Originally posted by jthibeault:

Stagbreaker is your go-to weapon in the sunken crypts.

Knock the debris pile down to the point where you are close to opening up the passage way into the room, and if you are hearing the flies associated with the spawn piles, break out the Stagbreaker and start slamming the ground. Hopefully you are close enough to the spawn pile to destroy it. This also works on outdoor spawn piles, if they are in one of the stone towers. You can stand outside the back of the tower and destroy the spawn pile without having to charge into the spawned draugers.

This is also the go-to weapon for early game burial chambers. If you are an under-armored newbie and open a wooden door and see a room full of skeletons, quickly close the door and break out the stagbreaker. You can then kill all the mobs from behind the safety of the closed door.

There was no debris pile blocking the entrance. It was an open passage. The reason I couldn't get in was because elites were spawning faster than I could kill them and kept coming out through the passage. I was in a completely different passage (a different branch of the crypt in fact) and I started getting attacked from behind by one Elite after another. After the second one I decided to go look for where they were coming from. They were spawning a good distance away from me and without line of sight but actively seeking me out about 5 rooms away. Super aggressive.

Anyway I managed to get in destroy the spawner and turned out there was a vegvisir stone in there. Not uncommon these are guarded by tough enemies but this was over the top. Like I said they were spawning and seeking me out like 4 rooms away in a completely different branch of the crypt. Tell you the truth it was a fun challenge.