50% Group Zamorak

Note: Due to drop rates being release on September 2, this guide has moved from being for 99% enrage to 50% enrage. Some rotations may be slightly out of sync and will be fixed as soon as knowledge is available.

A Guide to 5 man Zamorak 50%

Introduction

⬥ Based on a lot of anecdotal evidence, 50% Zamorak seems to be the best method of obtaining uniques when it comes to time and effort involved.

⬥ This guide is focused on hybridding 2 combat styles to better manage cooldowns, and aims for 20 kills per hour.

⬥ This guide is aimed at 5 man teams, if your team has less players, you can execute the same strategies but you will have to deal more damage, a safe approach to skip mechanics is to charge the next pad at sub (teamsize * 20k) grey bar.

⬥ This is an advanced guide. For learning how to defeat Zamorak, refer to #deleted-channel and #deleted-channel

Preset and Relics

Preset Suggestion & Breakdown

⬥ Magic / Melee Hybrid

Roles Layout

Free Role

⬥ 3 players have this role. One should have the boss aggro on them and keep it centered the whole kill without moving around. The free role's job is to do a burst damage rotation on Zamorak each time a new pad is charged to skip mechanics.

Witch Killer Role

⬥ 1 player has this role. Their job is to kill the witch in Infernus everytime Zamorak's HP section is depleted as fast as possible.

Pad Charger Role

⬥ 1 player has this role. Their job is to charge the pads following the order 216453 or 214653 every time the witch dies to open the next phase.

Combined Witch Killer + Pad Charger (Combined)

⬥ This is possible on very high damage teams, where one player would charge the pads and kill the witch and not go on the boss till after the last pad charge, not advised unless already hitting sub 2:30 timers.

Note: both the Witch Killer and Pad Charger are required to deal damage to the boss at different times in between witch killing/pad charging.

Pre-Fight

⬥ Split in groups of 2/3 on each side, and kill the first witch on each side.

⬥ Don't kill the 2nd witch until everyone is in the instance, then on the 2nd witch and kill it slowly building to 100% with defensive autos.

⬥ / between the last 2 witches if free/witch, and a bit closer to pad 2 if pad charger, then kill them with basics.

Free Role

First Grey Bar

+ (tc) + → → improvise with , , , until pad is 80% charged and stay over 60% adrenaline

First Edict

At 80% charge → → → → improvise and keep 100% adren when grey bar is under 100k and witch dies (pad starts charging).

Second Edict

On pad charge starting or slightly before if predictable → → → (0-2 basics depends on pad charge) → at 80% charge → → → → → (fully channel) → improvise to 100% and + as it comes off cooldown.

Third Edict

Timing is sometimes tight, + asap and if good adren on 80% pad charge, if not + → , followed by a good FSOA rotation.

Fourth Edict

Depending on team and speed, there are 2 options:

Option 1

If you have about 12 seconds on when pad starts charging,

→ on 80% pad charge release + + → → → or a similar rotation, depending on cooldowns and time left on . The goal here is to deplete the green hp bar in to skip mechanics.

Then and deplete the greybar + next greenbar in that rotation.

Option 2

On pad charge starting or slightly before if predictable → → → (0-2 basics depends on pad charge) → at 80% charge → → → → → (fully channel) → improvise to 100% and + as it comes off cooldown.

Fifth and Sixth Edict

If Option 1 used on 4th edict, after is over, and do the grey bar + last phase in .

If Option 2 used on the 4th edict, at 100k grey bar. Your will be on cooldown, so on edict charge and release with + + → → to clear the green bar quickly, then improvise and as soon as it come off cooldown.

Depends on speed you can clear the 6th edict in that FSOA, if not, you can for the 6th edict charge.

Extra notes for Free Role

⬥ Keep the boss and at all times.

⬥ If you're on a , juice your and at all times. Rippers can offset the healing of grey bar when preparing for a .

⬥ Beware that shadow traps can spawn on top of you on 5th edict charge. Using here and with high HP is advised to avoid the large magic hit and stun.

Witch Killer Role (WK)

Witch Rotation

If or is up: Enter + + + (all same gcd) → (tc) + → → .

On other entries: if then → → / basic if not dead, else → + → .

If using in your hybrid mix, have up before and → → or → .