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====Spell==== | ====Spell==== | ||
It is highly recommended to wait until {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} to speed the fight up, which saves on runes and reduces the chance of dying due to affliction stacks ramping up, but if the player accepts these downsides then {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}} can just barely out dps the healing of the boss and can be used. Having a lower {{Skill|Magic}} level will also necessitate an offensive magic shield in order to meet the accuracy requirement. | |||
====Prayers==== | ====Prayers==== | ||
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For this fight, you will first and foremost need to achieve accuracy higher than 25k '''before accounting for prayers or pets'''. Since accuracy buffs/debuffs interact additively, this threshold will allow us to stay above the 20k net accuracy requirement for [[Ancient Magicks]] while accounting for max stacks of the Shadow Burst debuff. This threshold can be met outright with the recommended gear setup with {{Skill|Magic|90}}, or by substituting the {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} prayer with {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}} and {{Skill|Magic|86}}. One can also opt to use {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} for the majority of the fight to reduce the rate at which affliction stacks are accumulated, then swap {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} to {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}} only after dipping below the 20k accuracy mark. For {{Skill|Magic|86}}, this occurs at 37 stacks, and each {{Skill|Magic}} level increases the stacks you can withstand by 1. The only pet that increases accuracy is {{PetIcon|Chick}}, and this pet is equivalent to 1 additional {{Skill|Magic}} level. For concreteness, with this pet, the above quoted thresholds would be changed to {{Skill|Magic|89}} and 38 stacks respectively. | For this fight, you will first and foremost need to achieve accuracy higher than 25k '''before accounting for prayers or pets'''. Since accuracy buffs/debuffs interact additively, this threshold will allow us to stay above the 20k net accuracy requirement for [[Ancient Magicks]] while accounting for max stacks of the Shadow Burst debuff. This threshold can be met outright with the recommended gear setup with {{Skill|Magic|90}}, or by substituting the {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} prayer with {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}} and {{Skill|Magic|86}}. One can also opt to use {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} for the majority of the fight to reduce the rate at which affliction stacks are accumulated, then swap {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} to {{PrayerIcon|Mystic Might}} only after dipping below the 20k accuracy mark. For {{Skill|Magic|86}}, this occurs at 37 stacks, and each {{Skill|Magic}} level increases the stacks you can withstand by 1. The only pet that increases accuracy is {{PetIcon|Chick}}, and this pet is equivalent to 1 additional {{Skill|Magic}} level. For concreteness, with this pet, the above quoted thresholds would be changed to {{Skill|Magic|89}} and 38 stacks respectively. | ||
Besides accuracy, the next consideration—as always—is DR. You want to try to get at least 50% DR in order to be able to auto-eat through the Fallen Light special attack even at full affliction stacks. The above setup with {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} gives 55% DR. With this DR, you can survive Shadow Burst as long as your max HP is still above 900. As soon as your max HP drops below this threshold due to affliction, you will need to hold to spam eat through Shadow Burst attacks. Hopefully you will be able to dodge enough attacks due to {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} to | Besides accuracy, the next consideration—as always—is DR. You want to try to get at least 50% DR in order to be able to auto-eat through the Fallen Light special attack even at full affliction stacks. The above setup with {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} gives 55% DR. With this DR, you can survive Shadow Burst as long as your max HP is still above 900. As soon as your max HP drops below this threshold due to affliction, you will need to hold to spam eat through Shadow Burst attacks. Hopefully you will be able to dodge enough attacks due to {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} to keep the affliction stacks low and maximise your DPS. Without {{PetIcon|Leonardo}}, the threshold is 920 HP instead. | ||
Into the Mist healing the boss means this fight is a race against time. This is why we're going to use 100% accuracy [[Ancient Magicks]], as the magic defence on {{MonsterIcon|Ahrenia}} is extremely high. {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} is | Into the Mist healing the boss means this fight is a race against time. This is why we're going to use 100% accuracy [[Ancient Magicks]], as the magic defence on {{MonsterIcon|Ahrenia}} is extremely high. {{Icon|Gust|type=spell}} is the best choice of spell, but if you are desperate and do not want to wait the final {{Skill|Magic}} level or have the {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}} clears to use this spell, then the next choice is {{Icon|Slicing Winds|type=spell}}. It will get the job done, albeit with a much, much longer fight, mostly due to the fact that the boss will heal more with the lower dps. | ||
== Chapter IX: T90 grind == | == Chapter IX: T90 grind == | ||
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Luckily, due to the triple Master slayer gear requirement, the +9% doubling reduces the average kills quite considerably. Again, since this is such a long grind and of completionist nature, all of the doubling pets ({{PetIcon|Golden Golbin}}, {{PetIcon|Rosey}} and {{PetIcon|Aquarias}}) are all assumed to be owned, as they are quite easy to obtain compared to this grind. Each monster here has an average completion rate of 4000, but this is reduced to 3520 due to the +12% doubling. | Luckily, due to the triple Master slayer gear requirement, the +9% doubling reduces the average kills quite considerably. Again, since this is such a long grind and of completionist nature, all of the doubling pets ({{PetIcon|Golden Golbin}}, {{PetIcon|Rosey}} and {{PetIcon|Aquarias}}) are all assumed to be owned, as they are quite easy to obtain compared to this grind. Each monster here has an average completion rate of 4000, but this is reduced to 3520 due to the +12% doubling. | ||
The overall {{Skill|Slayer}} task strategy is similar to the previous section, except there is no longer a preferred order for any of the monsters as the upgrades each one gives is minor. This means that if the {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} task trick is employed again (detailed above in the T90 guide), there is a good chance (4/ | The overall {{Skill|Slayer}} task strategy is similar to the previous section, except there is no longer a preferred order for any of the monsters as the upgrades each one gives is minor. This means that if the {{UpgradeIcon|Auto Slayer}} task trick is employed again (detailed above in the T90 guide), there is a good chance (4/9) of rolling at least one task that you can tackle at any given time, and there is a 3/9 chance of rolling another {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} monster for free after completing a task. As master slayer gear has already been obtained, one should always extend their {{Skill|Slayer}} tasks here. All of these effects massively reduce the slayer coins needed to spend on rerolls. Doing this section on task is highly recommended, as the average amount of {{ItemIcon|Crab}} needed to complete this section is around 250k. Buying {{UpgradeIcon|Standard Resupply}} will almost entirely replenish all of the food used. One can further macro-maximise their rerolls by farming {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}} tasks as they arise while farming {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}} as detailed in the {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Lich}} section. Because of the overall complexity of reroll strategies, reroll costs will '''not''' be factored into the overall calculations below. A very rough estimate for the total amount spent on rerolls for this entire section would be in the ballpark of around 750k-1m, essentially equating to 11.25-15k {{ItemIcon|Crab|notext=true}} and 1.5-2m prayer points over the cumulative values reported in the sections below. | ||
A link to the raw data used for the calculations in this section can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eHo-lxfwWk57RIM-xR4TSxEbmr6J0KGyUERzHMw54iM/edit#gid=1870081381 here.] | A link to the raw data used for the calculations in this section can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eHo-lxfwWk57RIM-xR4TSxEbmr6J0KGyUERzHMw54iM/edit#gid=1870081381 here.] | ||
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|ring1 = Hunter's Ring | |ring1 = Hunter's Ring | ||
|ring2 = Hunter's Ring | |ring2 = Hunter's Ring | ||
|passive1 = Slayer | |passive1 = !Third Master Slayer Piece | ||
|passive2 = Slayer | |passive2 = !Third Master Slayer Piece | ||
}} | }} | ||
====Strategy==== | ====Strategy==== | ||
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|boots1 = Aeris God Boots | |boots1 = Aeris God Boots | ||
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring | |ring1 = Hunter's Ring | ||
|passive1 = Slayer | |passive1 = !Third Master Slayer Piece | ||
|ammo1 = Jadestone Bolts | |ammo1 = Jadestone Bolts | ||
|ammo2 = Sapphire Bolts | |ammo2 = Sapphire Bolts | ||
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|boots1 = Glacia God Boots | |boots1 = Glacia God Boots | ||
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring | |ring1 = Hunter's Ring | ||
|passive1 = Slayer | |passive1 = !Third Master Slayer Piece | ||
}} | }} | ||
====Strategy==== | ====Strategy==== | ||
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|boots1 = Glacia God Boots | |boots1 = Glacia God Boots | ||
|ring1 = Hunter's Ring | |ring1 = Hunter's Ring | ||
|passive1 = Slayer | |passive1 = !Third Master Slayer Piece | ||
}} | }} | ||
====Strategy==== | ====Strategy==== | ||
This is exact same gear and prayers as {{MonsterIcon|Spiked Red Claw}} being {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} and {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}}, but there is an unavoidable complication with this monster over the others... | This is exact same gear and prayers as {{MonsterIcon|Spiked Red Claw}} being {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} and {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}}, but there is an unavoidable complication with this monster over the others... | ||
<span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;size:32px;">Due to the nature of affliction stacks, there is currently no 100% safe way to idle this monster. There will always be an extremely low chance of death (estimated around 1/ | <span style="color:red;font-weight:bold;size:32px;">Due to the nature of affliction stacks, there is currently no 100% safe way to idle this monster. There will always be an extremely, extremely low chance of death (estimated around 1/750k per fight from combat simulator) if the enemy can stack enough affliction stacks on us before we kill it.</span> | ||
If you are comfortable with that risk and plan to make regular backups of your character | If you are comfortable with that risk and/or plan to make regular backups of your character then proceed. If you are not a HC character, you can swap {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} for {{PrayerIcon|Protect Item}} and accept a very low chance of death while farming. Unfortunately without {{PrayerIcon|Stone Skin}} the death rate rises to around 1/30k, which is over 20 times more likely, but still a rare event so it is a trade-off. Similarly, {{PrayerIcon|Battleheart}} can be used for an additional +4 kills/hr with the same increased death rate. {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} is non-negotiable (compared to the other monsters where it can technically be substituted for offensive prayers), as the dodge chance drastically slows the rate of affliction stacks accumulating. Without {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Melee}} the death rate is around 1/25. | ||
The alternative is to save this grind until after expansion where more sources of DR and HP will undoubtedly be added to the game. | The alternative is to save this grind until after expansion where more sources of DR and HP will undoubtedly be added to the game. | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Skill|Ranged}} is quite strong and shouldn't have any troubles pulling its weight this event. | {{Skill|Ranged}} is quite strong and shouldn't have any troubles pulling its weight this event. Stick to the {{ItemIcon|Scaled Shield}} and upgrade once you unlock {{ItemIcon|Shield of Ranged Power}} after the second encounter with {{MonsterIcon|Bane}}. {{ItemIcon|Jadestone Bolts}} are non-negotiable as they offer a substantial DPS increase and the main threat in this event is being out-DPS'd. You won't need many for the event, only a few thousand. This can be easily accumulated in around 2 hours of {{MonsterIcon|Hunting Greater Dragon}} farming. | ||
The lethal move from {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Lich}} to watch out for is her cursed flames. This is a single-hit ability, so eat whenever your HP drops below around 400 to stay safe. With {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} active, affliction stacks should not accumulate enough to make cursed frost shards or cursed tether a death threat. | The lethal move from {{MonsterIcon|Cursed Lich}} to watch out for is her cursed flames. This is a single-hit ability, so eat whenever your HP drops below around 400 to stay safe. With {{PrayerIcon|Protect from Magic}} active, affliction stacks should not accumulate enough to make cursed frost shards or cursed tether a death threat. | ||
=====Magic===== | =====Magic===== | ||
{{Equipment/Recommended | {{Equipment/Recommended | ||
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=== Bane === | === Bane === | ||
This is the main boss of the event. You will always reroll {{Icon|Melee}} {{MonsterIcon|Bane}}, as his heal cannot be out-DPS'd as you cannot stun him. The strategy for the final form of {{MonsterIcon|Bane, Instrument of Fear}} is the same, but you will have to manual eat during his Overwhelming Power attack at higher affliction stacks. It may be necessary to reroll to a {{Skill|Magic}} version for {{MonsterIcon|Bane, Instrument of Fear}}. | This is the main boss of the event. You will always reroll {{Icon|Melee}} {{MonsterIcon|Bane}}, as his heal cannot be out-DPS'd as you cannot stun him. The strategy for the final form of {{MonsterIcon|Bane, Instrument of Fear}} is the same, but you will have to manual eat during his Overwhelming Power attack at higher affliction stacks. It may be necessary to reroll to a {{Skill|Magic}} version for {{MonsterIcon|Bane, Instrument of Fear}}. | ||
Remember, since you are fighting him in a slayer area with a slayer item requirement you must use {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}} or {{ItemIcon|Climbing Boots}}. | |||
=====Ranged===== | =====Ranged===== | ||
{{Equipment/Recommended | {{Equipment/Recommended | ||
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During {{MonsterIcon|Bane|Bane's}} Suffocate attack, you will generally only need to eat one or two pieces of food and then {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown|Elder Crown's}} lifesteal should keep you above the 50% threshold. | During {{MonsterIcon|Bane|Bane's}} Suffocate attack, you will generally only need to eat one or two pieces of food and then {{ItemIcon|Elder Crown|Elder Crown's}} lifesteal should keep you above the 50% threshold. | ||
=== Zone Order === | === Zone Order === | ||
This is the same as for main accounts. {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} → {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} → {{ZoneIcon|Shrouded Badlands}} → {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}}. This ordering means that you finish the first two zones at the start, and then you will fight {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} with the least offensive slayer area effect of the four (evasion is entirely useless with 80% dodge due to protection prayers). Strictly speaking, only the last zone you choose matters, but there is little benefit to changing from the order given here. You need Master slayer gear for {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} and {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, | This is the same as for main accounts. {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} → {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}} → {{ZoneIcon|Shrouded Badlands}} → {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}}. This ordering means that you finish the first two zones at the start, and then you will fight {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} with the least offensive slayer area effect of the four (evasion is entirely useless with 80% dodge due to protection prayers). It is also possible to fight {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} in {{ZoneIcon|Shrouded Badlands}} in order to remove the {{ItemIcon|Slayer Skillcape}} requirement from the {{MonsterIcon|Bane}} fight, but overall this isn't worth the loss in accuracy. | ||
Strictly speaking, only the last zone you choose matters, but there is little benefit to changing from the order given here. You need Master slayer gear for {{ZoneIcon|Unhallowed Wasteland}} and {{ZoneIcon|Dark Waters}}, but these items can be swapped for God armour for extra DR and damage for {{ZoneIcon|Shrouded Badlands}}, {{ZoneIcon|Perilous Peaks}} and {{MonsterIcon|Bane}}. | |||
=== Event Modifiers === | === Event Modifiers === | ||
