OSRS Leagues 5 Raging Echo Thermonuclear Smoke Devil Guide
11.12.2024 - 04:07:10
Game Guides , Runescape
In this year's OSRS Leagues 5 Raging Echoes, only five people picked Kandarin… Probably more but it is for sure the least picked region this year as Magic seems weak compared to other styles, but we don’t discriminate between regions here so in this guide we will take a look at the Echo version of the boss Thermonuclear Smoke Devil and teach you how to defeat it for the Devil’s Element.
Echo Thermonuclear Smoke Devil
This boss has a hard requirement of needing level 93 Slayer to kill, so you won’t be able to kill it in your early game. If you are just starting to build your Mage build and haven’t picked your regions yet, pick Kandarin either second or third as you won’t be gaining any echo boss benefits from it until you have the Slayer requirement. If you have never slain this boss before in your life, it is actually pretty easy if you follow along with our Smoke Devil Guide!
Here are the requirements for the Echo variant of this boss:
- Level 93 Slayer
- Level 94+ Magic
- Level 43+ Prayer
- Any autocast staff such as the trident of the seas or a powerful staff for magic spells. If you are using ancients a scepter is fine. If you are not using ancients, make sure you have access to surge spells as wave spells will make this fight much harder.
- Karambwans or better food and prayer potions
- Decent magic gear, facemask or slayer helmet
- A ranged weapon with appropriate ammunition, Ranged gear not needed
Echo Thermonuclear Smoke Devil Strategy
It is advisable to start farming this boss after getting to your tier 6 relics since both total recall and banker’s note will prolong your trips greatly. If you have total recall you won’t need to bring a prayer potion for your trips.
Mechanics
The thermonuclear smoke devil is not a complex boss so the attacks of this boss is pretty simple.
Ranged and Magic Attacks: The thermonuclear smoke devil has 2 basic attacks. One looks like a floating rock which is a Ranged attack and the other is a sparkling ball of blue energy which is its Magic attack. You can simply pray against them to nullify any incoming damage. In the first half of the fight, the boss will always do 3 Ranged attacks followed by 3 Magic attacks but, in the second half of the fight, it will always do Ranged, Magic,and Ranged attack in that order. (Magic attack shown below)
Pink Circles: Throughout the fight, there will be pink circles that appear on the ground. They work together with the basic attacks. To tank a hit from the boss you need to be always standing inside these circles and tanking a hit will make one circle disappear so after receiving each hit you need to move towards the next tile that has a pink circle. There will be 12 circles that appear on the ground in each rotation.
Charge Attack: After each rotation, you will notice a yellow bar on top of the boss's health bar. When this bar gets full he will launch a powerful attack and the rotation will begin again. To avoid this attack simply pray Magic and walk as far away from the boss as you can. This attack will deal more damage the closer you are to the boss. Before moving away make sure to equip your ranged weapon and hit the boss once as after this charged attack it will pray against the last damage type that it received. This hit doesn’t need to land so it can be a 0 and the boss will still pray Ranged.
Full Kill
- Get ready to fight, make sure you have your facemask or slayer helmet on. Turn on your offensive prayers alongside your ranged prayer, then walk inside the boss room.
- You will notice the twelve pink circles that appear on the ground. Stand on top of the one close to you, start attacking the boss with your magic, and whenever you take a hit, move to the next closest pink circle. After receiving 3 attacks, switch to protect from Magic and do the same, and after another 3, switch back to Ranged until the 12-hit rotation is completed.
- If you have tier 6 relics, you can skip this step, but it is highly recommended that you don’t skip it even if you have tier 6 relics because of the DPS increase. After the 12th hit, equip your ranged weapon, preferably a knife or a shortbow, and hit the Echo Thermonuclear Smoke Devil once. After the hit, run as far away as possible from the boss and put on your protect from Magic to avoid taking massive damage.
- After the charge attack, the circles will appear once again. Repeat the process explained above.
- After the boss reaches 30-40% health, it will switch to doing Ranged, Magic, Ranged attack patterns. There are two ways to go about this. The lazy method is simply to turn on your protect from Ranged and keep moving through the pink circles. You will be tanking one Magic hit every three attacks, so it is not that bad. If you are fast with your clicks, you can alternate between your protect from Ranged and Magic in between each hit.
Congratulations, you have killed the Echo Thermonuclear Smoke Devil! If you want more guides on Leagues and different echo bosses, you can check out our blog!