Auntie Ethel

[Girth Worm Slim]

What level did you fight her and win? I made the mistake of trying at level 4 and got TPK'd in 2 rounds.

[etimos2014]

I easily defeated her with my party being level 4. After sneaking past all of her traps and guards I rushed to free the girl; this of course triggering the battle with the hag. During turn 1 I extinguished the flaming cage and with my main character I had enough movement to run up to the hag and win by pushing her into the hole~

[Discotooth™]

Lvl 2, pushed her into a hole

[BlueShadow]

i cannot even get to her without killing the masks. I don't want to kill the masks, but it's nearly impossible and i'm considering to quit the game entirely...

[Batailleuse]

Originally posted by Jackie Daytona:

What level did you fight her and win? I made the mistake of trying at level 4 and got TPK'd in 2 rounds.

if you dont care about getting a +1 stat (letting her go) or her loot (which is not crazy)

you can do her at almost any level, just push her into the void. instant win.

[asdf]

When I fought Ethel in my solo playthrough without pushing her into a chasm:

1) Drink an elixir of poison resistance.

2) Bring the necklace of magic missiles (you can buy it from a trader in the underdark)

3) Use magic missiles on all of Ethel's clones - you only need 1 missile per clone, and it does it with 100% accuracy. She only uses her clone ability twice - once at the start and once when she goes below half health, so you only need 2 casts of magic missiles (you get 1 for free with the amulet, and you can use a scroll for the 2nd one if you aren't a mage).

4) Whenever the clones aren't around, you can just kite her. I had the +3m movement speed ring from a goblin, and I had little trouble staying out of her melee range. She throws some items at first, but once she's out of stuff to throw she just uses vicious mockery which isn't especially strong (can easily be outhealed by regular healing potions, especially if you have the boots that give +3 temporary HP whenever you heal).

I did it at level 5, but I bet the same strategy would work fine at lower levels even as a solo character.. and obviously, this was from the perspective of a solo character - if you were using a full party it would obviously be a lot easier.

[x_equals_speed]

Originally posted by BlueShadow:

i cannot even get to her without killing the masks. I don't want to kill the masks, but it's nearly impossible and i'm considering to quit the game entirely...

Two solutions for you:
1) Cast protection from good and evil on everyone in the party and put on masks yourself. The spell stops you being brainwashed but the mask means they don't turn hostile when they see you
2) Fight the masks first but turn on the "nonlethal combat" option on the passives. As long as the last hit is a melee hit they'll be KOed rather than killed and you can speak to them after a long rest (Warning: Do not loot the masks off the bodies or they'll die to backlash)

[x_equals_speed]

I beat her at 3 first time - having taken out the masks first and at 4 the second time - with all of the masks joining in the fun.

I can't bring myself to punt enemies into pits, I want their loot too badly, especially as you can get a permanent stat upgrade out of dear old Ethel.

[ChaosKhan]

Originally posted by Actalo:

Depends on the difficulty, really. Anyone telling you less than level 5 probably fought her on Balanced or below, which is fair. If you plan on fighting her on Tactician and plan for a specific outcome, level to 5.

A single scroll (or cast) of Silence is all you need to beat her, even on tactician.

You hide, sneak closer and pop the Silence bubble between you and her, which the upper end of the bubble just barely hitting her. Then the AI will throw alchemist fire onto the cage and run up to you and if you placed the bubble properly, end her turn still inside and unable to cast. You can then proceed to do whatever you want with the Hag.

I personally just ran up my Barb sentinel and clobbered her to death with the group for 3 or so turns. She was unable to run away even if she tried, but there are definitely tons of other ways to make sure, that she sticks around in the bubble.

[Sitri]

5 on tactican. But I killed her in the cabin, not in the cave. Waited for her to step near the upper exit, then shoved her out and down the ladder outside of the backyard before entering the fight. She never managed to get in range for the escaping teleport into the fireplace because my people were blocking the way up the ladder

[Xiwang]

Originally posted by Jackie Daytona:

What level did you fight her and win? I made the mistake of trying at level 4 and got TPK'd in 2 rounds.

i destroyed her existance at lvl 4, but im playing truly optimized build for tactician, also literally exploded a nuclear weapon at her side. BEFORE she could even enter into her hideout, she died after she tried to go invisible for the first time with a well timed ambush, terrorism, a couple of summons, speed potions and a haste scroll i dont know where tf i got it.

karlach was the one to talk to her, she doesnt move after turning invisible, if you want to hit her, drop an explosion OR cloud of daggers over her, that will end invisibility. you can also block the entrance to the hideout with a bunch of coffers.

[therealrealjamal]

I fought her at level 3 on tactician with an all ranged party, valor bard, gale, shadowheart, and wyll. I had two potions of poison resistance pre-fight, used scorching ray to eliminate clones (but magic missile is such a better idea). I also re-started the fight probably 20 times and did not save myrina in the kill.

[6h0$t942]

Originally posted by asdf:

When I fought Ethel in my solo playthrough without pushing her into a chasm:

1) Drink an elixir of poison resistance.

2) Bring the necklace of magic missiles (you can buy it from a trader in the underdark)

3) Use magic missiles on all of Ethel's clones - you only need 1 missile per clone, and it does it with 100% accuracy. She only uses her clone ability twice - once at the start and once when she goes below half health, so you only need 2 casts of magic missiles (you get 1 for free with the amulet, and you can use a scroll for the 2nd one if you aren't a mage).

4) Whenever the clones aren't around, you can just kite her. I had the +3m movement speed ring from a goblin, and I had little trouble staying out of her melee range. She throws some items at first, but once she's out of stuff to throw she just uses vicious mockery which isn't especially strong (can easily be outhealed by regular healing potions, especially if you have the boots that give +3 temporary HP whenever you heal).

I did it at level 5, but I bet the same strategy would work fine at lower levels even as a solo character.. and obviously, this was from the perspective of a solo character - if you were using a full party it would obviously be a lot easier.

this missle tip is interesting. bg2 its a single target, ididnt learn it could multi target until some NPC did it to me

[Mirri]

Level 6 because I forgot it was a thing and I didn't want to burn down the door.

The most annoying part was moving around the place. As mentioned above, I used the magic missile trick to deal with the clones. I tried to douse the cage with a carafe of water but it didn't work. What it did do was soak Mirina so when the hag cloned her, all I had to do was not shoot the wet one.

[Enigmatory]

Originally posted by Jackie Daytona:

What level did you fight her and win? I made the mistake of trying at level 4 and got TPK'd in 2 rounds.

If not aganits spiolers - fastest way - cast protection from good/evil on entire party - it will block mask charm effect so you can wear them harmlessly. Then you can pass past masks and traps without any issues like local dweller. Then just push granny into chiasm, her persona loot nor really that important. End of story. You even save some of her victums.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Jackie Daytona:

Auntie Ethel
What level did you fight her and win? I made the mistake of trying at level 4 and got TPK'd in 2 rounds.

Level 4 - more or less insta kill by shoving her off the platform.