Talk:Lich/@comment-65.217.185.138-20181023161710

Demilich redirects here, but there's very little info here about the Demilich.

I just fought my first one (Watcher's Keep) and at least by my first experience they're completely different from Liches. Enemies called "Lich" all opened with Stoneskin/Prot. Magical Weapons/Spell Trap, and used Time Stop, Power Word Stun, Horrid Wilting, Meteor Swarm, and other spells. Nothing worked to hurt them except for waiting for PfMW to wear off, and Sunray.

The Demilich in Watcher's Keep did literally none of those things. All it started with was Protection from Energy--no PfMW, so you can rush in with melee right away. As far as I could tell it had literally only two combat abilities: Imprisonment and Demilich Howl. At some point it appeared to run out of those abilities and resorted to physical attacks. This was not exactly impressive.

Perhaps that Demilich is unique, but that was my experience. The point is, don't necessarily expect spell variety and depth from the Demilich like you see from the Lich, even though the former is "supposed" to be a more "advanced" version. If you can handle Imprisonment and Demilich Howl, by my (one) experience there's nothing to worry about.