Defeat Josephine

[Dru]

Hi!

I am in the middle of the dreaded fight iwith Josephine (♥♥♥♥ her...) and I cannot even hit her. I read that some people hits her with spells like hell spikes but I do not have this.

I am playing as a survivor/mage (I dont have the traps skill) and usually I defeat the bosses with the poison or the electric cage but the cage does not afect her at all. I am using the shadows potion to be able to aproach her but even being invisible I dont seem to be able to even hit her once before she blinds me... Any sugestions to stun her (I wish I hadnt sold the stun sword...) or to be faster than her?...

I dont seem to find the logic on puting a boss at the end of the game (where you cant go gain xp and lvl up to gain more skills) that can only be defeated with certain spells...

[TedBaer]

Do you have the curse (survivor) spell? With that you can decrease the resistance of enemies. Very good for mages.

[TedBaer]

In case you don't get one shot by her but run out of potions, there is a way to duplicate them. It's a glitch and can be seen as a last resort tactic.

[Dru]

No, I dont have many spells a part of healing, magic shield and the electric cage...

[Baraz]

Originally posted by Dru:

Hi!

I am in the middle of the dreaded fight iwith Josephine (♥♥♥♥ her...) and I cannot even hit her. I read that some people hits her with spells like hell spikes but I do not have this.

I am playing as a survivor/mage (I dont have the traps skill) and usually I defeat the bosses with the poison or the electric cage but the cage does not afect her at all. I am using the shadows potion to be able to aproach her but even being invisible I dont seem to be able to even hit her once before she blinds me... Any sugestions to stun her (I wish I hadnt sold the stun sword...) or to be faster than her?...

I dont seem to find the logic on puting a boss at the end of the game (where you cant go gain xp and lvl up to gain more skills) that can only be defeated with certain spells...

Sorry to raise this thread from the dead, but just want to help those who find this via Google:

Josephina can blind you for many turns, so you cannot target her or her minions (which will appear as tiny specks of light moving, because you are blinded). If you stay there, she has powerful spells that can destroy you. So the trick is to run, teleport, or use a Shadow potion to evade about one minute and come back...

I am level 50 with over 125 in all resistances... and still get blinded.

If or when you can see/target her, you need to quickly distract her (with summons) or stun her (Frost, Freeze, or other tricks).

[butterysketti]

the game sucks. hope matthew crooks gets revived and visits larian

[du Garbandier]

hm, I liked the game until this fight. All the advice from way back suggests spells/approaches that don't match my build (female mage with a bow). @l36 never used curse, never used leech, never used shadow potion (wears off almost as soon as I take it). Nothing I do makes the slightest impression.

[Baraz]

Originally posted by du Garbandier:

hm, I liked the game until this fight. All the advice from way back suggests spells/approaches that don't match my build (female mage with a bow). @l36 never used curse, never used leech, never used shadow potion (wears off almost as soon as I take it). Nothing I do makes the slightest impression.

The main thing, once you are blind (super hard to resist), is to survive long enough for the effect to stop, which requires running away! It last a long 2-3 minutes. Maybe a Super resist potion might allow to resist the blindness (not sure).

If you have some AOE effects, you can throw a few behind you as you evade away.

Then, when you come back, trying to either DPS her or stun her.

[Dreamsicle]

I chugged 50 minor restoration potions and 61 full Restoration potions fighting Josephine at level 25. The two successful strategies I've seen on Youtube involve spamming Hellspikes or Elemental Storm and Elemental Hail until you stunlock her and chugging restoration potions.

I played the game years ago and abused Hellspikes. I'm limiting myself to only leveing magic skills with books just for an added challenge (and to get the most out of my skill points).

The game just hits an inflection point around level 30 and once Large Runes start dropping or appearing in shops. Just adding a ton of health and mana to your gear is enough to let you spam restoration potions and survive anything.