Luminescent icefiend

The Luminescent Icefiend is a boss in the Dungeoneering castle Daemonheim. It has a very powerful special attack which continually damages a player until they have very few Life points, using ice that falls from the sky. This may prove fatal for weak players as it hits constantly from 58-92 damage and is hard to avoid; while the special itself will not kill, death from a swift follow-up stroke is very likely. However, a player can avoid this attack by simply running around the arena until the attack stops.

Tactics
Tip: Running from corner to corner is a good way to dodge the special attack. Using the map to choose your running direction is better as it's less complicated and as long as you click before your character stops running you should be fine.
 * Protection prayers won't work against the special attack, although activating Protect from Melee beforehand will protect you from the falling ice picks and activating Protect from Missiles will protect you from the "snowball" attack.
 * The Special Attack will keep hitting until your Lifepoints are low but it won't kill you. It performs its special attack after hitting the player several times regardless of the damage it causes.
 * Although its combat level is considerably low, it is considered very powerful. When in special attack mode it cannot be harmed by players and a message saying so will pop up, although summoned familiars will still do damage through its ice shield.
 * Once the Icefiend's Lifepoints are reduced to 1, it will use its special attack in a final last-ditch assault.
 * To avoid all damage from the special attack, running in any direction will prevent the special attack from hitting as long as you do not stop running until it has finished. Don't change the direction you are running in because you might get hit by the falling ice picks, which make it difficult to run in any direction. If you are still, then the special attack will hit constantly unless you move away. However, if you pause at any time, you will begin taking damage, and at that point it is very difficult to resume running; you may then be damaged by all remaining hits until the special attack wears off.
 * Don't keep your hitpoints high because the special attack hits you until you are almost dead, so you will have to eat a lot of food to regain those hitpoints lost. A good way to do this is to keep your health as low as possible, so if the special attack hits, you only receive little damage. A warning though: after the special, the icefiend will immediately start attacking you again. You could easily be killed if your health is too low.


 * Luminent Icefiend.png Luminescent Icefiend can also be fought one level below requirements. For example, you could have 5 Dungeoneering and fight this as the boss.* This has now been changed in the game guide, to reflect that all bosses in Daemonheim are fought one level below their previous requirements.

Strategy
This is an overall strategy for an average player. The Icefiend will not approach the player if he/she stays out of melee range, and it will only use its ranged attack, similar to metal dragons. The player should stay away and activate protect from magic. This way the only thing to worry about is its special attack. When the Icefiend shields itself with a small peak of ice, as shown in the picture, players with a low constitution level should stay at the rooms corner and allow the icicles to hit them, for the special attack never kills, and heal a small portion of your maximum constitution points after the special attack ends. The reason that you should not heal too much of your health is because if you are hit by the special attack once more, your health will once again be brought to a dangerously low level. This method is economical with food. Others should run around, avoiding all icicles if possible, but remember never to double back on your route in panic or the icicles will always hit you. When the Icefiend is in normal state, mage it with the best fire spell available. It is rather weak against them, so even a player casting fire bolt should take it down within 100 casts. For all levels, it is recommended to summon the highest levelled Worldbearer (Beast of burden) you could if you can get your hands on the tertiary ingredient (torn leather bags), which are rather difficult to obtain and cannot be bought from the Smuggler, directly or indirectly, unlike most other tertiary ingredients. If you cannot, summon a combat familiar to help out, albeit very slightly, in damaging the Icefiend. the luminescent icefiend is most weak to stab melee attacks.

Another strategy found effective is to use a good longsword/rapier/dagger, use protect from range, and stab it. You should only need to eat a few pieces of food, and when it does its special attack, just run around the room until you see the icefiend start melting and reverting back to normal. At this point, attack it again. It usually does it special attack four times, and after the fourth time, it will only have 1 life point. Kill it.

Trivia

 * Although the chatbox states that the Luminescent Icefiend cannot be harmed when frozen, summoning familiars are still able to harm and even kill it.
 * This boss can be extremely hard if not prepared.
 * If you are having trouble because of the special attack one of the most effective ways to avoid being hit is rapidly clicking and running in a circle around the monster.
 * There is a glitch where you can encounter Luminescent Icefiend at level 5 Dungeoneering.
 * You can’t teleport out of the Icefiend’s room with gatestones.

Drops

 * Hailstorm Dagger
 * Novite dagger
 * Bathus dagger
 * Marmaros dagger
 * kratonite dagger
 * Fractite Dagger
 * Zephyrium dagger
 * Katagon dagger
 * Gorgonite dagger
 * Promethium dagger
 * Primal dagger
 * Kratonite dagger

Luminescent Icefiend