Help, how to kill The Shadow Cursed Shambling Mound boss at start of Act 2.

[Risenzealot]

Right after you meet the Harpers and they tell you to follow them to their place I choose "give me a minute". This caused them to run away so now I'm just trying to figure out where to go. Anyway, while exploring super close to there you come across a broken tower with a big ladder. There is this huge boss (I assume it's a boss) called the Shadow Cursed Shambling Mound that spawns itself and a ton of mobs. I've tried and tried but I can't beat it.

My party is only level 5, but close to 6 and this boss is level 9. More then likely I'm probably not even supposed to try it at this point but I've been trying lol. I've got my butt kicked several times now.

Has anyone managed to defeat this thing? Any idea or tips or tricks?

[Gorkeh]

I think I must have got lucky here. Triggered the ambush and had one character pulled in and insta mobbed downing them. I dropped a shatter and a cloud of daggers on the big group of of enemies all on top of the corpse of poor Shadowheart and they all chain reaction'ed leaving the big guy on 7hp, 2 undead harpers and one Vine blight left which were trivially easy to dispatch by just eldritch bolting and showing them back into the cloud of daggers over the course of 1 turn. Wasn't worth the revive scroll for the loot but the xp was easy :)

[ziplock9000]

Oh those silly boys and girls
https://i.imgur.com/Ptuu4zH.jpeg

[Prokariot]

I did it on first attempt. But I use my Ranger/Rogue in stealth mode to patrol ahead of the others. So I did not get surprised and I was able to get some kind of plan together rather than just walk in the ambush. Works really well to have the initiative. Used invisibility on my Rogue and Gale to get up platform. Started combat with Gale throwing a fireball and my Rogue using his bow. Most minions died right then. Once the boss was focused on the platform, Karlach and Shadowheart joined from the other end (stairs) to get rid of the surviving minions and get the Shambling Moound off the other 2. I had 2 death, but not perma death... I could not use a second fireball because the Shambling Mound pulled Karlach to him. Made the fight a bit more difficult. Its a mildly difficult fight but far from impossible.

[alex010300]

Should be damn easy as long as you got a Cleric

[Blood of Kerensky]

lol people think this monster at the roadside was a boss? You need more radiant damage in your life.