Contact! boss help.

[Georgelemmons]

 

 

 

So, I tried to mage the Giant Scarab from Contact!, and got obliterated. :x

 

I have no real mage armour, and haven't done DT yet. At my stats, could I melee him? Also, what kind of setup should I use, depending on whether I mage or melee?

 

 

 

~Thanks in advance.

[Cooldude3910]

My first attempt I tryed melee and I got raped.

 

 

 

Second time I used Earth Wave and I killed him in a short time and didn't eat any food.

 

 

 

So yeah, use Earth Wave

 

 

 

Edit: Earth is the only thing that is strong against him I think.

[pureprayer]

Torags, supset, familiar with food in it (if you could), and pizzas. Learn to eat without wasting a combat turn also.

[Georgelemmons]

Okay, I'll give you my setup:

 

 

 

Earth Wave (Earth Staff)

 

Runecrafter's Robes

 

Ring of Life

 

 

 

Inventory:

 

Lumby tab

 

Bloods

 

Airs

 

1 Waterskin

 

1 Empty space (coins to use carpet)

 

23 tuna potatoes.

 

 

 

I ripped through the potatoes almost as fast as I could eat -.-

 

 

 

 

 

And pure, how would I eat without delaying combat? Just eat right after I cast?

[pureprayer]

Okay, I'll give you my setup:

 

 

 

Earth Wave (Earth Staff)

 

Runecrafter's Robes

 

Ring of Life

 

 

 

Inventory:

 

Lumby tab

 

Bloods

 

Airs

 

1 Waterskin

 

1 Empty space (coins to use carpet)

 

23 tuna potatoes.

 

 

 

I ripped through the potatoes almost as fast as I could eat -.-

 

 

 

 

 

And pure, how would I eat without delaying combat? Just eat right after I cast?

 

I think its JUST RIGHT AFTER you start your animation.

 

 

 

For melee its generally before the hit appears, but you dont stop in mid-animation to eat..

[Georgelemmons]

Okay, thanks. Gratz on 3000 posts!

[Cooldude3910]

When I fought the boss using Earth Wave I didn't eat any food.

[Georgelemmons]

Did you run up to him so he was meleeing you? (I forgot, but I safespotted him, and he started maging me :( )

 

 

 

Also, what prayer and armour did you use?

[Cooldude3910]

Oh man, I did the quest like last year. I think I safespotted and used protect from mage.

 

 

 

I had Full Blue Mystic and ring of life

[Theoknight2]

I think I maged him with him meleeing me and like 3 scarabs on me :lol: i did it with ahrims and v bottoms, and some other stuff, but i dont remember spells or anything, it was when it came out that I did it.

[dannyb103]

That's your problem then mate. As I recall the Scarab uses Ranged attacks, not magic.

[SportsGuy]

There is a safe-spot that let me kill the thing without taking a single point of damage from his "helpers" and by using prayer. I don't think it's pointed out on Tip.It, but do a quick search on the web for Contact!, safe spot, RuneScape and you should find it.

[Hedgehog]

Run up to the scarab with range protect on, then run back to Kalif's body and use that as a safespot, it worked well for me. Good luck.

[Georgelemmons]

So when the scarab attacks from a distance, it's a ranged attack? That would've helped me :wall:

[The Runar]

I tank maged it with Wind Wave. Melee armor is strong vs. melee and ranged and I used protect from mage. Used monks as food. I think I had 63 mage and 88 combat.

[sadukar123]

Okay, I'll give you my setup:

 

 

 

Earth Wave (Earth Staff)

 

Runecrafter's Robes

 

Ring of Life

 

 

 

Inventory:

 

Lumby tab

 

Bloods

 

Airs

 

1 Waterskin

 

1 Empty space (coins to use carpet)

 

23 tuna potatoes.

 

 

 

I ripped through the potatoes almost as fast as I could eat -.-

 

 

 

 

 

And pure, how would I eat without delaying combat? Just eat right after I cast?

 

I think its JUST RIGHT AFTER you start your animation.

 

 

 

For melee its generally before the hit appears, but you dont stop in mid-animation to eat..

 

Uh. Eating almost any type of food besides the first slice of a pizza makes you lose a turn.

[The Runar]

Okay, I'll give you my setup:

 

 

 

Earth Wave (Earth Staff)

 

Runecrafter's Robes

 

Ring of Life

 

 

 

Inventory:

 

Lumby tab

 

Bloods

 

Airs

 

1 Waterskin

 

1 Empty space (coins to use carpet)

 

23 tuna potatoes.

 

 

 

I ripped through the potatoes almost as fast as I could eat -.-

 

 

 

 

 

And pure, how would I eat without delaying combat? Just eat right after I cast?

 

I think its JUST RIGHT AFTER you start your animation.

 

 

 

For melee its generally before the hit appears, but you dont stop in mid-animation to eat..

 

Uh. Eating almost any type of food besides the first slice of a pizza makes you lose a turn.

 

 

 

Karambwans don't.

[sadukar123]

Okay, I'll give you my setup:

 

 

 

Earth Wave (Earth Staff)

 

Runecrafter's Robes

 

Ring of Life

 

 

 

Inventory:

 

Lumby tab

 

Bloods

 

Airs

 

1 Waterskin

 

1 Empty space (coins to use carpet)

 

23 tuna potatoes.

 

 

 

I ripped through the potatoes almost as fast as I could eat -.-

 

 

 

 

 

And pure, how would I eat without delaying combat? Just eat right after I cast?

 

I think its JUST RIGHT AFTER you start your animation.

 

 

 

For melee its generally before the hit appears, but you dont stop in mid-animation to eat..

 

Uh. Eating almost any type of food besides the first slice of a pizza makes you lose a turn.

 

 

 

Karambwans don't.

 

 

 

Feb. 29, 2009

 

# The delay when eating Karambwan and its effects has been reduced.