how do you deal with shriekers in act 2?

[Raiden - In Flames 🎵]

do you get source vampirism somewhere?
because i cant progress in blackpits atm without it! ; w;

[VeilWraith]

After doing the ritual in the Miestr's basement for the second time, you get an ability that will allow you to drain source.

[Ellis Dee]

draining source does nothing they still kill you what the ♥♥♥♥ is the deal with this retarded ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? i was having so much fun till i got here now i feel like i wasted 50 bucks on this ♥♥♥♥ game.

[raubrey]

Originally posted by famineomega:

draining source does nothing they still kill you what the ♥♥♥♥ is the deal with this retarded ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? i was having so much fun till i got here now i feel like i wasted 50 bucks on this ♥♥♥♥ game.

If you use Source Vampirism and it doesn't kill them, you're doing something wrong, or it is a bug. You need to activate it from sneak mode or be out of their LoS.

[consumed]

I was able to teleport behind shriekers, sneak up and use Source Vampirism on them. You'll have to teleport kind of far behind or to the side of the shrieker. If you teleport to close the shrieker can detect you since it seems you lose stealth for a second when you land.

This worked for me on the shrieker next to the Blackpits - Mines waypoint.

[Queegon]

Originally posted by Smerk:

You can charge the wands just FYI ;)

Really? Not that I needed it, I had enough charges in the wands to deal with all shriekers so far and to consume a sawmill overseer. :P
In any case there is still the braccus helmet to deal with any others.

[Smerk]

Yeah Gratiana recharged them

[gary.jones77]

Originally posted by Snek:

do you get source vampirism somewhere?
because i cant progress in blackpits atm without it! ; w;

When you first came across the Shrieker's early in the game there was a helmet called 'The Corrupted Tyrant's Helm' which was a unique item that has the 'Purge' ability built into it - It has a range of 15 metres and can easily be used to take the Shrieker's out from range. This is the easiest way to do it.

[Nosfenas]

Radakka purging wand
Braccus purging wand
Braccus helm
Slane (if you didn't kill him)
Gratiana in the Sanctuary of Amadia will recharge the wands
Or sorry you said blackpits get 2 source points and talk to the God they will teach you

[jonnin]

you sneak up in range to use source V on them. A quick respec to get sneaking may help.

The helmet only works a couple of times.

[Silovoid]

Enter Stealth, use Cloak And Dagger behind the target (sneak wont break) use Source Vampirism. That is if you have a rogue.

[bli-nk]

There are 2 or 3 source wands in Act 2 and way more than you need in Act 3 but the easiest method is simply to teleport someone that can sneak behind the shriekers and they are able to approach close enough to use vampirism before the shrikers kill.

[Pimpin Pippin]

use drain source out of stealth/invisibility (the affected shrieker dies as soon as you start casting).
when you get to act 2 do the meister quests ASAP, you get the needed source skills to fuel your source spells and defeat shriekers.

[Yojo0o]

Guys, this thread is SO old. I'm assuming the 2017 folks either figured this out or quit a long time ago.

[AllOutWar76]

Originally posted by Yojo0o:

Guys, this thread is SO old. I'm assuming the 2017 folks either figured this out or quit a long time ago.

I'm convinced that there's a mod out there that converts steam necromancy into necromancy points in game.