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With Iwamoto, we could easily take him down, but now I'm not so sure about attacking. He's a mega-blocker with a double turn (and therefore double stone recharge and paralysis removal), vampirism, and an unknown type of leadership. And he'll have four bodyguards with him, who are also clearly not weak. We won't be able to one-shot him either. And the squad consists almost entirely of archers, which won't allow them to realize their potential near the memorial. We can't even bring a dragon into the city. So, is it worth it?

Two Chaos Knights and a guard? Since steadfastness protects against instant kills, and it will also protect against Chaos Knights, and he will only take -66% health damage. And, most likely, this spell cannot be blocked.

I'm not sure about the Death Knight; I need to check with Revan. Besides, considering the map size, it will be difficult to use them effectively. And his vampirism is also a factor. I think he can take down any unit in a single turn and also restore his own health. And the sunlight beam from the stone will almost deplete all your health, making it hard to cast any spells.

Here's a tip the game gives you.

There, you will also need to bypass the will check and denial.

It seems to me that if the beam has any checks, they would be against reaction or speed. And yes, it's possible with negation. Just keep in mind that for such checks, Carvelos's willpower will be 62 or even higher (due to his equipment). The situation is similar with paralysis checks, but due to immunity (and this is if the Sylvan ability doesn't double willpower or if he doesn't have items that grant immunity to paralysis). At the same time, even if his HP drops to two-thirds after your successful black holes, his accuracy, willpower, speed, reaction, and number of attacks will increase. He will resist your attacks even better and inflict such a barrage of blows that he will fully heal and raise his stats even higher through ecstasy.

What kind of equipment is it? How did you find out?
And, if possible, maybe it's worth trying to double-stun him at the beginning of the battle if he's not immune to it?

Here is Carvelos, here are Suenos' abilities, here is the description of the stones, and here are the abilities of the Knight of Nozenroth.

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What kind of equipment is that? How did you find out about it?

I don't know what kind of equipment it is, which is why I say that Willpower might be higher than 62. That's how much Carvelos has when he's not wearing anything. For certain Willpower checks.

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Oh, I was wrong about the beam. For some reason, I thought it dealt 144 x Magic damage instead of 44 x Magic. But even this amount of damage will be very unpleasant for you.

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And we shouldn't forget that he can buff his Willpower by another 10 (20 for checks) and gain an additional three hundred hit points for a couple of turns (one turn for him, though), activating "Determination".

In that case, we need to plan the attack based on the need to cripple/stun/kill him in one or two rounds. It seems possible to me, although it will also depend on his guards and successful rolls. Steadfast prevents strong attacks, but doesn't save from weak, multiple hits.

In short, I only see a few viable options: trying to kill him with a combination of Taelina and black holes. But this needs to be done in the very first turn; otherwise, he will buff himself with ecstasy and heal. And he will chop Taelina to pieces. It doesn't seem very reliable. Unless we decide to keep an eye on him (using the Eye), wait for a competitor to appear, and take the stone from him when he deals with Carvelos.

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Resilience prevents strong hits, but doesn't save from weak, multiple jabs, it seems.

Yes, ecstasy and heavy armor protect against multiple weak jabs. And the block skill. And who among us is capable of multiple weak jabs, besides Taelina and Eisa (whose bow is unlikely to deal any damage to him, but it can trigger ecstasy)? Our guys don't have very good accuracy either, so most attacks will be parried/blocked if he doesn't dodge them altogether.

lol, Lawrence

And mine the memorial, plus Tingor can throw a grenade. :)

Actually, here are his defensive stats against physical attacks:
Parry - 33
Dodge - 33
Block - 66
Our most accurate fighter is Tailina, with an accuracy of 30. If I didn't make a mistake in my calculations, her attacks will only hit him in 5% of cases. And that's even without considering the chance of triggering the "Hand of Death" ability. And Tailina only has five attacks.

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And mine the memorial, plus Tingor can throw a grenade.

I'm afraid that without the throwing skill, he'll blow himself up with that grenade.

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And what will he use to mine it with? Do we even have any explosives here?

Is it possible to paralyze him like that? I can't seem to find it. If so, we can try that. I'll cast Shock until it works, and the others can finish him off.

Since covering all the content of the update will require me to advance the plot somewhat (~0.5-1.5 years, depending on the choices made), and because in this specific case, I don't want to decide the outcome of certain events on my own (as they may have a significant impact on the content you will interact with in one form or another), I've decided to offer you a choice of update packages (lol). This will work as follows: I will post three images at a time in the thread, and hidden beneath each of them will be different options for how certain events might unfold. Then, once a choice is made, I will take it into account and post the next set. This approach is also good because these questions can be resolved as the active game progresses; it won't require a pause, and I can even start working on some of the information before the Il'tan problem is resolved. Regarding the content: you will only be given a small hint – the theme. #1: Ixian Ghostdrain