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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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Runescape: Fight Caves- Finally learned how to beat Jad with Ranged
It's been a long time coming. From earlier this year, when I learned to beat Jad in the Fight Caves, using Ancient Curses/Deflect Prayers... to the day I found out they nerfed the Ancient Curses method... to last week. Last week, I finally decided to get serious about Jad. I've beaten him in the past, have earned 2 baby Jads as pets, and it just doesn't feel right that I can't beat him any more.
I've wanted to mess with him for months, but there's always something else to work on. Those other goals kept getting in the way. But about a week ago, the mood descended upon me, and it was time to learn the Zen of Jad. Again.
For nearly a week, I tried different things, kept going back, got stomped on by Jad. Over and over. But that's okay now. Way back when, I learned how to beat Jad just because I wanted the Taskmaster emote, which required all the elite tasks to be accomplished. One of those requirements was to own a Fire Cape, which of course means I had to defeat Jad.
Basically, I didn't want to fight Jad, but had to in order to get another goal. So I really hated it. This time, my motivation was unclouded by hidden agendas. I just wanted to learn how to beat the Fight Cave.
Many players just sail through the cave, making it look easy. "Look, I beat Jad with a spoon!"... "Look, I beat Jad with 1 prayer point!"... tons of creative players showing off how good they are.
Not me. My combat skills are atrocious. I survive most fights because I've got maxed combat stats. If it requires real skill, I'm sunk. Nomad took me over a week to beat. Jad just seemed way beyond my abilities.
This time, though... it was different. I kept going back, persistently. Once or twice a day. Each time I'd try something different, learn a little more. Without realizing, I was actually practising. A lot.
Last night, I finally took him on, using the traditional ranged approach. It was a thing of beauty. I was in the zone. No panic, no fear, no mistakes. Once Jad and I squared off, every step went perfectly. For my first time ever, I ranged Jad to halfway, popped the each of the healers with a bolt, got them lined up, and finished Jad. Finishing him off with the Knockout Aura was just icing on the cake.
I know, probably not a big deal to most players. But for me, it's huge. Now I feel like I can beat Jad (nearly) every time I go.
I got good at Jad by accidentally practicing too much...How cool is that?
I've wanted to mess with him for months, but there's always something else to work on. Those other goals kept getting in the way. But about a week ago, the mood descended upon me, and it was time to learn the Zen of Jad. Again.
For nearly a week, I tried different things, kept going back, got stomped on by Jad. Over and over. But that's okay now. Way back when, I learned how to beat Jad just because I wanted the Taskmaster emote, which required all the elite tasks to be accomplished. One of those requirements was to own a Fire Cape, which of course means I had to defeat Jad.
Basically, I didn't want to fight Jad, but had to in order to get another goal. So I really hated it. This time, my motivation was unclouded by hidden agendas. I just wanted to learn how to beat the Fight Cave.
Many players just sail through the cave, making it look easy. "Look, I beat Jad with a spoon!"... "Look, I beat Jad with 1 prayer point!"... tons of creative players showing off how good they are.
Not me. My combat skills are atrocious. I survive most fights because I've got maxed combat stats. If it requires real skill, I'm sunk. Nomad took me over a week to beat. Jad just seemed way beyond my abilities.
This time, though... it was different. I kept going back, persistently. Once or twice a day. Each time I'd try something different, learn a little more. Without realizing, I was actually practising. A lot.
Last night, I finally took him on, using the traditional ranged approach. It was a thing of beauty. I was in the zone. No panic, no fear, no mistakes. Once Jad and I squared off, every step went perfectly. For my first time ever, I ranged Jad to halfway, popped the each of the healers with a bolt, got them lined up, and finished Jad. Finishing him off with the Knockout Aura was just icing on the cake.
I know, probably not a big deal to most players. But for me, it's huge. Now I feel like I can beat Jad (nearly) every time I go.
I got good at Jad by accidentally practicing too much...How cool is that?
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