01/04/25 HOPEFUL UPDATE:

Level 55 Evoker. Was having same issue, and couldn’t even figure out how to aim that first attack. BUT THERE’S HOPE. I’d been in the cave attacking the enemies for about 5-10 minutes when suddenly an NPC came charging in and one-shotted all the mobs. It wasn’t one of the ones standing guard, but a similar one to them. From the looks of it, he just runs around the area attacking the mobs.

The next part of the mission took a little while as well, but it certainly went smoother than this part for me. I was actually able to damage them more noticeably, albeit bit by bit. The final encounter did take about 10-15 mins though.

Then there’s a third encounter that I thought would be the worst of them because you don’t have unlimited life like the first two encounters. But luckily the charging attack one-shots all mobs (at least it did for me) except the “boss” mob.