Guthan the Infested

Guthan the Infested is the third oldest of the seven Barrow brothers. He attacks with melee, and his set effect allows him to heal himself at a 1:1 ratio, so if he deals 200 life points and the effect occurs, he would recover 200 life points. His effect is visible; three ghostly entities surround Guthan's opponents then circle around them in an upwards motion.

Some players "tank mage" Guthan. This means that they cast spells such as slayer dart while wearing their melee armour, such as rune, granite, etc. Even though wearing metal while maging reduces your mage bonus significantly, Guthan's magic defence is so poor that you will be hitting almost as accurate as with Mystic or other robes. This strategy is used so he won't be able to hit you often, thus, reducing the chances of healing himself. Alternatively some people use the protect from melee prayer which avoids the need to wear armour while spell casting and blocks all of Guthan's damage and most of his healing. However, he does heal what he would have hit if you use prayer. It is also possible to use a safespot in his tomb. It's quite easy as you just have to lure him into the northeast of the tomb and making sure he touches the wall. Then run west behind the stone on the floor. Now you should use a cheap spell such as Magic dart to kill him. Be carefull not to run another field west. If you do that, he will avoid the stone and keep on attacking you.

Black Salamander is recommended as it is not affected by the player's magic attack bonus too much. However, slayer dart may be used as a substitute.

Trivia

 * Guthan, along with all the other barrows brothers, received a graphical update on 4th January 2012 to make him look more like a player wearing his items rather than the old graphics style which displayed an unclear, purely pink coloured apparition. Along with this update, his combat level was increased from 115 to 147.

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