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The other way is safer, but as usual, Mana-expensive.
Simply keep a distance from Izual and pelt him from long range with your BONE SPEAR or BONE SPIRIT. You may want to cast AMPLIFY DAMAGE to double the damage. Usually, he will go after your GOLEM while you run around pelting him with your offensive spells. Obviously, your GOLEM will eventually die. Run away and replenish your Mana then return to him and resume the assaul with a new GOLEM in tow.

Obviously, I would recommend the safer method. Sure, it's longer, but any way you defeat Izual means you defeat him! Also, when you kill Izual, you'll be amazed at the amount of experience you get! The little white bar above your Stamina Meter goes up a good notch or two!

[FROM Werebear:

There're lotsa other boss that die without much to do like Izual. He dies fairly easily with a BLOOD GOLEM standing there for him to hit and damage himself with IRON
MAIDEN casted on him. Even the ermm Venom Lord Uniques? The
Storm Caster Unique? All their damage doubles back to themselves or even 4 times back. BOOM. I just leave my
BLOOD GOLEM there with IM and all of them dies. Cheap on
Mana, and by just watching.

[FROM: Ja Mes Kor

Firstly, I fought Duriel, Izual, Mephisto and some other bosses in ACT 2 & later using the BLOOD GOLEM. Firstly, I would have to invest a few more points in GOLEM MASTERY.
BLOOD GOLEM with IRON MAIDEN on the above bosses allow you to attack the boss while he is busy entertaining himself with your GOLEM and you do get the blood back from your cute BLOOD GOLEM. ]


-Ja Mes Kor

2) BOSS   : Hephasto the Armorer (Extra Strong, Cursed, Magic
Resistant)

ABILITIES : Hammer Smash
Amplify Damage Curse

STRATEGY  :    He's probably the Smith's (Remember him way back in
Act I?) older, tougher bully of a brother. He's really scary to face! Not only is he Extra Strong, Hephasto has an
Amplify Damage Curse, ensuring pretty much instant death if he connects, even with BONE ARMOR active! Also, since he is
Magic Resistant, using your offensive magic spells like
BONE SPEAR and BONE SPIRIT won't be as effective on him.

So, what's a poor Necromancer to do? Well, the first thing to do is to take him away from the other monsters he has surrounding him. An excellent place will be the stairs leading back to the City of the Damned so you can quickly climb up the stairs to safety and use the Waypoint to heal up from the massive damage he dishes out. Once he's isolated, there are two ways that work well against
Hephasto the Armorer.

One way to kill Hephasto the Armorer when you take him on is to slow him down! So, have a SKELETAL MAGE with COLD
Magic is great. When he gets frozen, you can get close enough to him to get in a few whacks with your own AMPLIFY
DAMAGE Curse cast on him. When you see him raise his mighty hand to hit you, quickly run away from the blow! Have your
SKELETAL MAGE freeze him up again, and strike him a few times once more.

But, obviously, this is really a long process. Not only that, very risky! Another way is to use his Extra Strong stat against him. Cast IRON MAIDEN on him and let your minions do the fighting for you. When he strikes your friends down, he is actually killing himself! Actually, having an IRON GOLEM here with THORNS on him is better than having a FIRE GOLEM! This is because the THORNS aura combined with the IRON MAIDEN Curse on him will triple the damage returned to him! And with him being Extra Strong, he should be gone pretty quick!

The second method is easy and safe, but the first method works pretty well! I used the first way on Hephasto and I didn't get scratched! All it takes are real good reflexes to avoid the blows of Hephasto.

[FROM Werebear:

Now, imagine [a] BLOOD GOLEM going to kill Hephasto with
IRON MAIDEN. Remember, Hephasto do[es] AMPLIFY DAMAGE on the GOLEM and only do melee damage....

Hope you find this useful. ]


-Werebear

[FROM: Jason Lane

Regarding Hephasto the Armorer, use any sort of minion whatsoever and cast Iron Maiden on him.  I've seen this in action, it makes for a very short fight, even on Hell difficulty - since he deals so much damage. ]


-Jason Lane 3a) BOSS  : Infector of Souls (Extra Fast, Spectral Hit)

ABILITIES : Power Strike

STRATEGY  :    Infector of Souls is a Venom Lord Unique. He is also the easiest of the three sealed monsters of the Chaos
Sanctuary. Think of him as a beefed-up Venom Lord. Sure he's strong and got a lot of hit points. But, without his minions with him, he's pretty much nothing.

Simply cast AMPLIFY DAMAGE on his minions and BONE SPEAR them. When one of them is down, use CORPSE EXPLOSION. And again if there are any leftovers. Once all of the Infector of Souls' minions are down, he should also be badly beated with all of the CORPSE EXPLOSIONS done on him in the process.

Now, all you got to do are a few more CORPSE EXPLOSIONS on the pile of bodies you've done with AMPLIFY DAMAGE on him and, poof!, no more Infector of Souls! 3b) BOSS  : Grand Vizier of Chaos (Extra Strong, Fire Enchanted)

ABILITIES : Spark Melee Strike
Homing Mana Drain Missiles

STRATEGY  :    Grand Vizier of Chaos is a Storm Caster Unique. He has those annoying Homing Mana Drain Missiles which make it hard to keep a distance and attack with BONE SPEAR and BONE
SPIRIT because if you get hit with those missiles, your
Mana will empty out pretty quick.

This is an easy battle if you've got a FIRE GOLEM with you. Run around the Grand Vizier of Chaos and his minions so that they won't be able to get a bead on you. If they can't aim at you, they won't be able to hit you with those missiles. And running around them is a good distraction, too! Your FIRE GOLEM will kill a few of the minions off with a little help from your SKELETAL MAGES and a AMPLIFY
DAMAGE Curse. With a few of them down, you've got your ammo for CORPSE EXPLOSION fun! Keep on running around and casting CORPSE EXPLOSION on the dead carcasses of the minion Storm Casters.

Another good thing about the FIRE GOLEM is if it does die, there is a good chance that the resulting explosion from its death will take some of those baddies along with him! This still means that you're gonna get ammo for your
CORPSE EXPLOSIONS!

But, what if you haven't gotten a high enough level for
a FIRE GOLEM? Well, this will be a hard fight! What you have got to do is pretty much the same thing, but you really need to be a bit more active!

You still have to have your Necromancer run a circle around all of the baddies while your minions are in the fray. Once in a while, stop and cast BONE SPEAR in the crowd of baddies. Hopefully, you've got some Mana or
Rejuvenation Potions with you to replenish your Mana. When a few of them are dead, use your CORPSE EXPLOSION on the dead Storm Casters and keep on doing so until all of them, including the Grand Vizier of Chaos is dead. 3c)  BOSS : Lord De Seis (Extra Strong, Aura Enchanted, Thief)

ABILITIES : Thief Swipe
Bone Spirit
Iron Maiden Curse
Decrepify Curse

STRATEGY  :    First of all, Lord De Seis is an Oblivion Knight Unique.
And you know what a pain ordinary Oblivion Knights are!
Now, he's a buffed-up Oblivion Knight surrounded by an army of Doom Knights and Oblivion Knights! Now, THIS is gonna be rough!

This battle will be extremely tough because, not only is he a Oblivion Knight, Lord De Seis is surrounded by a horde of Doom Knights and a few Oblivion Knights. He is also
Extra Strong, so his attacks, the Thief Swipe and Bone
Spirit, do a heck lots of damage to you and your minions!

He also has Iron Maiden and Decrepity Curses. When he casts Iron Maiden on you, just run away quickly! You'll know it's Iron Maiden when you see the same tiny fireworks display over your head. His Decrepify Curse will make it difficult for you to run and strike with your weapon. So, run away as far as possible, too, when you get hit with this curse.

His Thief ability means that each time he connects with his Thief Swipe, one of your potions from your belt gets knocked off. Get hit a few times and you're going to have an empty belt! So, this will make it hard for you to heal with your potions.

With this in mind, Lord De Seis is going to be extremly difficult to kill. But, of course, it is possible. With great skill on you, your Necromancer, the assistance of all your minions, and a bit of luck, he will die.

This easiest way to kill Lord De Seis is to have a FIRE
GOLEM in your party. Cast AMPLIFY DAMAGE on the herd of baddies that are coming after the FIRE GOLEM. Now, while they're all busy beating on your FIRE GOLEM, quickly create another one, preferribly close by Lord De Seis' position.
With your AMPLIFY DAMAGE over the herd of Doom and Oblivion
Knights that went for the old FIRE GOLEM, the resulting explosion of creating a new one will kill almost all of them! Clean up is then easy with a few CORPSE EXPLOSIONS.
Now, all you're left with is Lord De Seis. Run up to him quickly and whack him. Staying close to him and hitting him with your weapon will prevent him from casting Bone Spirit on you. Sooner or later, Lord De Seis will bite the dust.

Without a FIRE GOLEM, you have to rely on your BONE
SPEAR to kill as many minions as possible. Just aim for
Lord De Seis with the BONE SPEAR and make sure that the
BONE SPEAR will strike the group of baddies heading toward you. Make sure you've got AMPLIFY DAMAGE on him and his minions while doing this. Afterwards, when a few of the baddies are dead, CORPSE EXPLOSION on them to clear them out, leaving Lord De Seis all by his lonesome. Get close to him, and attack!

At any time, during any of the above methods, you feel that you're gonna get killed, just run away! I mean it! If you do die at this point, it is going to be tough returning to your corpse and get back your equipment with all the tough monsters still in the area surrounding your dead body.

Personally, get the FIRE GOLEM and use the first method.
It's really easy with that method! As long as Lord De Seis is alone, he's really not that hard to beat!

4) BOSS   : Diablo

ABILITIES : Ice Claw