Just did this with friends. We won but it was tough. I was helping, I was not the mage.
Before doing the final Hand-in to Gnaap, clear the side room of Tagrin and his guard. We had wiped on an earlier try because of them.
When doing hand-in to Gnaap he requires you to say "Ready" or something. Without that phrase he sits there. We sat there. And we left. Figured this out on round two.
The fire elemental spawns inside the side room. He will float there for a few minutes trying to trick you into leaving because nothing you say or do gets him to move. Wait him out. He will finally move his arse into the lava and to the final point of combat.
At the final point, in the lava tunnel where there is an air pocket, he makes a final effort to get you to leave by ignoring everyone there and just floating for a minute or so. As before, wait, med, have a drink. He will finally attack.
Most of my Necro and Shaman spells were resisted so plan on a mostly Melee attack. I think my shsman dots worked better than my necro ones. and I'm not sure if my shaman slow ever worked.
We had:
85 necro
72 Mage
80 Ranger
75 Shaman
and Mercs. Not sure of merc classes.
Edited, Dec 20th 2009 2:08pm by morromid

Elemental Essence of Fire
