Basic Info & Stats
| Basic Info | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combat Level | Health | Weakness | Slayer Task | |
| 1001 | 3400 | Stab/Crush | No | |
| Levels | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melee | Ranged | Magic | Defence | Strength |
| 315 | 350 | 230 | 260 | 200 |
| Attack | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melee | Ranged | Magic | Magic Damage | Range Strength |
| 200 | 150 | 100 | 22 | 5 |
| Defence | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stab | Slash | Crush | Ranged | Magic |
| 40 | 140 | 60 | 100 | 100 |
Description
Nex is one of Zaros's most powerful weapons of war. She is known for her assortment of Zarosian-affiliated drops, such as Torva Armour, Zaryte Vambraces, Book Of Enhancement and the Nihil Horn, which is used to create a Zaryte Crossbow.
Location
Teleports > Bosses > Nex
Strategy
| TLDR |
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| - Use ranged combat to avoid melee and pray against magic.
- Attack Nex until 80% HP and then kill Fumus. Switch to praying range after. - Attack Nex until 60% while avoiding shadow attacks and then kill Umbra. Switch back to praying mage for the rest of the fight. - Attack Nex until 40% HP while running away from Blood Sacrifice and then kill Cruor. - Attack Nex until 20% HP while avoiding Containment and spam clicking to break out of Ice Prison, then kill Glacies. - Attack Nex until dead and then avoid Wrath 5x5 AOE under Nex upon death. |
You will be working your way around all corners of the room defeating Nex's followers and damaging her in between.
Throughout the fight, if you walk more than 10 tiles away from Nex, she will teleport to your side and continue to attack you. This is an important mechanic to be aware of throughout the fight.
Smoke Phase
The first phase, Nex will use Smoke Rush which can poison. Defence reduction specs here will help. You can pray Protect Magic when out of melee distance.
During this phase, Nex can periodically use this special attack:
Drag - drag a random player towards her, stunning them and deactivate their protection prayer. Nex will only drag players if they are within 6 tiles.
After Nex reaches 80% health (2720 HP), she will shout "Fumus, don't fail me!". Her mage Fumus in the Northwest corner will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the next phase.
Shadow Phase
Nex's second phase, the shadow phase, starts when she shouts "Darken my shadow!" During this phase, Nex will shoot shadow shots which are considered as Ranged attacks. Having Protect from Missiles active will cut the damage taken in half.
During this phase, Nex can periodically use this special attack:
Shadow Smash - Nex will shout "Fear the shadow!". Deadly shadows will appear under every player. Players have three ticks to move out of their way before they erupt and deal heavy damage.
After Nex reaches 60% health (2040 hitpoints), she will shout "Umbra, don't fail me!" Umbra (Northeast corner) will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the next phase.
Blood Phase
Nex's third phase, the blood phase, starts when she shouts "Flood my lungs with blood!" During this phase, Nex will use Blood Barrage against players, which heals her a percentage of the damage dealt and drain prayer based on the damage dealt.
Unlike her other long-ranged attacks, the barrage is only cast at one player, although it has an AoE centered on the current target. However, it is very accurate. Ideally, each player should stand away from each other to avoid getting splash damage.
During this phase, Nex can periodically use these special attacks:
Blood Siphon - Nex will shout "A siphon will solve this!" Nex will summon two to eight blood reavers (depending on team size).
Blood Sacrifice - Nex will shout "I demand a blood sacrifice!" A single player will be marked for sacrifice and has about four seconds to move at least seven tiles away from Nex, otherwise they will be dealt heavy damage through Protect from Magic which heals her and drains the player's current prayer points by 33%. If you run too far from Nex before the attack lands (10+ tiles), she will instead teleport on top of you first, then activate the attack, which hits for full damage.
After Nex reaches 40% health (1360 hitpoints), she will shout "Cruor, don't fail me!" Cruor (Southeast corner) will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the next phase.
Any blood reavers that persist will be automatically killed once Nex starts the next phase.
Ice Phase
Nex's fourth phase, the ice phase, starts when she shouts "Infuse me with the power of ice!"
Players should be wary of the 'Containment' special attack when standing in melee distance.
Her special attacks in this phase are:
Containment - Nex will shout "Contain this!" She will smash the floor and icicles will appear in square around her. Getting caught in this can damage players for massive damage and will deactivate protection prayers.
Ice Prison - Nex will shout "Die now, in a prison of ice!" She will freeze a targeted player using an ice stalagmite attack, spawning AOE stalagmites centered on the target player and deactivating their protection prayers. A few seconds after forming, the prison will shatter, dealing massive damage to everyone inside it if one of the stalagmites were not destroyed. To destroy these, you can spam click any of the stalagmites until one of them disappears.
After Nex reaches 20% health (680 hitpoints), she will shout "Glacies, don't fail me!" Now, her mage Glacies in the Southwest corner will become vulnerable and must be killed to proceed to the last phase.
Zaros Phase
Nex's fifth and final phase, the Zaros phase, starts when she shouts "NOW, THE POWER OF ZAROS!" During this phase, Nex will call on Zaros' power, healing her for 500 HP. Her magic attacks drain 5 prayer points if they hit.
During this phase, Nex will heal a small percentage of her health for every successful hit she inflicts.
Upon dealing the final blow, Nex will shout "Taste my wrath!" which triggers Wrath, dealing heavy damage to players within a 5x5 radius of Nex.