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Branches of Darkmeyer Completion!; Spent many days preparing for and attempting final boss fight and finally prevailed!
Topic Started: Sat 14 Jan 2012, 05:10:08 (718 Views)
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Hi every1! This is Ka0ticEff1gy here to tell you about my latest accomplishment: COMPLETING BRANCHES OF DARKMEYER!

Background:
My original goal for this quest was to use the experience to boost my herblore lvl from 82-83 so I could pot up to make super antifire potions. Then after completing the quest and successfully doing this I realized that the greenman ale (m) are 58k ea so I abandoned that. During the quest, I died roughly 11 times fighting Vanstrom. The high number of deaths was mainly due to me going in there experimenting with different fighting tactics. I then decided to burn 500 vyrewatch corpses to increase my hits on vyrewatches/lords/vanstrom. This proved to be a very good decision because I made 1.2m off of their drops =P

Best Fighting Tactic:
Ranging is BY FAR the best tactic to use, especially if you are a lower level. I defeated him with only 78 range and that is by no means a high range lvl. Just pray mage the whole time and you will b fine. It seems as tho Vanstrom is week to range attacks because I constantly hit him 150+ and rarely missed. This proved very beneficial because u throw the stakes very quickly meaning u could hit him 600hp in a matter of 10 seconds but way more often than melee. Ranging also keeps Vanstrom from using his melee attacks on u. Here is the setup I used:

-Full Black D'hide set
-250 Blisterwood Stakes
-Archer Helm
-Dragon Boots
-Zamorak Prayer Book
-Agility Skill Cape
-Glory Ammy

I recommend following this setup and maybe using better gear if u have it or want to spend the money. The following was the inventory I used:

-Ranging potion (4)
-Prayer potion (4)
-Vertida's Holy Water
-Drakan's Medallion
-Teletab (in case of emergency!)
-23 Rocktails
-War Tortoise: filled with monkfish (i chose monkfish so i wouldn't lose as much money if i died and familiar dropped everything)

Once again I would recommend following this inventory as it proved successful.

Not so Good Fighting Tactic:
Melee. I would not recommend using melee as Vanstrom can hit u with his melee attacks, which can hit in the 300s sometimes. I died 5 times using melee and only 1 time did I get close to killing him. I DO NOT recommend trying melee as ranging is by far the easiest and most efficient method. The setup for melee can b what u would like it to be. Whether u choose melee armour or mage protection armor (d'hide worked pretty well for me when i used it) just use the blisterwood polearm and u should b good. I have watched videos of people meleeing Vanstrom and they could hit in the 700s sometimes, but of course they were in the 130s with 99 str and att.


-Feel free to post any comments and your experiences! If you decide to try this quest and are looking for help/suggestions please feel free to ask me!

-Good luck to you all. Rock on! :punk
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Well Done Ka0tic and thanks for the info. Can anyone recommend any better armor?
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Excellent kaotic!! Gratz on getting the 500 corpses. :beer
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Congratulations Kaotic. :D Thanks for the tips...I died a few times on him already and gave up...I will use these tips :)
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Congratulations Nick on completing the quest and thank you for the guide :yees Well done :coffee
Edited by Christie777, Sat 14 Jan 2012, 09:46:30.
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Gratz Kaotic. grats on 500 vyrewitches burned and the 1.2mil gained. Your guide was superb, if I ever do that quest, first stop is your guide
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Congratulations Nick! Well done!

I actually used melee and an uninforced blisterwood polearm. But my secret weapon (running) proved to be just the thing, once I didn't get the double vanstrom glitch. I killed him on the third attempt (and had no idea what to do when he turned into mist - no walkthroughs at the time it was the first day). I think I used black dhide for the fight but with boots of lightness. All I did was basically run around and with every change of attack style, run up and hit him 2-3 times. With the healers, kill the healers and hit him 3 - 4 times. I got him on the third attempt, but I had little to no lag. That is kind of important too....

Of course... herblore was my 2nd 99 so I had the entire range of extremes and ovls at my disposal....
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Thanks every1 for the congrats =)
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