Barrows

[Munch]

With the graphical update and double drops/more drops coming up, I am interested in doing Barrows. I would preferrably melee. But, if there is a better way I can then I will. Any help/setups/hints would be appreciated.

[Mojo_Monkey]

I would say PPS (Polypore staff) would be your best bet on the melee brothers, its insanely accurate, powerful, and cheap. Then other Brothers I would just take claws and claw special them out and a whip, since you don't have a rapier, just in-case claws don't kill them.

 

Wear Ahrim's or gandermic (sp?) With arcane stream neck (if you have) and either a mage book or zammy book assuming you one of them, and bring a fury and dragon defender switch for meleeing.

 

EDIT: I have heard that you can use PPS on Karil fairly effectively.

Edited January 4, 2012 by Mojo_Monkey

[Quyneax]

I would use something like this:

 

 

You melee Karil with turmoil and deflect ranged (piety and protect ranged), Ahrim with turmoil and soul split (piety and protect mage) and Akrisae with turmoil and soul split (piety and protect melee) using Korasi's sword specials when he prays melee. You need special recovers to spec twice per Akrisae.

You mage Dharok, Verac and Guthan. You can heal with soul split on Guthan and Verac, but not on Dharok unless you want to risk being hit for over 500 damage.

 

Without special recovers you will need to mage + melee hybrid Akrisae. Before pps this used to be pretty annoying (autocast and stuff) but with pps it's really easy.

Without overloads you will lose a lot of your magic level boost. You need magic damage boosts on Guthan, Dharok and Verac (and perhaps Akrisae too), so do all those in a row and repot after 2 tombs. Pot up attack and strength for Karil and Ahrim.

 

If you do not want to get void/rapier etc. you can use whip and Bandos or something. If you feel you use too much prayer to last on one full charge, you can use an ice spell to freeze the brother in place while you farcast. This also saves health on Verac.

[Leaf]

So Void would be better than Bandos or Ahrims?

Would a void mage helm switch help much?

[Leon S]

Not really, because all Barrows brothers, with the exception of Ahrim, have pathetically low mage defence. Even with negative mage attack you will rarely splash.

[Quyneax]

Not really, because all Barrows brothers, with the exception of Ahrim, have pathetically low mage defence. Even with negative mage attack you will rarely splash.

Although even Karil has fairly low magic defence I wouldn't recommend maging him even with Storm of Armadyl, unless you're wearing Virtus or something. I think Storm is slower on Ahrim and equal to rapier on Karil.

[Leon S]

Not really, because all Barrows brothers, with the exception of Ahrim, have pathetically low mage defence. Even with negative mage attack you will rarely splash.

Although even Karil has fairly low magic defence I wouldn't recommend maging him even with Storm of Armadyl, unless you're wearing Virtus or something. I think Storm is slower on Ahrim and equal to rapier on Karil.

 

With around 5 mage attack bonus I splash around once every 20 casts on Karil. I definitely recommend maging him. He has no mage defence. Melee misses more often on Karil than Magic does.