Felt I should post as most of the solo'able threads I read mislead me to believe that I, a 68 Necro, could simply aggro this guy and walk right out of cave into an open field and kite him... easy as pie.
First, the minute you aggro from tunnel all his guards about him come charging plus 2 guards and a giant spider that does an AE snare pop in the tunnel, thwarting any attempt at a quick escape... and also any chance to FD... the spider constantly does the AE as long as you are within range.
The easiest solution, I found, was I brought 2 other Necro friends, made a sharp left into his chamber, and made camp along the furthest wall. The other 2 Necro FD, I snared the guard on the left hand corner (as you're facing them), Rallius runs over without bringing any of his other guards, no giant spider AE, and only the two guards that spawn in the tunnel come and really aren't a threat as you FD once Rallius smacks you once. He loves to camp corpses, so he won't move for a long while. Let your snare wear off, all aggro'd guards walk away, enemies forget you, stand up and snare Rallius, sic pets, other two Necro get up, nuke him to death with Lifetaps in about 2 minutes (pathing is horrible, he'd hit me, I'd walk a little left, he'd walk backward, then walk forward again to try and hit me again... I'd have 3 taps off by the time he hit me again) Piece of cake and a fun kill to boot. Looted head, SP, and gloves, gated.
Course, modify for solo Necro adventure... but getting to him will be a pain. The spiders throughout the tunnel CH... so it's nice to have a lot of damage and stuns coming from multiple pets. At any rate, have fun!
Being a bard I solo'd this guy since PoP came out, selling his items for great money (the earring raked me in 50k when PoP was new). I don't think SoE liked that so they added several nerfs to this encounter which did little to stop me from farming this guy every time he spawned. Since I never farm him anymore I figured I'd share my strategy for those of you that still do the Secrets of the Planes Quest. Simple, run a bard into his cave WITHOUT agro'ing him and Fade Memories so you don't train yourself. Memorize the bard Divine Aura song "Kazumi's Note of Preservation". Now agro Rallius, pop Divine aura and pull Rallius outside of the cave impervious to that silly trap spiders snare proc. Now Mezmorize Rallius and Fade Memories. The train will return before him. Now kite him down or have group kill him. If he hits you, he procs Avatar Snare which is a virtually unresistable snare, so if you solo kite him don't let him hit you.
This is the last piece I need for the Secret of the Planes quest, and I can't ever seem to find him up. I know he's a three day spawn, but I've heard people say that he's almost always up since not many try to kill him. I've tried many many times to find him and he's never up on track. Is he being killed more than he used to or is there some sort of bug with him? Does anyone know?
Depends on what class you are, a ranger could probably track him from the ZI, a druid needs to be near the entrance of the cave. Fairly easy solo for a EP geared druid, but still a challenge. Wouldn't reccommend it to any druid with under 3k hps unbuffed. He spawns adds while you root/rot him, due to screwed up pathing in his room you can just run back and forth until you snare/root them all. I usually have him dead with only 4 adds. Fun solo for sure!
As the bard states. it can be killed solo with the right AA's and plan of attack. took me about 1 hour to figure out how exactly to do it. I'd hate to spoil it, but I'll give away a couple pieces of info.
Learn the paths in the cave, have fading memories, and have DA song loaded. and he doesnt summon. figure a way to get him out single and he's all yours.
Dropped his head and the Arachnid Antennae.
Actually considering doing the quest upon reading it. seems worth the effort once this part's out of the way
killed him with 65enc 65clr 65sk today. you can pacify/invis all the way to Rallicus, setup camp in alcove to avoid the ae from the spiders blocking the tunnel. pacify his 6 guards, pull rallicus and he will bring 2 adds, charm one, mezz other, HT and nuke Rallicus, loot and gate :)
i pulled him out of his cave few times now..just run in ..agro, run outside cave run away till you see him out then FD (if yer a monk of course) and wait till he move to go back to his spot..rats will pop then and you can tag him and pull him to camp safely.
Good luck
Caraen Izdaman Sensei of Forsaken realm Mithaniel Marr
We're a finesse team. We killed everything on the way to the lair. Snuck inside and then single pulled Ratti. He was nearly dead by the time his two minions that spawn on agro even got to us.
the Spider WILL ATTACK and it hurts...but will only attack if you within range (meaning it won't move or summon you) but if you get near it, it will attack
warrior, shaman, 2 wizards all lvl 65 and 54 chanter took him down the other nite...needless to say it took a little longer...and as the fight progresses the adds get more and more (example 4 baby rats come the next time) and another spider will pop...so on and so on