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Nihlathak

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Description

Nihlathak is a summoner with a vast mob of minions that he uses as his weapons. He has no melee strikes at all, and only a chilling

Arctic Blast spell for direct damage. The real danger comes from his use of the

Corpse Explosion skill, which he uses to detonate the corpses of fallen monsters which deal substantial fire and physical damage.

Skills that destroy corpses are helpful to employ around him, such as some of the Druid's Vines, or the Paladin's

Redemption. Items that grant "Slain Monsters Rest in Peace" such as the

Nature's Peace unique Ring, are also useful.

People kill

Nihlathak repeatedly in Hell mode to collect Keys of Destruction. Additionally, he gives one of the highest amounts of experience, leading to many would-be 99'ers adding him into their rotation of along with Diablo and

Baal.

Description by

Trang Oul

Appearances

Encountered on quest:

Betrayal of Harrogath

Drops quest item:

Key of Destruction

Lore

As the last surviving clan elder, he has been driven close to madness by his grief over the imminent failure of his clan to protect the Worldstone.

Constantly ruminating on the myriad alternate courses the elders could have taken, he lives with the guilt of not dying with his peers.

Can be used to make Runewords:

Teebling Admin

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Nihlathak is a summoner with a vast mob of minions that he uses as his weapons. He has no melee strikes at all, and only a chilling

Arctic Blast spell for direct damage. The real danger comes from his use of the

Redemption. Items that grant "Slain Monsters Rest in Peace" such as the

Nature's Peace unique Ring, are also useful.

People kill

Baal.

Deleted User 632

Guest

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

The path to

Nihlathak in the

Halls of Vaught can be determined based on which wall the eye texture is on.

Check the wall marks:

If the "*" marks are the same as the "+" ones (which are always the same), that's the correct branch.

Damage Reduced By (DR) will greatly reduce the damage dealt by Nihlathak's Tomb Viper's.

Mikurichan

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

A popular ring for farming

Nihlathak is the

Nature's Peace. With this ring,

Nihlathak can't resurrect his minions.

Beardozer Moderator

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Deleted User 632

Guest

3 years ago (pre-Resurrected)

Nihlathak's Secret

Nihlathak's location can be determined as soon as you walk through the door; no need to check the four walls for the eye markings. This is a micro optimization that could help shave off a couple seconds for Nihl runners with some practice.

The torch. There's a torch to the left and the Ground around it could be cluttered or clean.
Clean Ground = lower paths
Messy Ground = upper paths
I remember this as "clean torch, clean run" because I have better luck fighting him when he's in a lower chamber.

2. New eyes. Immediately to the right of the door there is a wall that might have eyes on it. From what I can tell, these were not there in classic D2. Follow these new eyes to have a chat with Nihl.

**New eyes = SE**

**No new eyes + clean torch = SW**

"Follow the new eyes"

3. Bone snapper. If the torch is cluttered, things are going to get messy. This one is hard to see, especially if there is any glare on your screen. There's a wall around the corner to the right that has two versions. The normal version has three prominent, mostly intact skeletons. The other version has scattered bones embedded in the wall.

**Scattered bones = NW**

**Whole skeletons + messy torch = NE**

"Run away from bone snapper"