if you can get more +resist, then add gems for more +resist. That and anything with +health. That's pretty much it.
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Medeas, now... (the big ones)
(same approaches - just be prepared to run away between each of your 5-10 attack dashes. Also, Haste can help.)
dreamrider
Here's a vid of how it goes down...http://youtu.be/ZZwVhJHBimM
Also, if you run into an Enslaved cluster, assume that there is at least one DZ somewhere fairly close. There are exceptions, but too much caution just costs you a little time.
dreamrider
ok hard. not VHHC. and absorb dosent matter they shoot lightning and poison. 328-656 is physical armor.
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dreamrider
and is the problem with zealots only lightning? or poison too?
And that is one shot from any one of the tail chicks.
dreamrider
1. Frost Shield
2. Shadow Armor
3. Entropic Aura
4. Plenty of Grand Health
5. Heal Self
6. Heal All
It works most the time but requires a lot of micromanagement.
I started a new Destroyer and saved up (and bought) all the electric MR I could find for when the time came. I had pretty good defense and over 600 electric ER at lvl 30ish.
A pack of Dark Zealots would still one-shot me no problem.
I respecced into Frost Shield and dropped all excess electric ER, which is still fairly high at 300.
Frost shield is a must-have.
I went from being flat broke and spending all my money on potions to facerolling Black Fortress using cheap pots. Just Frost Shield before the fight and Slash attack everything.
I only wish I had saved up some fire resist for the dragonkin and some frost damage items.
They one shot people on hard. Also, my build uses resistance. Still, most people approach character building a certain way and thus there'll always be weaknesses, especially with enemies like DZs. I hope someone out there finds character builds that work that satisfy the more popular approaches.