Andariel, Maiden of Anguish

Andariel is the Act 1 boss and the lesser evil of Anguish. She is a poison based enemy and has several abilities related to poison damage, such as a poison hurricane and poison breath attacks. Her weakness is the fire element and in difficulties beyond normal she is immune to poison. This fight can be quite challenging for the unprepared character which is probably most in Act 1. There are however a few easy gearing tips that can be used to greatly stack the odds in your favour. The first is acquiring stacked poison resistance. Resists in general are rare in Act 1, however, poison is the most readily available in the form of Death's gloves. Death's gloves can be acquired from a Werewolf named Moongaze who lurks in the Marsh's Cellar. The gloves hold a great amount of poison resistance and equally as important poison length reduction (see poison mechanics for more details on this mod). With the gloves combined with resistance from existing gear there should be enough poison resistance to max you out. Andariel however has a poison resistance debuff curse so stack it as much as you possibly can with items such as arctic set which gives good resistance; you should also supplement your poison resistance with antidotes. Although the antidotes poison negation only works once they will give you a lasting poison resistance buff which will be critical when your cursed. Once all these factors have been covered Andariel should be much more manageable. - DreadTalon 20:59, 21 December 2008 (UTC)