Talk:Honor and Treachery/@comment-76.167.222.206-20130529163035/@comment-202.188.45.98-20130908141040

^ Yeah, if it decides to vamoose, the game will auto-kick you off from climbing it, so you can't do that to prevent it from getting away. Your only option is pretty much to shoot it down so that it's in the thrashing-on-the-ground hurt animation, then do as much damage as you can and hope you nail it before it gets back up.

Second playthrough, I was too gung-ho at first, got in its face and it torpored me or some shit (couldn't use skills). Reloaded, kept distance and shot at it (MA hunter arrows works great), then when it fell down ran up to the underside of its neck and slashed away. If you time it well it appears to try get back up but continues thrashing on the ground, you should have just enough time to kill it.

Highly recommend to drop a portcrystal right before the town gates, then port to Cassardis to snag a checkpoint save at the riftstone near the gate before returning here to kill this thing - this way if the fight appears to turn against you (bad luck, rest of party got stoned, etc) you can just quit-restore checkpoint save and be right back in with a few button presses, very useful.