Originally posted by Weaver:

Less than 3 minutes with a fully upgraded iron mace to the face and he's dead. Not really sure why people go to these elaborate lengths trying to fight him. He's the most straight forward boss in the game currently.
Flatten area around his spawn, tank and spank, don't stand in poison.

I totally agree. Using arrows on him takes forever (at least from Youtube videos I watched). Using the iron mace and banded shield, it took a few minutes and was a lot more exciting (in my opinion).