The point is to focus him down ASAP because he's a glass cannon with lots of damage but very little health. Having rogues makes your life easier but nothing is stopping you from just wail on him with everyone in the party. Think about it. 460 effective health means if everyone in your party can output just 120 damage per turn then he is dead meat in one turn. This is also the reason to open the fight on high ground instead of walking in from the front door -> you want to open aggressively teleporting the guy right over. You don't want to fight through a bunch of minions and crap just to find out your line of sight is blocked. As for your critiques, well first of all you don't need stealth. You only need teleport. You also don't need the whole party to have high initiative. Technically you only need the mage to have high initiative. Say you are using Lhose. You open with Encourage, Teleport, Ice Hail (optional). Then everyone hits him/CC. With rogues he dies this turn. Without rogues he dies the next turn. Either way he never gets to move before he dies.
Last edited by M3SS3NG3R; 30/09/16 12:36 PM.
