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       [YouTube] Hardcore Walkthrough 1.8e/h (no give-up) FULLY UPLOADE
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       By: hamza_tm Date: September 2, 2012, 6:24 pm
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       UPDATE 21/08/2014: If you want to contact me about anything,
       it's best to drop a message in one of my videos on youtube (or
       message me directly via youtube). I don't check this forum too
       often.
       FULL WALKTHROUGH OF THE GAME UPLOADED!
       UPDATE 28/04/2013: I made a playlist for you guys :)
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOWMYEBVxp8DaVLYBKa4acwft3sOeUHVU
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       Here we go. On Hardcore with no give up.
       Chapter 1
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 1 Intro
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/nMi92xdPL1I
       Timeline: Clearing top half of map, doing Fishthern gang and
       worm field quests.
       3:38 - Branch of Rejuvenation (digsite)
       4:01 - Boots of Speed from Wuzz Shaman
       4:54 - Lucky Clover, Lever Puzzle
       6:36 - Magic Orb 1 from Adult Golem
       11:07 - Worm infested Field Quest
       11:51 - Lesser Magic Ball (talk to Sir Richard after Quest)
       Firstly, I'll give a rundown of the strategy I plan to employ in
       this walkthrough, and the reasoning behind it.
       1. SKILLS
       I'm building Phodom as a tank caster, so stacking magic damage
       items as well as HP (strength) items. The skills chosen are
       generally the most powerful spells DPS wise.
       Meltdown - armour reduction and strong nuke, synchronizes well
       with other -armour skills for high physical DPS later in the
       game.
       Ground Zero - most powerful AOE spell no contest
       Heavens Bless - for resurrection, and heal over time usually
       beats instant heal for boss battles
       Aura of Fire - for spare ability points, it's really good though
       especially at early levels, provides lots of passive DPS and
       scales well with magic damage over the course of the game
       Chaotic Rift - useful because it's dependent on magic damage
       which I am focusing on, and also the attack disable will help a
       lot in tight situations
       Defensive Roar - Phodom is a great tank, but enemies tend to
       focus on the squishier Fradz and Galeoth, so this will help fix
       that problem.
       The reason I'm going for tank caster is because 1. Phodom is the
       best tank, and 2. his attack speed is too slow to be a great
       physical DPSer whereas his spells are really powerful. Also with
       limited money in this no give up run, it is more viable to go
       for spell based builds as you lack the cash for DPS items
       (especially if you have both Fradz and Phodom as DPS. Fradz
       alone is a better choice)
       2. SKILL BUILD (how to spend ability points)
       Ground Zero - point in this first as it will kill any creep all
       over the map in one cast. So powerful. Use as much as you can
       then meditate and repeat.
       Meltdown - more nuking as this is a spell damage build
       Aura of Fire - no manacost, very good dps
       Ground Zero - it's too powerful
       Heavens Bless - need one of these at this point to take on the
       better minibosses, but only really on extreme (spider boss to be
       precise)
       Heavens Bless - Debatable whether you want this or Meltdown, but
       this may help more on Extreme/Hardcore difficulties in boss
       battles.
       Chaotic Rift - Go for this over Meltdown, as the attack disable
       will help survivability during epic and elite boss battles.
       3. ITEMS
       This is where the decisions are difficult. Cash is very limited,
       but there a few things to aim for.
       Francisca is a great item due to the +stats every chapter, so we
       will aim to complete its components, Maragath and Miragas sets,
       in this Chapter. We also aim to turn Maragaths set into Ruby Axe
       as it is one of the few ways in this chapter to boost your HP,
       which is very welcome. This in total will cost around 1300 this
       chapter.
       Zocmo's set is pretty awesome, so Zocmo's gloves are necessary.
       Feel free to sell stuff that isn't needed, or can be obtained
       later. This includes Tzitorin, Speedy boots, Gladius, Branch of
       Rejuvenation, Spiked Club, evil eyes, rune bracer, plate shield,
       etc.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Ch 1 Continued
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/pZhHQysEATM
       Timeline: finishing off everything else apart from the bosses.
       Getting a bunch of items:
       1:50 - Steel Round Shield (digspot)
       3:10 - Bronze Shovel (shop)
       3:30 - 50g coins (digspot)
       5:25 - 50g coins (digspot)
       7:50 - Rune Ankle (lucky box)
       9:22 - Spiked Club/Maragath's Belt (ogre boss)
       12:23 - Glyph of Ability (digspot)
       15:18 - Miraga's Armour (digspot)
       15:35 - Volcanic Fissure (black merchant)
       18:00 - Elder Golem quest
       19:50 - Selling some items, bought Maragath's Amulet
       20:45 - Axe/Soldier's Belt
       21:20 - Restoration Potion (digspot)
       22:25 - Miraga's Ring/Widger Queen Ring
       23:40 - Energy Orb
       25:28 - Lesser Magic Ball (digspot)
       26:10 - Fire Ward (digspot)
       27:50 - Soldier's Gloves (Wuzz Commander)
       I sold off some of the useless stuff at 19:50, to buy Maragaths
       Amulet. This item has a 3% chance on every attack to increase
       strength permanently by 1, up to a max of 6 extra strength per
       chapter. Extra strength means extra HP, which is very important
       for this playthrough as there isn't enough gold to get certain
       HP items.
       Next video is the main boss! See you then
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Main Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/UZ3JT2zL0co
       Timeline:
       0:31 - 1:13 Main boss fight. Steal Lesser Magic Ball
       2:07 Quasch Claws
       3:20 Boots of Sunrise/Lesser Magic Ball (Wuzz Shaman)
       4:15 Path of Power (digspot)
       5:00 Ormester :)
       5:25 First Son
       6:10 Maragath's Armor
       6:45 Combat King Siphon Life
       7:45 Shopping! Get Ruby Axe Recipe, sell some stuff
       Pretty simple boss, nothing too dangerous and all of his attacks
       are easy to dodge. Start off with +steal items, steal him and
       quick-switch your +steal items to better ones. In this video
       it's Widger Queens Ring.
       Very quick one, but it gets more interesting later on.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/xJt57veQJXA
       Elite boss is kind of tricky, his nuke does 900 damage a pop and
       is undodgeable, instant and without warning. HP is only about
       1100 at this stage (basically because this is a "from scratch"
       run so I didn't have money for +HP items).
       The aim here is to keep your health as high as possible at all
       times. I synthesized Ruby Axe on the fly to help with the low
       health problems.
       Otherwise his skills aren't too hard to dodge. Falling rocks is
       a bit random but you can heal them off easily. You just gotta
       pray that he doesn't net you right before starting his multiple
       waves thing, because that is pretty much a disgusting death or
       two. For some reason he didn't use his wave attack at all this
       fight.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/tzBiFxStDmc
       0:00 - 0:30 Shopping, buy Miragas Set and sell Tzitorin etc
       (it's obtained later on again anyway)
       1:34 Show all the items I currently have
       2:16 - 9:35 EPIC BOSS BATTLE
       4:07 Why you need at least 90% HP at all times
       The dreaded Archmage. This boss also has an instant, undodgeable
       nuke (common factor in Ch 1 Elite and Epics, don't ask me why)
       but as I have a few more +str items it's somewhat easier to
       survive. Healing is the key. I make good use of potions to
       ensure I don't get nuked into oblivion. His main events are easy
       to dodge and heal through, no nasty surprises there. I
       quick-switched Path of Power a few times and also had boots of
       sunrise handy.
       I died twice, once intentionally with Heavens Bless heal active,
       then immediately again after respawning because I was too
       slow... actually it was his damn nuke.
       I choose to Kill the Archmage because of the item you receive.
       If you kill him you get a Master Mage's Staff which is pretty
       powerful. You can combine it with the Adept Mage's Staff you
       stole from him, and a Novice Mage's Staff from the shop, plus a
       recipe to make the  tier 4 item Grandmaster Mage's Staff.
       If you spare him you get a Mega Ring, which is good (steals HP
       and Mana and allows you to go beyond the maximum level of the
       current chapter by 2) but this is obtainable in Chapter 5
       anyway. Also, by killing him you get a lot more experience and
       gold plus two more sellable items (so even more gold), after
       fighting all the Muraudar Clan and looting their homes ;)
       Anyway, before ending a chapter make sure you have the maximum
       gold possible. Sell everything you don't need and don't buy
       anything you can buy later on (as long as there isn't a need for
       the item in the very next chapter or something). In this way the
       5% bonus gold from Riddle Questions will be as high as possible.
       As a reminder, the items you want to keep at the end of this
       chapter are:
       Aegis Shield (whatever starting pack item you chose)
       First Son
       4 Lesser Magic Balls
       Magic Orb 1
       Ruby Axe
       Miragas set
       Widger Queens Ring
       Zocmo's Gloves
       Boots of Sunrise
       Energy Orb
       Path of Power
       Damanthe's Shield
       Adept Mage's Staff
       Master Mage's Staff
       The rest is expendable and can be sold. You may want to keep
       speedy boots to make Aerial Shoes though (although they can be
       bought later on too).
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 2
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 2 Intro
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/ST9xvySfB3I
       Timeline: Some very important starting items, and Khutzi quest
       0:55 - Greedy Armour (digspot)
       1:22 - Soldier's Helmet (shop)
       1:27 - Beach Crab killing strategy
       2:05 - Magic Orb piece (digspot)
       4:15 - Jewel of Health (some guy)
       4:39 - Glyph of Ability (digspot)
       8:31 - KHUTZI, Mana belt and Amulet of Strength
       Hello and welcome to Chapter 2! A lovely change of terrain as
       you can see.
       Buy Resurrection Combat King for Fradz, he doesn't have it in a
       spell. I bought 4 levels of it and 1 siphon life Combat King
       (which I don't think actually works in this version...). The
       reasoning behind skill points are explained below. Definitely
       get 2 levels of blessing of lightning as it will allow you to
       dig ANY digspot from the start of the chapter. And Greedy Armour
       absolutely must be gotten right away (dig with level 2 blessing
       of lightning) for the increased gold and exp. Also soldiers
       helmet from the start is great for HP, and Fradz needs HP badly.
       Remember to walk into any Teleports you see to activate them.
       First thing to do is to NOT do Nhutzi quest, but run to the top
       of the map and get the Jewel of Health. This item gives an extra
       permanent 25HP every time you level up, so get it before you
       level up. There is also a lovely digspot there with an ability
       point. Whilst I'm there, I prefer to do the Khutzi quest first,
       cross the river by boat for thief's knife (black merchant) and
       the digspot/TP there, then cross again and work my way through
       the mountains all the way to the Nhutzi and Voldro's quests.
       Also, watch for my strategy against the crabs. You can take them
       at level one with well one timed Energy Ball and a scissor
       stab/invis strike alone. Abuse the skills and use meditate when
       mana finishes. Fradz at early levels MUST make use of his
       spells!
       So as usual, here is the strategy I am employing for Fradz, and
       for this Chapter.
       1. SKILLS
       Fradz is the best DPS hero in the game with his skills and
       stats, so I want to maximize on that and build him as such.
       Sword Dance gives him superb attack speed, which combined with
       his naturally high attack rate already, makes him simply deadly
       in burst damage.
       Meltdown - armour reduction and strong nuke, synchronizes well
       with other -armour skills for high physical DPS later in the
       game.
       Scissor Stab - reducing armour increased physical damage, and
       for the same reason we chose Meltdown (reduces armour by 10),
       this simply synergizes perfectly with it (can reach -25 armour
       now). It's also a nuke.
       Blessing of Lightning - an AOE (Area Of Effect) instant heal.
       Fradz is low on healing spells and this is one of the few AOE
       heals in the game. On top of that it increases all the stats of
       allies too, which is simply great.
       Energy Ball - extremely powerful yet overlooked spell when used
       correctly. It heals and makes Fradz unkillable for a few seconds
       (helps in survival if you need just a bit more time to wait for
       a spell to come off cooldown), but the main point is the damage
       output possible. Because Fradz travels forward, enemies that get
       hit tend to walk away, and if Fradz follows them in the spell
       they will take damage multiple times. This can deal the most
       damage of any of Fradz's spells in this entire chapter. BUT, one
       disadvantage is that if you kill an enemy (finish it off) while
       in energy ball form, then you don't gain any charges on your
       sword of haste (or whatever starting pack item that needs
       charges). For this reason I only levelled it  up once so that it
       would weaken but not kill enemies. Needless to say, if it was
       levelled up further most enemies could be instakilled easily.
       Invisible Strike - Survival in tight situations, plus the move
       speed for navigating around, plus more importantly the extra
       damage on a backstab attack. That extra damage is better than
       most nukes, and very powerful at all levels. I use this a lot to
       kill enemies, usually on every cooldown. Just watch out for it
       in the video!
       Teleport Strike - best skill for a physical DPS Fradz as it
       allows him to use all of his DPS buffs and attack damage and
       make full use of -armour. Stupidly powerful if all hits are
       directed at a single target (make sure nothing else is alive in
       range) with 5K or something damage pretty easy to achieve.
       The aim is to maximize your strengths while watering down your
       weaknesses. Fradz's main weakness is survivability, so I have 3
       skills that help survival while also enhancing his physical DPS
       (guess which ones and why that is the case!).
       2. SKILL BUILD (how to spend ability points)
       At the start you have 6 points.
       2 x Blessing of Lightning - this is only for the stats. From the
       beginning if you have level 2 of this you can take EVERY digspot
       on the entire map. That's why I take it. If you think you are
       losing out on an ability point this early on, that is not the
       case because you can use the skill at the start to get another
       ability point from a digspot.
       1 x Scissor Stab - levelling this up further gives a higher nuke
       damage but nothing else, the damage increase isn't that great.
       2 x Invisible Strike - the damage from levelling this up is way
       better than the damage increase in scissor stab because this is
       a much more often used skill with more uses than scissor stab.
       1 x Energy Ball - because as discussed above, it is really
       powerful but I need to ensure I don't kill with it.
       3. ITEMS
       Surprisingly you have a bit more cash than in chapter 1!
       So as we want Francisca, we will want to buy both parts of
       Archeon's set from the shops, and complete the set after a
       quest. Then make this into a Topaz Axe when possible (Topaz from
       shop, axe from shop, recipe from shop) as it is very powerful
       and nets you an extra 12 agility permanently.
       Zocmo's set is great, so buy his boots when possible. They
       increase movespeed a LOT, and since it's an aura you can leave
       Zocmo's Boots in your box and still get increased movement
       speed. I use this tactic in the epic/elite boss battles to free
       up an inventory slot.
       Other good stuff to buy in this chapter, Soldier's helmet. You
       get the other two parts free and soldiers set is great on Fradz
       mainly for the extra HP, and also the other little bonuses.
       I may need Ring of Rejuvenate for bosses, but hopefully it won't
       come to that :)
       A lot of stuff can be sold again, including Centaurs Axe,
       whatever you get from the lucky box if it isn't useful, one
       amulet of strength (you get two), a bunch of evil eyes, mana
       belt, health belt etc.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Ch 2 More Quests
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/AASYFSOukCg
       Timeline: My basic path through the map, taking out the major
       minibosses, getting some sets, up until main boss fight.
       1:47 - Lesser Magic Ball (digspot)
       3:10 - Thief's Knife (black merchant)
       7:03 - Path of Speed (digspot)
       9:09 - 11:31 VOLDRO, Thief's boots, Second Son, 50g coins
       (digspot)
       12:15 - Soldier's Gloves, potion of agility (voldro quest
       reward)
       14:09 - Branch of Rejuvenation (digspot)
       17:07 - Soldier's Belt (digspot) (finished Soldier's Set)
       17:30 - 17:39 NHUTZI, health belt, ring of agility
       20:09 - Power Orb (stole it from Wildboard Chieftain likeabawss)
       22:30 - 23:58 TORNDER KING
       24:16 - 27:16 MADEILA, Pete's Pipe, Purple Stream
       29:00 - Shopping, Archeon's Knife, Archeon's Hood, Zocmo's Boots
       31:05 - 34:52 MIGHTY HYDRA and his minions, Archeon's Boots,
       Spiral Lightning
       Finished Archeon's Set so now I can gain permanent agility
       points. Got Zocmo's Boots too, the next item in mind is Topaz
       Axe (upgrade to Archeon's Set)
       Next video is the main boss! He is quite dangerous compared to
       last chapter's main boss :)
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Main Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/LsrhWk76lus
       Timeline: Take out the main boss, then the fishtherns in the
       bottom left, and the Momo Chieftain in the middle of nowhere.
       Then farm some, and kill the Scorpion King.
       0:42 - 4:23 MAIN BOSS, Centaur's Axe
       4:53 Lucky Clover (digspot)
       9:55 Claymore (Lucky Box)
       10:35 - 13:35 FISHTHERN CHIEFTAIN, Thief's Hood, Damanthe's Left
       Sword
       14:30 Shopping, sell Centaur's Axe and Claymore, buy Topaz
       15:30 - 18:14 MOMO CHIEFTAIN, Amulet of Life, Amulet of Strength
       19:16 - 22:21 WILDBOARD CHIEFTAIN, tempest stone. This is a fun
       fight!
       22:42 Shopping, Topaz Axe recipe
       24:52 Shopping, Stogo Helmet
       -boring period-
       32:55 - 35:35 SAND SCORPION KING, Toxic Sting
       The Obelisk Puzzle in Noc'toriah's Masoleum is a great place to
       farm up charges on your Sword of Haste or whatever starting pack
       item that requires charges. Between now and the next video I
       will simply be farming charges in there till I reach 300, and I
       get the maximum extra permanent agility from Topaz Axe (12).
       Next time, it's either the epic or the elite boss, I'm not too
       sure which will take my fancy first.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/co_LDh0-Q0U
       Timeline: Enter temple, get past the rolling doors and defeat
       epic boss, that's pretty much it.
       0:40 Defeat Temple Guardians, grab Helm of Sunrise
       4:30 - 10:16 EPIC BOSS BATTLE
       6:09 Fradz vs Fradz battle
       10:18 Mr boss can't resist one last attack at me. Just die will
       you??
       To defeat the temple guardians, just kill one of them then
       defeat the other before the first one respawns. Don't forget to
       grab the Helm of Sunrise on the way up the stairs, resurrection
       is always helpful just in case.
       This boss isn't too difficult, I chose to do this boss before
       the elite one as firstly, you can steal a fantastic item from
       him at the start of the fight: Golden Idol, which gives 1000 HP
       and some stuff. Much needed HP for Fradz, helps a lot with the
       Elite Boss yet to come.
       Secondly it's easier and less frustrating than Noc'toriah the
       Elite Boss.
       I went for a lot of HP items against this boss, and dropped
       sword of haste because it was making no discernible difference
       to attack speed that I could notice, seems like a pretty nasty
       bug to me. I switched Power Orb and Path of Speed every so often
       to get the agility bonus.
       The part where you fight Fradz is simple, just heal when you
       need to, use your spells wisely, and meditate in a corner when
       he does his crazy attack.
       As for the events, they are quite obvious when he is about to do
       them, so no nasty surprises and no goddamn rape-nuke. That's my
       new word for boss nukes that have no warning and are
       undodgeable. So far Noc'toriah, And both Elite/Epic bosses from
       Chapter 1 have these darn rape-nukes.
       Next up is Noc'toriah himself, a real pain usually but we'll see
       how it goes.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/huw4GR09iwM
       Timeline
       0:08 Obelisk Puzzle
       1:01 - 8:18 ELITE BOSS BATTLE
       3:48 He did something I never saw before and started his
       windmill lightning diagonally. A VERY close call
       4:26 I use sword dance right in front of his lightning nuke, and
       managed to save myself in an epic scramble of a heal, between
       different parts of the damage. And Potion of Health was on
       cooldown lol (if I didn't get that heal in time I would have
       died)
       6:30 Another clutch heal, this time with power orb and a healing
       lightning ball.
       8:16 Enjoyable ending.
       NOTE: After the battle till the end of the video I do NOTHING of
       interest except try and decide what I want to sell. There is no
       need to watch it, you can see the items I kept at the bottom of
       the description.
       Hardest boss known to man... not really but his dual silences
       are unique and make this a bit of a lengthy battle. Small
       mistakes get you killed too easily, like using sword dance at
       the wrong time. I actually should have died a few times when I
       did that (sword dance doesn't let you move to dodge it), but
       watch in awe at 4:26 and 6:30 as I manage to survive. Another
       surprise is that his rape-nuke didn't rape me... was it finally
       removed?
       Spam Spiral Lightning from the Spellbook and run into ALL the
       healing lightning balls that come towards him, or they will heal
       him instead. As soon as you see him initiating an event, dodge
       appropriately (see video for how I dodge the different events at
       1:24, 1:37, and 5:55)
       It wasn't shown in the video, but I eventually sold Mana Ball.
       The 10% magic damage was attractive, but the 1k Gold you get is
       more important in the next chapter.
       As a reminder, the items you want to keep at the end of this
       chapter are:
       Sword of Haste (or whatever starting pack item you chose)
       Golden Idol (not needed later but as it only sells for 200g I
       didn't bother selling it)
       Golden Claws
       Power Orb
       Thief's Set
       Soldier's Set
       Topaz Axe
       Helm of Sunrise
       Path of Speed
       Zocmo's Boots
       Lucky Clover
       Damanthe's Left sword (makes Damanthe's set)
       Tempest Stone (makes Orichalcon)
       Toxic Sting (part of a part of Demon Sphere)
       Lesser Magic Ball
       Magic Orb piece
       Amulet of Strength
       Ring of Agility
       Purple Stream (these three make Orb of Stats which is a part of
       a part of Demon Sphere)
       Second Son (makes Aerial Sword which makes Aero)
       Jewel of Health
       Branch of Rejuvenation (these two make Andenaj)
       Greedy Armor (This isn't strictly needed later on, but the extra
       20% gold makes it pay for itself next time.. maybe. Sell it if
       you like)
       Next up is Chapter 3, a short but sweet chapter :D
       See you there!
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 3
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 3 Intro
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLGKUNiLifg
       Timeline: Clear the entire map completely, defeat Main boss, and
       then take out the Elite boss
       1:42 Shopping, Zocmo's Gem, some Combat Kings (resurrection,
       trance)
       2:53 Frost Armature spellbook spell (drop from a frost beast)
       4:25 Mysterious Ring (drop from an Icy Hades)
       6:10 Magic Orb piece (on the floor)
       6:36 - 8:11 GHOSTS PUZZLE, path of magic, glyph of ability (need
       to get their mana to 0, I use hammer)
       8:54 - 12:30 MAIN BOSS, Spider Queens Essence (spend some time
       farming charges too)
       15:34 - 16:19 ICY BERSERK TROLL miniboss, lucky clover, third
       son
       17:01 - 18:47 ELITE BOSS, Ice Crown, Esper Anthanex
       19:40 Shopping, Orb of Magic
       20:55 Orb of Stats (Lucky Box)
       Note: the video was in parts originally but I joined them
       together. Ignore whatever I type at 16:30
       So this is quite a short chapter, I finish most of it in this
       video as you can see. You only need to buy a couple items from
       the shop, Zocmo's Gem and Orb of Magic, totalling 2000 gold. As
       usual I get some levels of Resurrection (don't know why I bother
       as I never seem to use it!) and this time some levels of trance.
       Not sure if trance works but extra magic damage is always
       welcome if it does.
       Unfortunately all the snow effects can make the game lag while
       recording, and the Main and Elite boss battles are pretty choppy
       at some points, so I apologize for that in advance. The main
       boss is pretty simple, hit and heal, same with the Elite boss.
       But during the Elite boss fight be sure to keep your distance as
       near the end Anthanex's attack damage increases a LOT and he
       does sudden unexpected rape-nukes that take about 80% off your
       HP so you need to be healed up. Definitely steal and equip Ice
       Crown off him as it is REALLY powerful at this point. If you
       built Galeoth like I have then spam all your spells as much as
       possible, kill everything with combos and heal whenever your HP
       drops. Inner Light is very cheap on manacost and has a 5 second
       cooldown so abuse it!
       To defeat the Ghost puzzle, reduce their mana to 0 then they
       will die. I use the Hammer spell but Omega Gloves and combat
       king magic torment will also do.
       The troll miniboss is pretty hard as he stuns you and does a LOT
       of damage per attack, just keep him stunned and don't be afraid
       to use everything including your ultimate on him.
       That's it for now, next time we use the mysterious ring and
       enter the epic boss area with a bunch of puzzles and an epic
       fight to finish it off!
       Hamza
       PS: Here is a rundown of my Magic Damage Galeoth Strategy:
       1. SKILLS
       There are two ways to build Galeoth, either all out nuker, or
       all out debuffer (slows enemies to a crawl). Unfortunately if
       you want to complete the epic boss within the time limit then
       the ONLY way to build Galeoth (on Extreme/Hardcore) is with
       nukes and the Ice Crystal Starter pack. So that's what I've
       done.
       Bone Chiller: AOE disable and nuke. Chose it over seal of
       resurrection as seriously, with Galeoth you either go all out or
       you go home. 100% firepower or nothing!
       Magical Hammer: AOE disable and nuke and mana burn
       Frozen Fang: AOE disable and nuke
       Inner Light: Very spammable heal, and Galeoth needs a heal.
       Frozen Paradise: AOE disable and nuke
       As you can see these are VERY powerful skills. All of them
       increase in potency depending on your magic damage which is
       great, and 4 of them are AOE nukes as well as disables - simply
       amazing. I wouldn't go for much else for a full-on magic damage
       Galeoth.
       2. SKILL BUILD (how to spend ability points)
       At the start you have 16 points.
       6x Magical hammer
       6x Frozen Fang
       1x Frozen Paradise
       1x Inner Light
       2x Ice Mastery
       Maxing out your nukes, and one level into your heal obviously.
       The two in Ice Mastery are useful as they increase the potency
       of ALL your spells including the heal. But choosing dedicated
       skill points for the nukes increases the damage more per nuke
       than Ice Mastery would, which is why I don't max out Ice Mastery
       right off.
       Throughout the course of the game, max out your ultimate and get
       some more points into the two main nukes (Magical Hammer and
       Frozen Fang). Your heal will get powerful enough as your ice
       crystal charges stack up.
       3. ITEMS
       Don't need to buy much, only 2k worth of items: Zocmo's Gem and
       Orb of Magic.
       The Lucky box will give Orb of Stats if this is your first
       playthrough without give ups and you get the clover first (and
       you didn't choose permanent luck with your starting packs)
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic boss Area and Epic Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVqHLPa_HIA
       Timeline:
       0:15 Circle Puzzle
       4:27 Invisible Path Puzzle, lesser magic ball attainable
       5:41 Elemental Golems Puzzle
       9:11 - 12:10 EPIC BOSS BATTLE, omega gloves
       rest of it: Just selling stuff and walking to the end of the
       chapter.
       To complete the Circle Puzzle you need to get all circles the
       same colour. If you walk onto a circle then the golems come
       alive. Kill them to change the circle colour. Best way to do it
       is to change all the outer circles until they match the colour
       of  the main one. After that run through all circles and kill
       all golems so that they all cycle through all the colours.
       That's how you get the Omega Orb piece. This puzzle is also a
       great way to farm up charges on your Ice Crystal, which is
       absolutely compulsory or you won't have the firepower to get
       through the level. It is also a great way to get to level 40
       quickly.
       The Invisible Path Puzzle is OK if you know the way. If you
       don't then repeatedly call up your boxes to check if the way is
       clear. If one box doesn't appear then that way is not navigable.
       First you want to follow my path forward, right, up and left to
       the circle to activate it and lower the barrier that bars the
       end. Then go to the left path to get the items there using
       vacuum.
       As for the Two Golems Puzzle, just get them both to red health
       while keeping them apart so they don't heal each other. Then
       bring them close so you can kill them both at the same time.
       Repeat twice for the Omega Orb piece.
       The Epic boss is pretty easy, no dodgy attacks. The only thing
       is when he goes invulnerable and then does his explosion thing,
       I have no idea how to dodge that but if you have Frost Armature
       up it's easy to survive anyway. Use your esper, spam spells, and
       steal repeatedly until it succeeds. The Omega Gloves can be sold
       or kept because they burn mana.
       And that's it!
       As a reminder, the items you want to keep at the end of this
       chapter are:
       Ice Crystal (or whatever starting pack item you chose)
       Omega Orb 6 (MAYBE you should sell it as it doesn't synthesize
       or anything, but it's pretty powerful for a few Chapters so I
       kept it)
       Ice Crown (for the Mega Crown tier 4 item whatever it's called)
       Zocmo's Gem (for Zocmo's Set)
       Battlemage Cuirass
       Battlemage Boots
       Battlemage Gloves (for Battlemage's set)
       Lucky Clover
       Path of Magic (makes Three Paths)
       Orb of Stats
       Orb of Magic (Makes Excalibur)
       Lesser Magic Ball (1)
       Magic Orb (1 piece) (makes Ultimate Orb)
       Omega Gloves (CAN sell this too, it has a useful ability of
       burning mana but as you have Hammer you don't really need it. I
       should have sold now that I think back on it)
       Third Son (makes Aerial Sword which makes Aero)
       Chapter 4 next, back to Phodom for some fun!
       Hamza
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 4
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 4 Intro
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaUNfisDmY
       Timeline:
       1:13 Belt of Sunrise (digspot)
       3:40 PLAGUED FISHTHERN MINIBOSS, Poison Knife
       5:49 OPTIONAL STONES QUEST 1: orange stone
       5:55 Magic Orb piece (on an Island)
       8:51 Shopping, Damanthe's Right Sword
       10:18 Orb of Nature, step in dodgy pool 10x
       11:20 Wicked Gloves (digspot)
       11:38 SPIDER QUEEN MINIBOSS, lucky clover
       13:26 OPTIONAL STONES QUEST 2: black stone
       13:53 Trinket of Kindness (digspot)
       15:30 Branch of Rejuvenation (digspot)
       17:30 CARNIVORE (kind of miniboss)
       18:15 OPTIONAL STONES QUEST 3: red stone
       19:14 OPTIONAL STONES QUEST 4: blue stone
       19:28 Power Ring (Lucky Box)
       21:15 - 22:25 MIELIPUOLI MINIBOSS, Trinket of Hatred, Sword of
       Darkness, Lesser Magic Ball from Kasvati afterwards
       24:54 CARNIVORE
       25:11 Jewel of Health (digspot)
       27:17 Soldier's Sword (wooden box)
       NOTE: Be sure to leave the Main boss till the very end of this
       chapter, as doing it early totally messes up the chapter. You
       can't dig for the rest of the chapter, can't get to the elite
       boss, etc.
       There are a couple quests going on, the stones one you can start
       right away and finish it as you clear the map. Get the lucky
       clover before opening the lucky box. The Plagued Fishthern can
       do a lot of damage with his minions, it's best if you keep
       moving to minimize that. The Spider Queen has a mana burn, and
       also does dangerous damage but nothing serious. Mielipuoli has a
       ridiculous name that is spelled differently at different points
       in the campaign, but anyway as a miniboss he has a dangerous
       attack where he summons explosions in front of him. Quite easy
       to dodge, just run behind him when you see it coming. He also
       does critical hits so watch out.
       The Carnivores do a LOT of damage with their channeling thing,
       if you have a stun that will stop the spell immediately.
       Otherwise run from it as healing through it is not usually an
       option on hardcore (it takes a lot of healing power).
       Next up is the elite boss tree thing! Pretty easy, but has an
       interesting new spell or two that I hadn't seen before. Join me
       there!
       Hamza
       PS: Since the rest of Phodom's strategy has been discussed, here
       is some item information pertaining to this chapter:
       ITEMS
       Lots of good stuff is obtainable in this chapter! We will need
       to decide what sets we can afford, and which ones we need right
       now against what can be delayed to a later chapter. I don't
       think there are any important synthesis items I buy.
       Ring or Rejuvenate and Ring of Great/Mega Rejuvenate can be
       delayed, and even then I'll only make it (up to life stone) if
       cash is plentiful. Orichalcon can't be made yet, but there is
       the option to complete Sapphire Axe. However it isn't needed
       this chapter so I'll make it in ch 5 for Francisca.
       The only items I will bother with now are the compulsory ones,
       Damanthe's Right Sword Zocmo's Shield and Sword of Light. Also,
       I'll be keeping Soldier's Sword from the quest so I won't have
       to buy it later, always nice to save gold.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite Boss and Epic Boss Cave
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/V_IS4rBvmzU
       Timeline: Take out elite boss, prepare for epic boss. It's a bit
       boring.
       0:00 Shopping, Sword of Light
       1:09 Glyph of Ability (digspot)
       1:54 - 7:23 ELITE BOSS BATTLE, Angela Belt, Ancient Leaf
       9:56 Epic Cave start
       11:55 Zocmo's Shield
       The Elite boss has about one dangerous spell, where he summons
       his three lines of explosions every second or so that obliterate
       everything in their path (2:33). I had actually never seen that
       spell before making this video, the boss has been changed
       recently so a lot of his stuff was new to me. Laugh at me at
       2:34 onwards :D
       Easy to dodge anyway, by running behind him repeatedly or just
       stand back and move out of its way it's pretty slow. At one
       point he starts summoning Entangling Roots. You have to walk
       over the roots to prevent a Treant from appearing. Repeat about
       12 times.
       Check out how to navigate the cave maze too. The trick is keep
       taking the middle path to get to the shop and digsite. From
       there it isn't too far to the Epic Boss area.
       Hamza
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss and Main Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/2qjh8Vmyisg
       Timeline: Defeat Epic Boss, Defeat Main boss, Sell stuff! Main
       boss fight is pretty fun
       0:21 - 6:42 EPIC BOSS BATTLE, Dark Amulet, Jade Amulet
       8:29 Shopping, sell power ring (from lucky box), Poison Knife,
       Jewel of Health, Branch of Rejuvenation.
       9:36 digspot
       10:32 - 13:30 Strange stump, plus a bunch of stuff from the
       dragon slayers as I kept them alive.
       rest of the video: Sold off the dragon slayer stuff and the
       Strange Stump, exit.
       The Epic boss is a total nightmare currently. He is bugged and
       the spiral explosions thing is a bit too overpowered. They come
       too fast, the damage happens before the animation, and they have
       too high range. Frankly, it can't be dodged effectively at all
       so I just ran to the sides whenever he did it.
       He changes colour to indicate what spell will happen if you hit
       him. When he is brown, you are supposed to stay away from him or
       die an instant death (all the green explosions that rape you).
       Unfortunately the boss is quite bugged so at times in the video
       he would do the instant death move when he isn't brown, or he
       would do it randomly when I didn't attack him at all, etc. It's
       not possible to do this boss without a good deal of luck tbh.
       Sometimes he does his invulnerable events multiple times in a
       row which wastes precious minutes. My general strat was to take
       full-on tank items and magic damage items. Steal and equip Dark
       Amulet asap. Ground Zero can be timed by casting it just as he
       starts changing colour, so when he finishes changing he gets hit
       by it.
       The Main boss is frightfully simple, just bear in mind that you
       should keep the other dragon slayers alive when they arrive to
       get nice gold/items to sell after the battle (click on them). It
       is quite fun trying to get the weaklings to survive, and took
       some quick heals, defensive roar, and chaotic rift use.
       Chapter 5 next, finally we can buy some proper items... but I'm
       not going to :) Find out why next time!
       Hamza
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 5
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 5 Start and top half of map
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/GESoREN8plw
       Timeline: Items, do many of the quests on the North side of the
       river.
       0:10 - 4:50 Shopping and item sorting! Quite boring, but I buy
       Andenaj and Soldier's Boots (used in Soldier's Set 2)
       6:03 Mail quest 1
       8:03 Mail quest 2
       9:10 Doom Lord quest initiate
       12:47 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot)
       13:34 Soldier's Armor (digspot)
       14:15 Mail quest 3
       16:55 Basement Key (digspot)
       19:54 Magic Heart
       24:00 Cuirass of Sunrise (black merchant)
       26:51 Doom Lord quest initiate properly (I forgot to walk in
       again the first time)
       28:30 Trinket of Kindness (digspot)
       31:20 Combat Kings n stuff
       34:34 Holy Ankh (digspot)
       36:40 Main Quest advance
       There is a bunch of boring shopping at the start, then we go on
       a Postman quest! Best to start the Doom Lord quest at this point
       as it does take a while for him to appear. I walked into the
       portal area once at the start but forgot to walk in there again.
       Did it later on.
       Finish off Sunrise set from the Black Merchant, and unlock the
       basement whenever you feel like. The vampires are a bit too
       annoying to take on at the moment though, much quicker to do
       them later and you don't miss out on anything.
       Note that I do a lot of seemingly random item changes on the
       fly. Firstly, Ruby axe, Topaz axe and Miragas set all give
       permanent stats, so I equip those and try to do a lot of
       physical attacks so I can max out the permanent stats asap. At
       all times I keep Andenaj and all +xp items on a single hero
       (Golden Claws, Golden Idol, Greedy Armor) so that they level up
       fast. The reason is that Andenaj gives a permanent 50HP on every
       level up. So I am trying to make each hero carry Andenaj when
       they level up so that they both get the permanent bonus.
       Sometimes you see me pull back one of the heros, this is so that
       the other one will get all the XP from kills. In addition, these
       3 +XP items also give +gold, and every little bit of that helps
       a lot.
       Also, wolves at night and day are completely independent, so you
       can kill them from the same place at different times.
       Hamza
       PS: Once again, the items to be considered in this Chapter:
       ITEMS
       The general theme of a no give-up walkthrough, is to buy only
       the stuff you absolutely need and don't complete synthesis if
       you can afford it unless you really need to. The more money you
       don't spend on items early on in the game, the more you will
       have through riddle question gold etc later on. And in Chapter 8
       you will NEED amazing items to do anything.
       So although such items as Francisca, Ring of Mega Rejuvenate,
       Giga Ring etc are available to me this Chapter, I don't buy them
       as there isn't a dire need for it and I can still complete the
       chapter quite easily.
       Anyhow, Sunrise set needs to be completed this Chapter.
       Soldier's Set 2 I do complete just for the sake of it tbh.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite Boss and some more quests
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/ogl_oECdpJY
       Timeline: Fight the elite boss, speed through the doom lord
       quest.
       1:02 - 8:10 ELITE BOSS FIGHT, Jade Cloak, Wind Booster
       10:02 - 14:13 DOOM LORD MINIBOSS, Fire Elemental Rune thing,
       Doom Sword
       The Elite Boss has a high damage capability, so make sure you
       bring some tank items. It's not too difficult to dodge his
       various whirlwind attacks though, just keep out of their way and
       heal constantly. Near the end when he has less than about 5% HP
       he will teleport to the centre and start summoning Magic Trees.
       This is a great time to farm the tree things, provided you don't
       let them overwhelm you, you can get a lot of XP by keeping the
       boss alive. I do this but near the end when I swap out Andenaj
       and XP items to Phodom it ruins my momentum and they mass up so
       I have to end the battle before reaching level 50.
       The Doom Lord is a pretty difficult miniboss too, he is normally
       fiendishly tricky to steal from and his silence damage over time
       spell (aptly known as Doom) is really powerful. No spells mean
       you can't heal yourself out of it, so be prepared to pull
       characters back and heal with potions/spellbook. The Doom sword
       you get is well worth it though, cleave is too good on your DPS
       hero!
       You want to sell Windy Staff as it isn't too useful compared to
       other items, and fetches a nice 1500gold.
       Next vid I take on all the quests to the South of the River.
       Some interesting scenery there, and a treacherous beast in man's
       clothing..
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]South half of the map and Main Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/JoXjmj_f7co
       Timeline:
       0:23 Magic Orb (digspot)
       0:43 Glyph of Ability (digspot)
       3:43 Holy Sword, The Sword in the Stone
       5:03 Mega Ring, 3x lesser magic balls, Anatholo quest
       6:51 - 8:27 KAZAA LEADER MINIBOSS, Amulet of Great Life
       8:46 Glyph of Life (digspot)
       11:08 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot)
       11:44 Silver Shovel (digspot)
       14:01 - 15:15 PUMPKIN KING MINIBOSS
       18:02 - 18:54 FATHER BEAR MINIBOSS, Bear Fur
       19:54 GARGANTUAN RIVER TURTLE 1, Turtle Shell
       21:24 Epic Boss quest start
       21:55 - 22:28 MAIN BOSS, Skeleton Cape
       Side with John for the Kazaa quest. They give a nice amount of
       gold and XP and the only disadvantage is lower morality which
       doesn't really matter.
       After getting Mega Ring, now if a hero maxes out his level cap
       this Chapter, I equip him with Mega Ring and he can take two
       more levels. I usually level one guy up first with Andenaj also
       equipped, then the other so I don't have to watch for levels or
       switch Andenaj to get extra hp for everyone. It's easier.
       The Kaza Leader is quite difficult, kill all his minions first
       then take him on properly, and be sure to run back when
       required. You need to kill the Pumpking King twice within about
       60 seconds, so don't take too long or he will just keep
       resurrecting. As for the Holy Sword, just use path of Power to
       get tons of str first, then pull it.
       Main boss is simple as usual, he doesn't do much damage do just
       whack him as you like and heal when needed.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss and Final Items
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/5BMgu6_i5K8
       Timeline:
       1:43 GARGANTUAN RIVER TURTLE 2
       3:00 - 4:11 Shopping! Sell extra Trinket of Kindness, Amulet of
       Great Life, Fire Elemental Rune
       4:34 - 6:45 BASEMENT, VAMPIRES and VAMPIRE LORD MINIBOSS,
       Vampire Fang
       7:37 - 8:23 GHOST WOLF MINIBOSS, Ghost Wolf Claws
       11:07 - 18:57 EPIC BOSS BATTLE, Lesser Magic Ball, Scythe of
       Annihilation, Blade of Death, Holy Seal, Client 002
       22:39 Tharo, click 10 times to get Elexorien I. You die twice.
       26:44 - 28:43 KING ROCK ELEMENTAL MINIBOSS, Elemental Tablet
       33:52 Teleport Malfunction, I get to the LUCKY BOX without
       completing Greater Magic Ball Teleport Quest!
       SHOPPING near the end, I sell Greedy Armour, Scythe of
       Annihilation, Ghost Wolf Claws, Turtle Shell, Bear Fur,
       Elemental Tablet, Wicked Gloves and Endless Potion.
       I but Potion of Intellect, a Greater Magic Ball (but didn't end
       up giving it to the quest), and HOLY ANKH to complete Holy Set
       (THIS WASN'T SHOWN IN THE VIDEO, make sure you buy Holy Ankh)
       The reason I never gave up the Greater Magic Ball to that guy
       and got the teleports, is because they are too valuable. Greater
       Magic Balls stack up to massive Magic Damage later on. It isn't
       worth one luck point. I SHOULD have missed one luck point and
       the Lucky Box by not completing the quest, but a teleport
       glitched and I got the lucky box anyway. So I basically favoured
       a Greater Magic Ball over one permanent luck point. Good trade
       IMO!
       Watch out for the Gargantuan river turtle's wave attacks. The
       Vampires are alright but steal life pretty fast so just heal and
       out-damage their regen. The Vampire Lord, when he gets to red HP
       will teleport to the centre and start this very annoying attack
       where he does a lot of damage to one target over time. Just kill
       him fast to prevent a death, or do what I did and hide and poke
       :) Ghost Wolf, when he goes invulnerable just run as his scream
       attack is very powerful. Then return and carry on bashing him.
       And the Epic Boss! He is again pretty difficult, there are three
       forms and each is unique and EACH ONE HAS A STEAL ITEM so steal
       all of them. The items are pretty powerful too. First form is
       pretty simple, just heal a lot. He usually puts one of your
       characters to sleep for a LONG time though. Second form is OK,
       if he disappears then run around as he will reappear and fire a
       line of explosive green stuff at you. His channeling attack is
       easy, just don't stand directly North, South, East or West of
       him. Third form is pretty hard and hard to steal from too. He
       has a cleaving attack (his blade drips purple corrosive stuff)
       which hits both characters for a lot of damage, and a long stun
       to hold you in place. If that happens then heal with
       potions/spellbook. He also summons green explosions that follow
       your guys around. Run. And lastly, he summons a curve of massive
       explosions in front of him so run behind when you see him lift
       his blade.
       And in case you were wondering I don't know what the levers
       around him do, but if you don't hit them very annoying
       abominations get summoned, that slow you down to a CRAWL and
       must be killed asap.
       That's it for Chapter 5 then! I sell a lot of stuff, all the
       animal set components for one thing, and the Turtle Shell.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 6
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 6 Intro, White Key
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/67OksqfEmwE
       Timeline: Enter Kar'gath and take out the first general, Nar'shi
       2:50 Orb of Degeneration (digspot)
       5:23 Fire Stone
       6:50 Thunder Boots (digspot)
       7:40 Triangle Flask/Square Flask (shops)
       9:15 WHITE KEY
       10:08 - 12:51 NAR'SHI MINIBOSS, Death Spike, Butcher's Helmet (I
       forgot to pick up the butcher's item till the very end of this
       chapter)
       16:44 Lesser Magic Ball (Man Eater)
       Pretty simple start, take on Nar'shi while underlevelled just
       because I can. Don't forget the Fire Stone, walk over the fire
       with Phodom. Also Thunder Boots is an amazing item for Fradz
       (costs about 4.5k from the shop).
       I bought some flasks for making potions using Alchemy so I can
       make a Potion of Intellect, but never got down to it in the end
       as I decided not to do the Forgotten Ones Quest where it is
       required.
       ITEMS: In this chapter you CAN again make a lot of synthesis
       items. But the items you get from quests etc are pretty powerful
       and get you through the game just fine. It's better to stockpile
       the gold like I did. If you feel tempted then make a greater
       magic ball or two. Don't turn them into a Zozi though it really
       isn't required and the magic damage is too good to pass up.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Purple and Teal keys
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/AyZM6DZ2H14
       Timeline: Get two more keys, finish two minigames, and defeat
       another General. Lot of farming near the end.
       1:14 Nightmare Puzzle Minigame, tons of potions, luck point,
       Powerful Shovel, stuff in general.
       7:31 - 12:26 FUDO MINIBOSS, Demon Cloak, Butcher's Armor
       14:36 TEAL KEY
       16:03 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot)
       16:35 PURPLE KEY
       16:42 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot)
       16:50 - 18:41 DEATH BRINGER 1, Unholy Cloak
       21:26 Lesser Magic Ball (Demoness Warlord)
       22:49 Lightning Stone
       23:13 Ancient Sword (black merchant)
       23:44 Amulet of Great Magic (digspot)
       25:09 Lesser Magic Ball (Demoness Warlord)
       25:39 - 40:14 Farming Deathless (very boring to watch)
       41:00 - 42:55 DEATHLESS MINIGAME
       Sold Amulet of Great Magic.
       Fudo is not meant to be done at this point, but I went for it
       anyway. He kills in one crit so it is a pretty big risk. His
       spells aren't too bad, but those towers burn a lot of mana.
       The Deathless is a great place to level up, as they keep
       respawning unless you kill them in a certain order. I spend a
       LONG time just farming XP from them. To complete the deathless
       game, you need to kill two of them with the same colour in a row
       and repeat till every pair is dead.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Yellow Key, more bosses
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/aVGTWJ7F6gQ
       Timeline: Get the last key, kill 3 more minibosses and do the
       last minigame.
       1:40 - 2:10 TELEPORT MINIGAME
       7:05 Shopping, but Soldier's Shield, Finish Soldier's Set (3),
       get some Combat Kings
       9:52 Lesser Magic Ball (Demoness Warlord)
       14:40 - 16:56 ZOR'ZO MINIBOSS, Greater Magic Ball, Qzoch's Left
       Hand
       17:55 Zozi (digspot)
       18:23 YELLOW KEY
       18:58 Shopping, Sell Lightning Elemental Rune, Potion of Life,
       Death Spike
       23:05 - 25:42 XOD MINIBOSS, Ice Elemental Rune, Battlemage
       Pauldrons
       27:31 - 31:02 DARK MESSIAH MEGABOSS (he isn't mini anyhow. First
       part of the battle I was preoccupied, died a few times. Play
       properly the second half), Jade Blade, Falchion
       32:14 Lesser Magic Ball (Demoness Warlord)
       32:43 - 33:00 DEATH BRINGER 2, Unholy Amulet
       34:41 Lesser Magic Ball (Demoness Warlord)
       35:11 - 37:54 MISTER SKELETON QUEST, Magic Orb, Butcher's Weapon
       40:51 Elite Quest start
       Zor'Zo has a nasty long stun, and a long hex spell too.
       Otherwise just kill the Doom things if they mass up too much and
       you should be fine. You can prevent more doom things by killin
       the Zor'zo bombs before they hatch.
       Whenever Xod lifts his sword slowly he is about to do his Ice
       attack, so run behind him. Otherwise not too tricky, but the
       Guardian Liches he summons are VERY annoying, they slow you down
       and if there is enough then will overwhelm you and kill you
       easily. Kill them fast when he summons 4 at once.
       As for the Dark Messiah, steal him asap and equip the Jade Blade
       as it is AMAZING. When he spins just run. He is immune to magic
       and does a hefty amount of damage. If he fades out, run and make
       sure both characters have full HP. If he lifts his sword slowly,
       get behind him as that shockwave will kill instantly.
       Mister Skeleton teleports and heals, and has a mana burn. The
       Butcher has a disease aura that does a lot of damage over time
       so heal up properly. When he stops hitting run behind him to
       dodge his black smoke thing.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/juSiMblkExk
       Timeline: Defeat Elite boss, rescue Galeoth and do the final
       Miniboss.
       0:00 - 4:17 ELITE BOSS BATTLE, Esper Faerga, Flames of War
       Spellbook spell.
       7:51 - 10:23 XADA BOSS BATTLE, Shadow Armor, Shard of Shadows
       15:42 Skull Shield (Lucky Box)
       16:22 - 17:17 EXECUTIONER 1, Juggernaur Armor
       18:28 - 19:38 EXECUTIONER 2, Juggernaur Armor
       20:22 Zyl Orb
       20:25 Ice Stone
       21:12 Restoration Scroll (digspot)
       22:47 Potion of Experience Recipe, 2x Potion of Experience
       23:29 Lucky Clover
       25:08 - VAMPIRE LORD MINIBOSS, Qzoch's Right Hand
       26:10 Potion of Life Recipe (digspot)
       29:04 - 30:11 Champion Skeletons n stuff
       The hardest part of the Elite Battle is probably when Faerga
       splits  into 4 of his mega minions things. They do a lot of
       damage and you don't have much HP. His spells aren't too hard to
       dodge, if he channels just run for a bit. Always walk out of the
       Meteors wherever they fall and you should be good to go. Don't
       fight on lava for obvious reasons.
       Xada is pretty easy. When he does a slow attack run behind. His
       second form is a pain as he does his fan of explosions thing
       fast and without warning, and I don't have the movespeed to get
       out of the way in time to survive. Should have made Aerial Shoes
       or equipped Zocmo's Boots maybe.
       Executioner's require only one tactic, when they start
       channeling (hold their lance to their chests) just run out of
       range so their uber-taunt thing won't get you.
       When Champion Skeletons start to channel, just run back a bit.
       They have a couple of good explosive spells that could damage
       you quite a bit.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss, finishing off
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/raksg9J4pN0
       Timeline: Kill Epic Boss, pick up a few things I missed, SELL
       EVERYTHING, and finish main boss in 18 seconds. YES, THE PWNAGE
       STARTS HERE!
       1:12 - 2:00 EPIC BOSS BATTLE, Chillers, Nether Staff, Client 003
       2:05 - 6:28 Awesome cutscene, sorry I forgot to skip it!
       9:06 Glyph of Ability (digspot)
       9:35 pick up Butcher's Helmet (forgot to do so earlier)
       10:40 - 10:50 DEATH BRINGER 3, Unholy Axe (yep in 10 seconds :D)
       12:39 - 13:27 Shopping, go through all items I have left after
       LOTS OF SELLING (not shown)
       14:14 Medal of Friendship, Kargath Generals Quest reward
       15:07 - 15:25 MAIN BOSS BATTLE, Fire Elemental Rune
       15:43 - end, Riddle Questions!
       Jurxy would be pretty hard, but I just kill him so fast it
       doesn't even matter. This is an example of the power of Magic
       Damage Phodom and Galeoth, and a Physical DPS Fradz on steroids!
       Anyway, if Jurxy lifts his weapon slowly back over his head,
       move out of the way if you want to live.
       Main boss is pretty easy. Unfortunately I killed him so fast he
       didn't have time for any special events. Normally he does
       stampede and flame explosions and some more stuff, just practice
       dodging it really it isn't too hard.
       If you want to see what items I have at the end of the chapter,
       check out at 12:39 onwards, I go through all my boxes.
       A fun chapter with mini games and all! Next time we encroach
       upon the epic and massive chapter 7. A fan favourite for sure
       with some fiendishly difficult bosses and a difficulty jump that
       is plain retarded yet loved all the same! Also I max out my
       magic damage Phodom build at the end, and another time spend
       about 20k for one item in one go. Intrigued? See you there :)
       Hamza
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 7
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 7 Intro, Bunch of Pacifist Quests!
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/46V1fhreXiA
       Timeline: Medicine Quest, Secret Meeting Quest, Holgro,
       Maximillian, etc
       (quest items/acts are in CAPITALS)
       0:52 Divine Crest (digspot1), Maximilian Quest 1st component
       3:43 Restoration potion (digspot2)
       4:39 SECRET MEETING QUEST START
       5:16 CLIENT MASTER: 2000 gold, Jade Shield, Belt of Rejuvenate
       6:28 Magic Orb piece (digspot3)
       7:50 SECRET MEETING QUEST 1 Avenir
       8:02 300 gold (digspot4)
       9:05 - 32:38 AUCTION HALL: Labella (4400), Ring of Hope (2490),
       DAMNED CARAPACE (2604), Lucky Horseshoe (1299), Gilmax (20900),
       SECOND PART OF HOLGRO (1266), Lucky Horseshoe (1269), Ring of
       Despair (2469), Greater Magic Ball (3900)
       33:14 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot5)
       33:57 MEDICINE QUEST START
       36:30 Luck Point
       36:45 THIRD PART OF HOLGRO, DAMNED SHOES (Shopping)
       36:57 MAXIMILLIAN QUEST START
       37:23 Magic Garden Quest (I don't complete it as it's useless in
       this version of TCO)
       37:55 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot6)
       38:51 Magic garden, MEDICINE QUEST NIO FLOWER, 9 flowers for 3
       alchemist levels
       44:00 POTION OF LIFE (make 2x Bahm Potions, 5x Potion of
       Strength for Galeoth, 12x Potion of Health and 3x Potion of
       Intellect for Fradz)
       49:30 SECRET MEETING QUEST 2 Jeremiah
       50:00 SECRET MEETING QUEST 3 Callum
       50:50 MEDICINE QUEST give potion to Sean
       51:15 SECRET MEETING QUEST 4 Drew
       52:35 SECRET MEETING QUEST end, choose to be honest (thieves are
       here)
       53:58 HOLGRO QUEST END, sell him two parts for 3000 gold
       56:50 Demon Javelin (Black Merchant, 6000 gold)
       58:52 MEDICINE QUEST END, choose Inner Stone (sell it later,
       bugged item)
       59:57 DIVINE BOOTS (digspot7)
       In this video I basically get through a bunch of digspots and
       quests that don't include any fighting. I kept all of it to one
       video for reference, next time we will start on the actual
       combat of this chapter.
       Items in chapter 7, again don't buy anything you can buy later,
       don't synthesize if you can help it. I make Elexorien II to get
       part 3 for free, and then sell it for cash and buy demon javelin
       from black merchant for Demon Sphere. I should have sold Demon
       Sphere parts and used Elexorien tbh but it's too late now.
       Otherwise there is no need to synthesize anything. I sell
       another load of stuff this chapter which I won't be making at
       the end. I get the parts for Aero, keep everything needed for
       Crown of Magic, Andenaj III, and Shadow Set, to make some of
       them in chapter 8. In the Auction Hall I spend about 40k. Gilmax
       and Ring of Enlightenment are well worth it, Damned Carapace and
       Holgros and Greater Magic ball are also essential for me. I also
       get lucky horseshoes for fun.
       Next vid we start the actual fighting! See you there :)
       Hamza
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]The Fighting Begins! Ruy'Arvoz and Gladiators
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/a5y3Rl5LsIU
       Timeline: Farm Gilmax to FULL, do a few quests involving
       fighting :)
       0:36 - 3:28 Farming in Mystic Portal area during Ruy'Arvoz
       fight. Gained 500 Charges on Gilmax.
       3:28 - 6:08 MYSTIC PORTAL BOSS RUY'ARVOZ, DAMNED SHOES, 4x
       Lesser Magic Ball, Zozi, Client 004
       9:29 - 13:32 Team Gladiator Arena (all of it)
       15:42 - 30:11 Solo Gladiator Arena (elementalist fight is fun!)
       30:47 Gladiator Shop: Aerial Armor, DIVINE HELMET, Greater Magic
       Ball, 1000 gold
       For the Ruy'Arvoz fight, it is a great place to farm charges and
       kills and XP. The boss pretty much leaves you alone and you can
       relax as much as you like. When you are done farming be sure to
       kill the Mystic Portals in the four corners as they drop lesser
       magic balls. The boss himself is easy to defeat, just keep
       wacking him till his mana finishes and he can no longer heal
       himself. When he lifts both hands and starts channeling then run
       back, he stuns and does a lot of damage over time to an area
       around him. Too easy to die in there.
       The Gladiator fights are easy, I used Galeoth in the solo fights
       for a challenge. The elementalist was the only one that took
       some care not to die. Gilmax is simply too powerful.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Main Boss and Ridiculous Statue
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/sXg432VOfQ4
       Timeline: 3 digspots, Maximillian, and two bosses.
       0:51 Glyph of Ability (digspot8)
       1:54 MAXIMILLIAN QUEST END, Heavy Divine Maximilian
       4:12 Glyph of Life (digspot9)
       6:35 Zozi (digspot10)
       8:38 - 9:30 MAIN BOSS BATTLE, Lightning Elemental Rune
       11:00 - 13:09 GIANT STATUE BATTLE, 1500 gold
       Maximillian is the best tank item in the game, I chose Heavy
       Divine for the massive tankishness, as tank items work very well
       with my strategy of magic damage and heals.
       The Main Boss does quite a bit of DPS from his physical attack,
       in his second phase. Be sure to have a quick finger on the heal
       button. He didn't have a chance to do many of his events
       unfortunately.
       The Statue isn't too hard, when he hits all the way down really
       slowly then run away from him to not get hit by the nuke. When
       he summons all the other statues, then he can't be killed until
       you kill all of them first (he has ultra regen). But be sure to
       only attack a couple of them at a time so they don't all come at
       you or you will die fast.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite Boss Esper Nyrxz
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/49sfAegko5s
       Timeline: Defeat Esper Nyrxz, prepare for Epic boss battle
       0:47 - 9:31 ELITE BOSS BATTLE, Thunder Ring, Esper Nyrxz
       10:03 EPIC QUEST START
       10:33 EPIC QUEST STEP 2
       13:26 Angel's Wing (Lucky Box)
       12:00 - 15:09 Make Elexorien II (recipe from small market,
       Elexorien I from ch 5, Exepede from large market, Topaz from
       large market)
       17:25 Elexorien III (meet Tharo whilst you have Elexorien II on
       Fradz)
       One of my favourite bosses of all time. Nyrxz is extremely
       difficult if you don't know how to handle him, but extremely
       easy once you are familiar. Definitely a fun fight! Here is how
       to dodge his skills:
       1. (1:09) Repeatedly forces you away/towards him every "tick"
       (happens every half second or so), interrupting any cast or
       action. At every tick you should click once, to move your guys
       against the forced movement. Just once per tick right after
       every one. If you need to heal, cast it right after a tick. Be
       sure to not get too close to him, nor leave the stage or you
       will be damaged badly.
       2. (1:50) Lifts his hands to the sky three times slowly. Then
       screen zooms in and every character takes damage to within their
       full HP pool, minus one point. Basically when you see him start
       this event, you must make sure every character has FULL
       hitpoints, or they will die. As soon as the damage is done heal
       up using whatever heal spells you have immediately, as Nyrxz
       will teleport next to you and attack a few seconds later.
       3. (2:08) Summons 4 thunder minions, every few seconds he faces
       a character over a second or two, lifts his hands and shoots
       thunder forward doing great damage in that direction. What you
       need to do is attack the Minions and kill them, but at the same
       time watch Nyrxz CAREFULLY. As soon as you see him turn, go
       round him away from where he faces so that your characters avoid
       the thunder damage. Repeat until the Minions are dead, but don't
       rest then because he shoots a couple more thunder nukes usually.
       WATCH CAREFULLY
       If you can get these three counters to his events down, he is
       easy as chips. I didn't die once!
       Walk in the places shown to activate the Epic Boss. Meet Tharo
       with Elexorien II to get Elexorien III. I forgot that it needed
       Exepede and not Labbela, so unfortunately I wasted about 5k in
       the auction hall for nothing. Labbela is useless so I sold it.
       Sold a lot of stuff, all the Excalibur parts, some lightning
       elemental runes etc. Will only take stuff that I plan to use
       into chapter 8.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss Siluze
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/C0db_k_gUrI
       Timeline: Defeat Siluze, sell everything I don't need, end the
       chapter.
       0:00 - 2:41 EPIC BOSS BATTLE, Zyl Orb, Omega Helmet, Client 005
       The rest is the clientmaster (for clients 4 and 5), and shopping
       etc.
       Siluze is another fantastically made boss. His massive death
       skull (see 1:03) is a very interesting move indeed. It will
       target one character, so find out which (seperate them and see
       who it follows), then pull him away and attack it with the other
       two until it dies. You can stun it, and use nukes etc which is
       quite useful.
       I didn't bother with a lot of the puzzles in this chapter.
       Firstly I can't do the circle puzzle (on level 3), the explode
       minigame is easy, but it used to make the campaign think I was
       cheating and insta-lose so I didn't bother chancing it; and I'm
       not too interested in driving dodgy steam tanks about ridiculous
       tracks. Can't really be bothered practicing it, all for an honor
       point or two as they aren't very useful to me at this stage of
       the game with maxxed out resurrect CK.
       I finally get Haamna! Chapter 8 is going to be fun. I sell off
       the rest of the stuff, including the Omega Helmet from Siluze.
       It's good, but I won't use it and it's better to have the cash
       than an unused item! I somehow manage to acquire 30k gold from
       all the selling.
       See you in chapter 8!
       Hamza
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Chapter 8
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Ch 8 Intro, Otzi's
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/UGpC0Xf8YVY
       Timeline: Otzi horn quest, couple digspots, challenge quest,
       troll village shopping.
       NOTE: didn't show how to complete ICE CAVERN CHALLENGE puzzle on
       video, just read below for how to do it.
       0:39 Lesser Magic Ball (digspot1)
       1:43 - 6:56 OTZI HORN QUEST
       6:10 Rikhano's Armor (digspot2)
       9:01 Glyph of Life (digspot3)
       14:00 Shopping sometime around here, Make Andenaj III, buy Dust
       of Appearance, as many Greater Magic Balls as possible, Demon
       Sphere.
       19:26 Ice Cavern CHALLENGE quest, farm golems till level 70ish,
       then finish the puzzle. To finish it, attack each golem, lead
       him to the middle of the map (or any chosen place) and kill him
       there. Kill them all in the same place and quest completed (they
       won't respawn).
       25:00 Buy Aero around this time
       26:06 - end OBELISKS PUZZLE START (hit red one with Phodom
       spell, yellow one with Fradz Spell, Blue one with Galoeth spell,
       kill everything that comes out, don't let the obelisks get
       destroyed at any time)
       Not much to say, I end up selling Rikhano's set, don't really
       need it. Made Andenaj III because the only thing I really need
       is tank items at the moment. Also made Demon Sphere for the +40
       stats and DPS, helps Fradz out in HP as well as damage.
       I forgot to record the end of the CHALLENGE quest and how to
       defeat the Golems, but it's pretty simple just make sure you
       have one character standing over the place where the previous
       one died, at the instant you kill the next. Or lead them all to
       one place to kill them. Use defensive roar to keep them there if
       they turn back.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Part 2, not sure exactly what I do here, probably shop a lot
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/PvllPlDYcIM
       Timeline:
       0:00 - 2:51 Omega Boss Dude. OBELISK PUZZLE END, get Omega
       Bracelet, Greater Magic Ball
       3:41 Ice Cloak (Black Merchant, 3000 gold)
       8:45 Zozi (digspot4)
       9:08 Luck Point
       9:31 Heltheer (Lucky Box)
       10:44 - 11:45 SHAZULAR MINIBOSS, Magic orb piece, Zozi
       13:18 - 13:27 GAOMDO IN TEN SECONDS HELL YEAH!!!! Zyl Orb piece
       Get Ice Cloak because it is an aura item. As in previous
       chapters, i keep all aura items in a box and ensure it is lying
       close to the characters during any difficult boss battle. Great
       way to save inventory slots and still benefit from auras.
       I kill Gaomdo in ten seconds. Even better than I thought ;)
       Next vid we see the real meat of this chapter, the Main boss and
       Elite boss. Especially the Elite boss.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]The HEALERRR!!! And Main boss, Tazefda, Behemoth and all
       that.
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/Jt9_yIzlnDk
       Timeline: Main Boss, Behemoth, Healer, Otzi King, Epic quest
       preparations and first bits of everything.
       0:07 - 1:46 MAIN BOSS BATTLE, Ice Elemental Rune (I don't bother
       stealing but he just drops it anyway, cool)
       5:29 - 6:44 BEHEMOTH MINIBOSS, Rikhano's Spear
       8:30 Final Shopping, sell Omega Bracelet, Lucky Clover and Lucky
       Horseshoe, Shadow Armor, bunch of stuff. Buy whatever you like,
       I should probably have bought Tera Ring and used potion of
       experience on everyone now that I think back.
       15:40 - 18:32 THE HEALER ELITE BOSS BATTLE, Jade Armor, Ogozoma
       21:20 EPIC QUEST STEP 1, cutscene on Rot'Afor with invisible
       sight item
       23:25 EPIC QUEST STEP 2, cutscene at Ice Plaze place.
       25:17 Ice Mountains Quest start
       26:08 - 26:33 OTZI KING MINIBOSS
       31:05 Ice Mountains Quest end, Crystool
       ME TRYING TO DO STEP 3 OF THE EPIC QUEST:
       24:13 EPIC QUEST STEP 3 LOCATION 1, click wisps stage 1 - I
       FAIL, so we are still at stage 1.(Tazefda can be at one of 5
       random places in stage 1, this is one of those places)
       26:02 EPIC QUEST STEP 3 LOCATION 2, click wisps stage 1 - I FAIL
       AGAIN, so still at stage 1, Tazefda has teleported to another of
       his locations.
       28:32 (where Phodom is) EPIC QUEST STEP 3 LOCATION 3, click
       wisps stage 1 - Tazefda isn't at this location, still at stage
       1, I need to check the other locations to try and find him
       28:46 EPIC QUEST STEP 3 LOCATION 1 again, click wisps stage 1 -
       I SUCCEED, now at stage 2, Tazefda is at top of map.
       29:23 EPIC QUEST STEP 3 STAGE 2 TOP OF MAP LOCATION, click wisps
       stage 2, I FAIL, so we go back to stage 1, and Tazefda has
       teleported to one of his locations for stage 1.
       33:18 stage 1, find Tazefda at LOCATION 3, succeed in clicking
       wisps, get to stage 2.
       33:20 stage 2, I fail at clicking wisps dammit, back to stage 1.
       etc etc. I COMPLETE STEP 3 AT ONE POINT BUT VIDEO IS CUT OFF
       (see 35:50). CONTINUE AT 36:00
       37:42 - 39:49 EPIC QUEST STEP 4, TAZEFDA MINIBOSS, Zaijsla
       end: EPIC QUEST STEP 5, Epic boss fight.
       The Healer battle is my favourite. Equip a lot of steal items on
       Fradz, first step in the fight is to steal Jade Armor and make
       Jade Set and give it to Fradz ASAP. When first form goes
       invulnerable run far away immediately. The second form has a lot
       of physical DPS, use Phodom to tank but ONLY with heavens bless
       heal activated or he will die quickly. Keep healing! When
       Infernal Golems arrive, kill them quick. Always keep Galeoth
       back so he doesn't die, and just heal as soon as you kill one
       BEFORE killing the next. I ran everyone except Phodom back as
       soon as they were about to explode. Worked perfectly.
       So step 3 of the epic quest is kind of messed up, I can't seem
       to get all the wisps many times and I get frustrated and stop
       recording. Then I do it straight away, and realise I don't have
       a load point to record from so I just carry on the video. I
       tried to explain what to do at 35:50, pause the video there if
       possible.
       Basically find Tazefda, click wisps, then go to top of map and
       click again. If you get the wisps both times in a row you are
       done.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss! And you get to see me test out Ogozoma (it is
       freaking awesome, forget Espers after seeing this)
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/7VBuv4ZtgDM
       Timeline: Epic Boss, Ogozoma, end
       0:12 - 5:02 EPIC BOSS BATTLE, Zandiolo
       8:17 I USE OGOZOMA!! Be amazed.
       8:55 Go through quest list, and go through multiboard so you can
       see my stats :)
       end: I do riddle questions, show off the ending screen etc.
       Epic boss is kinda hard as he has random nuke attacks that can
       kill. Also one hero is disabled at all times, it switches heroes
       every so often. Make sure you don't let it get too crowded with
       the ice rock things, destroy them every so often. With Jade set
       it is pretty quick to take them down.
       Ogozoma is awesome right?
       OMG IT'S OVER!!
       There will be more challenging videos to come, I can improve
       upon the current walkthrough a lot, saving time by not recording
       the bits where I am simply deciding about items or shopping as
       that wastes a lot of time. I also want to do a hardcore run
       while not using resurrection CK at all, and with 0 deaths (so no
       resurrecting). I'm not sure if I'll do just the boss battles
       like that or if I'll do another entire walkthrough. We shall
       see!
       Till next time guys and ladies,
       Hamza
       P.S: LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE!!
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       Original version, just bosses:
       [quote]
       Hey everyone!
       I know Killa is doing one of these, but his (awesome) videos
       have a slightly different purpose to what I plan to do with
       this. This is going to be a Hardcore playthrough from scratch,
       no give-ups, no extra honor points or gold or luck, just pure
       strategy and making do with what a single playthrough can
       muster.
       I am not sure if I plan to record the entire chapter so people
       can see where to obtain different items, the digsites and
       basically a full walkthrough of the game, or if I will just do
       the boss battles. In either case, this will be done in version
       1.8e with all the new item and other changes.
       Let me know if you want a complete walkthrough, or just boss
       battles and strategy.
       So without further ado...
       Chapter 1
       [spoiler][list]
       [li]Strategy
       [spoiler]
       Skills
       I'm building Phodom as a tank caster, so stacking magic damage
       items as well as HP (strength) items. The skills chosen are the
       most powerful spells DPS wise,
       Meltdown - armor reduction and strong nuke
       Ground Zero - most powerful AOE spell no contest
       Heavens Bless - for resurrection, and heal over time beats
       instant heal for boss battles usually.
       Aura of Fire - for spare ability points, it's really good though
       especially at early levels
       Chaotic Rift - useful because it's dependent on magic damage
       which I am focusing on, and also the attack disable will help a
       lot
       Defensive Roar - Phodom is a great tank, but enemies tend to
       focus squishy Fradz and Galeoth, so this will fix that problem
       at least a bit.
       The reason I'm going for tank caster is because 1. Phodom is the
       best tank, and 2. his attack speed is too slow to be a great
       physical DPSer whereas his spells are really powerful. Also with
       limited money in this no give up run, it is more viable to go
       for spell based builds as you lack the cash for DPS items.
       Skill Build
       Ground Zero - point in this first as it will kill any creep all
       over the map in one cast. So powerful. Use as much as you can
       then meditate and repeat.
       Aura of Fire - no manacost, very good dps
       Heavens Bless - need one of these at this point to take on the
       better minibosses, but only really on extreme
       Ground Zero - it's too powerful
       Meltdown - more nuking as this is a spell damage build
       Heavens Bless - Debatable whether you want this or Meltdown, but
       this may help more on Extreme/Hardcore difficulties
       Chaotic Rift - more burst nuking, and the attack silence helps
       against bosses for survival
       Items
       This is where the decisions are difficult. Cash is very limited,
       but there a few things to aim for.
       Francisca is a great item due to the +stats every chapter, so we
       will aim to complete its components, Maragath and Miragas sets.
       We also aim to turn Maragaths set into Ruby Axe as it is one of
       the few ways to boost your HP, which is very welcome. This in
       total will cost around 1500 this chapter.
       Zocmo's set is pretty awesome, so Zocmo's gloves are necessary.
       Feel free to sell stuff that isn't needed, or can be obtained
       later. This includes Tzitorin, Speedy boots, Gladius, Branch of
       Rejuvenation, Spiked Club, evil eyes, rune bracer, plate shield,
       etc.
       I'll probably make a video about item decisions soon.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Main boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/kV26_eoDiN0
       Pretty simple boss, nothing too dangerous and all of his attacks
       are easy to dodge.
       Start off with +steal items, steal him and quick-switch your
       +steal items to better ones. In this video it's Widger Queens
       Ring.
       Very quick one, but it gets more interesting later on.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Elite boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/a14pvbiw4-A
       Elite boss is kind of tricky,
       His nuke does 900 damage a pop and is undodgeable, instant and
       without warning. HP is only about 1100 at this stage (basically
       because this is a "from scratch" run so I didn't have money for
       +HP items).
       The aim here is to keep your health as high as possible at all
       times. I synthesized Ruby Axe on the fly to help with the low
       health problems.
       Otherwise his skills aren't too hard to dodge. Falling rocks is
       a bit random but you can heal them off easily. You just gotta
       pray that he doesn't net you right before starting his multiple
       waves thing, because that is pretty much a disgusting death or
       two. He got me in that combo at one point (0:45 ish) but luckily
       I didn't get hit before net ended.[/spoiler][/li]
       [li]Epic Boss
       [spoiler]
  HTML http://youtu.be/GcBPy8tckjw
       The dreaded Archmage.
       This boss also has an instant, undodgeable nuke (common factor
       in Ch 1 Elite and Epics, don't ask me why) but as I have a few
       more +str items it's somewhat easier to survive. Healing is the
       key. I make good use of potions to ensure I don't get nuked into
       oblivion.
       His main events are easy to dodge and heal through, no nasty
       surprises there. I quick-switched Path of Power every cooldown
       and also had boots of sunrise handy at all times.
       [/spoiler][/li]
       [/list][/spoiler]
       [/quote]
       #Post#: 10524--------------------------------------------------
       Re: YouTube - Hardcore Playthrough From Scratch 1.8e
       By: Flecky Date: September 3, 2012, 10:07 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Chat typing detected at 5:24 on epic boss video... Naw, it's
       alright. ;p
       Good job with the boss fights and including the texts
       separately. Especially the epic boss battle was a pleasure to
       watch.
       #Post#: 10526--------------------------------------------------
       Re: YouTube - Hardcore Playthrough From Scratch 1.8e
       By: hamza_tm Date: September 3, 2012, 1:34 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Haha you got me Flecky :)
       Thanks for the advice though, it's really helpful and any other
       way you think I could improve it please feel free to tell me!
       And thanks for the encouraging comments too.
       Unfortunately in the full walkthrough I chat quite a bit,
       although I try to do it while walking or some other task so as
       not to waste any of the viewers time. I'll need your overview on
       if i've overdone the in game typing, if you or anyone else would
       be so kind ;)
       I'll link up the full walkthrough videos as soon as I get home,
       with description text and a rundown of exactly what important
       events are happening when.
       Thanks
       #Post#: 10578--------------------------------------------------
       Re: YouTube - Hardcore Playthrough From Scratch 1.8e
       By: hamza_tm Date: September 5, 2012, 9:22 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Completed Chapter 2, the elite boss video should be quite
       entertaining I hope.
       It hasn't fully uploaded as of the time of this post, but the
       links are all updated.
       Chapter 3 onwards to come soon!
       #Post#: 10579--------------------------------------------------
       Re: YouTube - Hardcore Playthrough From Scratch 1.8e
       By: lamdaika Date: September 5, 2012, 9:39 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Well done, really well done....
       #Post#: 10581--------------------------------------------------
       Re: YouTube - Hardcore Playthrough From Scratch 1.8e
       By: hamza_tm Date: September 6, 2012, 4:41 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Thanks for the encouragement!
       Any points I can improve on please feel free to point out.
       Ch 4 part 1 took over 6 hours to upload today :D
       It's all on my channel if anyone needs a  later chapter, I
       usually forget to update the links here, and have to first write
       out the lengthy timelines etc
       #Post#: 10596--------------------------------------------------
       Re: YouTube - Hardcore Playthrough 1.8e (no give-up)
       By: hamza_tm Date: September 7, 2012, 10:03 am
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Any ideas how to overcome this embedding disabled/limit reached
       thing?
       #Post#: 10598--------------------------------------------------
       Re: [YouTube] Hardcore Playthrough 1.8e (no give-up)
       By: Flecky Date: September 7, 2012, 2:06 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Nope, unless it's a setting on the website that Xarwin or
       someone could change. Mind you that they really don't shine on
       doing it...
       Other option would be to create a new thread [s]or reserve posts
       for more videos, as there seems to be a limit per post as
       well[/s].
       #Post#: 10599--------------------------------------------------
       Re: [YouTube] Hardcore Playthrough 1.8e (no give-up)
       By: hamza_tm Date: September 7, 2012, 4:31 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Alright lets test the new post thing:
       (youtube url now removed, Sept 13th)
       edit: nope no luck. Looks like the only way is a new thread! Ah
       well, hopefully people won't mind watching it on YouTube.
       #Post#: 10610--------------------------------------------------
       Re: [YouTube] Hardcore Playthrough 1.8e (no give-up)
       By: chimto Date: September 8, 2012, 7:26 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       There, I increased the embedding limit to 120 per post. Feel
       free to request a higher limit if you need it.
       [quote]Omega Orb 6 (MAYBE you should sell it as it doesn't
       synthesize or anything, but it's pretty powerful for a few
       Chapters so I kept it)[/quote]
       [quote]Omega Gloves (CAN sell this too, it has a useful ability
       of burning mana but as you have Hammer you don't really need it.
       I should have sold now that I think back on it)[/quote]
       No, no, no. You'll miss a special item in chapter 10 if you sell
       ANY item with 'Omega' in its name.
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