The first time I played it, my (badly chosen) party of 6 was extremely weak at this point, me being new to the game and what not. I had no other defensive spells besides Bless, a couple Bloodlust potions and 1 Heroic Might potion. I quickly decided, after her killing my party several times, that I would run around her.
I did. Ran right past her before she got a shot off, plundered the fountain room, and continued on my merry way. Elyssia was much easier, since I could take her priests off one by one in the long hallways. Killed her, took the mask, and completed the temple without ever killing Xydusa.
To answer Sazerac's question, her speech was NOT the same; she started out friendly, babbling something akin to, "AAh, so you have arrived, I've been waiting, young one..." I didn't wait for it all, but threw several Flamestrikes at her immediately and retreated into the hallway to deal with her Priests.
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