Upon the hireling's death, Duriel will instantly charge at the Sorceress, who must respond by swiftly casting a fire wall in front of him (which will very likely damage him due to his size) and teleporting to the other side. The hireling's sole purpose is to exist as a meat shield while the Sorceress stays back in relative safety and casts Fire Wall. Duriel is very strongly resistant to Cold damage, making Cold-based attacks nearly futile other than to slow him down. Though it is likely to be lost on death, a staff that provides bonus to Fire Wall will help incredibly. It is best for the Sorceress to have reached at least level 23 (which she is in fact likely to have after going through the Arcane Sanctuary and the six fake Tombs of Tal Rasha), making the Fire Wall at around level 3 or 4, which deals a staggering damage of around 180.

This of course kills any chance of returning into the town and taking time to refill potion belts and heal herself, but it is very most likely that she will be killed at least once, which empties the belt save the last patch, and therefore it is better to enter the safety outside for time to recast Town Portal outside and face Duriel again.įire Wall deals massive damage in relatively low levels. It is strongly recommended that the Sorceress casts a Town Portal outside the chamber, since running right into Duriel is something very unfavorable.

This strategy is for Sorceresses on levels 21 or above, by which time she should have several points in Fire Wall and one in Teleport. As such, any item worn proves virtually useless, since they are lost once the player dies until the corpse is reclaimed. It is very likely that a Sorceress will be killed at least several times while dueling Duriel.

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