a hill giant  

I was hacking away at the thing melee, I just happened to be in wolf form(I'm a ranger). I stepped back for a second to re-DoT and this silly little monk came up and started beating up my HG. I politely strode up and said , "This rooted half dead giant is mine please."
The monk shouted to the zone "Damn kiting druids, I cant ever tell when they're killing a mob...they look like they're just sitting there." Of course I laughed at him and shouted for him to do a /who araya on me. You'd think people would realize that more classes than druids like to play with HGs. I guess I can understand the error but I was meleeing the giant and he watched the whole thing.

STFU you whining crying ******** You embarrass the human race.

Me and a friend took down cyclops and HG's and griffon all over the Karanas I DOT SNARE then KITE while he beats it up in the back once in a while it would aggro on him then I blast it then it chaes me again. And we do that till it is DED. . . =P

I am a level 40 enchanter... was wondering how easy it would be for me to solo a HG. Guess i could try to charm one... but man I have tried charming in Overthere zone it was really touch and go. Any help info?

I am a level 42 mage and soloing HG's is pretty easy if u have sow on. Summon a air pet then burnout, pet sow. Find an HG pull with malise. Send pet in and DS it. Then wait 5 seconds for pet to build agro. Then start chaining Cinder Bolts(333 dmg). If the mob agros on you just keep running until the pet stuns it then it will return to attacking the pet. Should take about
5-6 cinder bolts + pet dmg to kill one. Good exp and loot.

As a 41 shaman. I can solo 1 at FM. barely. with the root/dot kite system. But where as other caster have mana problems. I dont. Cannabalize and Cholorpast stacked with Cerimonial Iskar BP.
As for the tanks. I have seen 1 melee class solo HG's he was a 52ranger. if that gives you tanks any ideas. I hope that its understood for a tank to solo Giants you have to be post 50 for the little guys. and dont try to solo IGs or FG. =)

I was a 32 ranger and teamed up with a 34 druid for one of these. He snared, dotted, a dd or two to keep him on the hate list. While chasing the druid, I kept slicing and dicing from behind until dead. He came out with full health and over half mana. And I came out with well over half health. When I get to 35 or 36, I'll try to solo these doing the root & shoot method but gonna try to upgrade my Trueshot bow first.

It's true. It's tricky, and you can't do it constantly simply because you will need to find two Hill Giants.

The bardic Charm song Solon's Song of the Sirens (level 27) allows the bard to charm a creature for a maximum of 15 seconds. What good is 15 seconds, you ask? The song requires no mana. So, once it wears off, you simply sing it again. You will need this song, Selo's Accelerando (speed song), and then other songs for healing and damage as you see fit.

Find two Hill Giants fairly close to each other. Play the Accelerando speed song using your drum. (You will need the extra speed. HGs are fast. Keep Accelerando going AT ALL TIMES. If you don't, all it takes is one good stun for the giants to pulverize you.) Charm one HG. Have it attack the other. Run to the edge of song range and wait for the charm to wear off. When it does, run in a big wide circle and charm your HG again. Your pet giant should automatically attack your target giant again, once the charm sticks. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Ideally, you'll end up killing one HG with the other, and the other will be so weak that it will already be running away when your final charm wears off. Then you just attack it from behind until dead. Viola. 2 dead HGs.

This doesn't happen very often. Usually your pet will still have enough health to chase after you. You can then song-kite it at your leisure, or pick up another HG and sic IT on your former pet.

Sometimes your target will kill your pet. This is bad, because you loose the XP and loot you would have gotten otherwise. It's tricky, but try to keep tabs on whichever giant has more health, and make that one your pet.

There is also a very good chance this will kill you. :) Be prepared. HGs have long reaches and run fast. When you get hit by them, carefully twist a shot of healing in while you are waiting for charm to wear off.

There's also a chance, especially in places like Rathe Mountains, that you'll pick up adds, i.e. Giant Skeletons, Cyclopses, and other HGs. If it gets really hectic, zone. If you can manage it, though, make your HG your pet, and sic it on the clopses and skelles. With luck, you'll be able to kill off the adds and have a weak HG to kite when you are done.

Remember: for bards, Charisma is the key. Get your CHA as high as you can. (Mine is at 157. On deep red HGs, charm lands about 1 time in 4. I can definately tell a difference when I'm not wearing my CHA gear.) I personally also find that I get fewer resists using a Minotaur Horn with the charm song, but I gladly give that up for the added protection of drum-speed.

Good hunting!