It appears that the main problem for mages is coming from the amount of repostes the boss is doing which is why if you turn off auto attack and nuke him over and over people are having an easier time with him though it takes forever to kill him this way. I have checked in a small change that should take care of this problem and make it a bit more even between the classes that try to take him down. I also added an extra chance at the nightmarish armor to come from him for those of you still looking for a specific piece. Hopefully this change makes it in soon so keep an eye on the hotfix notes for it!
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