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The hard NPCs are terrible, they can attack but it is a waste of time since they almost never hit.
I suggest if you are leveling your hard NPCs to follow the hard route and complete each event fully.
This being said if you follow the hard path with the hard NPC you may not be able to evade the event.
I suggest proselyte/SW Cape, spec recovers, steel titan, few sum pots.
Titan can kill juvinates, which greatly speeds up trips. And obv, it rips all the other shit. Claw spec constantly, Vigor is N1.