Glacor/Strategies

Glacors are level 475 elemental-like beings made of pure ice, they have a high defence against melee and ranged attacks. However, they are very vulnerable to Fire spells from the modern spellbook. If you intend to kill one quickly and efficiently, it is recommended to use the highest grade Fire Spell available to you.

Upon entering the caves, you will receive a combat boost from the residual effect of the Stone of Jas. This boost combined with maximum magic damage boosting equipment has allowed high level mages to hit upwards of 890 damage using Fire Surge.

Glacors are unaggressive so players can work at their own pace without being disturbed by these high levelled monsters. Players wishing to kill Glacors are advised to bring high level Magic equipment (Ahrim's or better) and some decent Ranged and Melee defence equipment to help cover defences from all 3 attack styles the Glacor will use. Players are advised to use the best Fire Spell available to them as other types of magic attacks prove to be ineffective even if they are higher tier than the Fire spell in question.

Fire Bolt with chaos gauntlets is another suitable option that can save you a lot of money. With chaos gauntlets and a Magic boost such as a magic potion, Fire Bolt is capable of hitting 500+ on glacors, although lower hits in the 200+ to 300+ range are much more common. Killing glacors with Fire Bolt is slower than killing them with Fire Surge; if you choose to kill the unstable glacyte last, you may be unable to kill the glacor before it uses its explosion property and regains some lifepoints. Fire Bolt is significantly cheaper than Fire Surge, but kills will take longer.

Strategy One
Attack a Glacor nearby and try whittle away at its health with Fire Wave or Fire Surge until it reaches half health. It will proceed to summon 3 Glacytes, each with their own effect. Hiding from the Glacor while fighting the Glacytes will save you a lot of food, prayer potions and lifepoints in the long run. Note that the Glacor will inherit the ability of whichever Glacyte was killed last. Killing the enduring glacyte will boost its defence. Killing the unstable glacyte will increase its damage and will cause it to occasionally self destruct itself to very low hp to deal massive damage if you are within melee range. Killing the sapping glacyte will give the Glacor the ability to occasionally drain your prayer by a few points if an attack does damage. Kill the glacytes in whichever way you think will be easiest for you. Generally the best option is to kill the sapping, then enduring, then unstable. Note that the enduring glacyte will have higher defense inversely proportionate to its distance from the Glacor, so you should lure it several squares away to kill it faster. After you have killed all 3 summoned glacytes, proceed to finish off the remaining health with your selected fire spell. Beware of the Glacor's freezing attack and its stalagmite attack as both will cut your current lifepoints in half. Evading these attacks is as simple as walking away from your current location.

Equipment
Note*: These weapons should be used to kill Glacytes for minimum price
 * Head: Virtus mask > Akrisae's hood > Ahrim's hood > Helm of neitiznot
 * Neck: Arcane stream necklace > Amulet of fury > Amulet of glory
 * Chest: Virtus robe top > Ahrim's robe top > Akrisae's rope top > Mystic robe top
 * Legs: Virtus robe bottom > Ahrim's robe bottom > akrisae's robe bottom > Mystic robe bottom
 * Gloves: Spellcaster gloves > Gloves (barrows) > Infinity gloves > Regen bracelet
 * Boots: Ragefire boots > Infinity boots > Mystic boots
 * Ring: Seer's ring (i) > Onyx ring (i) > Seer's ring > Ring of life
 * Weapon: Chaotic staff > Staff of light > Mystic lava staff
 * Alternative Weapon*: Polypore Staff > Chaotic rapier > Abyssal Whip
 * Shield:Celestial surgebox > Arcane spirit shield > Farseer kiteshield > Illuminated Unholy Book > Illuminated Ancient Book
 * Cape: Max Cape /Completionist cape > God cape > Soul Wars cape

The Void Knight armour coupled with a Void mage helm is a cheap but effective alternative to the expensive Ahrim's/virtus set. Akrisae's robe top and bottom can be used over ahrim's for greater prayer bonuses at the cost of magic attack. Akrisae's hood offer's a 4+ prayer bonus over 1 less magic attack bonus than ahrim's and is perferle in all cases when using prayers against the glacors.