Nice guide! I don’t think you mentioned using the red spiders to hit araxxor and a white/green sack at the same time. It doesn’t 1 hit the sack but the spider will not spawn out of that sack.
Also you get 80 if the red spider is completely under Araxxor. 64 if not completely under, and probably less if not under at all or at a distance… but I’ve never.
I was talking to a friend today about certain aspects of Araxxor. The boss seems too easy compared to its rs3 counterpart. hell, it's easier than venanatis. Would have been cool if it had an "inspect" option on the corpse alongside the "loot" option, that would trigger a phase 2 of the fight where perhaps Araxxi shows up enraged and makes the fight more difficult. essentially doubling the time of the fight but providing x3 the loot at the end, maybe access to a unique drop/cosmetic. But oh well...
I think it's because it has to sit in line with cerb and alchem hydra. Cerbs basically a prayer flick or can be entirely negated and hydra since being solved is very easy. Like imagine killing 200 hard bosses for a task it'd take ages hah
I had a lengthy hydra task that I forgot to finish before this patch, that I was working through yesterday. I totally understand how hardcores die at hydra... Not because it's hard, but from complacency. I'm only like 400 or 500 kills deep total, but I'm already bored enough at hydra most of the time that I find myself looking away at YT or something else most of the kill it feels like lol.
I think easier than cerberus and hydra is wild. I've killed every boss in the game and I think this one is harder than any slayer boss for sure. Outside of pkers at wildy bosses I cannot think of a non-raids boss I have died to as much as araxxor.
right? i'm surprised I see so many people feel otherwise. same situation as you - have done all content in the game. cerberus you just stand there 90% of the fight and hydra is as scripted of a fight as it can get. more danger potential, sure, but definitely not mechanically more difficult, I'd argue. anyway, a great guide doubleshine, nice work!
For me the biggest factor is the boss just isn't as punishing as Cerb/Hydra and most of the mechanics are fairly straightforward to react to without needing like a choreographed movement on dealing with them. I would agree the mechanics are more challenging and have more depth but imo it's pretty easy to get your foot in the door with the boss without getting one shot by cerb souls or screwing up hydra positioning.
Araxxor isn't punishing at all though. You can make mistakes and still get through the fight fairly easily. Playing Araxxor perfectly is more difficult than Cerb/Hydra, but it's not a big deal if you're making mistakes throughout the fight, whereas brain lag moments can easily get you killed at Cerb/Hydra. You can also just camp melee prayer the entire fight.
@@Alleggsander yeah I do think it just comes down to the goal of either completing a kill or completing a perfect kill. I think for a kill with no tick losses araxxor is much harder than the other slayer bosses, but simply getting a kill while safing up is easier than others.
HAIR IS LOOKING GREAT MAN! Great video!
You could bring a ballista to take care of the mirrorbacks without needing to veng.
Nice guide! I don’t think you mentioned using the red spiders to hit araxxor and a white/green sack at the same time. It doesn’t 1 hit the sack but the spider will not spawn out of that sack.
I was a bit reluctant to include it just because i'm not 100% sure if that's intended or a bug
Also you get 80 if the red spider is completely under Araxxor. 64 if not completely under, and probably less if not under at all or at a distance… but I’ve never.
I was talking to a friend today about certain aspects of Araxxor. The boss seems too easy compared to its rs3 counterpart. hell, it's easier than venanatis. Would have been cool if it had an "inspect" option on the corpse alongside the "loot" option, that would trigger a phase 2 of the fight where perhaps Araxxi shows up enraged and makes the fight more difficult. essentially doubling the time of the fight but providing x3 the loot at the end, maybe access to a unique drop/cosmetic. But oh well...
I think it's because it has to sit in line with cerb and alchem hydra. Cerbs basically a prayer flick or can be entirely negated and hydra since being solved is very easy. Like imagine killing 200 hard bosses for a task it'd take ages hah
I had a lengthy hydra task that I forgot to finish before this patch, that I was working through yesterday. I totally understand how hardcores die at hydra... Not because it's hard, but from complacency. I'm only like 400 or 500 kills deep total, but I'm already bored enough at hydra most of the time that I find myself looking away at YT or something else most of the kill it feels like lol.
Would be interesting to add a harder Araxxor eventually. I wouldn't be surprised if they added a second stage eventually.
i wonder how well the bulwark shield will do here. just for fun.
I think easier than cerberus and hydra is wild. I've killed every boss in the game and I think this one is harder than any slayer boss for sure. Outside of pkers at wildy bosses I cannot think of a non-raids boss I have died to as much as araxxor.
right? i'm surprised I see so many people feel otherwise.
same situation as you - have done all content in the game. cerberus you just stand there 90% of the fight and hydra is as scripted of a fight as it can get. more danger potential, sure, but definitely not mechanically more difficult, I'd argue.
anyway, a great guide doubleshine, nice work!
For me the biggest factor is the boss just isn't as punishing as Cerb/Hydra and most of the mechanics are fairly straightforward to react to without needing like a choreographed movement on dealing with them. I would agree the mechanics are more challenging and have more depth but imo it's pretty easy to get your foot in the door with the boss without getting one shot by cerb souls or screwing up hydra positioning.
Araxxor isn't punishing at all though. You can make mistakes and still get through the fight fairly easily. Playing Araxxor perfectly is more difficult than Cerb/Hydra, but it's not a big deal if you're making mistakes throughout the fight, whereas brain lag moments can easily get you killed at Cerb/Hydra. You can also just camp melee prayer the entire fight.
@@Alleggsander yeah I do think it just comes down to the goal of either completing a kill or completing a perfect kill. I think for a kill with no tick losses araxxor is much harder than the other slayer bosses, but simply getting a kill while safing up is easier than others.
Haircut!