Time stop + improved alacrity_ toasted nicely toasted

Knight of Ni · Post by **Knight of Ni** » Wed Dec 19, 2001 3:11 pm

jus wondering if anyone else has had half as much fun with this combo as me

my sorc (staff of magi+robe of vecna) casts time stop, alcrity, and unleashes havoc

fancy stadning in the way of 7 cone of colds? magic resistance not a problem! very few battles can't be won with this tactic, all in one round.

was my fav tactic for my solo sorc, although i have to admit, my cavalier is way more fun

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Wed Dec 19, 2001 3:15 pm

I normally did it this way: project image, then have the image cast timestop - improved alacrity. This way you can win almost any battle in three rounds and effectively cast only one spell.

King Leoric · Post by **King Leoric** » Wed Dec 19, 2001 3:28 pm

Just check on the topic below for some really nice damage during a single improved alacrity
[url="http://www.gamebanshee.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=000229"]http://www.gamebanshee.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=000229[/url]

NIIIIIIIICE!

theone · Post by **theone** » Wed Dec 19, 2001 4:50 pm

in the battle with balthazar, my elevan mage thief. had spell triggers with pierce magic and breach and sequencers with magic missles and acid arrows in them. he was equipped with robe of vecna, amulet of power. i cast time stop, and then improved alacrity.

i let off my spell trigger and sequencers. all my offensive spells which included two abi's horrid wilting, many cone of colds on balthazar yet he managed to survive.

King Leoric · Post by **King Leoric** » Wed Dec 19, 2001 7:03 pm

Well, balthazar is VERY cheesy... he has 90 percent resistance to all forms of damage except physical. So with 2 pierce magic you lowered his MR by 2*(your level), but you could do nothing against his resistances to cold, acid, and etc.

It's really annoying that, in ToB, anyone is HIGHLY resistant to magic damage, and this resistance, in many cases, can't even be lowered, but very few people have decent resistance against physical damage... sooo unfair to mages...

Whailor · Post by **Whailor** » Thu Dec 20, 2001 2:07 am

Check the Ironworks boards, there are many combos with Time Stop + Improved Alacrity, screenshots and all. Dundee Slaytern has played solo sorcerer thru the game many times, also solo cavalier.

Anyone else can access the Ironworks boards? I cannot, starting this monday.. Either it's something with my firewall or something with the boards. Link to [url="http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi"]Ironworks Boards[/url].

Char_Aznable · Post by **Char_Aznable** » Thu Dec 20, 2001 6:59 am

Why All this about Balthazer's def ??
In my opinion since we are talking lvl9 magic just throw a few dragon's breath at him and he's toast.

What I normally do to him
(Greater Acurity + Time Stop + all my Dragon Breaths + Fire Ball(Balti should be dead by now) + whatever offense spells just for kicks)

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Thu Dec 20, 2001 7:08 am

D.Breath goes of on its own 2 spell casting time

Char_Aznable · Post by **Char_Aznable** » Thu Dec 20, 2001 9:44 am

I know D. breath have virtually no casting time. Just like to see them go off together and not wait for them 1 by 1

Ode to a Grasshopper · Thu Dec 20, 2001 10:22 pm

I haven't been able to get onto Ironworks for a couple of months now.

Whailor · Post by **Whailor** » Fri Dec 21, 2001 12:33 am

I could access Ironworks nicely last week, but starting from this week it's impossible. No idea whether it's down, they are doing something, they are moving somewhere or what..

theone · Post by **theone** » Fri Dec 21, 2001 3:32 am

great, i wasted all my offensive spells on balthazar but only a little affected him. never mind

Littiz · Post by **Littiz** » Fri Dec 21, 2001 5:57 am

I'm a bit surprised that no one ever mentioned the reverse of this
tactic: Imp. Alcrity + Time Stop!
If you can cast in this order without being interrupted, you have
more time to spend in Time Stop.
Having some sort of fighter mage this can be very useful.
I like to try the battles without preparations, so you can enter
the Time Stop, cast immediatly breach on your enemies and the
like followed by all the protective and melee oriented spells on you
(most of them with 0 casting time if you're properly equipped),
cast Improved Haste and Tenser, and still remain with a free round
or so to crush your freezed enemies!!!!!

Against Balthazar I got even the doubled Imp. Alacrity + Time Stop
casting Wish, I think I've had three or four free rounds to strike
him with my Katanas!
In "real time", the poor monk passed from life to death
without even realizing it... Poor monk

Bruce Lee · Post by **Bruce Lee** » Sat Dec 22, 2001 4:27 am

Originally posted by Littiz:
<STRONG>I'm a bit surprised that no one ever mentioned the reverse of this
tactic: Imp. Alcrity + Time Stop!
If you can cast in this order without being interrupted, you have
more time to spend in Time Stop.
Having some sort of fighter mage this can be very useful.
I like to try the battles without preparations, so you can enter
the Time Stop, cast immediatly breach on your enemies and the
like followed by all the protective and melee oriented spells on you
(most of them with 0 casting time if you're properly equipped),
cast Improved Haste and Tenser, and still remain with a free round
or so to crush your freezed enemies!!!!!

Against Balthazar I got even the doubled Imp. Alacrity + Time Stop
casting Wish, I think I've had three or four free rounds to strike
him with my Katanas!
In "real time", the poor monk passed from life to death
without even realizing it... Poor monk </STRONG>

Lucky for you he wasn't in Lunar stance when you stopped time.

King Leoric · Post by **King Leoric** » Sat Dec 22, 2001 11:20 am

i thought balthy was imune to Time Stop.

And also, for the order of Improved Alacrity and TS, I still think that you should first cast the TS, which has a duration of 3 ("apparent") rounds, and then IA, which has a duration of 2 rounds. In this way, they fit very nicely.

But i still think that Improved Alacrity alone is more than enough, at least if you have the robe of cheese and the amulet of power...

Kovi · Post by **Kovi** » Sat Dec 22, 2001 2:07 pm

On Timestop/Improved Alacrity: the order is not too important with Vecna. But as I wrote, it many times: Improved Alacrity is cheesy with Robe of Vecna. Without Vecna the reversed order can be risky.

Balthazar is immune to timestop. And he is totally magic resistant (above 100%) and highly resistant to all elemental damage (90%) - so even Dragon's Breaths ignores the mr, he could just laugh at it (and he is also immune to imprisonment). But as almost ALL enemies, he has no resistance against magical damage. So he won't laugh when hit by sequenced skull traps or abi dalzims in chain contingency after his magic resistance is lowered totally with a trigger (of lower resistance).

Whailor: thanks for the tip, but there are many people here who soloed a sorcerer, one even played it without using any items.