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::''The [[:act-five-pg2.shtml#q4|Act Five quest]] that requires you to kill Nihlathak is very dangerous, and the quest reward isn't anything great.<br> Nihlathak is the highest level monster in the entire game, other than Baal, so he can drop big, but it's not worth the risk.<br> A further problem is that once you complete the quest, in games you create on that difficulty level Anya will not open the red portal, so you can't pop over to the zombie garden and get the quick Super Unique kill in Pindleskin and the easy experience there.
As several people pointed out in emails, the red portal goes away once you kill Nihlathak, AND find the waypoint in the Halls.<br> You can kill Nihlathak and still do quick Pindleskin runs as long as you don't get the waypoint. And yes, you can still do Pindleskin even without the red portal, but you'll have to find the stairs up on two very large levels, which defeats the whole "quick run" purpose of it. Nihlathak is actually Mlvl 95, the same as Baal, but he can't drop everything due to how the Treasure Classes work. The only item they could drop that nothing else could would be the Constricting Ring, which isn't enabled anyway. Everyone, especially Hardcore characters, by now knows how deadly Nihlathak is, and he's very seldom toyed with. Those 1500+ damage instant death from a full screen away Corpse Explosions aren't much fun.
==September , 2001==
::''Lightning-Enchanted monsters are even nastier in v1.09 D2X than they were in the past.<br> Just normal LE's aren't changed, but many other mods will stack damage on top of the LE bolts, including Cold Enchanted and Fire Enchanted, and Conviction now lowers resistance as it should, so you'll take more elemental damage when a boss has it.<br> Be very careful with LE's, and just imagine the horror of an [[:83_bulbul_xulf.htm|MSLECE with Conviction]]?
