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Combat

The other half of Monsters Den is the combat. Unlike many RPGs, you can choose who and when you want to attack. In general, I like to fight in the rooms with the smallest number of enemies, then work my way up to the boss fight. It�s up to you though.

Whenever you start a battle, you will be prompted to adjust your party formation. There�s two things to consider here. First, you should consider who has the ranged attacks. Since they can hit anyone from any range, ranged units such as the ranger, mage, or conjuror should be placed in the back. This also preserves them from withering melee attacks. I don�t recommend melee weapons given to the aforementioned units because of their poor damage reduction.

Secondly, you have to decide where your melee attackers go. Unlike ranged attackers, melee attackers can only attack whoever is directly in front of them. That means the people in front and to the sides. Therefore, the front middle square allows you to hit all three squares in front, but it also allows all three of those monsters to hit you in turn. On the sides, you can only hit whoever is directly in front of you or whoever is diagonally across of you, but you can only be hit by those two monsters. As such, you need to balance the need for survival and the need for damage dealing when considering where to put your melee units. The warrior, with his high endurance, armor rating, and damage, is ideal for taking the front middle square. I would recommend putting clerics on the sides in the front so as to allow greater survivability and a chance to hit enemies.

You should also know the interface. On the top left corner, you will see the person whose turn it is, along with their hit and power points. To the side of that, you will find their accuracy, damage reduction, poison resistance, and stun resistance, expressed in percentages. On the bottom left corner is the main combat panel. It contains your skills as well as options to retreat, retreat as a group, or rest, which increases your power regeneration for the turn. Above the panel is your health and power regeneration. On the bottom right, you will see the order of the turns, dictated by quickness. Your heroes are marked in white, while enemies are red. The little squares there dictate the position of the unit, in case you�re wondering.

So now you�re attacking. Who to attack? Chances are that your fastest units will be your ranged units. You should always aim first for what I call �support units.� This means the spellcasters: Lichs, Runecasters, Orc Shamans, and the like. When fighting the Cult, ALWAYS aim for either a neophyte or an acolyte first, as the Voidstalkers and Aetherguards they summon are very tough. It is best to knock them out before they can put any debuffs on you or heal/summon their teammates. After, concentrate on the strongest units like Trolls or Bone Horrors. In boss battles, knock out support units first, then rain down ranged fire on the boss. In the absence of any of these units, just let your ranged units take care of the enemy ranged units and your melee heroes take out their melee monsters.

Healing is a big part of combat as well. Any truly balanced team MUST have some unit able to heal their comrades, preferably clerics but also including rangers. As a rule of thumb, heal whenever someone�s health gets to about half. The cleric is amazing at this; with the heal, heal all, and revive skills, he is absolutely indispensable in any campaign, but more so the Fall of Tellunos.

In terms of what attacks to use, I usually start with the Ranger�s Pierce and the Mage�s Fireball to knock out as many support units as possible as well as weaken other monsters, then follow up with a barrage of regular attacks to regain power and destroy the rest of the enemy. Although the warrior is powerful, I value him as a sponge for soaking up damage as well as a finisher; his attacks are more than able to finish off any weakened foe. Clerics should have healing as a top priority, and then attacking second.

Thanks for this walkthrough.

Note: Apologize for the weird symbols in place of punctuation marks. Apparently between here and my word processor is different.

Undead

The undead is the easiest group of monsters. Although they're relatively fast, their attacks are not the strongest, and many of them have poor armor.

Skeleton: -10% damage reduction, 50% poison resistance, 40 quickness. Skeletons are the basic melee units of the undead. They are very susceptible to damage, and don't deal an exceptional amount of damage except in the beginning, so leave them for last. They are easily defeated by a single power attack. They have a little health regeneration, but it really makes little difference unless you leave them be for a long time.
Bone Horror: 50% poison resistance, 20 quickness. Bone Horrors are the melee powerhouses of the undead. Not only do they have a ton of health and a hard-hitting attack, they also reflect damage, so keep that in mind. The good thing is that they are slow. If you have a rogue or barbarian instead of a slower warrior along with two ranged units, you may have a chance of killing the Horror before it strikes.
Lich: 50% poison resistance, 35 quickness. The spellcasters of the undead, Lichs are not particularly powerful. Still, as ranged spellcasters, they should be eliminated first before they wreak havoc with your plans. Their spells include Deathly Chill, which may have a chance to stun (I've been lucky so far, so I'm unsure about it), Poison Cloud, which damages and poisons all of your units, and Fear of Death, which damages all your units and stuns two of them.
Undead Archer: -10% damage reduction, 50% poison resistance, 50% quickness. Undead Archers are the standard ranged units of the undead. They are very similar to the skeleton statswise, but they can only fire arrows that deal medium damage.
Vampire: 50% poison resistance, 60 quickness. Vampires are the hit-and-run units of the undead. They are their quickest but weakest unit, and can hit at range. Every attack they do will drain some of the target's health and give it to him. Vampires are not very hardy though, so they're pretty easily killed.

Priority:
1. Lich/Boss
2. Bone Horror
3. Vampire
4. Undead Archer/Skeleton

Undead Addendum:

I have some fixes. First of all, the Undead Archer is able to do a melee attack along with its arrows, but it only does so after depleting its power.

Wraith: 100% Poison and Stun Resistance, 60 quickness. The Wraith is sort of an oddball. It has poor health, but it is very resistant to physical damage and is very quick. Its attacks are pretty powerful, since it ignores armor. Wraiths are also capable of using a few special skills, including Spectral Touch, which does 30 power damage and gives you 30% of the damage you dole out back to you, and Fade from View, which heals it and renders it invisible to attack. The easiest way to deal with them is with a mage. A single magic bolt will kill them. Since they are indeed really easy to kill, they are pretty low on the priority list.

This is a really good guide!

Earthen Armies (Dwarves)

The Dwarves are the toughest buggers you will have to face. Not only are they well armored, they have strong attacks, high health, and plenty of buffs for themselves to make your life harder. On the plus side, they are the slowest group of monsters, so hit 'em hard first and knock out as many of them as you can. Boss battles tend to get really messy.

All dwarves have a melee attack that costs no power. They also have the ability to use Dwarven Ale, which heals them and gives them 10 damage resistance temporarily. Expect to see them using it quite often when their health is depleted. It does use a chunk of their power though, so it is a good way to whittle it down to prevent them from using more devastating skills.

Runecaster: 10% damage reduction, 20% poison resistance, 50% stun resistance, 20 quickness. The runecaster is the most annoying support unit in the game. They have good health and a variety of resistance, making them hard to finish off. They seek to make their already tough to kill compatriots stronger and more durable. Rune of Protection gives all friendly units 15 damage resistance, while Rune of Strength increases friendly damage by 20 percent. Dwarves are already hard to kill, so eliminate Runecasters before they can do any buffs.
Dwarven Warrior: 30% damage reduction, 20% poison resistance, 50% stun resistance, 30 quickness. The Warrior is the main melee unit of the dwarves. As a result, he�s very hardy and can deal a fair amount of damage. He also has a skill, Punishing Blow, which will reduce your damage by 50%, so watch out.
Dwarven Maniac: 20% poison resistance, 100% stun resistance, 40 quickness. Dwarf Maniacs have the lowest health for melee units among the Dwarves, but that doesn�t mean they aren�t dangerous. They are the quickest dwarf units, they can deal a ton of damage, and their Hammer Slam is devastating: It hits the units in their melee range as well as the person directly behind whoever they chose to aim at, and the person they aimed at gets stunned. Maniacs are also capable of hitting people directly in the back row, so try and take them down after Runecasters.
Dwarven Veteran: 20% poison resistance, 50% stun resistance, 35 quickness. Veterans also have high damage and health. They can regenerate 60 health, and they are also capable of using Hammer Slam. These guys are tough to take down, especially in numbers, so watch out.
Dwarven Crossbowman: 20% damage reduction, 20% poison resistance, 50% stun resistance, 35 quickness. Crossbowman are probably the strongest ranged enemies in the game. For ranged units, they have pretty high health, and their crossbow ignores armor.

Priority is hard to establish among the Dwarves, because they�re all so tough and similar, but as a rule kill Runecasters first. Afterwards, it�s up to you. I like to kill Maniacs first, then Veterans, then Warriors, while taking down the Corssbowmen with my ranged units.

Meh...sorry my walkthrough really sucks, I'd have to agree with you, but no need to flame me. I wrote this like 6 months ago and it actually did take me about 20 mins not 3 and good walkthrough parsat, but try making your own thread for it

I thought about it just after I started mine, but I figured double posting all of my stuff on another thread wouldn't be too good.

Creatures

The creatures are an odd bunch. They aren't particularly hard hitting after you get better armor, but they have a variety of debuffs that can be pretty annoying. Their health isn't as great as the other races, so that's an advantage there; they make up for this with their general swiftness though.

Greebler: 65 quickness. The Greebler is one of the more common beasts. It has poisonous claws and can attack at range. The Greebler is pretty weak, attack and healthwise. Take down more powerful foes first, and save the little guys for last.
Poison Drake: 100% poison resistance, 45 quickness. Poison Drakes are one of the weaker units, along with the Storm Drake. Their main attack is spitting poison, which does a little contact damage as well as added poison damage. It also has a regular melee attack.
Basilisk: 30 quickness. The Basilisk doesn't have much armor going for it. Although it has a decent amount of health, it really isn't that tough. The big problem about these buggers is that they like to stun your units, rendering them unable to do anything for that turn beside regenerate health and power. Their big stun move is Petrify, which stuns all your units in their range. Their regular attacks also have a chance to stun. Because stunning puts you at a serious disadvantage, it's best to target these creatures first.
Gargoyle: 80% damage reduction, 100% poison resistance, 60 quickness. Gargoyles don't have a lot of health, but they make up for it with a bunch of speed and armor. Gargoyles, as flying creatures, can hit your back row. When they are severely weakened, they will use the skill Stone Form, which heals them and gives them 1 defiance (their health cannot be decreased to less than one until their next turn). To heavy armor units, gargoyle attacks really aren't that bad; they are more of a threat to your less heavily armored back row, so watch out for that. If you can stun them, that would be best. Otherwise, you will have to concentrate your attacks on the Gargoyle. On higher levels, where your weapons and stats are better, the gargoyle become less of a threat, but in the beginning, watch out!
Arachnoid: 25% poison resistance, 45 quickness. The Arachnoid has about the same health as the basilisk. These guys also specialize in debuffing. They almost always first cast their Web skill, which decreases your entire party's quickness by twenty. This can be devastating in battles with a ton of creatures, or in boss battles. Other than that, they really aren't much of a threat, damagewise. Kill them first if there aren't any more threatening creatures to prevent their Web, but aim for stronger creatures if they are there.
Storm Drake: 55 Quickness. Storm Drakes are among the strongest units of the creatures. They are quick, and they can deal some pretty big damage. Since they are able to fly, they can target your back row. They are capable of a lightning attack capable of hitting multiple units that they use quite rarely. They mostly squander their energy swooping down on your back row. Since they hit pretty hard, put them high on your priorities.

Now for the priority list. There isn't any true "support unit" among the beasts; they generally act independently, with no healers (like beasts). Focus your attention on the big debuffers first, then their powerhouses, then Greeblers.

1. Basilisks (Their stun will seriously hamper you on big battles)
2. Storm and Poison Drakes
3. Gargoyles
4. Arachnoids (If you can hit multiple targets and kill them before they debuff you, put 'em up with the Basilisks)
5. Greeblers