I finally beat the champ last night, I used the following. Weapon : Pristine Imbued Cedar Great Staff Before fight Potions : Str and Sta, Agi, Max Health, and most importantly Torrent of Ages poison. During Fight : Health Regen potion once, Defense Token (from Bloodlines) twice. When I killed him I still had plenty of power left, and over 35% hps left. The main difference was the Torrent of Ages poison, for those that don't know it's a rare poison that is usable by all classes (for now at least). It adds a 25% chance to proc a 300hp dmg, followed by a 55hp damage, then 55hp every 6 seconds. Oh yeah, and it lasts 12 hours when you activate it. I looked at my parser stats, and the poison made up 29.1% of my damage, so I'd say it helped a good bit. Also, you might want to get a disease resistance potion, that's what he casts. I think without the poison, it would have been close like last time, don't know if I would have taken him though. So, I would say either have lots of fabled gear, or use potions and stuff, and you should have a shot at beating him. Good luck