Killing Helwyr

Killing Helwyr

Requirements
Skills
80 138 recommended 99 recommended 96 recommended 95 recommended
Items
High-level halberd type weapon Noxious scythe or Dragon Rider lance recommended High-level armour power armour Overload flask and super restore potions recommended Accuracy boosting aura recommended Scrimshaw of vampyrism required Enhanced excalibur recommended High healing food such as Rocktails recommended Any shield required
Quest
None
Other
40 Serenist Killcount in the Heart of Gielinor (reduced to 20 with Serenist reputation)
Results
Profit	ROI	Experience gained
3,862,879	495.79%	120,000 39,600
Inputs (779,140)		Outputs (4,642,019)
Item Quantity GE Price Overload flask (6) 2 477,310 Super prayer renewal potion (6) 2 89,592 Super restore flask (6) 8 208,096 Steel titan pouch 1 4,142		Item Quantity GE Price Wand of the Cywir elders 0.029 678,954 Orb of the Cywir elders 0.029 583,161 Dormant anima core helm 0.029 3,436 Dormant anima core body 0.029 3,468 Dormant anima core legs 0.029 3,519 Crest of Seren 0.029 661,027 Serenic essence 0.12 64,480 Luminite stone spirit 35 12,215 Uncut diamond 22.95 23,409 Uncut dragonstone 6.96 40,813 Grimy dwarf weed 16.56 218,658 Grimy lantadyme 137 1,826,484 Magic logs 220.8 105,101 Necrite stone spirit 35 19,985 Phasmatite stone spirit 35 10,535 Raw shark 56.55 72,101 Large bladed rune salvage 6.8 204,843 Crystal key 3.3 44,652 Coins 65,178 65,178

The profit rate assumes 15 kills per hour with no reputation drop rate boost. See the high level variant of this guide if you exceed either of these assumptions.

Killing Helwyr

Requirements
Skills
80 96 95 138 recommended 99 recommended
Items
High-level halberd type weapon Noxious scythe or Dragon Rider lance required High-level armour power armour Supreme overload potion and super restore potions required Accuracy boosting aura recommended Scrimshaw of vampyrism required Enhanced excalibur recommended High healing food such as Rocktails recommended but shouldn't be needed Any high level shield required
Quest
None
Other
40 Serenist Killcount in the Heart of Gielinor (reduced to 20 with Serenist reputation)
Results
Profit	ROI	Experience gained
17,966,177	919.45%	360,000 118,800
Inputs (1,954,012)		Outputs (19,920,190)
Item Quantity GE Price Supreme overload potion (6) 2 463,463 Super prayer renewal potion (6) 2 89,592 Super restore flask (6) 8 208,096 Weapon poison+++ flask (6) 1 90,917 Binding contract (ripper demon) 1 101,944 Coins 1,000,000 1,000,000		Item Quantity GE Price Wand of the Cywir elders 0.18 4,073,724 Orb of the Cywir elders 0.18 3,498,964 Dormant anima core helm 0.18 20,614 Dormant anima core body 0.18 20,808 Dormant anima core legs 0.18 21,114 Crest of Seren 0.18 3,966,160 Serenic essence 0.7 386,881 Luminite stone spirit 105 36,645 Uncut diamond 68.85 70,227 Uncut dragonstone 20.88 122,440 Grimy dwarf weed 49.68 655,975 Grimy lantadyme 411 5,479,452 Magic logs 662.4 315,302 Necrite stone spirit 105 59,955 Phasmatite stone spirit 105 31,605 Raw shark 169.65 216,304 Large bladed rune salvage 20.4 614,530 Crystal key 9.9 133,957 Coins 195,534 195,534

The profit rate assumes 45 kills per hour with full reputation drop rate boost. If you feel you can get more, then you may change the Kills per Hour in the box above.

Recommended levels and equipment

Requirements

80+ Magic

You need 80+ Magic (unboostable) to enter the boss arena.

40 Serenist killcount

You need to kill 40 Serenist monsters for every hour you want to fight this boss. Gaining 4,500 Serenist reputation reduces this to 20. You can accumulate up to 200 killcount which is saved.

Level recommendations

90+ combat

It is recommended to have at least level 90+ in your chosen combat style (Attack & Strength, Ranged or Magic).

90+ Defence

It is recommended to have at least level 90+ Defence.

71+ Prayer

At least 71 and ancient curses are recommended to protect against this boss' attacks.

96+ Herblore

Overloads are recommended at 96 .

86+ Invention

Augmented gear with basic perks is sufficient at 86 .

Equipment recommendations

No weakness

This boss has no particular weakness, so you can use any combat style during this fight.

Tier 80+ armour

Use Zaros Anima, Pernix or Zamorak Anima,
Virtus or Seren Anima or better (see more recommendations).

Tier 80+ weaponry

Use tier 80 weaponry or better
(see recommendations).

God-aligned items

Equipping the Shard of Mah prevents aggression from monsters in the Heart of Gielinor's main area.

Prayer

Melee protection

If you deal low damage use protect from melee or deflect melee.

Soul Split

If you deal high damage you can use soul split during the entire fight instead of a protection prayer.

Optional boosts

Slayer helmet immune

This boss does not count as any slayer task, and the slayer helmet damage boost has no effect.

Poisonable

This boss is poisonable, and cinderbane gloves and weapon poisons deal additional damage.

Inquisitor susceptibility

The inquisitor staff deals +12.5% ability damage and has a flat +10% hitchance when used against this boss.

Seren godbow susceptibility

The Seren godbow's special attack is very strong against this target with all combat styles as it is a 5x5+ target.

Getting there

Helwyr is located in the south-east area of The Heart. To enter his chamber, the player must get 40 Serenist kill count (20 if the player has unlocked the 50% kill count reduction bonus, requiring 4,500 Reputation), and have 80 Magic. Players can easily get kill count by visiting nodes that Serenist groups are attacking or simply kill the ones inside the fortress area.

• Boss portal in the Max Guild which will place you beside the lobby entrance.
• Boss portal in War's retreat will also place you beside lobby entrance.
• The Heart teleport which will put you in the centre of the GWD2 area. (Requires completion of the Tales of the God Wars miniquest.
• At least Desert amulet 2 as the Nardah teleport will place you relatively close to the entrance.

Inventory

Combat

Helwyr only uses melee attacks which hit up to 1200, unlike the other generals which have multiple combat styles at their disposal. He has several abilities he will use during the fight:

• The Aid of Nature (mushroom gas) - Helwyr yells Nature, lend me your aid! sends three balls of energy around the room, causing three of the twenty-five pre-placed small mushrooms to grow in size and emit poison gas in a 5x5 AoE. Getting caught in the gas will deal up to 250 hard typeless damage every tick, and reduce the player to walking speed if their run is on. If the player is in a gas cloud for more than 4 seconds, then they will also be bound for 3 seconds. Should the player be caught in the gas cloud resulting in binding, the player can utilise freedom to regain control.
• Rake (cleave) - Helwyr stands upright, yelling YOU. WILL. BLEED! and cleaves the area in front of him in a cone radius. Players caught in the clawed area will be hit for up to 3000 damage and be inflicted with one bleed stack. This can be easily avoided by running far enough from him in any direction out of the frontal radius, especially underneath him or to either side. Alternatively, you may equip a shield and use resonance to heal off the damage.
• Thrash (frenzy) - Helwyr leaps over to a nearby player, yelling You cannot escape me. Aaaargh!. He will always place himself north of the targeted player; if this is not possible, then he tries to get a close as possible. This will deal rapid melee damage of up to 1800 every two ticks and add up to five bleed stacks in total. The attack has a range of 2 squares from him. Devotion can block all the melee attacks, but Debilitate is a good alternative when it is on cooldown if not planning to run away from him. Alternatively, the whole attack can be avoided by using Surge, Escape or Bladed Dive as he moves north of the player.
• Cywir Alphas (howl) - Helwyr howls, summoning two Cywir Alphas. They only have 3,000 life points and deal little damage but should still be killed to prevent them from sniping resonance heals from Helwyr's bleed attack. Furthermore, should the Cywir Alphas remain alive when Helwyr spawns The Aid of Nature, he will instead spawn six balls of energy instead of three. An efficient way to kill them is to use area-of-effect abilities that can damage both Helwyr and the Alphas simultaneously.
• Rend (bleeds) - Helwyr's claw and frenzy attacks can inflict bleeds on the player. The bleed starts off at a base of 50 every 2 ticks, and the more bleeds a player takes (melee damage attacks from claw/frenzy), another 50 is added, up to a cap of 250. This is soft typeless damage and can be reduced as such. Using freedom will immediately remove the bleed and it is recommended to use this immediately after his frenzy attack ends. Bleeds last for 30 seconds, but will be prolonged if the player is hit by his claw or frenzy attacks while being bled.

Note: Like Vindicta, Helwyr will skip auto-attacks should he be unable to reach his target. However, Helwyr punishes auto-attack skipping harshly - roughly every two spaces away from his target will prompt him to skip an auto-attack, whereas Vindicta is typically far more lenient in this. The auto-attack after each special attack does not have any animation either.

Dual-wielding is recommended when fighting Helwyr, as its abilities deal more damage compared to a two-handed weapon. A halberd-type melee weapon is helpful for clearing out the wolves, but can be skipped as it is not necessarily needed with high DPS. Regardless, if the player can afford one, a masterwork spear of annihilation is helpful for extending bleeds.

The player should be positioned next to Helwyr's spawn point due to his harsh auto-attack skip mechanic, using Anticipation as soon as he transforms into the Hunllef. This prevents the player from getting bound by the mushrooms if they take too long to get out of it. Cleave attacks should be avoided unless intending to Resonance them, and they are fairly easy to avoid; simply sidestep at least 3-4 spaces from the direction he's facing to avoid the attack.

When Helwyr begins his frenzy, immediately use Devotion/Debilitate and Protect/Deflect Melee to block all incoming damage, using Freedom to clear the accumulated bleed stacks. If not planning to use Devotion or Debilitate, just as Helwyr moves north, immediately Bladed Dive or Escape south. This will prevent him from applying any frenzy damage and bleeds. The latter method also provides players an opportunity to use Greater Barge's enhanced effect. It is important to Barge back as soon as possible to prevent Helwyr from moving towards the player, which causes an auto-attack to be skipped and summon the wolves earlier than usual.

The Cywir alphas usually pose no threat to the player and can be hit with AoEs or simply ignored, but players intending to Resonance the next cleave attack should kill them off to prevent them from sniping it. Unlike Telos' anima-golems, the alphas don't die off immediately as soon as he's killed, rather persisting for around 3 seconds before doing so. Some adrenaline may be gained off them in preparation for the next kill.

General strategies

Helwyr will always follow the same attack pattern:

• Mushrooms
• 3 auto-attacks
• Cleave
• 3 auto-attacks
• Frenzy
• 3 auto-attacks
• Wolves
• 3 auto-attacks
• Repeats above sequence

Note: Attempting to move the boss will often result in auto-attacks being skipped and abilities being used a little sooner. This is only usually dangerous on the cleave mechanic.

As soon as Helwyr spawns, be prepared to walk out of mushrooms as they may spawn below the player. Surge can be be used, however that will place the player far from Helwyr so it is recommended you simply walk out of the radius.

DO NOT KEEP RUNNING AWAY from Helwyr; like Vindicta (who also uses melee for the majority of the fight), Helwyr will skip auto-attacks and immediately go straight to abilities if he cannot reach his target.

Special attacks

Since Helwyr only uses melee attacks, Deflect Melee should be used at all times. Optionally, either Turmoil or Malevolence can be used to further reduce his attack strength, however, it's recommended to use whichever damage boosting curse matches the players combat style. Although its possible for Helwyr to deal more damage than you can heal off of with Soul Split, the damage can generally be negated by using Resonance on his cleave attack or using a scrimshaw of vampryism as a last resort. Players may choose to flick Deflect Melee when he attacks to further reduce damage, but this is not essential to successfully kill Helwyr.

Mushrooms

The first special mechanic will trigger at the start of every kill, Helwyr will shout "Nature, lend me your aid!"; at this point 3 mushrooms will appear around the arena in random locations. These mushrooms will have an area of effect that will inflict rapid typeless damage to the player if they are standing within their range. Make use of Surge if needed or simply walk outside the mushrooms' boundaries as soon as possible. If the player is in their vicinity for too long they will be bound. Use of Freedom will allow the player to once again move and leave the area.

Cleave

The second special mechanic is the most important. If done correctly, you will receive 1000-4000 lifepoints in healing or, if done incorrectly, in damage. Helwyr will shout "YOU. WILL. BLEED!" - he stands upright and cleaves the area in front of him in a cone radius. When this happens you will want to immediately switch to your shield and use the Resonance ability to regain a substantial amount of health. It is recommended that you keybind:

• Your shield
• Resonance
• Your Primary weapon

This will allow you to quickly switch and cast resonance as well as letting you return to attacking with much more consistency. Once you become comfortable with this, you can also disable your Deflect Melee curse to increase the healing received. This is the primary mechanic that you will need to practice and learn for efficient kills. This skill also translates well to higher tier group/solo bossing and is an essential skill to learn if that is something that interests you.

If players choose to ignore this mechanic entirely, they will also receive a small typeless damage bleed of 50 until the next mechanic. Whilst this is not significant damage, players should be aware if they are already at low life points.

Whirlwind

With the third special mechanic, Helwyr will shout "You cannot escape me. Aaaargh!". He will leap over to you and start a clawing frenzy. This will deal rapid melee damage every two ticks and bleed the player for 50 for every hit sustained (or adds 50 if the player is bleeding from previous bleed attacks).

This special mechanic can be dangerous in certain situations. If you have just failed your resonance and are either at or below half of your maximum lifepoints, it is recommended to cast Devotion or Debilitate to reduce the chance of death during this mechanic. Deflect Melee must ALWAYS be active when this mechanic is in progress as the damage sustained will be often enough to entirely kill a player. An advanced tactic is to run north before the attack begins, and then use Escape when Helwyr leaps over to you. This will avoid the attack completely, and one can safely attack him from afar.

At the end of this attack the player should always use Freedom as the bleed will have accumulated up to 250 damage (up to 400 if Berserk is active). If the player has had to use freedom to escape a mushroom cloud then it should still be used as soon as possible and damage should be minimised until the player reaches a healthy lifepoint total.

Wolves

The final special attack is trivial and plays only a minor part in the kill, especially if using a halberd-type weapon detailed above in the equipment section. Helwyr will howl, summoning two Cywir Alphas. They only have 3,000 life points and deal little damage but should still be killed to prevent them from interrupting resonance. An efficient way to kill them is wait until they are both beside the player attacking and then using Hurricane or Quake. One ability is usually sufficient, if not the Cleave basic ability can also be of use.

Advanced strategies

When using Berserk, Sunshine or Death's Swiftness be sure to switch to your Ring of vigour as the 10% adrenaline can result in an additional threshold ability whilst affected by the damage increasing ability.

Be sure to use abilities such as Freedom, Anticipate, Surge, Preparation to maintain (stall) your adrenaline from the previous fight. Further to this, try and end the kill with 100% adrenaline so you can use your damage boosting ability immediately as the next fight starts.

When using the Slaughter, Combust or Fragmentation Shot ability, walk under Helwyr to move him before the first hit registers, which will make him take significantly more damage from it for the duration of the ability. In PvM terms, this is known as 'walking a bleed'.

Do not be afraid to use Blood Tendrils as you will heal the damage back from Soul Split and Deflect Melee flicking. If the player takes too much damage, then use a Vampyrism scrimshaw until your health is back to an optimal amount.

Enhanced Devoted can be extremely helpful in mitigating damage throughout the fight.

Try to use food as little as possible, it will help you to understand when you do and don't need to heal up for both Helwyr and future bossing - you don't need to be at full life points at all times.

This guide is focused on hour long trips so it is advised to use vis wax to extend your aura.

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