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| - This is possible on any difficulty, but hardest to do it on is in normal because you will NEED Bone Prison for it to work. To do this well, you don't need any kind of mercenary or a summon, but a cold Iron Wolf or Rogue will help your bone prison last longer. What you need to do is just imprison Duriel as soon as you enter the room, so that he is around the middle. He must not be too close to you as his melee attack has a decent range. If you want to, you can cast iron maiden on him so he gets damaged if he attacks the prison, but not recommended as his AI doesn't let him do that, not even on hell difficulty. Once he is in the prison, just teeth/bone spear/bone spirit/range him till he dies, recasting bone prison every few seconds so he doesn't accidentally break it or so it doesn't run ou
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| - This is possible on any difficulty, but hardest to do it on is in normal because you will NEED Bone Prison for it to work. To do this well, you don't need any kind of mercenary or a summon, but a cold Iron Wolf or Rogue will help your bone prison last longer. What you need to do is just imprison Duriel as soon as you enter the room, so that he is around the middle. He must not be too close to you as his melee attack has a decent range. If you want to, you can cast iron maiden on him so he gets damaged if he attacks the prison, but not recommended as his AI doesn't let him do that, not even on hell difficulty. Once he is in the prison, just teeth/bone spear/bone spirit/range him till he dies, recasting bone prison every few seconds so he doesn't accidentally break it or so it doesn't run out of time. You will need a fair share of mana potions and the fight will take you a total of 1000-1500 mana with a fully synergized bone spirit on hell. A Necromancer with at least some summons (and a golem) is perfectly capable of going through Acts I and II without spending a single stat point in the process, since summons are effectively extra life points, are very cheap compared to how much damage they can do, and make it unnecessary for you to get better weaponry and armor. You will probably get to the entrance of Duriel's Lair somewhere around level 21, and if you conserve these points you should have 100 free attribute points. Save these for after your first encounter with Duriel, because you will want to know how to place your attribute points. (You'll probably want to have added 40 points or so into vitality.) The objective is to allow yourself to be defeated in the first engagement and gauge your need for the various attributes, and to get a "sense of proportion". You will actually get around to taking on Duriel at another time. If you don't have all these extra attribute points, you'll have less flexibility but it does not mean that it will be impossible. Before you enter Duriel's Lair for the first time, open a Town Portal in the staff chamber. That way you won't need to worry about running right into Duriel upon your return via portal. When the actual battle begins, however, you will want to open a portal up the moment you enter the Lair and then just stay put, going through at a moment's notice. So try it! Take on Duriel with whatever skills and weaponry you have. Things you should note while fighting it:
* Duriel has a LOT of life, and has good Defense (avoids your attacks well), so you'll need to hit it hard and hit it a lot of times.
* Duriel moves very much faster than you, his hits stun and chill you (slowing your movement speed), and he can't be stopped in his tracks in any way.
* The room is very cramped and Duriel can Charge at you if you try to back away, so you stand to gain nothing and lose a lot trying to move around too much.
* Duriel does a LOT of damage, hits very quickly, and practically always hits, enough to kill anything in 1-3 hits, including you! The conclusions you should gain from this experience are:
* There's no point moving around once you're in the Lair
* There's no point trying to boost Defense or Attack Rating
* There's no point trying to take it on with a weapon: it does nearly no damage in proportion to what Duriel can do to you
* Melee weapons are even worse because you'll only get to use them 1-3 times before you're dead
* There's no good way of getting your items back if you die, so don't put them at risk. And now, how to defeat Duriel...:
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