Hey there!
I'm at the very end of icewind dale, but I just can't defeat that big guy, he's even worse than the snake women in dragon's eye!! some strategies please??

HI, welcome to IW. It would help if you posted your party details, but IIRC that battle is mostly a case of ignoring the demons (Cornugon? I forget what exactly they are) and concentrating on behlifet(sp?). Your tanks should be hasted etc, but dont concentrate on that to much because the traps in this chamber all cast dispel. Mages should be blasting away, clerics should heal and otherwise support the tanks.

I also got right to the end and am having troubles disposing the final mutha.

I have a well-balanced team of six characters - or so I thought. the party consists of a bard, fighter, paladin, fighter/thief, fighter/cleric and conjurer.

I picked up some +3 (or was it +4) arrows and equipped the fighters, paladin and the bard with 'em. I hit the mutha with these arrows and I can manage to get him hurt eventually but then I get frustrated and quit the game. All benefitial spells are practically useless as it gets dispelled and having the other boggies chasing usually the conjurer is painful. Fire is a friend of the mutha so fire-based spells don't work on the last mutha. In fact, I don't think any spells from the mage or the cleric does any damage to the main foe.

The tactic seems to be hit 'em with these arrows and with weapons of +4 while the mage heals the party. The conjurer usually is been chased and is useless in attack.

I have left the last battle alone for a while, hoping that refreshing might help me in defeating this last mutha. I am about to install Heart of Winter and just skip this final battle but it is a frustrating experience been soooo close to finishing the IWD. I just purchased BGII from a second-hand store so I can still get my kicks and was about to purchase IWD2.