Well, back when it was only sweet, sweet SoA we did not have devas or hlas or even legitimate castings of 9th lvl spells thanks to 2.95 m xp limit. (except casting time stop directly from scroll, which was such as waste!) So Irenicus was challengin enough. A master player will still rip him apart in short order, though.
Then ofcourse, there is scs. And even crueler, the infamous Tactics 'Improved Irenicus:The REALLY Shattered One' battle in Hell. That was awesome.
Tbh, SCS Irenicus battle in Asylum is so much harder than vanilla Irenicus Tree fight. I remember reloading a dozen times back in the day. Yesterday I finished him off in one go.
Well, back when it was only sweet, sweet SoA we did not have devas or hlas or even legitimate castings of 9th lvl spells thanks to 2.95 m xp limit. (except casting time stop directly from scroll, which was such as waste!) So Irenicus was challengin enough. A master player will still rip him apart in short order, though.
I think it was more like people knowing so little about the game. I don't think I even knew Breach was a spell back then. This game was genuinely hard on core mode the first few times. And also, people were 16 years younger. Probably influenced it a bit.
Granted, HLAs and stuff makes it easier today, but I don't think that's why he's not considered that challenging anymore.
Then ofcourse, there is scs. And even crueler, the infamous Tactics 'Improved Irenicus:The REALLY Shattered One' battle in Hell. That was awesome.
Been so long, I hardly even remember that one. He split up in many enemies, right, similar to how the ToB final fight is with Ascension? Should probably try it out again. And SCS for once, since it seems like everyone except me plays with that mode on right now.
Yeah, original tactics Irenicus is brutal. There are three rounds.
First round is the hardest, he is shattered into aspects:A shadow dragon that drains levels, an elder orb with buffz up to vazoo that also saps constitution, a sarevok wraith immune to magic with -24 ac that drains a lot of strength, mordenkainen sword+black razor hybrid, and Irenicus with unlimited spells+shatter magic ability. On insane, each round shadow dragon summons a wyvern, elder orb summons beholders, sarevok summons wraiths, sword calls in mordys and Irenicus summons a lich. Yeah. Cool fight.
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Then ofcourse, there is scs. And even crueler, the infamous Tactics 'Improved Irenicus:The REALLY Shattered One' battle in Hell. That was awesome.
Tbh, SCS Irenicus battle in Asylum is so much harder than vanilla Irenicus Tree fight. I remember reloading a dozen times back in the day. Yesterday I finished him off in one go.
Granted, HLAs and stuff makes it easier today, but I don't think that's why he's not considered that challenging anymore. Been so long, I hardly even remember that one. He split up in many enemies, right, similar to how the ToB final fight is with Ascension? Should probably try it out again. And SCS for once, since it seems like everyone except me plays with that mode on right now.
First round is the hardest, he is shattered into aspects:A shadow dragon that drains levels, an elder orb with buffz up to vazoo that also saps constitution, a sarevok wraith immune to magic with -24 ac that drains a lot of strength, mordenkainen sword+black razor hybrid, and Irenicus with unlimited spells+shatter magic ability. On insane, each round shadow dragon summons a wyvern, elder orb summons beholders, sarevok summons wraiths, sword calls in mordys and Irenicus summons a lich. Yeah. Cool fight.