Legend of Grimrock - Page 6

If you know where to get the early decent heavy weapons, a team of 3 heavy + missiles is probably the strongest. Firearm is disgustingly bad. It would be bad even with unlimited ammos. They really need to give it +5 armor penetration per level and bonus accuracy. Light is also pretty bad, as only rogues can really dual wield, but even dual wielding isn't as strong as one heavy (although it is close). Magic is fine, but it is annoying, and only strong if you have the right element.

As for specific classes, I think barbarian and knight are pretty close. You trade some offense for some defense, but let's face it, your plate guys aren't going to die, and +10dmg when you hit for 150 isn't significant either. Fighter is really underwhelming, as their bonus doesn't matter, and they have a hard time wearing Plate. I think you could fit one in the backrow in a 2nd playthrough where you grab Bane as early as possible, but even that might not be worth it.

I find Battle Mage to be simply superior to Wizard. Extra protection/resist/hp/carry is much better than some more energy, as you'll be drinking energy potions in hard fights anyway. No reason to play wizard at all, imo.

Alchemists are very nice for the extra herbs, but if you think about it, you might as well be a Rogue with insane offense instead of getting 5-10 extra stat points and potions you likely won't run out of anyway. But they are viable and fun.

One thing I'd like to try is a throwing Minotaur Barbarian with Headhunter. With 40+ str, dual throwing should be the best damage in the game (against non-armored opponents). Does anyone know if you get bonus damage on bombs with throwing skill?

Finally, to answer your question, I think Lizardman Barb Heavy/Plate, Minotaur Knight Heavy/Plate, Ratling Rogue Bow/Dodge/Alchemy, Insectoid Battlemage Fire 5/Air 5/Conc 5 is the best standard team.

Hat, book, potion, bomb is the hat because the others are non-wearable one-time items. But an example with the monsters: one set it shock wyrm, skeleton, golem, warg. Answer could be warg because it's not magical, or because the others all have two legs. It could be Wyrm because it flies and the others walk, or because the others all drop loot. It could be Skeleton because it's the only one using a weapon/armor. It could be golem because it's not biological.

One set is hatchet, cudgel, helmet, elemental shield. It could be cudgel because it isn't metal. It could be shield because it's magical. It could be helmet because you don't carry it in your hands.

One thing I think I haven't solved starts with a grave. It says something like "this guy died in the tavern in the town of Needle". And as it happens, there is a puzzle called Needles, and in it there is a building with potions all over the place. On the map, you can see there's an extra room on one side, but I haven't found a way to reach it.

Did you open up the short cut in the sewers? There is a small niche with a sign that says shot cut. It needs an iron key to open.

You need the Serpent Staff, which you got in the Bog. It's not a good item, so you might have dropped it somewhere. But its special attack (which spits a useless projectile) will open doors with snakes on them.

As for the 5th Shrine, that one should be obvious from the faces, and if you paid attention when you tried to find the first few spells on your own.

About the dragon fight, it's a lot more fun if you simply try to farm monsters. The waves get quite challenging. It's a shame they don't force you to face at least 5 waves. It gets really challenging at 7+. Fun times!