Defeated him (fairly easily, but... see below) with the following:
Barbarian, Paladin, Robber, Druid, Cleric, Sorceror
Level 125 each.
Using the following pre-battle buffs:
_+15 levels
_+50 AC
_+ 2500 HP
_+ 100 Might
_+ 100 Luck (important for lowering chance of eradication)
_+ 150 Energy resistance (visit 50 Energy resistance fountain first, then the 100 elemental resistance)
_Day of Protection
_Day of Sorcery
Didn't use Sword of Xeen... felt it was a bit cheesy
Didn't use Mass distortion. It's not as effective as I thought it would be. While the base damage is half the hitpoints, the dragon's resistance applied after that, which meant that overall damage was lower than hitting it with a weapon, especially for my paladin.
It was just simple hitting. With all 6 chars alive I was doing around 2300 damage per round.
Initially my goal was to kill the dragon without anyone being eradicated. Turned out to be almost impossible at this level. So I just settled for killing him and using temples to resurrect the ones who didn't make it. In the end 4 or 5 characters will be eradicated. Still had to reload a few times. A lot depends on how long your characters can survive before they're put out of action.
I suppose it might have been better if I waited for higher levels and the + 50 level fountain, but I think this is good enough. Other improvements I could have tried:
_Accuracy fountain (not sure how much that would have helped).
_Dragon slayer wepons.
_Better micromanagement of items. Example: some of my characters went over 250 might, so their might items could have been given to someone else. I could have bought more energy saving items (if you're not damaged, you can't get eradicated).
Post edited June 22, 2013 by ZFR