It's all over. I finally learned how to beat Jad, in a normal, average, repeatable way. Posted the video on Youtube, linked to it in my blog. For fun, I even took a knockout aura with me, and it worked. Jad got owned by the Blue Light Special!
Now, I've decided to post the video guide to the 'other' part of the Fight Cave. The part where you fight wave after endless wave of monsters just for the privilege of facing TzTok-Jad.
I had worked on technique for a long time. Finally found a hybrid style that works well for me. Given how sloppy I am at combat, that's saying a lot. But like I said, it works. I get to Jad with plenty of supplies left, and in very good shape. It actually uses melee, ranging, and magic.
To begin with, my style was pure ranging. Worked, but I got there after more than 2 hours. Needless to say, I really hated spending 2 hours just to get killed by Jad within seconds. Then I found a guide in youtube that recommended a pure melee approach. Tried it. Wow, really fast. Got there in around 40 minutes... if I got there at all. Yes, I found out that if my attention wandered even a little bit, they tended to kill me. Tried a mixed melee/ranged method. Better, but slow. And I couldn't always arrange things to use Soul Split and heal. Gave me some real trouble.
Then I saw a video of someone Blood Barraging Jad. It really struck a chord with me. Heal, attack with magic, pray against those pesky 360s...all at the same time! Now I was cooking with gas!
Barrage really worked in getting me to Jad. I made a few attempts to beat Jad with Barrage, but that wasn't so effective. Still, it got me to Jad, and in just over an hour. Seemed a fair enough compromise between speed and safety.
Once I nailed the technique down, I recorded it and posted an entire trip on Youtube. But I didn't just upload the video. I edited the heck out of it. Put my equipment and inventory at the beginning. Annotated comments all over the video, and included clickable links to go directly to any wave.
It was a lot of work, and took several days. Now it's done. I hope you like it!
Welcome to Crewman6's Runescape Adventure Log! Monique (my wife!) and I have played Runescape together since 2004. We do the quests together, hunt penguins every Tuesday night, and help each other achieve our in-game goals. We play for fun, so our skill sets are a bit here-and-there. I thought it would be fun as we reach goals, and set new ones, to post tips, tricks, and thoughts as we go.
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