Someone didnt complete the quest on their first try. :-w I tried deflect mage on my first 3 tries and it did deflect damage back at him, it just doesnt block the damage done to yourself. Heard from a few people vengeance and recoil rings dont work. Yep, I checked it out and vengeance and recoil did not work. I didn't try poisoning though, but I'm guessing that won't work as well. It would've been too easy with those forms of attack since he hits so high though, so Im glad they didn't work.