It's been ages since I've played this build, or any other that required collecting Yellow Mountain Flower. But from memory, I'm fairly certain I was able to just run right through the entrance caven of the glade, and make it to the interior without needing to fight the spriggans. Yeah, they are TOUGH if you're going in there at a low level, without 100% shouts or decent potions/gear.
However, there's really not a whole lot of reason to go into the glade before you max out your Alchemy and Enchanting anyway. I mean, you could go earlier, and be okay with something like 50-80% Fortify Shouts, but that doesn't allow you to pull of chains and combos.
When I played this build, I basically just ground up Enchanting and Smithing as quickly as possible once I finished the Companions questline. Twisted's skill leveling guide in T&T is a good resource for how to do that. If you don't go into the glade until you've maxed those two skills, you shouldn't have much trouble dealing with the spriggans, even without 100% Shouts.
But again, I'm fairly certain I was able to just sprint past them, as their script to pull themselves out of the tree trunks takes several seconds and doesn't activate until you're within a few feet. The gate should be open from the moment you enter the cell; no need to kill them to progress to the glade proper.
While I'm here, I'll mention that I'm gonna try to update the presentation here a bit ... Most of my builds now use a sans-serif font (Arial) for the body, and I'm probably gonna swap the first two paragraphs to be more in line with my other builds in terms of flow. Might redo the equipment spread as well, with a different font and border style, to be more in line with my usual style. No gameplay changes, but if anyone cares, I'm hoping to make it look a bit nicer within the next couple of days. 
It's been ages since I've played this build, or any other that required collecting Yellow Mountain Flower. But from memory, I'm fairly certain I was able to just run right through the entrance caven of the glade, and make it to the interior without needing to fight the spriggans. Yeah, they are TOUGH if you're going in there at a low level, without 100% shouts or decent potions/gear.
However, there's really not a whole lot of reason to go into the glade before you max out your Alchemy and Enchanting anyway. I mean, you could go earlier, and be okay with something like 50-80% Fortify Shouts, but that doesn't allow you to pull of chains and combos.
When I played this build, I basically just ground up Enchanting and Smithing as quickly as possible once I finished the Companions questline. Twisted's skill leveling guide in T&T is a good resource for how to do that. If you don't go into the glade until you've maxed those two skills, you shouldn't have much trouble dealing with the spriggans, even without 100% Shouts.
But again, I'm fairly certain I was able to just sprint past them, as their script to pull themselves out of the tree trunks takes several seconds and doesn't activate until you're within a few feet. The gate should be open from the moment you enter the cell; no need to kill them to progress to the glade proper.
While I'm here, I'll mention that I'm gonna try to update the presentation here a bit ... Most of my builds now use a sans-serif font (Arial) for the body, and I'm probably gonna swap the first two paragraphs to be more in line with my other builds in terms of flow. Might redo the equipment spread as well, with a different font and border style, to be more in line with my usual style. No gameplay changes, but if anyone cares, I'm hoping to make it look a bit nicer within the next couple of days.
