I'm not fussy about the cost or how long it takes, but... can it be done in EoC? My melee and range stats are lame and I don't have good equipment. Plus I'm just not good at style switching.

It could definitely be done pre EoC but now.. Highly doubt it.

 

You'll splash far too much on the magic creatures, let alone the range ones for it to be worth maging it alone.

 

Honestly, Kiln isnt that hard - it's doable with 80 stats comfortably. All you need is a little bit of know how and some confidence to try things, that you would presume are too risky.

If you bring a wand and shield it's probably very doable. The Xil's are the minority, after all.

If you ability spam, you'd probably not even use up 2k water runes.