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Beating the Mick in all-items or even limited-pull runs is pretty easy. Step 1: stunner. Step 2: attack with your favorite high-powered skill until the bastard falls. No-pulls, however, has proven more challenging. In my first run I guess I was lucky that I went naturalist. With 10 SP in Maul, the bastard fell rather easily on my first try. This most recent run I went Psion. My time facing the Mick was a very different story here. It took me over an hour to finally beat the bastard down, and that was only done with a combination of healing items while reducing his HP bit by bit with fire shield and then using my few precious combat items. And praying. Lots of that.

My question is this, how do people handle the Mick in all-items, non-naturalist runs? How about Maso? Be as detailed as you can, I'm slow

Well, let's see:

Maso, Psion: get lucky, have the battle of the bands event in run. Use bandoliers and bandanas.
Maso, Elemental: try and fail at level 11. Get really angry. Level to 12 to get the skill, turn in IOUs for bonus skill points, use that skill. (Don't even remember which one).

Hope that helps! :p

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In my 5/day runs I pull 5 kablammo bombs, 4 recognizers, and generate razor doves with my slouches.
Recognizer | Kablammo, Kablammo | Recognizer | Kablammo, Kablammo | Recognizer | Kablammo, Razor | Recognizer | Razor, Razor
Does it for me.

Note: I will assume you play with no pulls (otherwise there are lots of stunners which brings him down) and no permanent skills remembered (otherwise there are many possibilites opening up which can be used...)

Naturalist:
max Trample of the Rhino and hit away

Gadgeteer:
Get the umbra blaster and blast him away (make sure to have your passives maxed).

Elemental:
I heard a maxed tornade combined with +dodge eq will take care of him though I never tried it. Another option is to lvl to 12 and blast him down with a maxed fire storm.

Psion:
This is probably the toughest one. You could possibly take him down with a maxed mystery combined with a maxed Mind Jab if you equip lotsa +dodge/hp/dam absorption/defence/+spell dam eq. Alternatively, get some +hit eq and blast him away with the umbra blaster, but I am not sure the psion is strong enough for this. As a last option, lvl up to lvl 13 and shoot him down psionic blast...