BW: Surgeon problem

MrsVodes · #1 (**permalink**) 08-12-2006, 08:27 PM

How do you kill the Surgeon - it keeps summoning creepy crawly things that bring it's health back up ?

Pentevrien · #2 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 03:42 AM

For me it was pretty easy to kill him. I attacked only the surgeon ignoring his summons. Powers were very useful

MrsVodes · #3 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 09:12 AM

I have tried with just weapons and it keeps regaining it's points. I switch to just magic and it keeps regaining it's points. What are those to magic pillars for? Still looking for an answer because the Surgeon is just not dying!

Ashen · #4 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 03:22 PM

It is not possible to ignore the summons or at least I don't see how you could considering this is how it regenrates. I am having the same problem myself and had to take a break. From what I see there is nothing to be done with the pillars so the answer has to be in taking out the summons ... not that I've been able to do it so far, or not fast enough. But there has to be a trick to it. Anyone?

High Five · #5 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 04:16 PM

I took out the surgeon without much trouble. I don't know what are you refering to when saying "summons regenerating his health". All he was summonning when I was against him was Bound Crawlers, that are relatively easy to kill and didn't seem to help him regen... Even if he did regenerate his health I didn't notice, probably because I used level 3 Elemental Rage and took him out quickly.
Anyway, my tactic was killing summons/attacking him/killing summons/attacking him. He didn't live to summon them a third time.

Ashen · #6 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 06:02 PM

He regens from the summons, if you concentrate on it alone it is near impossible to kill him at least from my experience. Anyway, killing off the summons worked - Bound Crawlers, it summons them - but I used powers on it, then killed off the summons, and repeat process. Works like a charm.

Siegefreak · #7 (**permalink**) 08-13-2006, 07:28 PM

I killed them with a combination of powers and just continually pounding on him. I didn't have too much trouble with the first 2 but the last one was tougher, since he kept regenerating. Eventually he died

Pentevrien · #8 (**permalink**) 08-14-2006, 04:03 PM

I kept attacking the surgeon himself with my main character (as I said earlier), and when it was possible I used powers on him and ONLY on him, maybe my combat mage was higher lvl than your character (when I started playing BW it was 44).
Well, good luck.

MrsVodes · #9 (**permalink**) 08-16-2006, 05:58 PM

I have only found two Surgeons - where is the third?

Hildahl · #10 (**permalink**) 09-17-2006, 05:30 AM

"Can ya help a fella out"
I cannot seem to beat the Familiar Surgeon. He spawns the slither demons too fast for me to do more that 30k dammage. Then he seems to suck hp's from the darn things. I even went as far as "auto piloting" and making the characters imortal. I left it running for 24hrs and got no where. not even a single xp.

How do you kill this thing?

Kenrenk · #11 (**permalink**) 09-17-2006, 01:08 PM

I'm not sure why it get healed. I got the feeling it came from my characters death but I'm not sure at all. Another hypothesis is that it was periodical.

That said, without any mod used I could beat it. It took me a long time for the first but after it was easier.

I concentrated my atacks to hit it instead of hitting the little things arround and to not have any die. I also used intensively the powers and take care to improve hit power of a Sorceress and a Fist of Stone.

I bet you'll get a true answer in the faq pointed in the forum :
http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/du...ugh-80140.html

The expantion was a good experience, I haven't done all subquests nor seen all new henchmen and new pets but I enjoyed many changes in the games. I still regret that there's no difficulty setting even if I finish it without the feeling to have get a too powerfull team (unlike in DS2). Anyway that's boring that there's a level progression problem. I used a new character among the default offered, they are level 39 instead of level 44/45 for characters that finished DS2. But they end level 48 when at next difficulty mode they are expected to be level 41.

Thing · #12 (**permalink**) 09-27-2006, 02:48 PM

I had the same problem until I took the followng approach then he died within a couple of minutes:

1) focus IMMEDIATELY on the summonsed characters he generates and wipe them out - they are the source of his regenerated health

2) this gives you about 3-5 seconds to load all your powers on him and then keep hitting with your biggest damage weps and spells

3) as soon as more summonsed characters reappear, repeat the process (this will also accelerate power recovery)

BINGO!

mammu · #13 (**permalink**) 10-08-2006, 01:32 PM

Carol here.
I am stuck trying to kill the second Familiar Surgeon. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have tried just about everything I can think of but I can't keep up with killing the summoned creatures that regenerate him. Help!!!!
Carol

Thing · #14 (**permalink**) 10-10-2006, 03:18 PM

As well as the other suggestions in my earlier post, make sure you have "steal magic" loaded and any other curses that will debilitate the opposition - believe me it helps

keep on plugging away!!

Flash[pl] · #15 (**permalink**) 10-12-2006, 04:16 AM

spirit embrace- anti curse +resist spell, ancestral wrath- powers +recharge,
curse him with -resistances according to what type of dmg you deal most or steal spell to minimalise his dmg.

brutal attack, take aim, detonation, aether blast. one aoe left to kill crawlers when they start healing familiar.

there`s nothing more to do beside finding better gear vs him. i killed familiars in less than minute without problems and didnt notice his healing