I first started playing as a survivor,always on normal mode.
The thing was i too kept dying. But ,my strat was that i would attack,run,attack and so on.

When i went as a fighter i just went for him ,i.e i just attacked until either he or i was dead and i found him easier to beat then.

I think the thing is if you attack and run,he has time to conjure a new skeleton and althougth it may be a weak one,it is a slight bother i find.

I have a question since the topic has been raised on easy/normal/hard modes.

Does the hard mode have lots more enemies and thus more exp from them?
(which would mean greater level gained).

Or is it that treasure is less than before?
Or that the enmeies are the same number but have more hitpoints and better stats?