Bal'lak the Pummeller

Bal'lak the Pummeller is a boss of Daemonheim, requiring a Dungeoneering level of 65 to encounter and fight. He currently holds the title as the boss monster with the highest Dungeoneering level requirement.

Bal'lak will use melee, magic, and ranged, dealing up to 200 damage with each hit. He has the ability to attack two to three times in quick succession. In addition, his twin hammers are capable of hitting players twice with one attack.

When entering the room, players will see a defence bar displayed at the top part of the screen. This is his "defence power"; every second it will gradually go up and eventually it will become impossible to hurt him. A strategy that is effective against Bal'lak, especially in larger teams where he is more powerful, is to continually attack him and then use Gatestone Teleport if his defence bar gets too high. Waiting outside resets the bar, allowing players to enter the boss room again and continue the offensive.

As Bal'lak is attacked, he will grunt and cause bubbling pools of noxious fumes to appear on the floor. Bal'lak can be lured near one of these pools to weaken his defence. Each portal will lower the defence bar by 30%. Accidentally running across the portal or standing near the portal in a one block radius will cause gradual damage to the player, similar to the effects of poison. The damage will compound, so one should be careful not to stand on or near the portal itself.

The battle should only take two minutes or less with a party of two. Only an inventory of food and a high-tiered weapon is needed to fight Bal'lak. Protection prayers and deflection curses can be temporarily blocked by this boss, but he cannot deactivate any other prayers and curses.

Stab and crush attacks are highly effective against Bal'lak.

Weapons

 * Novite warhammer
 * Bathus warhammer
 * Marmaros warhammer
 * Kratonite warhammer
 * Fractite warhammer
 * Zephyrium warhammer (m)
 * Argonite warhammer (m)
 * Katagon warhammer (m)
 * Gorgonite warhammer (m)
 * Promethium warhammer (m)
 * Primal warhammer (m)

Armour

 * Argonite kiteshield
 * Katagon kiteshield
 * Gorgonite kiteshield
 * Promethium kiteshield
 * Primal kiteshield

Other

 * Parts of the Dungeoneering journals

Trivia

 * Like To'Kash the Bloodchiller and Har'Lakk the Riftsplitter, Bal'lak the Pummeller is similar in appearance to the God Wars Dungeon boss K'ril Tsutsaroth, the leader of the Zamorak army; however, he uses warhammers instead of scimitars as his weapons.
 * Bal'lak is one of the Kal'Gerion generals summoned to Gielinor by the Mahjarrat Bilrach.
 * Bal'lak's defence meter stops at 90%. This is probably because if it was 100% he would be invincible. [[File:Demonsdefence.png]]

Bal'lak the Pummeler