Anyone ever try this for a task? Would it be any faster than using a CMaul and Titan? Does slayer helm bonus work for Chins?

You can't lure them together and they have pretty high ranged defense. Seems bad.

As far as I know, you'd probably get ripped to shreds as it's Multicombat and they use Mage and Range... but this is just my knowledge. It is certainly an idea.

 

Do you mean the attack bonus? Yeah, as long as you have FSH, you should get a boosted attack as it *is* a ranged attack.

You can't lure them together and they have pretty high ranged defense. Seems bad.

 

 

Good points. Thanks.

You can't lure them together and they have pretty high ranged defense. Seems bad.

 

 

Good points. Thanks.

 

What if you got them all on you then left the room, would they cluster by that wall? Some monsters do that, maybe you could lure them that way.

 

Not saying it would be efficient, it would probably be horribly inefficient, however if you wanted to test it that lure might work.

You can't lure them together and they have pretty high ranged defense. Seems bad.

 

 

Good points. Thanks.

 

I do remember someone (I think it was Muggi) going to CT fiends with a partner, both using ice barrage, to decent effect. Waterfiends have pretty short range, so you can probably get a bunch of them together if you lure them with bronze knives or something. I think it's worth trying, though I doubt it's as good as melee with a titan.

 

@ Wingless - Slaying waterfiends in the chaos tunnels is the best way to slay them, but it's not really worth doing without an iron titan (95 summoning). With soul split, you can stay down there for the extent of a task usually.

 

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What if you got them all on you then left the room, would they cluster by that wall? Some monsters do that, maybe you could lure them that way.

 

That's a good idea.

It's pointless as the fiends are very rarely bunched together in more than 2, and the more you have on you at a time, the more deadly it gets. In normal mode slaying with steel titan, you would only have 1-2 fiends on you, any more than that and you'd need to SS all the time.

If you have 6 Waterfiends on you, Goodluck not dying

Now, you CAN actually successfully lure up to 5 or maybe even 6 at once. Get them all to attack you, then leave the room via portal, you will find they have all bunched together in a small group. When you re-enter, though, they probably won't fall into perfect chinning positions like Skele Monkeys or Mummies do.

 

In addition, you could bunch of 2 or 3 by getting them to attack you and , "flipping" them by walking over them, then leaving their attack range. This will cause them to all gather in pretty much the same spot.

 

But, since you won't be attacking 9 (and anything more than 3-4 is hard to sustain for an extended period of time, or just impractical to sustain) and they aren't exactly weak to chinchompas. It would be extremely dangerous to do so. If you can lure 9, they can OHKO you regardless of your prayers and even if you have the brew boost. With 6 on you, they can 2HKO you regardless of what you eat after the first hit.

I definitely agree that in your standard Karil's melee gear, having more than three waterfiends on you would be really bad. However, if you're chinning, you have the option of using armadyl and a spectral spirit shield. I still think it's worth testing, if only to prove that it's not worth it. :D

Now, you CAN actually successfully lure up to 5 or maybe even 6 at once. Get them all to attack you, then leave the room via portal, you will find they have all bunched together in a small group. When you re-enter, though, they probably won't fall into perfect chinning positions like Skele Monkeys or Mummies do.

 

In addition, you could bunch of 2 or 3 by getting them to attack you and , "flipping" them by walking over them, then leaving their attack range. This will cause them to all gather in pretty much the same spot.

 

But, since you won't be attacking 9 (and anything more than 3-4 is hard to sustain for an extended period of time, or just impractical to sustain) and they aren't exactly weak to chinchompas. It would be extremely dangerous to do so. If you can lure 9, they can OHKO you regardless of your prayers and even if you have the brew boost. With 6 on you, they can 2HKO you regardless of what you eat after the first hit.

 

The only way to make it even semi worthwhile is with Unicorn, Super EE and Divine. Even then, it'll still suck

It's actually a good point that you can use spectral and armadyl(if you have them, ofcource), but considering that even at nechryaels, steel titan+rapier is still slightly better than chins(and the death spawns have no range defense), and those don't take 3 years to lure, waterfiends with chins would much , much worse. You'd also lose the benefit of combat familiar if you are looking to lure them.