Leveling Up Now - Best Spell vs Swarms of Insects, etc?

[Baltar777]

Hey everyone,

Had a tough time finishing Act 1 due to a Boss that summoned Swarms. I got my first level up in Act 2 and want to focus on a spell that handles swarms well.

Are there any spells in particular youd recommend for use against Swarms? I am on Hard mode, if that makes any difference.

Thanks for your time

[swordfish]

Originally posted by Baltar777:

Hey everyone,

Had a tough time finishing Act 1 due to a Boss that summoned Swarms. I got my first level up in Act 2 and want to focus on a spell that handles swarms well.

Are there any spells in particular youd recommend for use against Swarms? I am on Hard mode, if that makes any difference.

Thanks for your time

After this boss+Swarms fight that you just killed, you will not have to worry about strong swarm fights until the boss in Ivory Sacntrum at 14 or something in chapter 3.
The only way that I know on how to kill them properly is fireball that is stacked with meta magic to make them stronger( wands & rods work too) + penetration and increased DC feats.
Edit: fair warning ⚠️ if you do not grab meta magic and the feats I suggested, your fireball will be useless and you gonna struggle with swarms. You just passed one of the a few swarm’s difficult fights but you will face a few week ones too.

[Baltar777]

Originally posted by swordfish:

Originally posted by Baltar777:

Hey everyone,

Had a tough time finishing Act 1 due to a Boss that summoned Swarms. I got my first level up in Act 2 and want to focus on a spell that handles swarms well.

Are there any spells in particular youd recommend for use against Swarms? I am on Hard mode, if that makes any difference.

Thanks for your time

After this boss+Swarms fight that you just killed, you will not have to worry about strong swarm fights until the boss in Ivory Sacntrum at 14 or something in chapter 3.
The only way that I know on how to kill them properly is fireball that is stacked with meta magic to make them stronger( wands & rods work too) + penetration and increased DC feats.

Understood, thanks for taking the time to respond, I appreciate it

[swordfish]

Originally posted by Baltar777:

Originally posted by swordfish:

After this boss+Swarms fight that you just killed, you will not have to worry about strong swarm fights until the boss in Ivory Sacntrum at 14 or something in chapter 3.
The only way that I know on how to kill them properly is fireball that is stacked with meta magic to make them stronger( wands & rods work too) + penetration and increased DC feats.

Understood, thanks for taking the time to respond, I appreciate it

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[Silyon]

Do you have the Last Sakorian DLC? Among the things it includes is an amulet tailor-made to make swarms less of a pain. The DLC character starts with one and you can buy more later on for relatively cheap.

Otherwise, Magic's the answer to swarms. Anything that targets an area for damage will do full damage to swarms, barring other incidental resistances. So for instance, Burning hands eventually gets replaced with Fireball and later on with Fire Snake. Things that target individuals, like scorching ray or Battering Blast, generally can't be used on swarms.

Swarm immunities are dumb imo. Especially in a CRPG that doesn't allow creative solutions that tabletop does. No shame in dropping the difficulty out of Core to have a more normal encounter.

[Ishan451]

Originally posted by Baltar777:

Hey everyone,

Had a tough time finishing Act 1 due to a Boss that summoned Swarms. I got my first level up in Act 2 and want to focus on a spell that handles swarms well.

Are there any spells in particular youd recommend for use against Swarms? I am on Hard mode, if that makes any difference.

Thanks for your time

For swarms you want area damage. Burning Hands, Fireball that sort of thing. Also a Tank that is immune to disease.

Keep distance to the tank so the swarms stack onto the Tank then use Alchemist bombs (Like Alchemist fire) and AOE spells for damage. Dont forget to give your tank Resist energy.