Pyrefiend

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Pyrefiends are Slayer monsters that require level 30 Slayer to kill and are not to be confused with a pyrelord - a summoning creature. They are the weaker elemental cousin of the Waterfiend, but stronger than some Icefiends except the ones at Ghorrock Fortress. Also, they have very similar drops to those of Lesser demons and Harpie Bug Swarms, and are notable for their relatively high drop rate for level 2 clue scrolls. The death animation of pyrefiends was greatly sped up as of 9 November 2009 when they were removed from Ghorrock Fortress. Note several glitches occur when fighting pyrefiends such as drops showing up behind the player, combat taking place either in the same square as the player or with a one square gap between the player and the target while using melee attacks. However, these glitches do not affect the drops or combat.

Locations

 * Fremennik Slayer Dungeon (Fairy ring code A-J-R) (When entering the dungeon, there is a direct shortcut to them, that requires 81 Agility to jump across a chasm.)
 * God Wars Dungeon (level 48)
 * Soul Wars (activity)
 * The dungeons of Daemonheim (any floors) - see Pyrefiend (Daemonheim).
 * They used to reside at Ghorrock Fortress alongside waterfiends, but this was changed as of their 2009 death animation update.

Strengths and weaknesses
The Pyrefiend's attack is a magic-based melee attack. This means that its accuracy is based on your magic defence, so it is highly recommended that you wear dragonhides or other Ranged armour so you take less damage from them. Note that Protect from magic does not negate its attack but Protect from melee does, although in some cases, it can hit through your prayer (max of 22, so it halves all damage dealt to players). The level 43 pyrefiends can hit a max of 44 life points, and the level 48s can hit a max of 50. Despite their level, they have higher accuracy than many other monsters of a similar level, so food is recommended for lower levelled players. It is also recommended that you either Mage or Range them, since they have moderate melee defence due to being mage monsters.

Pyrefiends are weak against bolts. Use of the Defence skills work well, especially Resonance and Threshold. It has been confirmed that killing pyrefiends in Soul Wars does in fact count towards the slayer assignment's total kills. Note that you can not use a dwarf multi cannon while killing pyrefiends in the slayer dungeon.

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