09-19-2003, 02:55 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2003, 11:16 PM by MongoJerry.)
MALDAR: ACT III, THE DURANCE OF HATE
![[Image: Maldar3_durance1.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar3_durance1.jpg)
The trip through the upper levels of the Durance of Hate was uneventful. I entered the third level and found a boss pack of Blood Lords in the corner of the level 3 entryway and Bone Prisoned them. I then woke up and led Bremm Sparkfist and his minions to the entranceway, imprisoned them there as well, and ran past them. I hoped I wouldn't see them again. Another Blood Lord boss pack was just on the other side of the arch you have to run through, so I Dim Visioned and Bone Prisoned it, too.
![[Image: Maldar3_durance2.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar3_durance2.jpg)
My plan was to imprison Maffer Dragonhand in a corner somewhere, run past him, and get to Mephisto as quickly as I could. But as I dodged around Dragonhand, I noticed that Mephisto had already been woken up for some reason. I don't know if it was just an unusual placement for him or if he now has an increased radius of awareness. Either way, there he was out on that little peninsula looking like one big juicy target.
So I threw up Bone Prisons around Dragonhand and Mephisto and started firing. I figured with my block and resistances, I could handle Dragonhand's Hydras. Mephisto couldn't do anything to me at all.
After a little while, though, I got annoyed by Dragonhand and went ahead and imprisoned him in the back corner of the room where he spawned. Then I came back out onto the platform and continued firing.
![[Image: Maldar3_durance3.jpg]](http://www.idiom.com/~gmonsen/diablo/Maldar3_durance3.jpg)
At some point, though, a jailbreak occurred. I started getting rained on by meteors. Luckily I was able to stop most of them with Dim Visions cast at the edge of the screen, and I threw up some bone walls to keep monsters at bay.
Somehow, though, Bremm Sparkfist managed to find his way out of the entryway, so I had to decide if I was going to stay where I was and keep up the Dim Visions and Bone Prisons or instead Bone Prison everything and run around to where Mephisto was standing.
The trip through the upper levels of the Durance of Hate was uneventful. I entered the third level and found a boss pack of Blood Lords in the corner of the level 3 entryway and Bone Prisoned them. I then woke up and led Bremm Sparkfist and his minions to the entranceway, imprisoned them there as well, and ran past them. I hoped I wouldn't see them again. Another Blood Lord boss pack was just on the other side of the arch you have to run through, so I Dim Visioned and Bone Prisoned it, too.
My plan was to imprison Maffer Dragonhand in a corner somewhere, run past him, and get to Mephisto as quickly as I could. But as I dodged around Dragonhand, I noticed that Mephisto had already been woken up for some reason. I don't know if it was just an unusual placement for him or if he now has an increased radius of awareness. Either way, there he was out on that little peninsula looking like one big juicy target.
So I threw up Bone Prisons around Dragonhand and Mephisto and started firing. I figured with my block and resistances, I could handle Dragonhand's Hydras. Mephisto couldn't do anything to me at all.
After a little while, though, I got annoyed by Dragonhand and went ahead and imprisoned him in the back corner of the room where he spawned. Then I came back out onto the platform and continued firing.
At some point, though, a jailbreak occurred. I started getting rained on by meteors. Luckily I was able to stop most of them with Dim Visions cast at the edge of the screen, and I threw up some bone walls to keep monsters at bay.
Somehow, though, Bremm Sparkfist managed to find his way out of the entryway, so I had to decide if I was going to stay where I was and keep up the Dim Visions and Bone Prisons or instead Bone Prison everything and run around to where Mephisto was standing.