Ancient mage

Ancient mages are monsters found in the Ancient Prison. There is no Slayer requirement to kill them.

They attack with blood, ice, shadow and smoke spells like those in the Ancient Magicks, effectively being able to freeze you, heal themselves, lower your stats and poison you. Using Protect from Magic is highly recommended, though they can still freeze and poison through prayer. The poison starts at 88 damage.

They can drain a small amount of prayer points with their attacks, as well.

They are often near Ancient rangers, who will attack if the player gets too close. However, if the player has 230 ranged defence bonuses, the rangers will be unaggressive, allowing the player to attack the mages without being damaged by the rangers. Ranging from a distance seems to be a good approach.

It should be noted that there are only three ancient mages in the Ancient Prison. Ancient rangers, Blood reavers, and Ancient warriors far outnumber the ancient mages.

Unlike the other inhabitants of the Ancient Prison, ancient mages will remain stationary on their spawn location unless attacking a player.

Habitat(s)
God Wars Dungeon

Trivia

 * Ancient Mages seem to wear a simpler version of Virtus armour.