Tip of the Iceberg: Things that you learn in Entry Mode Freezing Nylos: Freezing Nylos at maiden is essential, and it makes Verzik and the waves easier Chinning Nylos: Chinning Nylos at maiden and waves is an effective strat at killing them quickly Whip Walk Verzik: This is when you are only on Verzik for one tick, which is effective for 4t weapons. Orb Order: Order that the party should be is South Mage->Melee Freeze->Ranged DPS->Melee DPS Poison Purple Nylos: The purple crab at Verzik instadies to poisonous attacks Salve Amulet Bloat: Salve is best in slot for this single boss and most Tobbers farm salve amulets so they can drop them. Sotetseg Ball Share: The death ball Sotetseg throws does 100% of your current health unless you share it with your teammates Surface Level: Meta strats you learn very quickly Melee Xarpus: Meleeing Xarpus is the best way to deal damage if you step away as he decides where to spit his poison Swift Blade/Ham Joint: Best in Slot in nylo waves for melee since it's 3t Web Running: You can attack Verzik while she's throwing Webs if you web run DWH-BGS: Objectively the best way to lower a boss' defense is if you DWH then BGS Scythe P1 Verzik: Using Scythe on Verzik while the pillars are up is much better DPS than using staff, especially if you get 2 hits in between her attacks Ranging Pot Share: Ranged DPS is expected to share stamina in nylo waves and their ranging pot when Nylo Boss Spawns BGS Bloat: On average, if one person uses BGS on bloat per down, it's better DPS than if they just dumped claws. Scythe Walk Verzik: People with Scythe are on Verzik until the tick she decides to attack, which is optimal for 5t weapons. Claw-4-Chally: Last hitting Bloat with Chally is a very effective spec Shallow Waters: Variety of Optimizations that you learn by the time you're Hard Mode Ready TBow Maiden First Hit: You can get 1 hit on Maiden/Sotetseg with Tbow without losing hits Tick Eat Sotetseg: The Death ball Sotetseg throws out can be tick eaten. 30s Skipping: In 4s and 5s, Maiden's final wave of Nylos can be ignored if you DPS her down quickly before the freeze ends Perfect Verzik Tank: This is when you walk away/under Verzik the exact moment she decides her attack, once every 7 ticks Perfect Maze Pathing: Being able to recognize the best way to run Sote Maze 2-2-1-2-1: With Scythe, in the final Xarpus phase, this is the optimal pattern for attacking. 5t Xarpus: Despite the fact that Scythe is 5t and Xarpus is 4t, you can deliberately poison a corner tile so you can never miss a hit trying to dodge poison Red Crabs First Hit: Usually when red crabs spawn, Verzik is invulnerable until 2 ticks before her first attack. You can learn to anticipate this and get an early hit in. Tick Eat Bloat: You can tick eat bloat's stomp when he re-activates Chally-4-Chally: The highest damage you can deal in a single down conventionally is with chally-4 scythe hits-chally, but you have to be early and you will probably have to tick eat a stomp. Maiden Flinching: It's best to step away from Maiden the exact tick she decides to attack, as she might fling blood. Iceberg Body: Strats that you learn if attempting Grandmaster Times Ironman Stamina Farm: Irons can profit on stamina by buying 2 from the supply chest Drive By: You can BGS bloat without losing hits when it's down if you run through it while it's active. 70-50 Stacking: When the first wave of maiden's nylos spawn, you can freeze them and dps straight to the second wave, which will stack both waves of nylos which the ranger can chin down quickly. ZCB/Dinh's Spec: ZCB is an effective spec at Xarpus/Maiden. Dinh's Spec is also good for clearing the stack from 70-50. Pneck Maze Skip: In Hard Mode, you can just tank the maze by equipping Pnecks Pneck Bloat: In 5 mans, you can 1 down bloat if 3 people equip pnecks and attack bloat while he's up. Nylo Wave Memorization: The Nylo waves are static and many experts memorized the order that the nylos spawn. God Book P1 Verzik: You can use God Book to drain 5% of your spec so then you can start the boss right as you are about to recover your special attack. This lets you get 3 dawnbringer specs in immediately rather than 2. Tbow Bloat: You can Tbow Bloat right as it turns the corner without taking damage yourself. Maiden Tbow/Ancestral Swap: Maiden's attacks drain your highest stats. If you are scything maiden, you can swap out of your melee gear as she's about to attack so your melee stats don't get drained Redemption Green Ball: Verzik's green ball does 74 damage in normals and instakills in Hard Mode if you don't bounce. But you can avoid this damage if you proc redemption right as it lands on you. • permalink • • embed • save • • report • reply • [–]mumbomination [S] 154 points 9 months ago* Bottom of the Iceberg: Extreme Optimizations SBS Maze Skip: In Normal ToB, you can maze skip Sotetseg by stalling the damage with SBS. Solo Tob: It's quite difficult but possible. Pog Tanking: Post tornados, you can force Verzik to stand still without getting meleed if you run perfectly. Red-X Nylo Boss: The Nylo boss will not attack you if you walk under it with a Red-X Click. Effective when you're soloing and want to save supplies as only its melee form doesn't do damage through prayer. Boak Popping: The most effective way to pop crabs in Verzik's 2nd phase without losing any hits Simultaneous Bloat Entrance: The position at which Bloat shuts down can be optimally right next to the door if someone enters the boss room immediately. Bloat Hit Counting: Whether Bloat runs or walks once it's below 20% Hp depends on whether it received an odd or even number of hits when it's down Xarpus Scythe Tick Eat: You can tick eat Xarpus' retaliation attack post-screech despite the fact that he will hit you 3 times at once, if you are below a certain amount of hp. Tornado Woox Walk: Tornadoes move 1 tile at a time and thus can be woox walked like Gauntlet tornados or Vorkath's fire barrage Pneck Heal Other: You can use heal other, which is a 0 tick loss method to restore health to someone as heal other and procing pneck has no delay on attacks. Abyss (The Two Non Joke Methods) Helipogter: What happens if everyone runs the pog tank at once, with the added benefit of being able to defuse the green ball. Pet Rock Bloat One Shot: You can use Pet Rock to stall damage taken if you are standing in front of bloat's flies. When pking your teammates, they have literally no way of avoiding being one shot.
