Helwyr

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Helwyr

Release	7 March 2016 (Update)
Members	Yes
Examine
Leader of the Cywir hunters, possessing ancient powers of transformation.
Combat info
Level	LP	XP	XP
1000	200,000	8,000	2,640
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
480 / 320 / 160
Aggressive		Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
1224	1224	1224	600
Style		Speed
		4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
85 85 85 Accuracy 2178 2178 2178
Defensive
Armour		Weakness
1486	70
Affinities
-	40	40	40
Immunities

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Defined properties:

All Life points: 200,000 Life points: 200,000 All Life points: 200,000 Life points1: 200,000 All Life points: 300,000 Life points2: 300,000 All Combat experience: 0 Combat experience: 0 All Combat experience: 8000 Combat experience1: 8000 All Combat experience: 9000 Combat experience2: 9000 All Release date: 7 March 2016 Release date: 7 March 2016 All Combat level: 1000 Combat level: 1000 All Is members only: true Is members only: true All NPC ID: 22438 NPC ID1: 22438 All NPC ID: 22440 NPC ID2: 22440

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Helwyr
Release date	7 March 2016 (Update)
Race	Elf
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	South of the Poison Waste
Sells items	No
Gender	Male
Examine	Leader of the Cywir hunters, possessing ancient powers of transformation.
Examine	Leader of the Cywir hunters, possessing ancient powers of transformation.

Helwyr Cywir is the general of Seren's army in the Heart of Gielinor. Helwyr is a skilled hunter and sorcerer of the Cywir Clan, which hails from Tarddiad. While on Tarddiad, Helwyr slew a great monster, known as the Hunllef, a predator of great threat to the Tarddian elves. Upon the beast's death, he used elven magic to draw upon the energy of the creature, bending it to his own will, allowing him to take on the very form of the beast for himself. Helwyr was also one of few Cywir elves who left Tarddiad, driven by the desire to help the elves back on their home planet. At some point early in the Fourth Age, some of his elves travelled far away from Isafdar to test the limits of their link with their goddess.

Unfortunately, they were captured and cruelly dissected by a man named Gregorovic, who desperately sought a cure for his fatal illness and hoped to find it in the physiology of the long-lived elves. Helwyr was furious when he learned of the news from the only survivor, and desired revenge. Between the Fourth and Sixth Ages, Helwyr and his elves traveled around Gielinor in search of Gregorovic.

Centuries later, when The Heart – a powerful source of anima – was discovered, Helwyr traveled there under Seren's banner to secure it and to use its power to cure the Crystal Shapeshifters' affliction. He arrived only to stand face to face with Gregorovic, now undead and fighting for the cause of Sliske, and the three other generals: the Twin Furies, Avaryss the Unceasing and Nymora the Vengeful of Zamorak, and Vindicta of Zaros, daughter of Morvannon and last of the Ilujanka on Gielinor.

Although his grudge was held only against Gregorovic, Helwyr condemned the Twin Furies and Vindicta as "creatures of darkness", vowing to hunt them down in order to protect his people. After hostilities erupted between the four factions, Helwyr called upon the elves of Seren to claim the Heart in her name and save his clan.

Level 80 Magic is required to face him.

Obtaining all unique drops will unlock the [[Shapeshifter|Shapeshifter [Name]]] title.

Strategy

See also: Helwyr/Strategies

Challenge Mode

In Challenge Mode, Helwyr is given an additional 100,000 life points and uses a new ability against the player in combat. The damage from his bleeds, mushrooms and cleave attack are all at least doubled. His Cywir alphas are slightly stronger and have 2000 more life points (5000 total).

The player must avoid his claw attack, as apart from the increased bleed damage, the claw attack will not only deal massive damage (about 7000), but also disables protection prayers. Therefore it's highly recommended to Resonance his claw attack for massive healing (up to about 7000). However do note if you are taking bleed damage, resonance will heal off the bleed instead, making you vulnerable to the claw special that follows.

Explosion attack

Helwyr's new ability is to orchestrate exploding mushrooms, which deal ~5500 damage if the player is nearby when one explodes. The mushrooms will get bigger before exploding, giving a small amount of warning. To avoid taking damage from this, the player must start at the north end of the arena and then follow the pattern of explosions by running from north to south.

When the attack starts, all the mushrooms except the northernmost row will explode. A couple of seconds later, all the mushrooms but the second northernmost row will explode, then the third northernmost row will be the safe row, until the southernmost row is reached. Between each explosion you only have enough time to move from one row to the next, although you can move diagonally

During the explosion attack, some of the mushrooms will still be puffing out green gas from the "Nature, lend me your aid!" attack. This means that those mushrooms need to be avoided while moving between rows, since they will prevent you from running and get you caught by the explosions. Before the explosion attack starts, it's recommended to plan out a safe path from north to south to avoid the puffing mushrooms.

Once the mushrooms have finished exploding, you will need to move back to the north side of the arena so that you're ready when the next explosion attack happens. For example, you can surge north immediately after Helwyr does his "Nature, lend me your aid!" attack to dodge the puffing mushrooms as well as the "You. Will. BLEED!" that immediately follows.

Challenge mode attack rotation

Helwyr's challenge mode attack rotation is as follows:

• He spawns
• "Nature, lend me your aid!" (grows gas puffing mushrooms near the player)
• Does 3 auto-attacks
• "You. Will. BLEED!" cleave attack
• Does 3 auto-attacks
• "You cannot escape me. Aaaargh!" spinning attack
• Does 3 auto-attacks
• Summons Cywir Alphas OR does "You. Will. BLEED!" cleave attack if he has already summoned wolves twice during this instance
• Does 3 auto-attacks
• Mushroom explosion
• Repeats above sequence (bar spawning)

Strategy

Despite Helwyr's high K.O. potential, all of his high damage-dealing attacks can either be dodged or absorbed with the Resonance ability, and very little food is actually needed for this boss if you use your abilities correctly. Resonance Helwyr's first cleave attack ("You. Will. BLEED!") of the instance briefly after he spawns. Subsequently aim to dodge the first cleave attack (via surge) of every rotation after mushroom explosion and "Nature, lend me your aid!", and resonance the second cleave attack of each rotation after he has exhausted his wolf summons. Make sure to time the Freedom ability so that a bleed won't get in the way of your resonance. Devotion/Reflect/Debilitate+Revenge+Preparation is a very good way to counter Helwyr's spin/frenzy attack or wolf summons due to the high number of hits you'll be taking.

In terms of gear it is recommended to use dual wield Magic or Range with Superior Elite Void because Helwyr's autoattacks hit very low and how easy it is to die against Helwyr especially for the inexperienced (Void can be reclaimed for free under grave), and the highest level shield (Vengeful/Merciless kiteshield recommended) you have to deal with Helwyr's special attacks.

Sometimes Helwyr will skip straight to the "Nature, lend me your aid!" attack (seems to occur if you're too far away from him to be autoattacked) and this is particularly dangerous if it happens when the mushroom explosion attack is undergoing. In this situation it is best to either Barricade to block all damage or simply teleport out.

Drops

At 0% reputation each kill is worth 108,103.01 coins in uniques alone, if the player has 100% reputation this number increases to 216,206.02 coins.

Helwyr's standard drops are increased above base thresholds in Challenge mode, similar to the other Heart bosses (for example; it's possible to get an 18 Rune ore drop in a Challenge mode kill, slightly more than the maximum of 15 in normal mode). Drop rates for unique items are also significantly increased in Challenge mode (as of 18 April 2016) although it's unknown if this stacks with reputation rewards.

100%

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Bones	1	Always	266
	Seal of the Cywir	1–3	Always	Not sold

Main drop

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Coins	60,000–82,816	Common	60,000–82,816
	Magic logs	150–248 (noted)	Common	57,000–94,240
	Uncut dragonstone	8–12 (noted)	Uncommon	96,616–144,924
	Rune bar	9–15 (noted)	Uncommon	26,865–44,775
	Rune battleaxe	9–16 (noted)	Uncommon	224,892–399,808
	Grimy dwarf weed	15–30 (noted)	Uncommon	127,140–254,280
	Runite ore	10–15 (noted)	Uncommon	14,190–21,285
	Coal	554–600 (noted)	Common	62,048–67,200
	Uncut diamond	18–22 (noted)	Common	87,174–106,546
	Raw shark	46–52 (noted)	Common	65,642–74,204
	Grimy lantadyme	80–100 (noted)	Uncommon	604,080–755,100
	Wand of the Cywir elders	1	Very rare	18,908,508
	Orb of the Cywir elders	1	Very rare	13,479,231
	Crest of Seren	1	Very rare	21,819,875
	Serenic essence	1	Rare	285,282
	Dormant Anima Core helm	1	Very rare	116,562
	Dormant Anima Core body	1	Very rare	119,758
	Dormant Anima Core legs	1	Very rare	117,920

Tertiary drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	GE price
	Sigil piece (Seren)	1	Always	Not sold
	Rare drop table	1	Rare	Not sold
	Shark	1–3	Uncommon	1,933–5,799
	Twisted antler	1	Very rare	Not sold

Gallery

Concept art of Helwyr

Helwyr's lobby banner

Helwyr with antlers and a santa hat during Christmas.

Trivia

• Helwyr's Hunllef form is intended to be a fusion of a stag, a wolf, and a bear.
• Helwyr is Welsh for hunter.
• Helwyr's codename during development was "bear" and "manbearpig" which is a reference to the show South Park.
• After killing Helwyr, the Adventurer's Log will say: "I killed the shapeshifting elven hunter, Helwyr." Killing more than one Helwyr results in the Adventurer's Log saying: "I killed # Helwyrs, limb tearing hunters."
• For a while after release, after 2-3 kills in an instance (without re-entering), Helwyr would not summon anymore Cywir Alphas while the instance was still running. This was fixed and Helwyr will stop summoning them when there are four of them in the instance.
• His elf form resembles Lord Amlodd.