Might and Magic II - Mega Dragon - Let him be anathema

You're probably dying to learn how to beat the Mega Dragon in Might and Magic II (PC version, v1.01).

The Mega Dragon is immune to physical damage and fire, cold, electricity, acid, sleep, and paralysis. It has a paltry 64,000 hp, a powerful breath attack, and 16 melee attacks, any one of which will almost certainly eradicate you if it connects.

At level 255, your spells will have an 80-90% chance of penetrating its magic resistance (this doesn't apply for spells the dragon is immune to, obviously). Plenty of hp will allow you to survive at least a few breath attacks, and 255 AC will give you a fair chance of dodging all of its melee attacks.

If you have a Paladin, drink from C1's sparkling fountain to give him or her temporary access to Mass Distortion. Get to the Mega Dragon. Clerics and Paladins should go first and cast Mass Distortion, switching to Implosion (via Photon Blade) near the end of the fight. Non-casters should use Photon Blades. Sorcerors and Archers should cast Dancing Sword (one should cast Power Shield in round one). You have one casting of Divine Intervention, so make it count.

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[Argonova]

Why is your cleric, Gene Eric in the first position of the front row?

[saucykobold]

@Argonova When your characters have the same speed rating, party order determines who goes first. By putting my cleric and paladin at the front, I was able to start the fight with two castings of Mass Distortion (this spell removes a big percentage of an enemy's current hp).

[TheArmaniNinja]

Damn thing has music like a Speak N' Spell.

[scriabinish]

@MaverickLoneshark Its all about fighting Cuisinarts - they have the best exp return. Area B2 has a regular cuisinart encounter site. In my PC version, you could keep leveling up post-lvl255... all of my characters had over 100,000 hp by the time I stopped playing!

[MrMarkerickson]

Did you know, one good Frenzy spell wipes out enemies' magic resistance? Well, that's how it works on my cartidge of the Sega-G. version. First cleric casts Frenzy, then sorceror casts Fingers Of Death, and Mega Dragon is killed! A lot quicker than you show us like!

[michelrpg]

damn, talk about oldschool RPG games..

[Borin81]

@stilllikesvikes i believe it does, atleast in the C64 version i have owned since it was new.

[ClassicsRemade]

@scriabinish Yes but the cuisinart's location is randomly determined with each new game. That being said, once you've found him and killed him once you're set for take-off :)

[AnonHateMachine]

holy shit. nostalgia tripping and goosebumps when i saw that opening screen and music.

[scriabinish]

@RPGenie Odd. Frenzy is useless in the PC version. It's all about mass distortion, dancing sword and starburst.

[scriabinish]

I usually just have a the cleric and paladin w/fountain, but my hirelings are lvl255 Holey Moley and Friar Fly. With that, over 100k hps for each character and all resistances jacked, it usually take less than a minute. I actually find the 66 devil kings, or the odd area E2 200+ orc god battles tougher.

[scriabinish]

I believe it's because his cleric is in a better position to cast Mass Distortion, which does about 17000 pts of damage when the mega dragon is at full health.

[MaverickLoneshark]

@scriabinish Good to know!