Bal'lak the Pummeller

For the music track, see Bal'lak the Pummeller (music track).

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Bal'lak the Pummeller
Release			12 April 2010 (Update)
Members			No
Examine
A soldier of a demon army.
Combat info
Level			LP			XP			XP
91			10,000			688.8			227.3
Equipment XP (2H/MH & Armour/OH)
41 / 27 / 13
Aggressive						Poisonous
Offensive
Max hit
40			40			40			0
Style						Rate
						4 ticks (2.4s)
Combat levels
65				65				65
Accuracy
1299				1299				1299
Abilities used
None
Defensive
Armour				Weakness			Susceptible
1299		65
Affinities
-			40			40			40
Immunities
Immune			Not immune			Immune			Not immune
Advanced data
NPC ID				10128
Links				bestiary • MRND
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4 ticks (2.4s)

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Bal'lak the Pummeller is one of the Kal'Gerion generals summoned to this realm by Bilrach and is a boss of Daemonheim guarding floors 33 through 35, requiring a Dungeoneering level of 65 to encounter and fight.

The fight

Bal'lak uses melee and magic. He also has a special attack that will damage everyone around him in melee range two times in one attack, whilst also briefly disabling their protection prayers. Bal'lak has very high life points and low defence for his level, but his defence rises over time causing him to take significantly less damage.

Bal'lak's defence level is shown at the top part of the screen as an orange bar, which begins to fill at a steady rate when players are in the boss room. If it fills completely, damaging him will become impossible. As Bal'lak is attacked he will split rifts in the ground and cause bubbling pools of noxious fumes to appear on the floor. Each pool causes rapid damage to players standing in the 3x3 square surrounding it, similar to the effects of poison. Bal'lak should be lured near one of these pools to weaken his defence, with each being able to reduce up to 30% of his defence bar. However, it drains players' defence as well

The defence bar determines how much your accuracy is reduced, as you will still deal damage if you land a successful hit on Bal'lak. Occasionally, multiple puddles are found clustered together. If the player can successfully lure Bal'lak over the cluster of puddles, his defence will be reduced at a relatively faster rate.

While protection prayers and deflection curses are frequently disabled by this boss, he cannot deactivate any other prayers and curses.

Standing under him for too long will often result in 300 life points of damage.

Strategy

The ideal strategy for higher level players is to ignore the pools and just attack him. The boss should be dead before its defence becomes an issue.

Bal'lak will often target an individual player and attack them for most of the fight. A strategy for teams is to agree before entering that whichever player Bal'lak targets has the responsibility of leading him towards these pools. By this method a good team can stop his defence ever rising past 30% and will find he dies rather quickly.

A safer but slower strategy is to continually attack him (without worrying about his defence bar) and then use Gatestone Teleport if his defence bar rises close to maximum. Waiting outside of the room reduces the bar, allowing players to enter the boss room again and continue the offensive. All party members must leave the boss room for the bar to reset.

• 

  Bal'lak performing his prayer disabling attack.

• 

  Facing the twin hammers of the mighty Pummeller!

• 

  Luring Bal'lak onto one of his rifts.

Drops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Novite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand novite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Bathus warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand bathus warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Marmaros warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand marmaros warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Kratonite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand kratonite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Fractite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand fractite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Zephyrium warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand zephyrium warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Argonite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand argonite warhammer		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Katagon warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand katagon warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Gorgonite warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand gorgonite warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Promethium warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand promethium warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Primal warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Off-hand primal warhammer (m)		1	Random	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Kal'gerion notes (part 3)		1	Common	Not sold	Not alchemisable
	Mysterious chronicle		1	Common	Not sold	Not alchemisable

Quotes

Rrrraargh!

When using his special attack

Update history

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• patch 14 February 2012 (Update):
  • Bal'lak's poison pools should cause less lag and appear in the correct place more consistently.

• patch 31 January 2012 (Update):
  • Bal'Lak the Pummeller no longer spawns portals over the exit ladder, removing the ladder.

Trivia

• He held the title of the boss monster with the highest Dungeoneering level requirement until 19 August 2010, when Yk'Lagor the Thunderous took over, who in turn has since been superseded by Kal'Ger the Warmonger. However, Bal'lak is still the boss monster with the highest Dungeoneering level requirement in F2P.
• The Smuggler says that Bal'lak's weapons "split rifts in the ground, causing noxious fumes to rise from the level below."
• Yk'Lagor the Thunderous and Bal'lak seem to have a personal grudge against each other, as Yk'Lagor states in the Postbag from the Hedge that Bal'lak's name is pronounced "Nuck-kul-head"- that is, the insult "knucklehead".
• Luring the Pummeller onto his rifts is a Daemonheim Task.
• Bal'lak the Pummeller's multi-target magic attack resembles Iban Blast.
• Bal'lak received an audio update on 18 October, 2010, applying an audio voice to his special attack.
• Players originally received experience for hits on Bal'lak that had been blocked by his defence bar. As a result, seeing the XP counter increase did not necessarily mean a damaging hit was guaranteed. This was a glitch that was indirectly fixed by the Evolution of Combat update.
• The portals may be examined, reading "Strange energies are flowing out of the portal."
• Bal'lak's name could be derived from the Mayan god Buluk, the god of war, violence, sudden death, and human sacrifice. Buluk was often seen as a fire spitting demon.