boss healing himself over and over

[Sia]

https://i.imgur.com/t1JKOGJ.jpg
I've gotten him down to 10% 3 times and he keeps doing them, getting for hp and I can't kill him???

[42 Sav]

Did you try shooting it

[Sia]

yes?? how else did I get it down to 10%

[Sia]

oh wow, he stopped doing it after healing himself to full 7 times, what a wonderful experience

[soratoumi]

Yeah, I had a situation like that while jumping into the Hell gate to save Mr. Fawks or whatever his name was...
I had to grind his HP bar like 5 or 6 times before he died...

[Psojed]

Yes, this is normal behavior :)

Each time an elite monster spawns, he gains a random set of "affixes". Basically the names below the monster name which define his abilities.

Your demon is "Vivacious", which means that when you take him down to 25%, he heals back up to full. It has a 30 second cooldown. You were most likely taking too long to kill him, and he kept healing back up again and again, and after the 7th time you dealt the damage fast enough to kill him.

There are two more affixes with the same effect: Regenerating and Thriving. You can counter the regneration effect with Poison or Shock conditions.

[Sia]

Originally posted by Psojed:

Yes, this is normal behavior :)

Each time an elite monster spawns, he gains a random set of "affixes". Basically the names below the monster name which define his abilities.

Your demon is "Vivacious", which means that when you take him down to 25%, he heals back up to full. It has a 30 second cooldown. You were most likely taking too long to kill him, and he kept healing back up again and again, and after the 7th time you dealt the damage fast enough to kill him.

There are two more affixes with the same effect: Regenerating and Thriving. You can counter the regneration effect with Poison or Shock conditions.

okay cool, thanks. I did have shock, no poison though because I literary just started. I do have a poison weapon right now though

[Mokum]

i had a hell guardian or what are they called that split himself in 2 upon death so i had to fight 2 of those guys lols

[42 Sav]

Originally posted by Mokum:

i had a hell guardian or what are they called that split himself in 2 upon death so i had to fight 2 of those guys lols

I had one where the initial guy split into 2, and then one of those 2 split into another 2. I had to walk backwards a lot to kill all of them.

[Kev@n]

I had a boss thay after every kill just reset life bar to full, endlessly

[Mokum]

Originally posted by 42 Savage:

Originally posted by Mokum:

i had a hell guardian or what are they called that split himself in 2 upon death so i had to fight 2 of those guys lols

I had one where the initial guy split into 2, and then one of those 2 split into another 2. I had to walk backwards a lot to kill all of them.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ haha :)

that sure sounds like a awsome fight

[Psojed]

Well, how about one that heals himself AND splits I got one like that pretty early in the game. Sadly they got stuck in a tree, so the fight wasn't too exciting:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/337049496?t=32m38s

[Gamergnome]

And I thought I broke the reset distance xD

[Mr Rob]

There was an affix in the original Hellgate called 'reflect' or 'rebound' that caused any damage of a particular type that you dealt to a champion mob to be transferred back to your character, ending in insta-death. To stop it happening you had to figure out which damage type to avoid. Sometimes you would get a mob with the regen affix, the teleport afix, and the reflect affix.

The clue is in the descriptors above the mob's head. Once you learn what they mean life becomes a lot easier.

Voltaic Vivacious Incendiary

'Vivacious' means full of life!

Voltaic - emits sparks when hit

Incendiary - resistant to the fire element damage

Or a similar permutation

[Sia]

Originally posted by Psojed:

Well, how about one that heals himself AND splits I got one like that pretty early in the game. Sadly they got stuck in a tree, so the fight wasn't too exciting:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/337049496?t=32m38s

I would have thought it would have been a more annoying fight, but lucky for you, your dps was good, also I played on hell rather than nightmare but idk what the difference really is

[Psojed]

Well, if your enemy is stuck in a tree, the only difference would be taking longer to kill it.