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Big Bang5766
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Big Bang5766

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Used up all 2000 characters lol
EDIT: Just remembered one more thing! If you're on a dry streak, prepare for a possible double item-er! After a 58 run dry streak, I got Guthan's Warspear. Four runs later, I got Verac's Flail and another Barrows item. (I forget which one lol)

05-Jan-2012 22:36:18 - Last edited on 05-Jan-2012 22:41:22 by Big Bang5766

Y0uRsEIF

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Whenever you are able to get a freeze in with your gear such as blitz, barrage ,or even burst go in this order: Karil's-Ahrim's-Verac's-Dharok's-Torag's-Guthan's. The reason being is that karil's is the only brother where prayer is needed 100% of fight. Ahrim's next so you can use leftovers for bonus to special weapon. Followed by verac's because you want to kill him as fast as possible..so you can use last bit of pray as boosts. Finally Dharok's, Torag's, and Guthan's because if you freeze them you can just farcast. Remember for blitz you can do 5 polypore-speed attacks before you need to re-freeze. Also, if done correctly, you should have prayer, assuming your around 70 and have decent weapon for at least the first 4 brothers and possibly for the last two. This methods works great and as long as karil's isn't tunnel can be done for many.
( I did not include akrisae as this account of mine as well as many of you cannot access him, especially if you're looking through barrows guide :P .

Good luck--Btw my friend got vissy on first chest of trip...extremley lucky but goes to show ya that 5 minutes of hard work can pay off..even if your on a dry streak like me at the moment (51 chests)...theres a loot around the corner :) !

05-Jan-2012 22:39:39

PVM Gabriel

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my tip for my favorite passtime mini game would be
1.don't completely replenish your prayer after fighting each barrows brother instead take a sip as the fights go on so you don't waste extra prayer if you have to go into the tunnel
2. walk up to any of the locked doors leading to the center treasure chest and tilt your screen in such a way you can see the other 3 doors leading to the chest and right click each door to see where your puzzle door is!

2. is very useful so you don't wander around aimlessly getting beat on by those crypt monsters ;)

05-Jan-2012 22:41:31

Z R 7
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For players with lower defense and are *not* using magic against the melee brothers, you should use the "protect from melee" prayer against Verac. His effect allows him to hit through prayer/armor, but not all of his attacks use this effect. The prayer does help.

05-Jan-2012 22:42:23 - Last edited on 05-Jan-2012 22:47:43 by Z R 7

Shuaps

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I have a Question. I submitted my two tips via email. It did not say anything about the medium in which we would submit them. So I made a quick video/machinima and provided you with the link. I assumed since it was going to be made into a video eventually it would be fine.
I hope I did it right :D Since it took quite a while to make that video! But I realized after the fact that it may not have been exactly what you wanted. Perhaps a nice confirmation on what your looking for would help.
I hope my video is not disqualified!

05-Jan-2012 22:45:15

Mikul
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Conserve your prayer! Only pray on the brothers that potentionally hurt you!
I only pray on; dharok's - he hits high at low health, Karil's - His accuracy, and Ahrim's, His spells lower stats and deal high damage.
For the others, I use a super defence potion, it works surprisingly well and I don't use more then 3 doses or even 2 most times I go for a barrows run.
Don't forget your ring of wealth for a chance to recieve better loot, such as prayer potion (2), always helpful!!!! Good luck on your visgaes :3
~Sly

05-Jan-2012 22:51:47

Skirr Skirr
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The four melee brothers have terrible magic defense! Take advantage of this by wearing melee armor and a staff and casting magic spells. This will allow you to have high melee defense so you can quickly kill the brothers without having to rely on prayer. However, you should still use the Protect Melee prayer against Dharok, he is deadly regardless of what you are wearing.
Verac can hit through your protection prayers and melee defenses. Therefore it may be a better idea to use stat boosting prayers against him such as Chivalry, Piety, Turmoil, Mystic Might, or Augury instead of Protect Melee in order to dispatch him as quickly as possible and minimize damage taken.

05-Jan-2012 22:55:25

Tullius

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Here are some tips from a Barrows Veteran:
- Wear high-defense melee gear for everything. Items such as melee barrows armor, bandos, or even just rune will work. If you have a slot open for a shield, an obsidian shield or dragonfire shield is optimal.
- Use melee for Ahrim and Karil. You can use slayer dart or a salamander (more accurate, but you can't use a shield and it uses tars) for efficient killing of the melee barrow brothers. Slayer dart is best because you can use a shield and you get death and mind runes as loot.
- If you have 75 or more prayer, kill the brothers in this order: Karil, Ahrims, Dhorak, Guthan, Torag, and Verac. The reason Ahrims is after Karil is because Ahrims can lower your melee stats even through prayer and after Ahrim, you use mage. With over 70 prayer, you should have enough prayer points left to safely kill Dhorak after. If you have prayer points left after Dhorak, Guthan hits more accurate and should be killed before Torag. Kill Verac last because prayer is useless for killing him.
- If you have less than 75 prayer, kill the brothers in this order: Dhorak, Ahrim, Karil, Guthan, Torag, Verac.
- You can, when you enter the tunnels, walk over to a certain corner and hover your mouse over 3 of the 4 doors to the main chamber to deterime which is the right one. If none of the 3 doors are it, the one out of sight is.
- I always kill 6 crypt creatures before looting the chest, however, if you use slayer dart, you get more death and mind runes if you don't kill crypt creatures.
- Always pack a prayer potion in case you get Dhorak or Ahrim inside the tunnels.
- Doing Branches of Darkmeyer for the pendant makes getting to barrows or to a bank quicker and easier. You can even renew prayer in Darkmeyer, but remember to have the vyrewatch disguise.
- Prayer drains inside tunnels and crypts, so drink prayer potions only when you absolutely must.
- Always wear a ring of wealth.
- Be kind and bless graves.
~R.G.B.~

05-Jan-2012 22:57:59 - Last edited on 05-Jan-2012 23:22:42 by Tullius

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