When you reach Ondra's Gift area in Defiance Bay, you'll meet a woman who mistakenly purchased an old lighthouse to convert it into an Inn. As you can probably guess there is a problem, which you can solve.
One of these encounters has wiped my whole team three times, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on dealing with Shadows.
The encounter entails trying to beat 5 Shadows, who, as soon as combat starts will all cast a spell which causes a copy of them, named Shade, to appear, essentially doubling the encounter to 10 enemies.
So what tactics, spells or damage types should I be using in order to try and beat this incredibly punishing battle? My team are mostly lv5, so I'm wondering if it's something I should just come back to later?
Here is the bestiary entry, if that's any help, which seems to suggest fire damage. I have no bestiary entry for Shade, so I assume this is my first encounter with them.
Best Answer
Send in your tank way ahead of your party, so he'll trigger the ambush on his own.
Then focus your attacks on the Shades. If they die, their summoned Shadows also disappear. Fire works great here. Fan of Flames (Aloth) does a lot of fire damage. Crowd control also helps. Ghosts can still be knocked down, etc. Just keep pausing and use all your abilities.
Still, this area has some of the hardest act 2 fights, so there's no shame in coming back later with bigger fireballs.