Gharbad the Weak

Kind: Night Clan (melee version).
Home: Spider Cavern.
Immune to: Cold.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Extra Strong, Cursed.
Skills: Melee physical attack, casts (self only) Frenzy on striking, curses (-50% physical resistance) on striking.
Comment: Doomweaver outraged and left Hell when he heard he wouldn’t be reallocated in his dear Spider Cavern. It’s said that years later, he actually started a cult of spider worshipers and goatmen haters. He called it... communism, or something.
Let’s face it. Everybody hates you, Gharbad. Go find a fire and die in it.
Minions: ~7 Night Clan (melee version).
Strategy: They call him the Weak, and they’re not trying to deceive you but stating that he’s weak. Very weak.
I mean, the Extra Strong + Cursed thing on a melee monster with melee followers should work pretty well. But no, he really sucks like there was no tomorrow.

Deathspit

Kind: Poison Spitter.
Home: Flayer Dungeon Level 3 (aka, “I like labyrinths” –Laz)
Immune to: Cold.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Extra Fast, Mana Burn.
Skills: Melee physical attack, Poison Sputter (actually, that skill’s name is Acid Blast, but however, PS is much more win).
Comment: To understand the origins of this creature and his followers, you should take the name literally. One day, Rathma was walking around a forest and spitted on the ground. Then time passed, and these things happened to coagulate from the sputter “of Death” :P.
Minions: ~6 Poison Spitters, all of them Extra Fast.
Strategy: Come on. They’re just fast spitter rats, summon a cat and make them flee in terror.

The Vizier

Kind: Dark Cabalist.
Home: Flayer Jungle, next to the entrance to Kurast.
Immune to: Lightning.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Mana Burn, Stone Skin.
Skills: Melee physical attack, casts Venomous Spirit.
Comment: Assasinated years ago by Jehryn’s guardsmen, the corpse of the Ruler of the Desert was recued from being devoured by alligators by a tribe of pigmy fighters, who took him as their Messiah. With effort and time, they took him back to their native Kurast Swamps.
Then, by sacrificing the souls of their priests, they infused new life into the dead body of the fallen Lord.
Nothing happened for six days, but when the small creatures were about of committing mass suicide, the Vizier rose and walked again. Slowly, he opened his rot eyes and chuckled a prayer to his pagan gods:
“Democrazy doesn’t work... I shall crush capitalism... Democrazy doesn’t work...”
Minions: ~5 Dark Cabalists.
Strategy: With poison resistance, you can dance in their VS forever, without it, you have to move every now and then. But you really should have maxed resitances by now.

Goldblight of the Flame

Kind: Dark Archon.
Home: Sewers Level 1.
Immune to: Cold.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Cursed, Cold Enchanted
Skills: Melee physical attack, War Spirit (casts spike novas when an enemy is close), Casts Thunder Hammer and Thunder Wave and curses (-50% physical resistance) and slows you on striking. Also casts Glacial Nova on death. Invisibility.
Comment: The other member of the De-blight-ful duo. He left when he realized the Blightfire was suposed to be a pack leader but actually had no minions. That sucked. Heaps.
Minions: ~4 Dark Templars.
Strategy: No big deal, actually. The freeze effect is annoying, but his hammers can be avoided/outranged if you’re a ranged character, and if you’re not, simply rushing to him should do.
Summoners should get rid of his Templars themselves, though. Then their zerg rush won’t have any problem surrounding and eating him.

Nightwing the Cold

Kind: Familiar.
Home: Ruined Tample (the one where the Tome of Lam Esen spawns).
Immune to: Cold.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Extra Fast, Cold Enchanted.
Skills: Melee physical/lightning attack, casts Zigzagging Multiple Bolts on striking. Freezes on striking, casts Glacial Nova on death.
Comment: Is allergic to heat, flowers, good and rabbits.
Minions: ~12 Extra Fast Familiars.
Strategy: They’re not a real problem, even though you should have maxed lightning resistance to tank the lightning bolts, they pierce, and I suspect them to have no ND.
Ranging them isn’t fully possible, since they will rush to you and catch after the first hit, but again, their damage isn’t so outstanding. Just get rid of the boss first, to stop the somewhat annoying cold effect.

Lachdanan Council Leader

Kind: Twilight Archon.
Home: Travincal.
Immune to: Magic.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Extra Strong, Cursed.
Skills: Melee physical attack, casts Thunder Hammer, casts Thunder Wave. War Spirit (blasts Spike Novas when close to enemies). Curses on striking.
Comment: Even though his sudden humor changes and spikeblasts still make him be one of the most popular bosses, it’s not been the same since he lost his “Join Us” aura... That was a particularly hard blow.
Minions: ~5 Twilight Templars.
Strategy: To beat the three Council Members, you should clear the large area completely, really, not having monsters trying to bite your ass actually helps. A lot.
Now that’s clear, let’s take a look at Lachdnan himself. He has a pretty aggresive AI, meaning he’ll rush to you pretty often. But there’s a flaw with that, when he’s at melee range, he won’t attack you unless you hit him first. An eye for an eye.
However, don’t party yet, because his minions will go on attacking you and his Spike Novas will go on happening as usual.
Also, he’ll flee from you at low health.

Zhar the Mad Is MaD!

Kind: Undead Counselor.
Home: Travincal.
Immune to: Fire.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Magic Resistant, Spectral Hit.
Skills: Melee physical/spectral attack. Casts Elemental (old autotargeting version).
Comment: “I dunno if you’re high and/or hallucinating. But NO WAY I’M NOT KICKING YOUR ASS, B*TCH!” *jumps down from his helicopter, ready to kill*.” –Acid Visions.
Minions: ~5 Undead Counselors, all of them shoot Elementals.
Strategy: You’re facing a single element user enemy next to the end of Act 3, and you should have maxed resistances since you started it. Well, be how it be, the fire damage won’t be a problem, so unless a helicopter appears in your screen and he 1HKOs you with a deadly Sonic Slap, no big deal. :P

Deathshade Fleshmaul ...“Immabanana!” :]

Kind: Night Clan (Priest) .
Home: Travincal.
Immune to: Cold
Preset Unique modifier/s: Cold Enchanted, Teleportation.
Skills: Casts Pain Spirit, Explodes his minion’s corpses, has passive Bacchanalia. Casts Glacial Nova on death.
Comment: ...See? This is what happens when you let any random nooblar take part in contests to be a new SU boss.
Minions: Night Clan (Melee).
Strategy: “Gah bleh sputter” –Laz.

Gorestone

Kind: Dark Toad.
Home: Durance of Hatred, Level 3 (“You’re getting there...”)
Immune to: Lightning.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Extra Fast, Mana Burn.
Skills: Casts Magic Missiles (two), melee stunning attack, casts Arcane Fury on striking.
Comment: This is what you get after mixing a bloodstone, an onyx and a splatstone. Some say he’s heaps fun, though.
Minions: ~6 Extra Fast Dark Toads.
Strategy: They won’t start attacking you until you get to “their zone”, also there are (usually) several types of undead knights that can either slow you down or curse you waiting before them. Lure those random mobs to the entrance an kill them.
Now you should get closer to Gorestone and his pack and drag them close to the entrance too. Their damage per missile is pretty high (because you can’t resist it easily), so keep moving around to avoid it, dodging Magic Missiles has never been rocket science, though.
As for the melee damage, it’s high, but they still attack pretty slow. Watch out for Magic Missiles sniping you while you fight in melee, though.

Bloodmoon Soulfire

Kind: Geomancess.
Home: Durance of Hatred, Level 3 (“Abandon your foolish quest”...)
Immune to: Fire.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Extra Fast, Magic Resistant.
Skills: Fanaticism aura (buffs weapon damage), ranged fire attack, casts Mark of the Wild on striking. Volcano death.
Comment: Emo cat.
Minions: ~6 Extra Fast Infernal Lynx.
Strategy: You have chosen the way of defense. Basically, with enough defense to protect you from the lousy damage of javelins, you won’t have any problem. Even though, of course, I advice to clean the area of annoying monsters first.

Be how it be, do not rush to Mephisto yet, you have something else to do.

Bilefroth the Pit Master

Kind: Tainted Soul.
Home: Durance of Hatred, Level 3 (“Mortal... got Ice?”)
Immune to: Cold.
Preset Unique modifier/s: Cursed, Cold Enchanted.
Skills: Casts single target Frozen Soul, curses (-50% physical resistance) on damaging. Casts Glacial Nova on death.
Comment: “And then I’ll train you as snipers to kill my unsuspecting enemies and I’ll rule the world! Lol!” –Mephisto, to the chilling abominations.
Minions: ~9 Tainted Souls.
Strategy: Yeah, killing the cats is way easier, so why even bothering with this one? You’ll see, their awareness range is huge, their attack range is huge and the damage they can pack against a hero locked in melee (even with maxed resistances) is HUGE.
On top, Billy will curse you as soon as he touches you, making it even harder to survive against melee enemies.
Hence, cowboy up and kill them before paying ole Meph a visit. They’re not too tough by themselves.

Mephisto Prime Evil: Lord of Hatred

Kind: Mephisto.
Home: Durance of Hatred, Level 3.
Immune to: Nothing.
Preset Unique modifier/s: None.
Skills: Organizing this one too:

-Nova Charge: Spawns Supernovas when an enemy is close. This little thing has no ND and hence is likely to be kickass.

-Countdown: Creates a small “mark” of ice on your head, then after two seconds it explodes in a rain of frost. This one does seem to deal less damage if you stand still on it than if you try to run across the waves of ice. Freezes.

-Winter Avatar: Avatar appears and Mephisto laughs like a maniac, then a lot of Frost Novas wipe the place. Freezes too.

-Monster Spawn: He basically spawns (on you) any monster that would normally spawn in the Durance (Level 3). That includes all types of Undead Knights, Twilight Archons and others. However, it also includes Death Knights, Que-Hegans (with their Peace Warders) and Heretics (yeah! :P).

Comment: If at first you don’t succed, failure may be your style.
Minions: There’s always a Que-Hegan by his side since the beginning.
Strategy: Aaah, Mephisto...
I don’t really understand why so many people find him so absolutely, totally and utterly indestructible and 1HKOer.
You’ll see, you should have the path behind of you completely clear before going any close to him. Then, simply advancing a little in his “sanctum” will make the vicious demon rush after you. Blindly, he’ll follow you everywhere. Whithout even casting Nova Charge most of times. Run, and even with your suxy speed he won’t catch you.
The entrance to the Durance is usually the best place to kill him if you have personal problems with TPs or simply don’t want to die ever because that sucks, kthx.

Well, you know where to cheese him, now there they go a bunch of tips so that you don’t fail. At least, not epically:

-Max out your resistances, in case you haven’t yet. The only one that could be optional is fire. The other ones are a total must.

- This is likely to be a slow fight. And I mean literally slow, melee swings will take years to hit, moving will make you feel like a snail. There are two ways of fighting this: Get faster (aka= increase all of your speeds, even at cost of damage iself) or become immune to freeze.
The latter option can only be used on Terror/Destruction, since the shield runeword with that effect requires a clvl of 63. I’m talking about the Goddess (Ber) Runeword.
Also the Slow effect from Peace Warders cannot be fought in any way.

- Minions and reanimates: The more, the merrier.. not. Don’t give reanimates a priority. A lolminion should be used as distraction from time to time, though.

- Remember, you want to kill Mephisto, not his underlings. Focus all your firepower on him as often as you can. For casters, AoE spells (like Flamestrike, Hailstorm, etc) have proven to be better than directional ones most of times.

- Monsters. He spawns them almost constantly, but you shouldn’t care too much about them unless they have special effects (Death Knights, slowing undeads...) or are specially kickass (Que-Hegans, Heretics...). You can find detailed info about them in the Bestiary.

If he happens to summon any of those, quickly drop a lolminion between you and them and flee. Meph. will follow you.

- Also, at low health he’ll go “defensive” and flee from you, possibly over the pits, where you can’t follow him. No big deal, run away from him and he’ll follow you in a few seconds.

-By the way, in case you kill him over the pits, he won’t drop the soulstone. Yet once you cross the portal to Pandemonium it will magically appear in your inventory. Rocks, eh? :P

^^