Ahrim the Blighted

Ahrim the Blighted is the oldest of the Barrows brothers. Ahrim used to be the only magic-based brother until the release of Akrisae the Doomed with the Ritual of the Majharrat grandmaster quest (though is the only one available to players who have not completed the quest). Ahrim also casts Pre-Evolution of Combat Curse spells on the player that reduce Attack, Strength and Defence levels with each successful hit.

Ahrim's set effect: Ahrim's Blight, gives each successful attack cast by Ahrim a chance to lower a player's Strength level. Although the damage from the attack itself can be partially blocked by protection prayers/curses, the set effect cannot. Therefore it is advisable for a player to bring something to restore a player's Strength level back to normal if using melee, such as a restore potion or greater. This effect is accompanied by an animation as well as a sound effect.

Barrows
Ahrim's crypt is located in the centre of the Barrows area, and he attacks with magic, casting Fire Wave with his staff.

Ahrim is weak to arrows, therefore strong ranged weapons such as the zaryte bow, crystal bow, dark bow or magic shieldbow (sighted) are ideal. Lower levelled bows are not recommended due to his high Defence level and due to low levelled bows not being powerful enough. Ahrim has a tendency to cast Curse spells much more often than his Fire Wave, so using melee is not advised unless the player has a lot of stat restoring potions, or is under the effects of an overload potion.

Using the curse Soul Split can also restore some life points to those who can use it, due to the fact that he does not cast Fire Wave as often as his curse spells, though a player must watch their life points just in case.

Rise of the Six
Ahrim returns with his 5 brothers in Barrows - Rise of the Six, greatly enhanced by Sliske's experiments into the Shadow Realm, and this time attacking with blood spells As when fought normally, he retains his set effect, and also has various other abilities. These include:


 * The ability to to switch between sides of the portal, leaving behind a portal that other players are able to enter to join him
 * The ability to shoot beams of fire out of his hands while rotating.

Trivia

 * The staff that Ahrim carries is actually the original post-EoC version, which was later changed to the current look, the longer and double-ended look, because of player feedback. The same update also made all Barrows equipment dark gray instead of green, another update which hasn't been applied to Ahrim or his brothers.
 * Ahrim, along with all the other barrows brothers, received a graphical update on 4 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.
 * There seems to be a glitch where Ahrim's attack seems to have a 6 tick delay if it successfully hits the player. For example, Ahrim successfully hits with his Fire Wave, and even though it is shown to be successful, the damage seems to come after a few seconds later.
 * With the release of the Evolution of Combat, Ahrim has a book and wand. However, he does not use them in combat, instead using his staff.
 * Along with the graphical update his combat level was raised from 98 to 130. It was changed again to 150 after the release of the Evolution of Combat.
 * The name "Ahrim" is likely derived from Ahriman, an evil spirit from the Zoroastrianism religion.
 * Ahrim currently casts the pre-EoC version of Fire Wave, and not the current one. Similarly, he also casts pre-EoC curse spells.

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