Tips for beating Sarevok?

[JCDenton0451]

So, I closed the door behind undead knights, putting them out of the picture. I cast polymorph on Sarevok at the start of the fight, and quickly dispatched his flunkies...

And now he absorbed all 3 essenses, and resists every spell I throw at him. What do I do???

[JCDenton0451]

This is how I did it:
1. Tell him you want to be judged
2. Easily pass deception check as a rogue.
3. His buddies teleport to another room, he starts walking there. Now cast 'hold' on him (optional), and take turns raping him.

By the time his buddies arrived he was already dead.

[seeker1]

1. Honestly, the three blackguards usually won't enter the room if you just close the door so they don't see you wailing on their master. Ignore them even if you didn't close the door or they come in anyway, They will deactivate/deanimate when you kill Sarevok.

2. Other than wailing on Sarevok, IMHO you ALSO want to eliminate the shades of Amelyssan etc. Not because they are much of a threat to you, but they WILL cast spells to protect and heal Sarevok.

That's pretty much my two main tips.

I like bringing Minsc and Jaheira to face him because of the banter, but there's otherwise no real tactical reason.

[JCDenton0451]

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you ALSO want to eliminate the shades of Amelyssan etc. Not because they are much of a threat to you, but they WILL cast spells to protect and heal Sarevok.

That's exactly what I did on my first attempt. Problem was that the shades greatly buffed him after death, and he became unkillable for me.

[Raz]

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you ALSO want to eliminate the shades of Amelyssan etc. Not because they are much of a threat to you, but they WILL cast spells to protect and heal Sarevok.

That's exactly what I did on my first attempt. Problem was that the shades greatly buffed him after death, and he became unkillable for me.

He is saying to kill a specific Shade not all Shades. The one in question gives Sarevok Warding Bond (redirects damage he takes) and Sanctuary to him.

[seeker1]

So:
Probably the priority target is Echo of Amelyssan, who casts Warding Bond and Sanctuary on Sarevok.
I wouldn't totally sleep on Echo of Ilasera, who will cast Haste on Sarevok, and Counterspell party spells.
Echo of Sendai actually is a threat to the party. He won't damage them much, but WILL cast Slow, Command, and Contagion on them.

The WIki says they all have Retributive Justice where they start blasting the party if they kill Sarevok first before killing them. (For me this is never true.) Should note it also says that killing them before killing Sarevok gives him an "Absorbed Essence" that can buff him, too. So you might want to try and incapacitate instead of killing them.

Killing Sendai raises his AC, Ilasera's Absorbed Essence hastens him and confers some immunities, and killing Amelyssan gives him a slight 'vampiric' heal that regains a small amount of HP with each attack.

[Raz]

Killing Ilasera is probably the worst one to take out despite her having Counterspell and giving Sarevok Haste. Ilasera makes Sarevok immune to Paralyze and all restrained effects. I would allow Ilasera to caste Haste on Sarevok and then use an Interference Arrow on Ilasera putting Sarevok into Lethargic status.

I wouldn't call his heal per attack small neither. It's a 2d12 so he averages 12HP an attack. Dude can multi-attack like a Fighter and that is without triggering his Legendary ability. He can heal as if he had Perilous Stacks active minus the debuff.

[Mike Garrison]

There is nothing special about this fight. Just hit him with a big sword until he dies.

The quicker you can do it, the better, because he has a retaliation ability. So the quicker you kill him, the fewer times he can use it.

He's really good at making saving throws, so don't mess around with stuff that lets him make saves. Just kill him with melee attacks and/or magic attacks with no save.

[Psychotic_Frog]

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Have you loaded before doing all of this? Did you even examine the adds to see their perks, or Sarevok's?

I don't even know what that means. Is it some DnD slang? My party is Karlach, Laezel, Halsin and a rogue, all at level 9. Halsin can cast hold. But am I correct to assume that such spells won't work once the boss is buffed?

If you're having trouble at level 9, come back at 11 or 12.

[Mike Garrison]

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Początkowo opublikowane przez Raz:

Have you loaded before doing all of this? Did you even examine the adds to see their perks, or Sarevok's?

I don't even know what that means. Is it some DnD slang?

Wait, you don't know what "adds" are? That's not D&D slang; that's video game slang.

"Adds" are the minor enemies that accompany a boss enemy. ("ADDitional enemieS")

[JCDenton0451]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Raz:

He is saying to kill a specific Shade not all Shades. The one in question gives Sarevok Warding Bond (redirects damage he takes) and Sanctuary to him.

If he meant one specific shade, why was he using plural form? Damn, this DnD world is complicated!

[JCDenton0451]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Mike Garrison:

There is nothing special about this fight. Just hit him with a big sword until he dies

I hate these kind of replies: trivialising the problem to flex one's DnD mastery.

This fight is very tricky and unlike any other you had up to that point in the game, and the trick comes from bosses little flunkies, who massively buff him after death.

[Mike Garrison]

Początkowo opublikowane przez JCDenton0451:

Początkowo opublikowane przez Mike Garrison:

There is nothing special about this fight. Just hit him with a big sword until he dies

I hate these kind of replies: trivialising the problem to flex one's DnD mastery.

Dude, "hit him with a big sword" is the exact opposite of "D&D mastery". That's the whole point here. It doesn't take "D&D mastery" to kill Sarevok. Simple brute force actually works best on him.

[Draknalor]

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There is nothing special about this fight. Just hit him with a big sword until he dies

I hate these kind of replies: trivialising the problem to flex one's DnD mastery.

This fight is very tricky and unlike any other you had up to that point in the game, and the trick comes from bosses little flunkies, who massively buff him after death.

It is one of the easiest in the game.

Maybe you just went there too early?

I am personally 10 very early in act 3 and 12 before sarevok is relevant to the story.

[JCDenton0451]

It's neither easy, nor difficult, and it is certainly not fun. One of the many strange design decisions.

[Northofmost]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Draknalor:

Początkowo opublikowane przez JCDenton0451:

I hate these kind of replies: trivialising the problem to flex one's DnD mastery.

This fight is very tricky and unlike any other you had up to that point in the game, and the trick comes from bosses little flunkies, who massively buff him after death.

It is one of the easiest in the game.

Maybe you just went there too early?

I am personally 10 very early in act 3 and 12 before sarevok is relevant to the story.

As many other fights it is easy first when you know how to handle it. IMO this fight have many ways to mess things up, especially if you do not have a balanced team skill set, that not only can do loads of damage but also pacify the enemies. A sub optimal team that fights all seven simultaneously will have a hard time.