About tormented bosses..

[Mordy]

To you who've actually fought and beaten them, how hard are they compared to their regular uber counterparts?

Assuming they're gonna be slapping real hard and come with lot of extra life, any other improvements they get that one should be vary of?

[Armoth]

Just beat tormented Gregior (however you spell it) yesterday. Mechanically he didn't seem any different.

He obviously had a SIGNIFICANTLY larger health pool and attack power. The adds he spawnd were higher level as well.

I learned the more you get hit by his attacks, the more damage you take from him through the course of the fight. Each hit seemed to generate a stack of this debuff. Someone feel free to correct me or elaborate on this.

It was not particularly hard but I did have to be more fluid in my gameplay and actually dodge attacks, not face tank it etc. Obviously all this is build dependent but just my two cents and experience. Hope this helps.

[Mordy]

Huh, okay.. been wanting to give these a try, mainly for the spark drop, so i can buy my way into a crest since it doesn't seem to want to drop but the difficulty spike been giving me pause as since i am incinerate sorcerer, i have to stand still and channel and that really didn't work very well against uber Lilith.

Thanks though, i'll give it some more thought, i think before giving it a shot as probably easier to level up another class instead than fight one of these..

[Armoth]

Originally posted by Mordy:

Huh, okay.. been wanting to give these a try, mainly for the spark drop, so i can buy my way into a crest since it doesn't seem to want to drop but the difficulty spike been giving me pause as since i am incinerate sorcerer, i have to stand still and channel and that really didn't work very well against uber Lilith.

Thanks though, i'll give it some more thought, i think before giving it a shot as probably easier to level up another class instead than fight one of these..

So quick update and more thoughts. I have beat each tormented uber boss now except for Lillith. I can say with confidence Lillith is thee hardest of the uber bosses. She requires seemingly near flawless mechanical gameplay.

Duriel and the others while challenging were much more forgiving. If you wanted to try one to see where you stand I would recommend Gregior, Varshan, or even Zuir. Those seemed to be the easiest of the tormented bosses.

Remember you only get 1 shard for your first tormented boss kill not for each one (save for Lillith). Good luck!