@dowie might of helped to use ranged combat like firebolt or ninja. If you said you just used crks probably why you had the most trouble with talvish from what I heard elves had it smoothest with talvish because vision+ mag, then use skills like hide shadow cloak and crisis escape to shake off his aggro.
Not sure on this but some have said he uses the silence more often against melee, but that's just rumor.
Being a giant I just used chains ninja and throwing attack along with shadow cloak and crisis to escape or out last his silence to preform damage migation stratedies.