Sontalak being alive does make it harder. I didn't have a hard time since I could just zone to ToV if it was going poorly. It also allowed me to engage with a debuffed dragon as I bound outside for debuff -> zone -> zone back reasons. As long as you're not KoS to RoS, fighting in the pit should be ok.
I thought Ayllish would be harder (for enchanter, not shaman) than Entariz due being a warrior vs paladin NPC. Didn't try him ever. Being able to ToT is significant difference over a long fight. It will more than cover healing their AE. Rampage also sucks.
At least when I did him on beta, he wasn't super resistant after tash. Slow may not land first attempt, but it wasn't like trying to slow Emp Chottal or anything where it felt like a 5% chance. Usually 2-3 casts or so.
I never used blanket much. Typically had Memory Flux + Reoccurring Amnesia slotted. For difficult NPCs, I prefer spells with quicker cast times and will happily pay the extra mana for memory flux or boltrans for that reason. Blanket has a better recast time over Reoccurring Amnesia, so it might be the superior back-up spell if flux fails.
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