* Your post here I am having a bit of a hunting problem. I can't seem to find a solid creature to hunt that doesn't occasionally get lucky and then maul me to death.

My defenses are in the early 200 range (heavy plate and shield), as are my primary weapons (2HB, HE)

I have tried to hunt Scimitar Atiks, Deadwood Dryads and Nyads, and Fledgling and Baby Gryphons all with some degree of success.

Unfortunately they all seem to get that lucky hit which injures and stuns me to the point that escape is impossible, and death usually follows a few hits later.

When hunting these I make sure I have all my buffs running at max prep (SW, SUF, YS, AEG, ES)

So not sure if this was the right spot or not, but any suggestions?

genis if you can get in(might need a clear vision) should cover the gap til baby gryphons(maybe 250 at the least to handle gryphon swarms ok. they'll teach 'well' to 350-400)
got Manifest Force? it really helps a lot, and may be enough to help with the stun problem...
and if it's when you're surrounded, maybe cast Earth sense if you have it(i know it doesn't do much, but it helps enough)

Also could increase stamina to get over the stuns, I tend to go with more agil/reflex/disc and would just rather avoid the attacks entirely.

Also check out Elanthipedia.com, they've got a decent bestiary database, and can search by level and region. There's also a Forf hunting beastiary that's really well arranged by tiers, and I hope they do something like that for other provinces too.
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One of the new critters at the rakash village is supposed to be between black leucs and red leucs so you might give them a try too. Forget which one though. I went into gryphons with about 250 and I love it there so you're not too far away.

No, unfortunately I realized the usefulness of Throwing Weapons a bit late and really need to get around to back training it.

Speaking of back training, I have a really hard time keeping my parry up with my the rest of my defenses since I primarily use shields. Plus, even with SW and YS, Parry just seems less reliable then my shield, which invariably leads to more deaths.

Any hints to training parry?