Dominion Tower/Strategies


 * This page lists strategies for several bosses in the Dominion Tower. For the tower in general, see the main article.


 * Recommended items
 * - Food - Scorpion meat if earned already, Rocktails, Sharks or Monkfish if you don't have any.
 * - Prayer potions and/or Dom super prayer for various fights such as Zenevivia and the Balance Elemental.
 * - Restore potions and/or Dom super restore for the fight with Karamel and the Balance Elemental.
 * - Runes for the elemental spells for the Dagannoth Mothers and Gelatinnoth Mother.
 * - Ranged weapons for the Dagannoth Mothers and Gelatinnoth Mother, and the Desert Treasure bosses.
 * - Slash, crush and stab weapons for the White, Grey and Black Golems and for TokTz-Ket-Dill.
 * - Anti dragon Shield, Dragonfire shield or Super Antifire potion for the fight with Elvarg.
 * - Ice gloves for the battle against the Flambeed and Fareed.
 * - Keris (Optional), against the Giant Scarab.
 * - Halberd (Rune or Dragon), Zamorak Spear or a Dragon spear will come handy in the battle against Zenevivia, due to its special attack, which can stun and push Zenevivia off of the pillars.
 * - A weapon with a good special attack that is handy in many fights, such as Dragon claws or Abyssal vine whip, or one for restoring purposes, such as an Enhanced excalibur or Saradomin godsword.

Nomad

 * Difficulty:

In the tower, Nomad does exactly the same as during Nomad's Requiem, but with only four pillars that are differently shaped, which he can often either walk around or fire his magic attack at you. He continues to use all of his specials also used during the quest. For more strategies for killing Nomad, see Nomad (monster)

Pest queen

 * Difficulty:
 * The Pest queen acts the same as she does at the end of The Void Stares Back, and a Korasi's sword is provided when the fight begins. Thus if you bring your own sword it will not work the same way as it did on the corresponding fight during the quest.
 * In Climber mode, handicaps such as daze and random freeze may prove annoying when trying to attack Elite defilers to protect the Void knight rangers, making it more important to pay attention when they spawn.
 * If you get the Lifesaver handicap, it may prove useful to activate it when your special attack is low, as it restores special attack.

Decaying avatar

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When fighting the Decaying avatar, it is recommended to use Ruby bolts (e) with a Rune crossbow. That way, you will be able to hit up to 2000 with the special of the bolts, and still hit fairly often with the bow's accuracy. Also, because of the high hits the avatar can deal, and its defence, it is best to trap the avatar, instead of using prayer. Prayer would use up prayer points so rapidly that a couple of prayer potions will have to be used up. An easy way to trap the avatar is to the side of the arena, as seen on the image to the right.

During the battle, there will also be the healing roots, with which the avatar will heal to full health. The roots will spawn in the order of northwest, then northeast, and then southwest. Note that bind or freeze spells will not prevent the avatar from walking to the roots, so do not use these, as that would be a waste of time. When destroying the roots, turn on protect from melee, because as soon as the roots are destroyed, the avatar will immediately attack you, possibly causing up to 460 damage. After destroying the roots, immediately try creating another safespot.

Ayuni, Leeuni and Eruni

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Together, these three are very strong and deal massive amounts of damage. It is advised to wear armour that protects against melee and ranged damage, then use Protect from Magic, and make sure there is a space between you and the ones you're not fighting. That way, they can only use Magic or Ranged attacks when you're not fighting them. Make sure you bring a lot of prayer potions, as Ayuni will drain prayer with her magic and melee attacks. Because of this draining effect, it is advised to kill Ayuni first, preferably with a space between you and her, and using ranged, which is her weakness, to prevent her from using her strong melee attack. To limit damage taken, First run right behind the pillar. After running behind the pillar, both Ayuni and Leeuni will be trapped. By moving further enough right and then retreating back behind the pillar, Ayuni will be stuck along the side of the pillar whilst Leeuni will still be completely behind it, allowing you to kill Ayuni and then Leeuni in 1v1 combat.

Dagannoth Mother

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For this fight, it is best to put your Balmung in your bank, in case you have one with you, as only the balmung provided in the area is effective against the Dagannoth Mother. Also bring enough runes for every type of elemental spell, and bring a ranged weapon. There are pillars in this room, so in case you need to take a little break, for example when switching attack styles, the pillars can be used as obstacle. The Dagannoth Mother attacks with all three attack styles, but after switching attack styles, she sticks with that style for a while, so it is best to switch prayers to prevent the most damage. Do not use any other weapon than the balmung provided in the area when using melee, as she is extremely weak to that.

Zenevivia
Zeneviva can be very hard or very easy depending on whether or not you have the correct equipment; in endurance mode not having the correct equipment can be fatal. The best way to defeat Zeneviva is to bring a Dragon Spear or Zamorakian Spear. Attack Zeneviva with any melee weapon (such as an Abyssal Whip or Chaotic Rapier) until she says "Aha!", then switch to your spear and use the special attack on her when she teleports to a statue plinth. This will immediately knock her off of the plinth, making her much easier to kill.

Players without a spear are advised to pray Protect from Magic or Deflect Magic and range her (or melee with a halberd), moving when she creates flames underneath them. When she teleports back to the centre either range or melee is fine. She has a high magic defence and kicks you back if you try to melee her when she stands on the the statue plinths, making using either magic or a normal melee attack very difficult. The Wise old man will cast spells on her, but cannot be relied upon to do much damage.

If you range Zenevivia and bolts or arrows drop to the ground, for some reason, her fire pit attack will not appear on that spot. This trick may be useful for when you knock her off all pillars. When she starts to make huge fires, just stand on your ammunition and you will take no damage from the fire. Note that the fire pits can damage familiars also, and can be fatal to some with relatively low lifepoints such as the Unicorn stallion, as they will cause rapid hits above 100 on them. They may also cause the game to run slower for a few moments for slower computers.

The Untouchable
Pray melee.

Damis, Fareed, Kamil and Dessous

 * Difficulty:

Note: Without ice gloves, this fight will be much more difficult. Never unequip your ice gloves when Fareed is still alive.

In this fight, it is advised to make the four bosses stand in line, so only one can attack. As Dessous will teleport next to you when he can't attack you with melee, it's best to line them up with Dessous first. That way, it will be fairly easy killing all four without too much trouble.

It is advised to fight with a high magic defence and protect from melee, as all four of the bosses can deal high amounts of damage with melee, while their magic attacks deal less damage. After killing Dessous, which is first in line, just kill the other bosses one by one. If Damis is next in line, it's best to walk to the direct opposite side, so you can kill the other bosses before attacking Damis. This is because after killing Damis for the first time, he will have a lot higher defence, and start draining your prayer very rapidly. Because of this prayer draining effect, it's best to leave Damis alone until the end, so he won't drain your prayer. After killing all other bosses with your prayer on, kill Damis, and when he turns into his second form with a lot higher defence and prayer draining effect, it is advised to keep drinking prayer potions when possible, or else to eat food until he is dead.

Another possible strategy is to wear high level magic defence armour such as Karils, Armadyl, or even black dragonhide and use protect from melee. Make sure the four bosses are lined up again, in the order Dessous-Fareed/Kamil-Fareed/Kamil-Damis. Then, kill Dessous (Dessous has to be killed first, as he hits 100 every magic/ranged attack, which will be unblockable as you will need protect from melee more). After that, either kill Kamil if he is next in line, or if Fareed is next in line, equip a ranged weapon, or a staff and use Earth spells to kill Damis with the other boss(es) as obstacle between you. Make sure that when using magic, you don't equip something with low magic defence, such as Mystic robes, as Fareed will still be using melee (for which you have protect from melee) and magic, which will have to be blocked by your armour. As Damis has an extremely high defence in his second form, the fight might last quite long if not using its weakness, earth spells, so it is advised to use that instead of ranged. After Damis is dead, kill Fareed, and if you didn't kill Kamil before Fareed, kill him after that. Note that Kamil can use a fairly strong magic attack, so might deal quite a lot of damage. Do not attack Kamil from a distance, as he will keep using his magic attack until you stand next to him if you do that, causing him to deal high amounts of damage.

The Everlasting and The Illusive

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For these, it is advised to attack The Illusive whenever it is above the ground, and when it digs under the ground, attack The Everlasting. Note that it is impossible to walk through The Everlasting, so it might be useful to make sure you can easily run to any point in the area to be able to attack The Illusive again. As The Everlasting has a quite strong melee attack, it is advised to use Protect from Melee. The Illusive usually doesn't attack, so should not be seen as a danger. Therefore, if you have a lower prayer level, it is advised to kill The Everlasting first with prayer, and then kill The Illusive. The Illusive is much easier to kill with range.

Dagannoth sentinels

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For these it is advised to use the Balmung. Alternating between the two sentinels can be useful when killing them, as they might heal each other when not using this method. If you hit 0, it still has an effect, so even when hitting 0, switch to the other sentinel.

The sentinels can't walk, which can be used to prevent them from attacking you with anything other than melee. When standing next to them, they will always attack with melee, but when standing next to the one, you can either stand inside, or stand away from the other, causing it to attack with magic or ranged. If you stand right in the middle of the two sentinels, attacking them will cause your character to walk into the other sentinel, making it impossible for that sentinel to attack you. When using this method, it is easy to survive without getting hit, only using the Protect from Melee prayer.

Karamel and Gelatinnoth Mother

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For these bosses, it is advised to make sure you always have a melee and ranged weapon with you when going on an Endurance trip. That way, you can attack at least two versions of the Gelatinnoth Mother. When the Gelatinnoth Mother is not orange (melee) or green (ranged), you can attack Karamel. Make sure you have a few restore potions with you, as Karamel's freezing attacks can dramatically reduce your stats, although a Super Dominion Medallion may offset the effects of this. Also, when entering the fight, it is advised to use up all of your special attack, as this will also be drained by the freezing attack. Like the boss she is based on, the Gelatinnoth Mother follows a cycle of Orange (melee) - Brown (earth) - Red (fire) - Green (ranged) - White (air), Blue (water) before repeating, but begins colored white.

Nezikchened

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This demon is probably the easiest boss of Class B, but still quite a challenge. It is advised to wear good melee armour, and then use Protect from Melee while fighting him from melee distance. This will prevent him from attacking with Magic, making it an easy fight. You can also use Protect from Magic, and attack him from a distance with magic or ranged. Both methods will prevent all damage.

Balance Elemental

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This is by far the hardest boss of Class C, using melee, magic and ranged, along with a stat draining magic attack. At least one stat restore potion is recommended for this fight. The Balance elemental will attack with either a melee attack (the right rock arm will become a lot bigger), a ranged attack (the left fire arm will equip a fire bow) or a magic attack (the blue spikes on his head will become bigger). These attacks will only switch after the elemental has cast its draining magic attack, which looks like rocks being thrown on you (the regular magic attack is a ball of water being thrown on you). After the draining magic attack, it will switch attack style, and react to your prayer, for example, if you have protect from melee, it will never switch to melee.

It is important to keep watching your prayer and stats, and drink prayer and stat restore potions when needed. A useful strategy is to switch your prayer quickly to protect from magic when the elemental has started to cast its 3rd attack therefore blocking both its regular attack and its stat draining attack, then, after a very short moment, switch back to your original prayer. For example, when the elemental is fighting with melee and uses its draining attack, quickly switch to protect from magic, and when the elemental is about to hit, switch back to melee. This way, it will always keep using melee, making it safer when switching prayers, as you won't have to react to what attack style it will use after the draining attack. It will always start out using its range attack so when waiting for the fight to start it is suggested to activate range protect/deflect when the intro cutscene is taking place.

Jungle demon

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For higher levels, it is advised to wear melee armour, then use protect from magic and just use melee to kill the demon. That way, it will not hit very often, and will be a fairly easy boss. Note though that it can hit up to 320 with both magic and melee, so keep a watch on your health. For lower levels, it is advised to use ranged or magic, and attacking from a distance with protect from magic on. That way, it won't be able to deal any damage.

Arrav

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Arrav is a fairly easy boss, using only melee. At approximately 1/3 health, it will be summoned back by Zemouregal and you will win the fight. Somewhere at 2/3rd of his health, it will also interrupt the battle. You will have to click to continue. Note that you will have to launch one attack that is guaranteed to miss prior to each dialogue, so avoid using special attacks when he is close to 2/3 health.

Ice demon

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Here, it is best to wear melee armour and use protect from magic, as the armour will prevent most ranged damage. It is best to attack the demon with stab, so when bringing Korasi's sword or a Zamorakian spear, it's best to use it with its stab attack. If you don't have a good stab weapon, it is better to use a good slash weapon such as a whip than to use lower level stab weapons.

The Inadequacy and doubts

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When fighting this boss, it is best to use Protect from Melee and ignore the doubts, as the battle will end when The Inadequacy is defeated. When standing next to The Inadequacy, it will only use melee attacks, so it should be a safe battle when using protect from melee.

Giant Roc

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The Giant Roc will knock you back quite often during the fight, dealing damage that cannot be protected against, making this a fairly hard boss. Its ranged attack can deal high amounts of damage, so it is advised to use either Protect from Missiles or Soul Split during this fight. When attacking from a distance, the Roc will come towards you, so there is no way to protect from both its melee and ranged attacks at the same time. It is very weak against crush attacks, so if you have a strong crush weapon such as the Zamorakian spear or Dominion Sword, it's best to use it during this battle.

Arrg

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Arrg is a strong boss, and can hit very high with both his melee and ranged attacks. His attacks are not very accurate, and don't deal any damage most of the time, especially at higher defence levels. As his most common attack style is melee, it is advised to use Protect from Melee with melee armour, and try to kill him as fast as possible. He doesn't have very high defence or lifepoints, so it shouldn't be hard to kill him in a fairly short time.

Barrelchest

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Even though Barrelchest turns off your prayer everytime he attacks you, the attack that turns off your prayer is still blocked by Protect from melee, so when entering, you should turn on your protect from melee, and turn it back on everytime Barrelchest turns it off. Using the quick prayers function is very useful. It is not advised to drink prayer potions to restore your prayer after it is fully drained by Barrelchest, as this would be a waste of potions, unless you are doing climber mode and have plenty in the bank. After your prayer is fully drained, just keep attacking him until he is dead. He might hit quite high, but just eat when needed.

Chronozon

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Before starting to fight Chronozon, turn on Protect from melee, then pick up the Elemental and Catalytic runes, and cast each of the blast spells on Chronozon. Then just finish him, preferably using melee. As long as you make sure to cast one of each of the blast spells before you kill him, this is an incredibly easy fight. The tower will place extra runes on the floor if needed.

Using blood barrage and ice barrage can help heal and deal damage.===Evil Chicken===
 * Difficulty:

When using Protect from Magic, this should be a fairly easy boss. All of its attack are with magic, and its attacks are not very accurate. For the Special, it is recomended to use blood and ice spells from the Ancient Magicks.

Flambeed, Agrith-Na-Na and Dessourt

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Because Flambeed will unequip your weapons when not wearing ice gloves, always make sure you have those equipped when fighting Flambeed, and always bring them on endurance matches. It is best to wear melee armour and use protect from magic, as all three use melee and magic attacks. It is best to kill Flambeed first, so you can equip your regular gloves again without unequipping your weapon, and then kill Agrith-Na-Na and Dessourt. The order of the last two doesn't really matter, as both are fairly equally strong. Note, however, that Flambeed will only unequip your weapon if you attack him directly, so with careful clicking it is possible to wear other gloves and kill Agrith-Na-Na and Dessourt first. If you do not have access to ice gloves, Flambeed can still be killed with range or magic from a distance, running away from him as he approaches.

Giant scarab

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The Giant scarab is weak to the Keris dagger, but on endurance matches, it is not recommended to use an inventory space just for the keris, as other weapons still work quite well. During the match, it will summon a Scarab mage, a ranged Locust rider and a melee Locust rider. The scarab mage has a very low attack speed, which can be ignored during the match. The ranged Locust rider can deal quite large amounts of damage when not using protect from missiles, so it is recommended to switch to that as soon as the ranged locust rider gets summoned. After that, a melee locust rider will be summoned, which can be trapped behind the Giant scarab. During the battle, do not attack any of the summoned monsters, as the battle will end as soon as the scarab is dead.

Bouncer

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This boss is fairly easy, as it only uses melee attacks. Protect from Melee will prove useful here, though for players with very high defence it may not be needed. If the "no prayer" handicap is activated on climber mode, this boss may be difficult for lower-leveled players that have access to the tower as it hits fairly accurately.

Koschei the Deathless

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Like in The Fremennik Trials, Koschei will have four forms. You will be able to use the Protect from Melee prayer during the first three forms. At his last form Koschei will drain your prayer completely and start attacking you rapidly. It might be useful to bring some Rings of recoil for this last part. Lower-leveled players may sip some Prayer potion if needed. If you are on climber mode with Life Saver and you have a good weapon with a special, such as Dragon Claws, it may be useful to allow Koschei to get you to low health, allowing you more special attacks, speeding up the battle.

Arzinian Avatar

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Unlike in Between a Rock..., the Avatar won't be one out of three forms, and will always be the mage form that uses fire attacks. Prayer may or may not be needed if you can defeat it quickly.

Black Knight Titan

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The Black Knight Titan is a a fairly easy boss monster, despite having a relatively high combat level and a high amount of lifepoints. You may or may not require Protect from Melee to completely negate any damage.

General Khazard

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This is the first encounter with Khazard from Fight Arena, and has two forms, the second which appears after depleting the lifepoints of his first form. Prayer protection or food may be necessary if you are limited by handicaps in Climber mode, but for the most part, he is no problem.

Black Knight Guardian

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The Black Knight Guardian is harder compared to the other bosses in class E, because he is able to drain the player's prayer to heal himself. It may be a good tactic to activate as many prayers as possible during the fight, including Protect from Melee, so your prayer will drain quickly and the Guardian won't have much to heal with. It may be handy to use magic against him, such ice or blood spells, ashe has a high melee defence and a low magic defence.

Dad

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Dad is more accurate than Arrg, but only uses melee attacks which can be easily protected by prayer. Like the Giant Roc, he can push you backward, but not for as long, does not stun, and can be negated by prayer. A no prayer handicap in climber mode may make this boss significantly harder if you have low defence.

Dramen Tree Spirit

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The Dramen Tree Spirit may be easier than it was in Lost City, as you are not limited to Entrana's limitations on equipment, and thus an axe is not necessary. With or without prayer, this boss is quite easy.

Agrith Naar

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A Silverlight is provided for you to use when the fight starts. He fights and can be fought similarly to the Jungle demon, but is much weaker, and can be easily fought with melee. If you choose to range him, you can protect from magic if the ranged armor you are wearing is not enough, though the final blow must be done by Silverlight or Darklight.

Dagannoth mother

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The Dagannoth mother begins colored orange, but will quickly change to brown and be able to be hit by earth spells, so you should enter the fight prepared with earth spells if you can. Ancient magicks can also be used if you have that spellbook activated. She will switch her attack style based on what prayer protection you use, which should be protection from missiles, as her ranged attack is potentially stronger than he melee attack. If you do not have runes for spells available, you can wait her out by praying protection from missiles and standing next to her allowing her to hit you with melee, or running as she will try to hit you with melee. She follows a cycle of Orange (melee) - Brown (earth) - Red (fire) - Green (ranged) - White (air), Blue (water) before repeating.

TokTz-Ket-Dill

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A Rune pickaxe is provided, but you may use your own pickaxe if you brought one, but it must be rune or dragon. Once its shell is broken, you can only damage it using a crush attack style on your weapon. If you did not bring a crush weapon, you can use the provided pickaxe as your main weapon. Do not use prayer while the shell is still intact, or you will receive messages that it does not like you praying, and will hit 150s. Once the shell is broken, protection from missiles is recommended.

Black golem, Grey golem, White golem

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No weapons are provided to damage these correctly, so you must bring your own. A spear is most useful for these, as it possesses all three styles needed, which are stab (white golem), slash (grey golem), and crush (black golem), but if you did not bring one then you can use the weapons you brought instead, if you possess all styles. Ranging and magical attacks are weakened, so if you do not possess all the attack styles needed you may be better off stopping and leaving.

Treus Dayth

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Treus Dayth is accompanied by three level 50 Possessed pickaxes, but these won't be too much of an annoyance. This boss will be significantly easier to fight than at the end of Haunted Mine, as he will simply disappear into the floor and you will not have mining equipment obstructing and hitting you. He will always disappear into the floor at least once before he is defeated, though higher-levelled players may defeat him after only one evasion.

Elvarg

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Elvarg may seem to become a problem in climber mode if you are not allowed to equip a shield or you cannot drink potions, however you may drink a dose of Antifire potion before entering her room and still be affected by the effects of dragonfire protection. If you have the Monster stun handicap enabled, you may be able to kill her before it wears off, but this is quite risky, and should only be relied on if needed as a last resort if you do not have any sort of protection against her dragonfire. If you are playing endurance mode and do not have a shield, this fight will be nearly impossible, as the dragonfire drains prayer points, reduces your stats significantly, as well as hitting over 500 and killing you in seconds, perhaps before you even reach her by running.

Culinaromancer

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The Culinaromancer is easier than he was in Recipe for Disaster as you will have access to prayer. Protection from magic is recommended for this fight as this is his only attack style. Even if prayer is unavailable, you may be able to defeat him quickly, similarly to the Arzinian Avatar.

Tumeken's shadow

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All five of Tumeken's shadows will be fighting you at once, and are all leveled differently. This fight is quite simple, even without prayer, though if you have trouble, lining them up in a line that so one or two attack at once can be useful. An Abyssal vine whip special may be useful to speed up the battle.

The Kendal

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The man-in-a-bear-suit boss can be easily dispatched even by the weakest of those who have access to the tower, with or without praying melee protection.

The Draugen

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Like The Kendal, The Draugen can be fought and be defeated just as easily.

Tarn Razorlor

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The strongest boss in this class has two forms, as opposed to the three (though the later two were fightable) he had in the The Lair of Tarn Razorlor as is accompanied by four Terror dogs, but these won't be too much of a problem. Tarn begins in his mutant form upon entering the arena, and begins attacking with magic. He will switch to melee when you are in range, and can block all of his attacks by praying melee protection. After defeating his mutant form he will switch to his ghost form which attacks with melee only. If you have trouble with this boss or are limited by handicaps, try getting the Terror dogs trapped behind each other so fewer attack you at once. Prayer is not constantly drained like it was in his lair from the miniquest.

Sigmund

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This is potentially the hardest boss in this class if you do not complete any of the basic actions. An Ancient mace is provided on the floor when the fight begins. Make sure the mace's special is used when he begins praying, or it will not drain all of his prayer points and stop him from praying. If you miss this part and are playing on endurance mode, you will be able to log out or return to the lobby and log back in and start the fight over. If you have the "no special attacks" handicap enabled, you are given a few instants to do damage, as the fight is impossible otherwise.

Melzar the Mad

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Melzar attacks by casting a half Fire strike (max hit of 40) and weakening spells, and with melee by punching or kicking (max hit of 50). He is very easy to dispatch before he can even produce cabbage (which can be used as food for later floors if very necessary).

Count Draynor

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A Stake hammer and Stake are both on the floor when the fight begins, and must be in your inventory before you kill him, or he will regenerate. Significantly weaker players barely past the level requirement of the tower may need to bring garlic.

Delrith

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Like Agrith-Naar, a Silverlight is provided on the floor, but this will be the only weapon you can use, or you will receive the message "I should probably equip Silverlight first.", even when equipping Darklight. Nonetheless, this fight is among the easiest as Delrith only has 70 lifepoints, and the incantation is automatically done correctly.

Solus Dellagar

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Despite his prowess in cutscenes from Wanted!, Solus only attacks with his staff, despite warning about his powerful magic in his taunt. He is the easiest boss in this class that does not involve gimmicks or special items.