Could use some tips for the Lich

[Yuki]

I need to kill the Lich as part of the Tavern Keeper quest, my main goal is to get the mummy skin at the end and I could use some advice fighting him. I'm currently going in with base gear to practice fighting him, before I go in with my high end gear. Here is my set up:

Perks: Infernal Pledge, Shadow Touch, Vampirism, and Anti-magic.
Skills: Blow of Corruption and Spell Memory
Spells (1st order going up): Bolt of Darkness, Life Drain, Hellfire, Summon Hydra, and Eldritch Shield.
Weapons: Halberd, Kris and Crystal Orb.
Armor: Shadow Hood, Occultist Robe, Rawhide Gloves, Leather Chausses, and Occultist Boots.

Any advice would help, this is close to my normal build, just more oriented around magic resistance.

[Arthag]

I have no idea of warlock, but fighter just shoot at the lich from afar, ignore the skeletons, each 20% of health the lich creates a circle on you, blue 50% of health purple 99%, if you are in duos or trios blue stay far away from each other, purple stack, try to always be full health, the lich shoots a fast proyectile that explodes as long as you dont stop you wont get hit by it, the small proyectile follows you, direct it to a skeleton and continue.

srry for bad english and good luck.

[Kangaroo Salesman]

Torture mastery, hellfire, curse of pain and power of sacrifice is all you need. Just circle him and hellfire through them. Curse healing the mobs and lich. No need to melee. Every 20% hp the lich is down (only 4 times total) blue circle is 50% hp true damage and heals 35% back. Purple is 95% true damage and heals 65% back. You cannot block the slow magic missile, just kite it into the lich or his mobs. Honestly just stay at high hp and he's simple. Magic resistance does nothing as he only does true damage.

[BJ Jizzy Jeff]

Okay warlock main coming in hot. There is stuff wrong with your build top to bottom, no disrespect intended. For perks you don't need anti magic that's wasted, basically anything that "protects" you more from the boss is a waste as you shouldn't be getting hit or getting hit very little. For perks you need torture mastery, and curse duration. Take phantom instead of BoC as a good get out of jail free card. You only need 3 spells really, or that's all you'll use, your two curses which keep your health topped up and hellfire. The rest is for pvp. Weapons do not matter, MOVESPEED is your god now. You need at least 295 movespeed WITH your book or crystal ball out. The rest of your gear is pointless. Circle strafe the Loser at your maximum range for spells, keep your curses up constantly and fire hellfire at his feet AT HIS FEET, otherwise you'll circle around and wreck yourself. You can normally get a good rhythm of 3 hellfire then curse rotation then 3 hellfire etc. You can use curses on the skele to keep health topped up as well. Your health HAS TO BE 100% for purple spell otherwise it will body you every time. You got this soldier.

[Yuki]

Originally posted by Arthag:

I have no idea of warlock, but fighter just shoot at the lich from afar, ignore the skeletons, each 20% of health the lich creates a circle on you, blue 50% of health purple 99%, if you are in duos or trios blue stay far away from each other, purple stack, try to always be full health, the lich shoots a fast proyectile that explodes as long as you dont stop you wont get hit by it, the small proyectile follows you, direct it to a skeleton and continue.

srry for bad english and good luck.

Any advice is appreciated man, thx. I'm doing solo at the moment, I'm able to take the hit of the circle which is why I was building magic resistance. Right now my biggest issue is keeping my health high so I don't get killed by the circle, but that largely comes down to practice.

[Yuki]

Originally posted by Kangaroo Salesman:

Torture mastery, hellfire, curse of pain and power of sacrifice is all you need. Just circle him and hellfire through them. Curse healing the mobs and lich. No need to melee. Every 20% hp the lich is down (only 4 times total) blue circle is 50% hp true damage and heals 35% back. Purple is 95% true damage and heals 65% back. You cannot block the slow magic missile, just kite it into the lich or his mobs. Honestly just stay at high hp and he's simple. Magic resistance does nothing as he only does true damage.

Oh true damage bypasses Magic Resistance? Ok good to know, I'll focus on building will or another stat with equipment.

[Yuki]

Originally posted by Ludy:

Okay warlock main coming in hot. There is stuff wrong with your build top to bottom, no disrespect intended. For perks you don't need anti magic that's wasted, basically anything that "protects" you more from the boss is a waste as you shouldn't be getting hit or getting hit very little. For perks you need torture mastery, and curse duration. Take phantom instead of BoC as a good get out of jail free card. You only need 3 spells really, or that's all you'll use, your two curses which keep your health topped up and hellfire. The rest is for pvp. Weapons do not matter, MOVESPEED is your god now. You need at least 295 movespeed WITH your book or crystal ball out. The rest of your gear is pointless. Circle strafe the Loser at your maximum range for spells, keep your curses up constantly and fire hellfire at his feet AT HIS FEET, otherwise you'll circle around and wreck yourself. You can normally get a good rhythm of 3 hellfire then curse rotation then 3 hellfire etc. You can use curses on the skele to keep health topped up as well. Your health HAS TO BE 100% for purple spell otherwise it will body you every time. You got this soldier.

Yeah that's the thing, in my first attempt with my health at full, the purple spell only did 70-75% of my health, Infernal Pledge and Anti-magic may be playing a roll in that, because Anti-magic isn't listed as Magic Resistance, but damage reduction. I never liked the curse meta on warlock, and I wasn't sure if I was going to need to use it, especially since it got gutted again yesterday. I will build more movement speed though, and give the curse thing a try.

[Arthag]

I think is true damage, but after the circle explode you heal 35% on blue and 75% of the purple, get a couple of pots, there is no need to build a lot of ms i killed it with squire gear full plate without the swift perk, as long as you do not stop moving you wont get hit by the proyectiles. And the circles only happen every 20% of health so you can stop the dps until you full heal using pots bandages or torture mastery if you have it

[Yuki]

Update: I hate the curse build, I can't use it so I'm sticking with my current build for now and modify it as needed.

[Yuki]

Final Update: Killed the Lich with a Modified Curse build. Please make all of warlock's other stuff viable Ironmace. For now, the mummy skin is now within my reach. It WILL be mine.

[Arthag]

Congrats!