Okay yes, I know I'm crazy, but I just had to try it solo. I did the turn-in and waited for the Dwarf to spawn and his golem to rise. I ran up and presense-aggroed Lathoric, and proceeded to slowly beat him down no problem his head was mine. By the time I was prepared to fight Obsidion, it decided to take a nap or something. No matter I just abandoned the quest, started it again, and ran to the other side so I could get the monster solo.

Thus began the epic battle between Righteous, the wee level 55 Dwarf paladin, and Obsidion, the giantic level 52 (Elite) black golem. They traded each other blow for blow (though the Golem's were just slightly harder )), the Paladin healed himself like a mofo, went OOM, Lay On Hands! The fight went on, and on, and on.. Over five minutes of this (though it seemed an eternity), but finally, the Paladin found himself out of tricks, out of mana, and eventually out of health Obsidion did stand, at 35% life. Oh, ladies and gentlemen, it was a time of sadness and mourning. The Brave Knight's ghost floated back to his corpse, re-entered the body, and the alive-but-defeated paladin slumped away in shame.

Had Righteous not found a level 60 mage farming Mageweave Cloth on his way out, there was no telling what would have happened to him. As it is, folks, this story does have a happy ending. The Mage agreed to help burn that no-good son-of-boulder down to the ground. With new vigor, and now a new teammate, the Paladin made that miserable Dwarf raise the sleepy Obsidion again. The extra damage was all the Holy Avenger needed! Soon the Golem was reduced to a heaping pile of rocks. Righteous, the ever-so-grateful paladin thanked the Mage and rejoiced at his victory. Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!

As of 2.3 this quest is super easy. I remember dying several times on my main trying to do it....

Obsidion now has about 2800 health (down from 16k pre-patch). Lathoric the Black has about the same. Easily soloable by anyone in the appropriate level range.

If you die doing the quest you do not need to abandon/retake (this seems to be kinda buggy here anyway), instead just use the altar and they are resummoned.&nbsp Just thought I'd share something it took this slow-witted person a while to work out.