KILL COMMANDER ZHALK

[Ichiban]

hello i'm having trouble killing commander zhalk. please don't judge me this is my first baldur gate. Do you have any tips on how to kill it please? thank you

[Daniel_USA]

Originally posted by Crafty:

watch this

https://youtu.be/WUsYotug0ro

bro... he is killing the commander with 105 HP in tactician he has 195 HP! come on now!!!

[Blame]

Originally posted by Commander Hitman2b:

Originally posted by matt:

that's not true. you can loot the demon guy's giant fire sword, and you keep it after you land. I just did it.

and i confirmed we did it 2 time in coop both time we collected the weapons and once landed it's dissapeared

Sounds like a bug lol. Or maybe you're doing something wrong.
Because the fact is that you get to keep anything that you looted on the ship, it's not supposed to disappear.

[Ichiban]

Originally posted by Kazuma:

Originally posted by Vagabond:

Thanks for your tips guys! I just killed him and got his weapon

what type of weapon is it 2hand or 1 hand

2 hands

[Cheallaigh]

i just beat the crap out of the dude with the mind dude and took the sword after i killed him, nothing fancy, no napalm or using the cleric special commands... it can be done. yes and i got to keep the sword and still have it unlike mr co-op...

[Lowlight]

Originally posted by dolby:

Originally posted by AzzUK:

You can always put the Hold spell on Shadowheart and make him drop the weapon.

This, he gets it... :)

It's command spell: subspell called drop... After that you just pick up the weapon and surround him with everyone helps if you have US with you recast command this time flee subspell and he will eat a bunch of AoOs...

THe problem is the timer if you want to kill the two adds that show up later at 5 turn cos those two adds have 100+ hp each and not alot of time to get it to zero.

COMMAND SPELL SUBSPELL DROPS. Please Speak English. How does someone just starting out do this thing you just described? I see no such spells. Also, I killed the brain thing so if you're telling me that screws me out of this then I'm already furious. I hate puzzle fights.

[not harvey]

It's entirely rng.

You need enough of your attacks to actually hit, and hit at high damage, before he kills the mindflayer that is tanking.

Its all dice rolls, all luck, your only option is to keep reloading until you get lucky enough with all the rolls.

[Lowlight]

Originally posted by ⓀⒾⓦⒾ‰:

disarm it right away and it is weak

HOW HOW HOW. How do you do this. SHOW YOUR WORK.

[NeinDao]

Originally posted by Siameasy:

shadowheart + spell 'command'.
cast it on commander and command him to drop weapon.
pickup weapon with Lae'zel and equip it.
Kill him next to hole on left.
Shove mind flayer into hole after for extra xp.

how do you give shadowheart the command spell? she does not have it normally.
can you respec her on the ship?

[Mick]

Originally posted by Dawnstar:

You don't have to kill him FYI. Just go straight for the control panel at the back of the room.

You don't have to kill him , but if you do, he drops a very powerful magic weapon...

[Zoid13]

Originally posted by Commander Hitman2b:

Originally posted by Vagabond:

i would to have his weapon

weapons disappear once you land we tried 2 time

nope. I'm still using it now. might be a problem with who you picked it up on / equipped it on.
i grabbed ti and equipped it on my custom character b4 fishing the event. woke up on the sand still equipped.

Originally posted by Vagabond:

Originally posted by Dawnstar:

You don't have to kill him FYI. Just go straight for the control panel at the back of the room.

i would to have his weapon

theres an easy trick to it if you jsut want the weapon.
you can swap out shadowheards spells and use the one (i cant remember the name) that you can command him to drop his weapon. this way he hits like a wet noodle and the mindflayer will wreck him with your assistance.

[GrandMajora]

Originally posted by Vagabond:

hello i'm having trouble killing commander zhalk. please don't judge me this is my first baldur gate. Do you have any tips on how to kill it please? thank you

Since Larian went through the effort of making it impossible to do the usual cheese strategies that were available in early access, I don't even bother with Zhalk anymore.

The mind flayer seems a great deal weaker than he used to be, and the 15 turn time limit makes me stressed out.

If you really, really want the sword, you can try you luck using the Command spell to force Zhalk to drop it as you're running by him.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Buff the Mindflayer with both Prot Evil/Good and Shield of Faith.

[Pan Darius Cassandra]

Originally posted by Zoid13:

Originally posted by Commander Hitman2b:

weapons disappear once you land we tried 2 time

nope. I'm still using it now. might be a problem with who you picked it up on / equipped it on.
i grabbed ti and equipped it on my custom character b4 fishing the event. woke up on the sand still equipped.

Originally posted by Vagabond:

i would to have his weapon

theres an easy trick to it if you jsut want the weapon.
you can swap out shadowheards spells and use the one (i cant remember the name) that you can command him to drop his weapon. this way he hits like a wet noodle and the mindflayer will wreck him with your assistance.

Y'know, if you just do that to all three cambions, the whole encounter should be a cinch.

[JonWoo]

Originally posted by NeinDao:

Originally posted by Siameasy:

shadowheart + spell 'command'.
cast it on commander and command him to drop weapon.
pickup weapon with Lae'zel and equip it.
Kill him next to hole on left.
Shove mind flayer into hole after for extra xp.

how do you give shadowheart the command spell? she does not have it normally.
can you respec her on the ship?

You have to change her prepared spells. Hit L then click the tab that says "Cleric", click one of the spells she has prepared, then put the Command spell in its place.

[Alealexi]

Originally posted by Vagabond:

hello i'm having trouble killing commander zhalk. please don't judge me this is my first baldur gate. Do you have any tips on how to kill it please? thank you

Use Shadowhearts Protection from Good and evil on the mind flayer.