Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - General How did you beat the beholder? (spoiler)

In the underdark, near the selune temple ( but I could only walk there from the beach) are petrified drow.
When you get close to a pile of gold a beholder suddenly appears and attacks you.
The beholder attacks both you and the drow and the drow attack also the beholder and you.
Many times I send one char there and he got perma stunned and killed before he could act.
Sending an animal companion to this place alone will not make the beholder show up.

Here is how I did it ( after many tries and save scumming )
- Astarion ( with equipment that boosts stealth ) sneaked to this place, the beholder showed up and Astarion succeeded the stealth roll, so he remained hidden.
The beholder floats around and nothing happens with the petrified drow.
- All chars move to a place that is near that area but so far away that they do not join combat when it starts.
- My ranger sends her spider to this place. Now combat starts, only the spider is in combat.
- The beholder un petrifies the drow and attacks them. The beholder almost completely ignores my spider.
- The drow attack the beholder, my spider and each other, some of them are under the influence of the beholder, but the beholder attacks all drow.
- After some time came my big chance: Only the beholder, 2 drow and my spider were still alive and all drow and beholder were looking away from the path to the area. The beholder has lost half of his life because of drow attacks and my spider.
- Astarion sneaked behind the beholder and made a backstab, then another char sneaked there and finished the beholder with the attack. Killing the 2 remaining drow is easy.

Is there an easier way to do it?
This method took many tries and some luck.