How TF do I beat Jeslyn?

[Schrader]

Nuff said. this is the single dumbest fight I've ever seen in a video game. Tried it over 15 times now, just get swarmed by everyone before I can even make it to her, and even if I get close, every single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ enemy can attack like 3 times so I just get melted anyways.

I'm about to drop the game because I can't figure this out. Using a dwarf 2 handed fighter, Seelah, Ember, Camilla and Lann all basically the recommended builds level 4, and I'm damn near playing on the easiest difficulty, I think I'm on normal. I do next to no damage to these fools and half the time I get a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ roll and just miss, while they get back to back crits Wtf do I do?

Playing on turned based too btw

[MattStriker]

Drop a Grease at the door, trigger the fight by tossing a cheap summon into the room. Watch as the enemies pile up in an area requiring saves they can't reliably make.

[Schrader]

Originally posted by MattStriker:

Drop a Grease at the door, trigger the fight by tossing a cheap summon into the room. Watch as the enemies pile up in an area requiring saves they can't reliably make.

I don't have Grease..

[Balm]

Originally posted by Poatan:

Originally posted by MattStriker:

Drop a Grease at the door, trigger the fight by tossing a cheap summon into the room. Watch as the enemies pile up in an area requiring saves they can't reliably make.

I don't have Grease..

you have no crowd control, so you should probably go get some crowd control
if you don't have a character with grease spell then get yourself a grease scroll or a few of them
not sure if you have access to a wizard at that point in the game (its been awhile), but I really cant stress strongly enough just how much you will need CC for the rest of the game
the recommended builds for most of the cast are fine on normal, but you will still have some gaps in your party capabilities if you don't go out of your way to fill them yourself

failing grease, you might have some alchemy / acid pots on hand, put them on all your characters and get the enemies to pile up in one spot and hit them all at once with some aoe, its shoddy compared to actual spells but should be fine for level 4

[Schrader]

Originally posted by Balm:

Originally posted by Poatan:

I don't have Grease..

you have no crowd control, so you should probably go get some crowd control
if you don't have a character with grease spell then get yourself a grease scroll or a few of them
not sure if you have access to a wizard at that point in the game (its been awhile), but I really cant stress strongly enough just how much you will need CC for the rest of the game
the recommended builds for most of the cast are fine on normal, but you will still have some gaps in your party capabilities if you don't go out of your way to fill them yourself

failing grease, you might have some alchemy / acid pots on hand, put them on all your characters and get the enemies to pile up in one spot and hit them all at once with some aoe, its shoddy compared to actual spells but should be fine for level 4

I don't have a wizard. I'm the 2 handed fighter, Sheelah paladin, Lann is a monk, Ember a witch and I can't remember what Camilla is. Not a wizard though.

[Balm]

Originally posted by Poatan:

Originally posted by Balm:

you have no crowd control, so you should probably go get some crowd control
if you don't have a character with grease spell then get yourself a grease scroll or a few of them
not sure if you have access to a wizard at that point in the game (its been awhile), but I really cant stress strongly enough just how much you will need CC for the rest of the game
the recommended builds for most of the cast are fine on normal, but you will still have some gaps in your party capabilities if you don't go out of your way to fill them yourself

failing grease, you might have some alchemy / acid pots on hand, put them on all your characters and get the enemies to pile up in one spot and hit them all at once with some aoe, its shoddy compared to actual spells but should be fine for level 4

I don't have a wizard. I'm the 2 handed fighter, Sheelah paladin, Lann is a monk, Ember a witch and I can't remember what Camilla is. Not a wizard though.

just use consumables(scrolls/wands/pots) then
the first section of the game is sort of a training area as things get progressively more wild and more BS, this fight is what you should expect (and much, much worse) from the rest of the game
you're going to have to develop a party composition that can handle it, and even with limited resources at the start of the game you still need to juggle your resources and abilities

just taking a quick look you mention you only have 5 party members
you should have 6 party members, and I am like 90% certain nenio(wizard) is available at that point in the game, so you should go get her

[Schrader]

Originally posted by Balm:

Originally posted by Poatan:

I don't have a wizard. I'm the 2 handed fighter, Sheelah paladin, Lann is a monk, Ember a witch and I can't remember what Camilla is. Not a wizard though.

just use consumables(scrolls/wands/pots) then
the first section of the game is sort of a training area as things get progressively more wild and more BS, this fight is what you should expect (and much, much worse) from the rest of the game
you're going to have to develop a party composition that can handle it, and even with limited resources at the start of the game you still need to juggle your resources and abilities

just taking a quick look you mention you only have 5 party members
you should have 6 party members, and I am like 90% certain nenio(wizard) is available at that point in the game, so you should go get her

I turned down Nenio because of her voice. Couldn't stand it. Was hoping to find a cooler companion but I haven't seen anyone. Maybe I should just put up with it and get her.

[Balm]

Originally posted by Poatan:

Originally posted by Balm:

just use consumables(scrolls/wands/pots) then
the first section of the game is sort of a training area as things get progressively more wild and more BS, this fight is what you should expect (and much, much worse) from the rest of the game
you're going to have to develop a party composition that can handle it, and even with limited resources at the start of the game you still need to juggle your resources and abilities

just taking a quick look you mention you only have 5 party members
you should have 6 party members, and I am like 90% certain nenio(wizard) is available at that point in the game, so you should go get her

I turned down Nenio because of her voice. Couldn't stand it. Was hoping to find a cooler companion but I haven't seen anyone. Maybe I should just put up with it and get her.

yeah you should probably use her until you can make a mercenary wizard yourself, certain wizard spells are incredibly powerful early game and can help you out a lot

[Vae Victis]

Cant summon stuff if theyre dead, send pets / tank into the room first, send everyone else around them and nuke. Fully buff before. Grease is almost needed for some encounters, should have a grease bot wizard at all times early game.

[gmwaddington]

You are level 6 for this fight, correct? Do you have the hour-long Haste ritual from the wizards from the Blackwing Library? Do Hurun's Inquisitors show up to help you for this encounter?

EDIT: It's difficult, but not impossible to get to 6th lvl before entering the Gray Garrison. Usually you will be 5th lvl, But 4th lvl is too low.

[mudakonn]

Cam can cast Skeletons - cast them (several times) between Jeslyn and mob closer to you - mob will engage skeletons and you concentrate on Jeslyn. Last time my SS also did not had wizard nor inquisitors help. managed just fine with only 4 chars (MC SS, Seelah, Cam and Lann classed to sacred Huntmaster with dog)

Level 4 is the main problem for OP for sure not party composition. Cam gets skeletons lvl 5 i think.

[steventirey]

Originally posted by Poatan:

I turned down Nenio because of her voice. Couldn't stand it. Was hoping to find a cooler companion but I haven't seen anyone. Maybe I should just put up with it and get her.

Nenio is the only pure arcane caster companion (in this case wizard). The only other one is Woljif, who isn't a pure caster (he is an eldritch scoundrel). And since you only mention 5 party members, you either missed getting him (he is in the basement of the tavern) or you are running a smaller party for some reason. You should also have Daeran (an oracle) as well.

[Silyon]

Originally posted by Poatan:

I'm about to drop the game because I can't figure this out. Using a dwarf 2 handed fighter, Seelah, Ember, Camilla and Lann all basically the recommended builds level 4, ...

Ok, so first off Level 4 is way too low to be going through the Grey Garrison. You should be between level 5 and 6 by time you launch the assault, which means you either missed or skipped a substantial amount of encounters and/or gear on the way. As others have said, you should have six members by this point but are only mentioning five, so on top of being underleveled and probably undergeared you're running with fewer hands on deck than you should be. No wonder you're having trouble, anyone would. Especially since the fight with Jeslyn is kind of a skill-check to see if you're ready to move beyond Act 2. She can be skipped without worse penalty than loss of loot and xp, but later encounters will not be so forgiving and you don't want to make a habit of skipping anything.

I presume by "recommended builds" you mean you've left your party doing the auto-levelup thing rather than customizing them to suit your needs. If that's the case you're kinda borked and need to roll back to a previous save outside the garrison. The recommended builds arn't as terrible as the min-maxers here would have you belive, but they're not going to be strong enough to pull you out of this fight either, let alone the ones to come afterwards. Crowd Control and buffing support from casters is mandatory in the game, you will lose often without them. Don't have to use Daeran and Nenio if you don't want to, but you will need mercenaries from Hildor that fulfill those same roles of support.

[Brids17]

There's an item nearby called the Tankard of Free Spirit which lets you summon a pretty powerful Azata that helps a lot. On normal it was nearly able to solo her.

[Schrader]

Originally posted by Brids17:

There's an item nearby called the Tankard of Free Spirit which lets you summon a pretty powerful Azata that helps a lot. On normal it was nearly able to solo her.

Where can I find it?

[steventirey]

Downstairs, on the level with the chapel (where the succubus and charmed crusaders are) and the large fire trap. There are 2 rooms in the area where the fire trap is, and it is in one of those rooms.