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Me (EK) and my friend (MS) want to start checking POI bosses but I don't know about it and how to check safely. I want to know tips and hoe to check them with less risk to die, the strategies when checking. Thanks

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the best way is to go killing, with the exception of the bazir seal that you can run and the pumin that is just exani hur up and count how many hands there are (6 = no boss, 7 = has boss), the ashfalor seal can go running but I don't recommend it because there are many liches and they paralyze
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Most of it is run by the EK alone, overall it's pretty save if you have eq and imbuements ready if needed. Just make sure you have full mana before running a seal, since this is in most cases the live or die part. Emergency prismatic ring and hireling food go a long way.

Given the 7 seals in order

1.Hands of cursed fate: EK Solo. Use a dwarven ring, enter the seal, run north and levitate up, if the way is too cluttered just stand southwest of the portal and let some monsters get to you, just jump in and out of the teleporter and the way should be clear, now levitate up and count the hands of cursed fate. Normally there are 6 in the seal, so if you count 7 the boss should be there, keep in mind that hands can be invisible for a few seconds when they target you, so you might want to wait few seconds before counting.

2. Juggernaut: EK Solo. Once you enter you energybomb to the east, so the one way passage is blocked, generally furys and juggernauts don't walk over energybombs, only destroyers do. You wait a bit so you have most destroyers on you and the one way passage is clear to rush through to the main room. Go south and bomb south east so stuff doesn't follow you. Now follow the way north and bomb once before the room with the throne. You can stand next to the throne and wait till monsters are around you. Monsters don't walk on the throne and when you walk on it you get moved some squares south, use this to get out easy.

3. DT: EK Solo. Overall you use energybombs to move around in this seal. Shoot one in every doorway and you should be fine running it. Be aware of Demons since they walk over enerybombs and they shoot fire fields which destroy your safespaces with the bombs. If there was a map reset there can be trunks which can block your passage. At the last room again, use the throne for better luring.

4. Hellhound: EK Solo. Just run man, it's hard to get trapped here, just keep in mind that the boss spawns south of the throne and not just at the end of the last "north" lane.

5. Sons of Verminor: Duo. Use Dwarven Ring. This is by far the worst seal to check. As duo just clear the way, have your MS heal you with UH's while he energy waves. Spam energybombs, better be save than sorry.

6. Undead Dragons: EK Solo. Run south and energybomb the start and end of the two way passage. Very simple.

7. Phantasm: EK Solo or Duo doenn't matter: You run the way till the part where the boss can actually spawn. You energybomb the "T-section" follow the way south. At this point you just finish walking the way to the room with the lever and 3 nightmares, if you rope up there you get into PoI dragonlords for a quick exit.
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