Some of the spawns see invis. It's been a while but if I recall the ones that see invis can either be undead or summoned, so invis to undead may not help.
I'm pretty sure if you're careful you can just clear one side to get to him. As a druid I just barreled up to him, hailed and evac'd out but obviously that's not an option for everyone.
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