4 elite death knights

[Danyule]

How do u even beat these elite death knights on hard that stacks auras? I tried kiting, I tried immobilizing them to separate them. Nothing works. I only manage to burst one down before getting overwhelmed.

They simply takes too long to kill and their attacks are too powerful. Am I supposed to take it slow? Or kill one or two asap

[wendigo211]

Skip it for now and come back later. You used to be able to kite them, get three of them chasing Kane while the rest of your party kills the other one, but they gave them the immobilize ability so that's no longer an option.

Come back with a level 7 party and stomp them into the ground.

[Danyule]

Thanks. I was wondering if it was just me. It just seemed impossible given my tool kit before the magic barrier

[greenbrog]

it is possible on epic right when you get there, but it sure isnt easy; but no shame is going off to get some stuffs and coming back later.

[Danyule]

well once i got my 4th character I went back and straight out tanked it.

[quantio89]

Set bear traps with Maeve to imnovilize them in one place, then trap them behind a short wall (kane), shoot the hell out of them with explosive fire arrows, when the stone wall runs out summon aerics ent as a dummy, so the death knight dont spread out, by that time you should be able to spam short wall again. The best situation is when four of the knight comes out from the same portal.

[Event Horizon]

Excellent approach! This is a good example that this game is most of all tactical - gear and level is secondary (ofc not always).

[Platapoop]

I was able to do it with level 4 K, Meave, and 2 Aeric. Prob took me about 3 hours to finally beat it after like a 25 minute fight though.

The short version of it was I camped the bottom right corner with explosive fire arrows. Once they got near, just pop a rangeable wall. The dumdum death knights then try to walk all the way around, and once the wall is down, they are like just within max ranged, and then slowly mosey up to you again. Do wall when near again and repeat. Did need K to tank it like 3 seconds before wall was up again and that's always a butt clencher.. Also when they start wacking you over the wall.

[Qiox]

Originally posted by quantio89:

Set bear traps with Maeve to imnovilize them in one place, then trap them behind a short wall (kane), shoot the hell out of them with explosive fire arrows, when the stone wall runs out summon aerics ent as a dummy, so the death knight dont spread out, by that time you should be able to spam short wall again. The best situation is when four of the knight comes out from the same portal.

I just did that fight in a similar way at level 4 with 3 characters on Epic difficulty.

The key is lots and lots of Traps from Maeve to immobilize them, combined with Kane dropping his wall. I stayed in the bottom left corner, keeping them running around that circular area from one wall to the next. With traps stopping them, the cooldown on the wall would be up by the time they circled around.

Main dps came from:

Explosive Fire Arrows + Hunter's Mark
Ice Cloud with Frostbite + Earth Fury

If possible I would place the wall so that just 1 would be on the inside and I would focus him down while the other's walked around.


Failed about 5 times before beating it and when I clicked 'ok' to get my loot, the game crashed!

Was not happy. Thankfully beat it right away on my next try and didn't crash that time!

I did save this fight for the last thing on this level before going down to level 2. Althought... missing 1 chest... so wandering around still.... argh!!!!!! ** found it **

[Event Horizon]

Not sure about that - but this one chest could be --

if you are at the entrance fountain, go right, few steps into the hallway - there is a ladder that leads to the wooden construction - the chest is on top of it

[Imarion]

I just bought the game (on GOG).
Has something changed since then in this encounter ?

Bear trap does not stop them, at best it snares them and the death knights have a tendency to pass by them ... as if they knew.

Also, they know their way around the wall and are quite quick + they immobilize my characters. 4 Death knights is more than enough to stun lock 2 of my characters.

I can turn around the walls and such but 2 go in 1 way, 2 the other way so they easily encircle me and then stun lock, as described above.

I have the feeling that AI has changed as well as some other parameters making the techniques above obsolete.

Kane and Maeve are level 4, Aeric is level 3.

[Zloth]

Is this in the tower or is it a challenge?

[Panterich]

That is an old thread, and a lot was changed.
However, first answer is still right on spot.

[Imarion]

@Zloth: it is the mausoleum fight at the entrence level.

@Panterich: yeah coming back later is an option, probably the one I will go for. I wanted to be sure I did not miss anything.

I forgot to mention the Ent dies so quick, like in 3 sec, even with the defense boost.

I did not find a more recent post with tips for this battle, nor a video.

[Event Horizon]

Yes, this fight is meant for a much better equipped party of four. So generally no pressure - you can return at anytime later.

On floor 2 there is for example an optional boss which requires you to significantly re-work your party or come later. If you manage to beat him as you progress - then it would be an excellent result. If not, its ok - we designed him that way.

[Imarion]

Thanks very much for the answer :)