Fire giants

khaselri · Post by **khaselri** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 6:29 pm

Am i the only one eho has trouble with these things?they have over 220hpand 20-29 damage with evry hit.i found that Fire giant temple difficult to get through(havnt even gotten through yet

)and WK seems to be easier.Soes any one have a strategy for gettn through the temple.havepclvl14Fighter/mage ,imoen,jaheira,Aerie
sarevok and Keldron with carsomyr or wat evr.
also wanna no wen the first jaheira romance dialouge comes.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Fri Aug 09, 2002 11:33 pm

Believe it or not, I usually send my thief to take care of 'em (the Fire Giant Elite are a bit more difficult). They tend to go down rather quickly when backstabbed.

Fairmaiden · Post by **Fairmaiden** » Sat Aug 10, 2002 7:26 am

Freeze their butts

Has your mage got Cone of Cold or Ice Storm? That finishes them off quick.

Querschen · Post by **Querschen** » Mon Aug 12, 2002 6:28 pm

The Giant's Thaco is the real problem, because they absorb substantial damage and hit you a few times before you can take them down, some things to try...

Sarevok with Silver Sword
Boots of haste run & gun
Pets and Ice Storm or other Area Affect
Loading Quicksave

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 3:18 am

As usual with tougher enemies, make sure to focus all your party's efforts upon one at a time of them. Once dead, move on to the next.

Leonardo · Post by **Leonardo** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 2:38 pm

If you throw a Greater Malison, they are very susceptible to Finger of Death

Querschen · Post by **Querschen** » Tue Aug 13, 2002 7:47 pm

I would assume the same goes for Wail of the Banshee, although this is an untested method...

serjeLeBlade · Post by **serjeLeBlade** » Wed Aug 14, 2002 2:59 am

Sarevok (or Minsc or Korgan) with (greater) whirlwind (the high level ability) or Improved Haste (from spell or objects) and a good weapon should be able to take down 1 fire giant in 1 round.
(Sarevok with greater whirlwind sometimes managed to take down 2 in one round.... but maybe I was just dreaming then)

If you haven't whirlwind attacks/improved haste... uhm... maybe you need some more experience before taking up Yaga Shura's army...

If you find WK easier, do it first and get all the experience/equipment you can out of there!

Also... Some potions of giant strenght could be useful just to even the scores

Also, if you're a fighter/mage, use a lot of stoneskins, so they will never hurt you. Have Jaheira use Ironskins, too... you and her should use whirlwind attacks, too...

The first romance talk with jaheira comes when you get to the pocket plane for the first time, IIRC.

Alson · Post by **Alson** » Fri Aug 16, 2002 10:49 am

Originally posted by serjeLeBlade

Also, if you're a fighter/mage, use a lot of stoneskins, so they will never hurt you. Have Jaheira use Ironskins, too... you and her should use whirlwind attacks, too...

IIRC, the Fire Giants deal both slashing and fire damage - so they'll still hit him for about 6-10 fire damage per hit if he's (or Jah) stoneskined.
It's still better then taking another 20 slashing damage, of course, but keep in mind that your spells can be still interrupted.

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 9:29 am

I'm playing through again, and sent Haer'Dalis (mislead and offensive spin activated) to handle all the fire giants & baddies in the Forest of Mir area. He nailed them all with his Sword of Chaos and Dagger of the Star, and a couple of sunfires. I plan to use the same strategy at the temple.

Alson · Post by **Alson** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 10:35 am

Originally posted by Sojourner
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He nailed them all with his Sword of Chaos and Dagger of the Star, and a couple of sunfires. I plan to use the same strategy at the temple.

Sunfire?
I thought Fire Giants are highly resistant, if not immune, to fire?

Sojourner · Post by **Sojourner** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 12:49 pm

Originally posted by Alson

Sunfire?
I thought Fire Giants are highly resistant, if not immune, to fire?

I used sunfire on the baddies who were with the fire giants.

Alson · Post by **Alson** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 1:47 pm

OK, understood!

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 4:42 am

Originally posted by Alson
IIRC, the Fire Giants deal both slashing and fire damage - so they'll still hit him for about 6-10 fire damage per hit if he's (or Jah) stoneskined.
It's still better then taking another 20 slashing damage, of course, but keep in mind that your spells can be still interrupted.

Throw a Blur and a Mirror Image as well, and you should be fine. As the Mirror Image won't last long, it might be a good idea to have another one in a Minor Sequencer.

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 6:46 am

Try using mislead, I beleive they have no means of spotting and invisible char...

SUmmons like swords are cool as well, hold em back while you 'Chuck **** at em'

Alson · Post by **Alson** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:15 pm

Originally posted by Astafas

As the Mirror Image won't last long, it might be a good idea to have another one in a Minor Sequencer.

Or in a contingency!

Alson · Post by **Alson** » Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:17 pm

Originally posted by gnomethingy
Try using mislead, I beleive they have no means of spotting and invisible char...

Yea, Mislead will probably work great on them.
On the other hand, mislead works great on any enemy who can't see through Invisibility...

garazdawi · Post by **garazdawi** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 4:42 am

I just throw loads of area affect spells at them like horrid wrilting and death fog etc. When they've got down to badly hurt or near death they are easy meet. It's cheezy but it gets the job done

gnomethingy · Post by **gnomethingy** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 6:45 am

Last time I did the fire giant thinj...

Edwin, Hear'dalis, Sorc Npc, Sarevok, Korgan, Jan

Might sound dumb.. But I didnt use much else than the humble ole magic missle and imp haste korgy / Sarevok

VonDondu · Post by **VonDondu** » Tue Aug 20, 2002 3:46 pm

There's nothing "dumb" about letting your best Fighters do their job while your spellcasters do theirs. That's what they're for.

BTW, the fire giants are easy to fight on the second level of Yaga-Shura's lair. If you want to, you can get their attention and then run back through either of the first two doors (the fire giants are too big to fit through them) and pelt them with missiles until they're dead. It's not exactly the way a hero would do it, but it gets the job done.