Griswald

Griswold was the blacksmith of Tristram during the part one of the diablo series, he has several items attributed to himself such as the unqiue sword griswolds edge and an entire high level paladin set. Notable features of Griswold is high life, strong magic damage in the form of blessed hammers and great experience.

Strategy for victory is based on knowledge of his primary attack and damage type, magical blessed hammers, since the fight usually occurs early in the game the availability of magic resistance is nearly zero. The best chance is to avoid the attack altogether, those with considerable experience dueling hammerdins will have discovered there is a blind spot to the hammer trajectory, this spot can be found if you stand lower than the enemy (as in your character will be partially blocking his as your standing infront and lower) Slight maneuvering may be necessary to find the exact blind spot. Then his physical punch will be the only damage inflicted which is a slower attack and does less damage.

A second strategy is to shoot him from across one of the rivers in Tristram, but be aware that he can in fact throw firebombs back at you. - DreadTalon 04:23, 20 December 2008 (UTC)