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Chapter 7:
Part 1 Into the Shadow of the Web Caverns
Difficulty: Medium
Heroes: Anub'arak, Arthas
Significant Items:
Orb of Frost, Ring of Regeneration
Side Quests: Find the Gold Stashes
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The first of this three part chapter is
relatively easy, courtesy of the Crypt Lord, in fact, you can rely
on Anub'arak alone for almost the entirety of the mission.
Hero Development Guide:
Anub'arak
will Rise to level 6 and Arthas will degrade to Level 5 on this
mission.
Anub'arak:
Level 6: Level 1 Impale, Level 3 Spiked
Carapace, Level 1 Carrion Beatles, Locust Swarm
Arthas:
Level 5: Level 2 Death Coil, Level 1 Death Pact,
Level 1 Unholy Aura
We note that Anub'arak starts to get an extreme amount of armor
from this level onwards. Right now, he'll have a base armor of 18!
Add in Rings of Protection, and you can get
his damage reduction to around 85%. What does this mean? The Crypt Lord can take a lot of hits,
and casting Death Coil on him is therefore extremely effective.
Try giving Anub'arak every Ring of Protection and Strength item,
and Arthas every Intelligence and mana item. This way, you've got
a Meat Shield, and an uber Healer.
General Guide:
This mission is
fairly simple, so we'll just give you a general guide on how to
fight off enemies:
1. Don't worry if your supporting troops die, they're very much
useless. The Crypt Lord pretty much does it all. That said,
enemies will always target your units first. To keep them alive...
pull the meat Wagon well out of sight, and burrow damaged crypt
fiends.
 | | Hit Volatile Barrels next to enemy
Dwarves, they'll explode, and take the Dwarves with
them. |
2. Most of the Dwarves that
attack you will be next to explosive barrels. Attack the barrels,
and the Dwarves will explode. Inexplicably, exploding barrels do
not damage you.
3. Midway through the level, you'll get Locust Swarm. Use this
ability when Anub'arak is surrounded by enemies, and brought down
to yellow health. With 18 armor, locust Swarm will replenish life
for your Crypt Lord faster than enemies can damage you, unless
against very big groups.
4. Once you have Locust Swarm, make sure you preserve enough mana
to cast it whenever cool down allows. That is, turn off Carrion
Beatles.
5. Have Arthas run around, he's sole purpose is to heal the Crypt
Lord. He's becoming very fragile...
6. If Arthas gets damaged, use the Staff of Reanimation, then
Death Pact what you've raised.
Through the Caverns:
Simply follow
the red line directed on the minimap. There's a few obstacles
worth noting. Through the mission, there's 5 Gold Coins to be
found, we've also detailed these on the minimap. Be sure to
destroy every crate you see, and you can't miss them.
A: Use the Meat Wagon to hit the lever on the opposite side of the
river, this will instantly kill a Rifleman standing next to an
explosive barrel near the level. The lever creates a bridge, as
the Riflemen charge across it, kill them with Anub'arak. Impale is
useful here.
 | | Keep your units away from the
flamethrowers. |
B: More Riflemen and a
Siege Engine that's fitted with a Flamethrower. Keep your units
well away from the flames! Your heroes however, don't take much
damage from it.. especially Anub'arak. Leave the thing till last
though, it has fortified armor.
C: In the room where the Bridge Explodes, get a gold coin. Break
the Rock Chunk near the moat to reveal a lever. Use it to bring up
a Ring of Regeneration.
D: Lots of Nerubians. Egg Sack reveals Gold Stash.
F: Break Barrels to get Tome of Intelligence. Destroy Rock
Barriers to the North of Cellar to reveal hidden exit to Treasure
Room.
G: Break Crates to Reveal another Gold Coin. Grab the Orb of Frost
to the North... Dwarves will charge through. At this point,
Anub'arak should rise to Level 6. Locust Swarm does well here. To
get the Spiked Color on the East side of the room, make sure to
flick the lever above it.. which disabled the spike trap. Then
step on the trigger to gain access to the item.
H: Destroy the barrels, causing a chain reaction. Nearly all
riflemen will die, finish the last one off.
I: Fight scattered dwarves, they have stand no chance (remember to
hit barrels). Destroy creates, pick up gold.
J: May wish to heal yourself at fountain of restoration. Be sure
to pick up the last gold stash just under the waterfall.
 | | Use Locust Swarm to damage all
surrounding Dwarves, and kill them first, before you tackle
Baelgun. |
Killing
Baelgun:
At K, you fight Baelgun, a
Level 10 Dwarven Mountain King. This is a tough fight, save first,
then engage. First, focus fire and kill all the supporting
Riflemen and Mortar Teams. Make sure that they're all attacking
your Crypt Lord. Once the Crypt Lord gets down to yellow health,
cast Locust Swarm... He'll gain back all his life.
Once its just Baelgun Left, attack him with both heroes. Heal
Anub'arak whenever he loses over 400 hp. If Arthas gets damaged to
yellow, move him away. Have him destroy the creates around to get
runes of healing and mana. Never let your heroes drop below 300hp,
or one Storm Bolt may kill you.
When Baelgun has around 200 life left, execute a Impale, Death
Coil Combo... this will prevent him from drinking a Potion of
Restoration and going Avatar Form, and kill him instantly. If he
does manage to go Avatar, you may wish to run back to the
fountain... and heal, then come back when his Avatar runs out,
then repeat the above.
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