Orin/Combat

This page focuses on Orin's behavior during turn-based combat gameplay.
== Attacks and abilities ==
===Slayer Form===
* All Slayer attacks and abilities. (See Slayer#Attacks_and_Abilities)
====Honour Mode====
===Humanoid Form===
== Allies ==
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== Encounter details ==
===Regular Encounter===
Orin can be fought at the Bhaal Temple in the Undercity Ruins. For the fight, she takes the form of the Slayer (see Slayer for a list of its attacks). Orin begins the fight with either 7 stacks of on Balanced difficulty or 12 stacks on Tactician difficulty. These stacks are refreshed by Boon of Bhaal at the end of every round, so long as at least 1 Reaper of Bhaal is still chanting.
The 6 Reapers of Bhaal start the battle with and continually chant to activate Boon of Bhaal, which is represented by the giant skull over the Chamber's door. The Reapers of Bhaal do not directly participate in the fight until either Orin is defeated or their chanting is disrupted by conditions such as , , , , or .
If knocked off, Orin dies; even by using a non-lethal ability or attack that grants when reducing a creature's to zero or one, such as .:File:Orin KO = Death.png
Her and Altar Key remain on the floor and are retrievable.
If Orin did not kill her kidnapped victim during the dialogue before the fight, they are restrained on an Altar in the center of the room. A successful to lockpick their chains allows them to join the fight with whatever stats and weapons they had upon their capture; the Altar Key can also be used if it was pickpocketed from Orin or looted from her corpse. If the freed victim is then downed or killed during the fight, they cannot be revived by or by casting , leaving them permanently dead and removed from the party as though Orin had killed them in the dialogue.
If using on corpse prior to the fight, which generally requires using the opening at the northeast end of the balcony in order to reach the Orin's bedroom before meeting Orin on the platform, they can discover that she betrayed Orin on orders. If telling Orin this and then taunting her further by succeeding a , , or , Orin completely breaks down. then forcibly transforms her into the Slayer Form, and gives her the unique buff .
In Honour mode, Orin has in her slayer form, allowing her to use as a reaction once per round, which she applies only against foes who use melee attacks against her. She also has against being incapacitated. The Boon of Bhaal gains a legendary action - if Orin roes not use her Sanguine Lash in her turn (i.e. party and allies made no melee attacks against her), the Boon of Bhaal forces Bhaal's Edict upon one the party members. If that party member is unable to kill another creature, they die upon ending their turn. does protect party members from Bhaal's Edict, although in this case they lose all of their current buffs and conditions as if they had briefly died.
===Dark Urge Encounter (The Duel)===
As the , the player character can agree to a duel against Orin. The duel separates the player character from the companions. Orin is not granted the feature during the duel and the Boon of Bhaal is not active. Dying during the duel does not result in an immediate game over, but impacts the personal story of the Dark Urge. Your allies then start fighting the normal version of the encounter against Orin and her cultists. While Orin does not heal any damage done to her in the duel, she gains the feature which she normally has.
Depending on the party's choices in Act Two, Orin has different forms which the party can fight against. 
If the Dark Urge has been granted the Slayer form, then Orin fights in her humanoid form. If conversing before the fight, the Dark Urge has the opportunity to transform into the Slayer through dialogue. If this option is taken, they can transform an additional time during combat, if the form is removed, rather than having to wait for a long rest. While in humanoid form, Orin dual-wields and . She also gains one stack of per successful hit. After gaining five stacks of , she loses all stacks and can use her to attack seven times. In Honour mode, Orin uses Deathbringer's Assault for her reaction with Murderous Retort when it becomes available.
If the Dark Urge does not have the Slayer Form, then Orin fights in her Slayer form. Her version does not function like a or - reducing her to 0 hit points kills her. She also cannot use opportunity attacks as the slayer during the duel.
==Tactics==
This fight principally revolves around reducing Orin's many stacks of . To accomplish this there are two main strategies: 
# By dealing enough separate instances of damage to burn through them all each turn and then applying substantial damage with subsequent attacks on the same turn. The easiest way to remove is to use spells with many instances of damage such as or . Magic Missile is particularly effective since it is guaranteed to hit and does not require a clear line of sight. Quirks of the initiative order can make accomplishing this more difficult than expected, e.g. if your Magic Missile caster goes last and your high damage party members go first. Thus you may want to go into this battle with flexible strategies, although the likelihood of initiative problems can be reduced by preparing with e.g. .
# By stopping all the Reapers of Bhaal from chanting, which stops her from refreshing her stacks each turn. The Reapers of Bhaal cannot be directly targeted due to but can be killed with area-of-effect weapons and spells (e.g. , , ) or disrupted from chanting with conditions such as , , , , or . They can also be knocked off the platform with e.g. , Smokepowder Arrows, and spells like . Once all of the Reapers have been eliminated, Orin cannot refresh her stacks of anymore, and any remaining ones can be removed through conventional attacks.
Alternatively, on lower difficulty levels the fight can be "cheesed" by knocking Orin off of the platform to instantly kill her. 
On Honour Mode Orin's Sanguine Lash can knock back multiple party members, and if they are near the edge of the abyss this can lead to their death.
== Notes and references ==
Category:Combat guides