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Use fireproof [[water walking boot]]s while fire resistant or levitate over the lava and use ranged attacks. At a distance, Kaen only casts the heal self and create insects spells.
 
Use fireproof [[water walking boot]]s while fire resistant or levitate over the lava and use ranged attacks. At a distance, Kaen only casts the heal self and create insects spells.
 
===Melee===
 
===Melee===
Fight Kaen mano-a-mano. Not recommended. Master Kaen has more hit dice than any other monster, resulting in very stable and impressive damage, conterintuitive to the monk's low [[AC]]. Sufficiently advanced players have managed to do this, however.
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Fight Kaen mano-a-mano. Not recommended. Master Kaen has more hit dice than any other monster, resulting in very stable and impressive damage, counterintuitive to the monk's low [[AC]]. Sufficiently advanced players have managed to do this, however.
  
 
===Paralysis or sleep===
 
===Paralysis or sleep===

Revision as of 00:41, 24 April 2007

Master Kaen is the extremely difficult Monk Quest nemesis. He hits hard and often, casts spells, and ignores Elbereth.

Strategy

Boulder fort

After Kaen ports to the upstairs, go up and read a scroll of earth and use ranged attacks such as spells or wands. You can also try this on the upstair to prevent him from porting away.

Drain life

Use the drain life spell until he croaks. It is a good idea to do this on the level above and when he teleports away, go downstairs to heal, preferably on a burned Elbereth. Eidolos uses this method for his instructional ttyrec posted on RGRN.

Levitation

Use fireproof water walking boots while fire resistant or levitate over the lava and use ranged attacks. At a distance, Kaen only casts the heal self and create insects spells.

Melee

Fight Kaen mano-a-mano. Not recommended. Master Kaen has more hit dice than any other monster, resulting in very stable and impressive damage, counterintuitive to the monk's low AC. Sufficiently advanced players have managed to do this, however.

Paralysis or sleep

Wield or throw a potion of paralysis while wearing a ring of free action or zap him with the sleep spell. Make sure you can use this method multiple times to ensure his immobility.

Sleep is the keyword to defeat him even at Lvl 14, and after that be sure to hit him hard, for example with Mjollnir

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