Long story short, I managed to beat Sly Crydel on PotD with a level 7 full party after about 2-3 hours of trying, but even then it felt very exploitative...
Party was:
Cipher (MC) fairly min maxed creation with max Might and Int and high Dex, very glass cannon only 4 Con.
Eder (Built as a pure defensive tank with the +1 engagement weapon)
Aloth (Has almost every level 4 and under spell, only level 3 spells I think at the time)
Durance
Kana
Hiravias
Here's the problem, the guy hits for 200-350!? I was pretty much in WTF mode when I saw that. My strategy ended up being using the li