I can kill him, but on average it takes a fair number of deaths, which obviously makes farming him a losing proposition. My aim is to include him in my farm runs, so I'm looking for a hand.
The fan of hooks move he does is what gets me. It has no tell, it can come at absolutely any time, and it can hit me from off the screen. I use SP/gloom when I think it's coming, but it's often wasted because I end up dodging it, or he ends up doing a different move instead. Then I'm out of discipline, and it's up to the gods whether I dodge the next couple to win or not.
I've swapped some gear to go from 16k hp up to 25k, but it still 1shots me. I've bought a cloak and quiver which have +max disc, but I still end up running out of discipline for SP/gloom.
I'm running caltrops + tort, vault + tumble, spike trap + scatter (don't laugh, it's tremendous damage and dph), sp + gloom. Mouse is hungering arrow + devouring arrow and EA + frost arrow.
Damage is 23k.
I know that a different setup might be better, but of course you lose NV if you swap, and this setup is working out well for the rest of my farming run so I'm not eager to switch. Is there a certain amount of health to go for? Should I just roll a class Blizzard doesn't hate?