The Master

[Ichthyic]

Man, what a PITA!

Ok, I've discovered a much easier way to beat this guy:

as soon as he goes to full master form, cast invisible, then run into the corner 2x2 nook that is in the sw or nw of the area. he can't fit all his clones in there, since they need space to work.

so, he will teleport in to the room to attack you one at a time, but will usually teleport into the further square in the room. so, just stay to the SE corner of that little nook, power up your biggest attack, and wait till he teleports in, then move one step to the left and let him have it, then step right. he will telport OUT of the room, allowing you time to breathe, pot up, and prepare your next attack. if he doesn't teleport in, stay facing out at the entrance to the nook, and pick him off with ranged attacks as you dodge in and out of the room. Also, toss poison bombs or spells out there, and watch for one that shows it's getting "0" damage from the poison. hit that one, as it will be the real guy.

wow, I died SO many times before i figured this out. game is way too twitchy for my clumsy old fingers.

oh, also had my biggest ever attack there: 1005 on a crit with bane.

almost forgot, also, if you are invisible when you place the orb of balance on the altar, he won't trigger his tricks (in leprechaun form) and you can get right on top of him and hit him with a powerful attack, then cube him or just keep hitting him, it's not hard at that point; it just gets hard after he transforms.

[itsmemario]

There is a much easier way. Go in a corner away from him and go sleeping....
No joke. You can sleep for 3-4 seconds (latest at the fourth second awake your team by hand). That should be enough to heal and power up your guys.

[Ichthyic]

There is a much easier way. Go in a corner away from him and go sleeping....
No joke. You can sleep for 3-4 seconds (latest at the fourth second awake your team by hand). That should be enough to heal and power up your guys.

no, you've either mistyped or somehow managed to get him bugged out... just a corner does NOT do that. you MUST be in one of the nooks. a regular corner quickly gets you surrounded, no matter where you are. I know, I tried that. Even invisible he quickly finds you by teleporting around with his army of clones.

no, the way I have suggested is far, far better.

[itsmemario]

Sorry but my english is not so good. So i misreaded something. What is the difference of a corner and a nook?

Here is the map of that lair with the spot i mean. You can sleep there.

WARNING: Dont look at spoiler if you want to find out of your own.

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[Ichthyic]

the nooks don't appear until after you defeat him in his leprechaun form, which is the very easy part.

then, two new rooms open up in the nw and sw corners of that map.

the rooms are little 2x2 nooks with a one space opening. This is what I'm talking about for dealing with the master in his true form. I've seen him clone up to six of himself at a time, so hiding in a normal corner just doesn't do it.

I'd post a screenshot, but for some reason I am unable to capture a screenshot from in game; just comes out as solid black.

ah, turns out it has to be in windowed mode.

here:

[itsmemario]

Ahh... i didnt realized that there opened two more rooms after killing the leprechaun. I headed to my point killing 1-2 of his clones and go resting for seconds in this corner as i said. He sends few clones here. Sometimes he comes self here and then beat the shit out of him. This was an easy plan. Thats the good at this game ~ there are more than 1 solution to solve things.

[Drakkan]

my tip - have minotaur barb with 50 + STR and some legendary weapon and deal critical to The Master and his mastering is finished

[Depili]

Or a lizardman with really high resists and just facetank

[belcoot]

I can't seem to hurt him. I keep killing clones but he isn't taking any damage.

[belcoot]

I also don't have those rooms on my map either for some reason