Doesn't seem to be a problem for Monk though. In normal mode, so far monk is an easy drive.

nightmare belial is awesome.

actually the 3rd AOE skill is "pain in the @$$"

but if your not having graphic lagness and internet lag, u are able to perdict the attack pattern and avoide getting hit by it.

start of when the boss put his 2 arms on the ground, tats the sign his going to start the AOE attack, what i did is my character stand infront of his mouth, wait and start runing around..hahah

juz my 2 cents

Nightmare belial is imba -___-

u can dodge the ground explosions if you are alert and timing right. Got some kind of markers or warning before explode. I only died once while lagging, the rest is easy. Good luck.

This boss is a killer.

I also barely made it in normal, cant recall what lvl but it is soloable. As a monk, save heal and potion cooldown for aoe phase. Only pop potion and heals when low in health. And I hired scoundrel instead of templar, killing bel asap is crucial.

i got stuck quite a few times oso at him. yea u can predict the green circle thinggy but when it pops out pretty much everywhere really hard. tried to vault it with my DH but didnt really work. finally succeeded when i used smokescreen. not sure how it works really but it enables me to dodge the aoe pretty well

see green circle...run !!!

well as monk, can use serenity & seven sided strike to temporary go into 'god' mode to avoid the explosion

i can assist to do belial in normal mode! also have a lot of good RARE +str +vit stuff for barbarian for sale!

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This is a good guide!

Just a few amendment, there is no safe spot for toxic whirlwind.
If you never got hit by whirlwind when he cast on same spot, you're just lucky, maybe he was aiming at your teammate.
-For Barb, i presume you have the jump thing. so in case you're cornered by whirldwind, just jump to a clean spot. you have better evading option than quite a number of class. Most of the time you just have to walk between the clear gap of the whirlwind.
Note: Poison whirlwind needs like 1 sec charge up after he cast on floor to start damaging you.

Vomit toxic has safe spot, its at the end, make sure u are at the far end when he start vomitting.
Easily avoidable and u can can max your dps at this point. whirlwind or whatsoever.

Big arms attack please refer to the above post, very good guide.

actually it depends on what type of barbarian you play, I seen most people i join game with, they tend to just loot and use the item that have the most defence and attack. Then i look closely at the item its adding to inteligence and dex.

Barb should always focus on STR mainly, then not forgetting your VIT! once u have a decent HP. Your skills should keep you alive, you can opt for those skills which runes enable life and fury increase. Also summoning the 3 ancient works wonders for belial!

Always use jump and get 100% more armor when you land rune. That way u get to sustain longer.

Had no problems with belial and have been assisting people doing it since. Hope this helps

Well I guess the tips on WOW works here too: "Don't stand on fire!". Fire means something funny on ground.

hang out on the right hand side of the platform, the attacks are less over that area, that's what i encountered so far after several runs with him...

there is no safe spot for the explosions, but they're easily dodgeable. the only skill that is considered hard to dodge is the one that he pierces his pincer into the ground to hit you. the speed of attack animation and its aoe renders it to hit most of the time.

belial is easy if u got monk or barb in ur party.
ask them to tank the mob and u unleash the damage.
thats the hardest part with belial i guess.. the mob.
there rest are just dodging..

But nightmare belial is so easy

I beat NM belial with both barb and wiz

yup same... xD i only died once because another friend of mine comes to me with his back chased by green-slime-vortex-of-doom!

but then Belial is freaking easy to play on Nightmare.. can't wait to fight him in Hell mode!

lol solo Hell butcher is annoying as Hell, but fun =.=

one hook/one charge = gone already

havent reach Hell Belial yet.. should be interesting as well

really? even in normal?

i solo in normal with monk + serenity protect myself when in danger being attacked by her big arm or explosions surrounded

if nightmare, haha that really hard without frens help, cannot last long enough to beat her

use monk it is not imba at all