Fighting the new Bigfoot

The first thing I said was that it would be slower...

Anyway, I wanted to clarify because it does offer more methods to kill it. If someone causes a bunch of elder wraiths or firebrand heads to come, for example, you can go up to the center of the platform and spam AE/AR until they're dead and then go back to the puppet method. As someone else also pointed out, when people come and try to mess you up or KS it, thus making the puppet useless, going to the center helps keep you alive.

Then again, you've actually soloed one and have more experience at it than I do, so I might just be full of hot air.... I think I'm going to try to kill one after I level, even though I expect to fail. Heck, even a HH takes me 450 strafes

That actually is a good idea, just haven't had the opportunity to test it. :p I think that taking touch from an elder though might knock you far enough off center to be in danger though. You'd need to be killing the flying monsters pretty quick. I think Marksmen and Snipers would have an advantage in that situation since AE would push them up, away from you, where as rain would be pushing all the ones to your back right into you.