Sorry, can't remember his name... but how do you kill that thing?

I'm now lvl 32 pure dex bird, definately need some better eq (minus a purp bow I found, basically same stuff I've had since mid 20's... can't find better). I tried him with a group of 3-4 (someone dropped out after 3 deaths), even tried buying the big elix... came close once, but after 20 tries everyone gave up. If my defs fade he can drop me in 1 hit, 2 hits if my defs are still up (of course I put them up as soon as possible, but since they fade before I can recast there's a window of instant death).