i maged him at lvl 19 (pure 43 magic) yes you can mage him, yes you can hit him and he can't hit you. once your in his lair theres some crumbled ruins to the south. hide behind them and mage. so it's prolly possible to range him to. and also to get to overconfident and try snare/mage him in the open without a anti-dbreath shield (i learned a harsh lesson that day :wall: it would of worked to if my snare dident miss once.....)