Myrkul Help

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Playing on Tactician Mode for the first time and struggling with the Myrkul fight at the end of Act Two; what's the best approach or does anyone have any tips? All characters are Level 9 and my Tav is a Paladin/Fighter (7/2).

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What are the other characters' build ?
What do you struggle on specifically ?
What oath did you take ?

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At the moment, I've got Karlach (monk build), Lae'zel and Shadowheart (both base builds) with me, the necromites healing Myrkul and the Oath of Vengeance. Shall I respec before heading down below Moonrise?

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So your high damage comes from Karlach, Lae'zel and your Paladin.
I would recommend opening with Vow of Enmnity, and start spamming smites. I would also consider respeccing your paladin to 4 paladin / 5 sword bard for the spell slots (or 2 paladin 7 sword bard /sorcerer).

Myrkul, especially on Tactician, is a run against the clock. You need to keep your burst damage for when he spawns, and use crowd control (druid is great for that) for the necromites (or Shadowheart with the level 5 spell) to delay the necromites.

What feats do you have ? do you have GWM on your paladin ? Do you run your monk as a tavern brawler ?

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I always give Karlach a Cloud Giant strength potion before the fight begins and yes, they're set as Tavern Brawler, the rest have Alert at the very least so they get the best opening. So far my best strategy is using Misty Step to clear the mind flayer first and free Dame Aylin. Would you say it's better to skip Ketheric's section of the fight or persuade him to summon Myrkul as soon as?

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I would, as Ketheric can be quite annoying. Of course nuke the mindflayer.
I don't believe Alert makes that big of a difference in general(especially in this fight). I would consider changing it for Great Weapon Master, as you get advantage with Vow of Enmity, and +10 damage will go a long way.

I don't believe that you benefit that much from the 2 levels in fighter, as your strength relies in the smites, and not the extra action. I would invest in more smites (and more powerful ones) through a multiclass in sorcerer or sword bard.

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Sure, I'll have to do some respecs before attempting again tomorrow and probably will bring Gale to help for the extra AoE attacks. Thank you so much for replying, I'll respond to the discussion again once the fight's done. :)

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Convince Kethric to kill himself. There's a note in the towers you can read which will help you trigger that dialogue.

For Myrkul, you can cast darkness on him and not stay up on the platform at all.

In my last honor mode play I had only my paladin up there and they got downed, but I used telekinesis to pull them off so they could get healed up and then sent them back up there to finish the job. I had a couple of elementals up there as well for distractions to soak up some of the death gaze attacks.

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Finished the fight and am now roughly a quarter through Act 3. Thank you so much for everyone's input :)

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Originally posted by smashpumpkins:

Finished the fight and am now roughly a quarter through Act 3. Thank you so much for everyone's input :)

Grats ! you'll see, now with act 3 gear you'll hit a nice powerspike and bosses should feel easier to beat.

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Originally posted by Tax evasion:

Originally posted by smashpumpkins:

Finished the fight and am now roughly a quarter through Act 3. Thank you so much for everyone's input :)

Grats ! you'll see, now with act 3 gear you'll hit a nice powerspike and bosses should feel easier to beat.

So much easier. Already faced off with Lorrokan and Auntie Ethel (again). Just trying to get to Level 12 before Cazador's Palace, the House of Hope and the House of Loss (Shar's place, not sure that's the right name) but thank you, casting darkness was a godsend against Myrkul, was an incredibly close fight though.