11-06-2003, 06:00 AM
Hows your spell levels? Chain lightning works well versus most goat archer types, and even lower levels of chain lightning will be able to kill them because of their low levels of life. Use a peek-a-boo tatic like a corner to get them all lined up, and give em a cl or two.
The archers are much lower level than hell enemies, and thus are easier to hit with magical attacks. If your fireball is of a respectable level, try it on them to see if you hit them often enough. You might be suprised. If you find you aren't hitting them enough, try to drive them against a wall. It if misses them all, it will still hit the wall and the splash damage can kill up to three of them.
If there is a door that isn't blocked nearby, retreat through it and cast firewall with your cursor on the door, which will result in the firewall being place just on the other side of it. When you shut the door, the archers will all move forward and a couple will enter the firewall. One will open the door, and then start to flee. As soon as he opens it just shut it again and he will repeat the process. This will have him walking in and out of a firewall, and he will die quickly. Also, is you are doing that, you are mostly shielded from other arrows, and other goat men may also die in the firewall. Once the guy who opened the door is dead, another one will take his place. The last one or two can just be killed easily by waiting at the doorway and catching them with your melee weapon. This is my favorite tactic to use in the library/shrine rooms where there can be tons of archers.
For non fire immune archers, sometimes you can cast a firewall behind them and perpindicular to a wall to make an artificial corner. Unreliably the archers will not even walk through it, choosing either to walk all the way around it, or simply stay in the "corner" (between the wall and the "wall") where you can kill it. I haven't tried this in awhile though, so I can't be sure with this one.
The archers are much lower level than hell enemies, and thus are easier to hit with magical attacks. If your fireball is of a respectable level, try it on them to see if you hit them often enough. You might be suprised. If you find you aren't hitting them enough, try to drive them against a wall. It if misses them all, it will still hit the wall and the splash damage can kill up to three of them.
If there is a door that isn't blocked nearby, retreat through it and cast firewall with your cursor on the door, which will result in the firewall being place just on the other side of it. When you shut the door, the archers will all move forward and a couple will enter the firewall. One will open the door, and then start to flee. As soon as he opens it just shut it again and he will repeat the process. This will have him walking in and out of a firewall, and he will die quickly. Also, is you are doing that, you are mostly shielded from other arrows, and other goat men may also die in the firewall. Once the guy who opened the door is dead, another one will take his place. The last one or two can just be killed easily by waiting at the doorway and catching them with your melee weapon. This is my favorite tactic to use in the library/shrine rooms where there can be tons of archers.
For non fire immune archers, sometimes you can cast a firewall behind them and perpindicular to a wall to make an artificial corner. Unreliably the archers will not even walk through it, choosing either to walk all the way around it, or simply stay in the "corner" (between the wall and the "wall") where you can kill it. I haven't tried this in awhile though, so I can't be sure with this one.