--- In linleysdungeoncrawl@yahoogroups.com, "Dnah Freespirit"
<freesnot@...> wrote:
>
> Alright already.. Is there any way to kill an Orb of Fire??
> Hints? Suggestions?
> -dnahvalkyrie
>

It seems that Silence works on orbs of fire, although this may be a
bug.
Other than that, your best defense is to have fire resistance. An
amulet of mutation would also be nice to have, but you should worry
more about its fire attacks, which I'm pretty sure are the most
powerful attacks in the game. (However, electric golems could kill
you faster with their multiple melee attacks.)
Orbs of fire move and attack at twice normal speed, so you'd need
Haste to run away from one.
It would be quite hard to get enough armor and/or evasion to help you
significantly. And of course, a shield would not help at all.

Orbs of Fire have 20 AC and 20 evasion, so you need to hit very hard
and accurately to kill one. They have 150 HP.
I suggest having 20-something in all skills relevant to the attack
you are using (except Spellcasting, which does not do much for your
spell power).
If using a weapon, use something with at least 15 base damage.
Preferably a vorpal weapon, which will do about 25% more damage.
If using a ranged weapon, use at least a +8,+8 bow (NOT a bow of fire
or frost) and have at least 28 strength, 27 Bows skill, and 13 in
Throwing. Seriously, bows suck and the other ranged weapons are even
worse.
Fire, ice, electric, and poison spells will do no damage, except
hellfire (staff only), magma bolt, fire storm, ice bolt, ice storm,
and poison arrow. Those will be partially resisted, of course, so
the only spells I'd really recommend are crystal spear and iron
bolt. Definitely don't bother with magma bolt, ice bolt, or spells
lower than level 4.


I think I might as well say something about electric golems, too.
They have only 5 AC, and usually less HP, making them much easier to
kill than orbs of fire.
But, their shocking melee attacks make them insanely dangerous for
most characters.
If you don't have electricity resistance, having 20-something evasion
is the only thing that can save you. Armor only helps if you also
have electricity resistance, because the "shock" part of the melee
attack is unaffected by armor and way more damage than the physical
part of the attack.