Balance Elemental

The Balance Elemental is an enemy fought during While Guthix Sleeps. It is currently the 8th strongest monster in RuneScape and the strongest quest monster to be able to fight with conventional methods.

Habitat
In the temple where the Stone of Jas is found. Lucien appears immediately after and finally, at the end of the quest, Tormented Demons are fought.

The Fight
The Balance Elemental will appear from the Stone of Jas once a player touches it. It begins the fight using Ranged, but will readily switch to other attack types. Like players, there is a small delay when it switches combat styles, and it usually uses that same attack for 3-4 hits in a row. It is advisable to fight it using Ranged or Magic and get it stuck on some of the rubble around the room so that it cannot use its melee attack.

One tactic is to immediately run to the other side of the Stone of Jas as soon as the Elemental appears and then completely out of its target range. This will allow time to plan a strategy as the player will no longer be targeted and the elemental will simply stand in place allowing for positioning before the first strike.

See While Guthix Sleeps for more extensive details on how the elemental fights and how to fight it.

Other drops
This monster drops no items.

The Conversation
Periodically, the Balance Elemental will interrupt the battle with a dialogue. Players will not be attacked when the dialogue is up, so they may safely read it, but the Elemental will attack as soon as the dialogue is over. Some of the dialogue includes:

The Elemental appears


 * Balance Elemental (BE): By order of the Governance of Guthix, what rights do you have here?

Battle starts


 * BE: Do you know what, (Player's name)? I've really missed you. It's been such a long time, and your funeral was just such a lovely event.


 * BE: And what was it you used to say to me? Oh, I remember it well, since it was like yesterday. Ah, well, I guess you know better than anyone that the good die young!


 * Player: What are you trying...?


 * BE:The bloom of youth only lasts so long. What can any of us aspire to but a glorious death, and yours was glorious.

Battle continues


 * BE: Oh, and the other days someone else was talking about how much they missed you. How you used to light the place up with your laughter, but it's all gone now. But you know that better than any of us!


 * Player: You don't make any sense at all!


 * BE: But of course, it's always nice to talk, though, and 'manners maketh the man', is what you always told me.

The Balance Elemental talks to the player as if it knows the player. Additionally, it talks in the past tense, using phrases like "used to" and "what you always told me," and also the fact that the player died "a glorious death."

Updates

 * 16 December 2008 update: The Balance Elemental has become wise to your tricks, and will now fight as originally intended, varying his attack styles with your prayers. Make sure you're fully prepared before you attempt to engage this foe.

