need guidance with kniles

[DizzyDave]

I have had this game for years and ive never been able to beat it but more importantly is i can never beat kniles. Ive faced him an unholy amount of times with many different party makeups and i just cant beat him. I refuse to put the game in story mode so does anyone know any tricks that makes the fight easier?

[Avaneratox]

do you mean kniles the flenser? he could be killed by sebille as a rogue in two turns at any difficulty lvl for example. nothing special just standard rogue with chicken claw or any other stunning skill... in solo as well

[Calico-Jack]

Originally posted by Dave:

I have had this game for years and ive never been able to beat it but more importantly is i can never beat kniles.

The key is to take him down while he is on his own before the Silent Monks can get into range, and certainly before the meat golems break out of the cages.

His skills are Backlash, Chicken Claw, Nether Swap, Mosquito Swarm - due to the chickening being very picky about how much Physical Armour the target has he'll focus on one target use swarm and backlash to drop it to 0. He doesn't have area attacks, apart from the default one caused by dual wielding daggers, so watch the party's Physical armour and you effectively neuter his attacks.

His own armour is 98/98 Physical and 111/111 Magical. Pick one and have your party wear it down - have whatever phys/magical members switch to using scrolls or grenades that work on your chosen armour type. For example Nerco scrolls like Decaying Touch (Sheet of Paper, Shadow Essence, and Eye) or Infect (Sheet of Paper, Shadow Essence, and Intestines) will strip chunks of physical armour even if their primary effect fails. Of the 2 Infect has the most range and does the most damage to armour.

[EolSunder]

strange.. never had a problem with him. Attack his group to start combat at a dstance, keep everyone back and he'll just come over to you all by himself before any of the others can make it. Someone with teleport up on high ground just teleport him over by your team in the back waiting and they can gank him long before anything else gets close

[Chaoslink]

Note, the monks have no physical armor and the golems shouldn’t have any armor at all. This means they can all be CC’d instantly. For Kniles himself, it’s just a DPS thing. Burst one of his defenses down fast and lock him down.

Team composition really matters, and new players often make some pretty common “mistakes” that just make things harder for you. A sword and shield tank for instance usually holds back the team using it because their damage is pretty poor and the enemy doesn’t view them as a threat enough to target them. Having just one mage also can hurt as you won’t have the punch to get through magic defenses. You very much go all one damage type or a balanced mix of the two.

Build for damage, follow up with CC. Play aggressively, enemy damage is typically higher than you’ll be able to heal through.