Title. How to avoid dying in every corridor? Raised skeletons swarm me. With the smoke skill from my high dagger mastery, i can bypass them temporarily, but when i materialize again, i am dead meat. The bomb skill i got seems interesting, but it needs some time to cast and i get hit before i can hurl it at enemies' feet.

I read about Slicering and using it but still, enemies don't step back when hit like with other spells or weapons, ergo they keep swinging, so i die before killing them. Difficulty seems to suddenly skyrocket from library, now at catacombs.

I also read about the light familiar, but i cannot seem to find it.

Any suggestions?

Fire breath works *really* well here; one cast can hit a whole bunch of skeletons at once. This is especially useful if you can equip some fire wizard robes of concentration, which speeds up the cast and will allow you to get hit once without disrupting the spell, but it's not absolutely necessary. Fireball is also an option, but only if there's some distance between you and the nearest enemy.

If you need to, try using Ghost Form potions. With one, you make yourself invulnerable to physical attacks, but can still cast spells on your enemies. The ingredient can be easily obtained in the Library.

By the way, what did you think of the Library's boss fight?

Library's boss was the second easiest for me! First worm aside... I simply threw down all my potions, essences (kept greens for healing) and halo; then roleplayed the kinky acrobat thing. Easiest thing ever. (i always read strategies before tough fights)

But nothing of what i read seemed to work for catacombs, down there... Thanks, will try firebreath, then... I have already good mastery in fire, thanks!

Update. I got the light familiar and pawned everything down there. But i was forced to max maces and use the legendary one found there (lex something), because i couldn't best the rows of skeletons to get the black amulets for quest...

Git gud.