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Ironman
Rules General
Tips Pre-game, Hotkeys, Join order, Shopping, Gold
and TP scrolls. Basic tactics. Cooperation
Psychology, Communication, About items, When lvling up, Potions,
Spell components, Shrines. Tactics
Battle formations
The Butcher and King Leoric Melee
vs Leo - Charis Bats Catacombs
and Caves Dog Bosses
Hiddens & Swarmed Roomful
of skel archers Lazarus and Diablo Town
Portal Uses for Town Portal, TPRes, TPKill - Kill the
Butcher safely, TPKill2 - Hit and run Miscellaneous
Be a good golem/shield
Hall of the Walking Dead Charged
Bolt Firewall
Exp points & Charis Factor Sharing
items for specific tasks The fine art of dying Variations on team makeup
Advantages of various makeup Experience Hog Strategy Warrior Hog, Rogue
Hog, Mage Hog (Greyed Text = NA)
Ironman
Victories
Friar,
Gumby and Kshira
Charisycho and KoPsycho
Cy_2k (solo)
KoPhanTom (solo)
Roede and Taoni
Saga of Roede and
Taoni
End of the Universe
Tale of Iron_Tao
Attica(IMSNOB)
Triple
Crown -Roede
& Taoni
Triple
Crown -Lock In by
Plague, Hariel and Shade
Additional
Articles Warrior Treaties
- Charis Mage Treaties
- Friar.Fuk Rogue
Treatise - Cyrene Buff
Warrior - Attika Cave
Guide - Cyrene Tips
Collection - Others Thinking
Cap - Attika | | |
Butcher
Nothing much is new here. An Ironman team cant afford to take on
the Butcher directly. Use one of the two common methods:
Grated room -
Find and clear out a grated room making sure not to kill any monsters
at the door or else it will be blocked. The warrior lures the Butcher
while the others wait inside the room. The warrior then run back through
the door and close it before the Butcher can enter. You may want to have
another teammate standing by the door and close it when the warrior gets
through. Shoot with all available bows. This tactic is quite dangerous;
if it fails the whole party may become fresh meat.
Stair
trap - Before the rogue uses the stair trap, the remaining party should
go into a room far off the path from the Butcher to the stair-down, or
go up to lvl 1, or down to lvl 3. This is necessary to avoid the Butcher
from being sidetracked due to desync. The rogue then lures the Butcher
to the stair-down and circles the stair tightly until Butch is stuck in
the stairway. Dont forget to check and get the bow repaired first.
See also:
TPKill method in the Town Portal section,
for the best way to kill the Butcher.

King
Leoric
Advance slowly when in dlvl 3, you may run into Leo at anytime. If the
team is lucky enough to find Leo with a few rooms already cleared, it
is best to run away and find alternate routes to clear the level as much
as possible to gain more exp, and perhaps find a Holy Bolt spell book/staff.
Agree on a course of retreat when someone types Leo - else
the team may get split up. Never run back to the stair-up!
Try to isolate Leo and face him alone. Use hit and run tactic if he is
surrounded/followed by his helpers - Spread the horde by running and then
killing some when Leo is at a distant. Still, the best tactic is to retreat
to a defendable door and set battle formation. Dont forget to switch
to blunt weapons for more damage.
Use the Mage Shotgun
formation when the team lacks Holy Bolt. This is the first of many reasons
why I am an advocate for rogue as shield/host. In an average Ironman game,
the rogue can easily have 60+ Dex if she puts all lvlup points to Dex.
She can block Leo quite well and will last a long time with minimal potion
consumption. The rogue has enough tohit to get in a few swings in between
blocking while the warrior deals out most of the damages without wasting
time on blocking and recovery. The mage, of course, may use offensive
spells for support as well as casting Heal Other on the Shield
Leo
is as good as dead if you have Holy Bolt. The formation below is another
alternative when playing traditional style (warrior as host/shield and
bow-only rogue), and the mage knows Holy Bolt. Note that Leo is allowed
to step into the room one pace so that the rogue has a straight shot at
him. Another strayed arrow avoided is another potion saved.
See Also:
Charis' Guide to Melee vs Leo

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