Tips for killing Diablo please?

[Mordreth]

Ok i just got my Necro to act 4 (skelliemancer) and from what I've read Diablo is gonna crush my minions in no time flat Is there a way to solo him or do I Have to have help to take him down?

KK ty

[September 28, 1987]

I usually just attack him.

[Murari]

1.ok, do u have a merc and good items. if yes, that should help once ur merc has em equipped.

2. r u purely skellymancer? (even 1 point into teeth will help kill diablo with all the +skill items)

3. get a wand with +1 to life tap. (ppl reccomnd decrepify...but trust me, life tap works better)

4. if this is normal....attempt to keep meleeing him and use ur golem for distraction

[Skullcaptain]

What version are you playing?

The skellies in 1.07 are just like bread...

The skellies in 1.11b are armed with you-can't-even-smash-me armor.

[DarkPrinceLoki]

Diablo: Best advice i can give is save the seals until last, clear everything out of Chaos Sanctuary, then do the three seals that spawn the demon lords. After killing them and leaving the last two seals, go to where diablo appears and cast a town portal (TP) right in the middle. If you have Skeletal magi, swap them all out for Cold Mages, trust me. Time yourself from each of the seals to the middle, whichever you can get from to the middle fastest, is the one you open last. after opening the last seal run into the town portal and right back out this will have all your minions right on top of diablo when he spawns, immediately cast Decreptify when Satan, i mean diablo appears. the cold mages should do their job and so should the others, keep him decreptified (decrept) and every now and then cast life tap, or amplify damage, but only for a few seconds, constantly keep him slowed with the cold mages and decrept. It will take time, but this strategy is easy and safe.

this is straight from my guide, and works everytime. preferably have an offensive act2 merc. are you on USEast Ladder?

message me: /m *darkprinceloki

[Shallie]

1 point in Summon Resist will help a lot to keep you skeletons alive but if you are not yet lvl 24 there's another option that works quite well in normal difficulty.

Cast Iron Maiden (either you have one point spent on it or you can use a wand or a skull with +IM) on Diablo and cast your clay golem in front of him. When the golem dies just cast a new one. Takes some time but works quite well.

[Taurean]

I guess Loki`s suggestion works here, but only if you have Magi`s.

I had to go to act 1 and get more skellies around 10 times before he died. With help from Act 2 Offensive merc.

I used Amp dmg.

So it is possible, but it takes time.

[lord of angels]

well what I found was when I did it I was lvl 27 and was pure skel/skel mastery. I had one point in amp. dmg and killed him fairly easily. (try and kill a lot of monsters around the part where he spawns so if he kills your skellies you can resurrect them without moving around much) try not to get hit by his lightning attack and I suggest having a golem of some sort to distract him while you open a portal or regroup your skeletons. For nightmare and hell dificulties try to open the venom lord seal last so you can revive the venom lords, beleive me they help one hell of a lots when fighting him because of the inferno attack that they use. Also for NM and Hell get yourself an act 2 Nm offensive merc the might helps so much when killing anything.

[Archdemon]

I do what loki said... its very helpfull at times...

[Apokalyptus]

Use skellies, amp damage, get an act 1 fire arrow merc that uses a 15% ed hydra or crusader faith bow with 15 fanat and you'll be fine. Amp damage should kill him pretty quickly or if he get's "hyper" then decrepify him to slow his attack. Add points to summon resist to minimize. Skel mastery = 20, Raise Skelliton = 2-, use Iron Golem, Golem mastery = 20.

[Gore Deity]

Tried some... For me it worked with decrepify, revive, fire golem, a lot of cold damage, a gang of skelly mages... pretty safe. he is a bot, anyway :) just remember I was almost level 40 then! :)

[amatuerbeerguy]

I killed him at level 29. With skellies, mastery. And one point to mages. And clay golem. I did well. Had decent equipment. You should do just fine. I always do seals from right to left. So good luck.