ToB final battle question

Erinne

What exactly do I need to do to dispel Melissan's protections? I've used the wand of spell striking, but she's still no-selling my attacks.

Joan_Daro

No you can't.
the stoneskin she wears can only be removed by your melee fighter hitting her 10 times.

BelegCuthalion

Wirlewind for the win there to do that fast

Borek

Been a while since i played now, but pretty sure Staff of the Magi and Carsomyr Dispel on Hit works

Arunsun

Borek said:

Been a while since i played now, but pretty sure Staff of the Magi and Carsomyr Dispel on Hit works

They are cast at level 30 IIRC, and Melyssan is level 34, which means these dispels have at most 10% chance of working.

Reliant

Nice to be an Inquisitor!

lunar

Her special stoneskin used to be coded as a spell protection (and undispellable, IIRC), thus breach (which removes combat protections) was ineffective. Try high level spell protection removals: lvl 8 spell pierce shield or lvl 7 ruby ray&khelbens whips. To be honest it has been eons since I played that fight with no mods so I am not sure if it was fixed or changed, so try at your own risk. I always bombard Mel with multiple pierce shields, ruby rays and then a breach or two for good measure and my fighters chop her up fast.

Durenas

Smite+Greater Whirlwind is an amazing combination. You can get a full round of 10xcrits with carsomyr. It's pretty sick.

Borek

Arunsun said:

Borek said:

Been a while since i played now, but pretty sure Staff of the Magi and Carsomyr Dispel on Hit works

They are cast at level 30 IIRC, and Melyssan is level 34, which means these dispels have at most 10% chance of working.

I never had the Staff of the Magi fail, but i do have Tweaks Anthology loaded with many options including scrolls cast at caster level, which may also have unintended boosting to the Staff's Dispel Magic. By the time i hit this encounter i'm usually 50/50/50 even as a triple class since i solo.