RuneScape:Events Team/Strategies/Nex: Angel of Death

Nex: Angel of Death is a powerful general of Zaros fought in a new encounter distinct from regular Nex. She is located in the Ancient Prison beyond the hidden door in the south wall of the bank/lobby area.

Kick warning
Upon entering the instance and teleporting down into the arena, there is a Mysterious Energy in the center which begins the kill and prevents others from joining the fight. DO NOT begin the fight prematurely, so that everyone has a chance to participate. Anyone who does this will not be allowed into future kills.

Communication
If it's your first time to Nex: Angel of Death or you're not very familiar with the fight, listening to calls is extremely important. As such, most teams try to get together on a voice communication program like Teamspeak or Discord. The wiki has its own Discord server and the hosts have a private Teamspeak server. We very highly recommend having one of these two, and preferably Teamspeak. You don't need a microphone to speak, it's more important to listen when learning the boss. For those who aren't present on Discord or Teamspeak, there will be in-game calls of course.

Equipment
In this encounter, Nex attacks with melee up close and magic from a distance, often at the same time. Because of this, at this event, we will only take participants using magic or ranged. Additionally, this is end-game PvM content and requires high combat stats and good equipment.

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Magic

 * Bring runes for the best spell you can use. On the standard spellbook, Air Surge is typical.  If on the Zaros spellbook, you can use Shadow Barrage for the accuracy debuff on your target, or you can use Blood Barrage if you are worried about food.
 * If you are using a 2h weapon, you can bring a Guthix staff and use the weapon's special attack, Claws of Guthix to apply a stackable defence debuff.
 * Keep Torment on at all times if you have 95 Prayer. If you are on regular prayers, use Augury.

Ranged

 * Remember to bring the ammo required by your weapon.
 * Keep Anguish on at all times if you have 95 Prayer. If you are on regular prayers, use Rigour.

All

 * Bring an Enhanced Excalibur for handy healing.
 * If you have it, you can use your Desert pantheon aura and commune to Icthlarin to receive 2 extra sign of life effects. This is possible even with another aura active.
 * Remember to get a bonfire boost before the kill.
 * Stat-boosting potions should absolutely be used - Supreme overloads are the best, though you can use Holy overloads or regular Overloads if you don't have them.  If you don't have overloads, bring the best extreme or super ranging/magic potion you have available.  One potion should be enough for each kill.
 * If bringing Saradomin brews, remember to bring 1 dose of Super restore for every 3 doses of brew.
 * Bring enough prayer for the whole fight. If using the level 95 Prayers, Torment for magic and Anguish for ranged, bring 12 doses of prayer potion.  If you do not have 95 Prayer then you can bring 8 doses.
 * Ring of vigour switching when using ultimate abilities enhances DPS and is an important asset for high level PvM.
 * Adrenaline potions or Replenishment potions are very useful when used in conjunction with ring of vigour switching after using an ultimate ability in order to rapidly use threshold abilities while in your Sunshine or Death's Swiftness.
 * Bring a shield in case of emergencies.
 * It is recommended to bring a beast of burden such as Pack yak, Spirit pack pig, or War tortoise instead of a Nihil familiar especially as a learner'.
 * Set quick prayers to Protect Item, Soul Split (Deflect Magic if not 92 Prayer), and Anguish/Torment (or Rigour/Augury).
 * Turn auto-retaliate off.

Getting there
Upon entering God Wars Dungeon, run directly south to the Frozen Door and use a charged Frozen key to enter. Walk down the stairs and through the Zarosian faction room. Wearing a Shard of Zaros prevents aggression from the faction members, who can stun players. To enter the Nex bank/lobby area, wear a set of Ancient ceremonial robes or get 40 Zarosian KC. Bank at the NPC Ashuelot Reis and ready your gear. Make sure to bank your Frozen Key since it will be lost on death. After the kill, you will be teleported back to the bank area.

The Fight
Click on the Hidden Door and join the instance of the designated host. On the overlooking balcony, teleport down into the arena using the teleport pillar. In the center of the arena there is a Mysterious Energy that starts the kill. '''DO NOT touch the Mysterious Energy. Only the host will begin the kill.'''