Ket-Zek

The Ket-Zek, also known as KZ, is a monster found in the TzHaar Fight Caves. It resembles a giant red lion/dog. They appear first in wave 31. It uses powerful magic and melee attacks, which hit up to 490 and 540, respectively. For this reason, the prayer Protect from Magic is recommended. The magic attack consists of the Ket-Zek flinging something that looks like a fireball at you with its tail. Players with a high defence level will find that neither of these attacks will hit often, however once it does they will do massive damage, faster than you could eat. Be warned that if you activate the protect from magic prayer after you have been hit once, two more attacks will still hit you, most likely killing you in the process. Ranged attacks or Halberds are the easiest way to kill this monster as it eliminates its melee attack, leaving only the magic attack to worry about; however, using a melee weapon such as a rapier or whip can make things much faster by hitting after a magic attack and immediately taking a step away, however, this is only recommended after you have memorized their attack speed, as one mess-up could cost you the entire cave. Killing one of these is a required hard task in the Karamja Diary.

It is currently the sixteenth-highest level monster in the game, and the fifteenth highest levelled attackable monster as the Spirit Beast cannot be attacked. It was the second-highest level monster until the release of the God Wars Dungeon.

Trivia

 * According to Reldo, Ket-Zek translates from TzHaar as either "Guard Dog" or "Big Hurt"; however, he says he hasn't used the TzHaar language for some time, so the translation may be inaccurate.
 * One of these must be killed for the Hard Karamja Tasks.