Vet'ion/Strategies

This is a guide to kill Vet'ion with melee. Vet'ion is one of the four bosses of the Wilderness (the others being Callisto, Chaos Elemental and Venenatis). He is a very strong opponent that should not be underestimated, as he has abilities that can easily kill players, although not as severe as Callisto and Venenatis.

Level Requirements

 * -| Minimum=
 * 70
 * 46
 * 80
 * 75
 * 70
 * -| Recommended=
 * 105+
 * 85+
 * 90+
 * 85+
 * 75+
 * 85+

How to get there
Vet'ion is located just north of the Bone Yard, residing in level 31-35 Wilderness. Fast ways to get there are:


 * Use a Games necklace, then select the "Corporeal Beast" option. Leave the caves and run up north.
 * Use the Wilderness obelisk near the Corporeal Beast's cave and teleport to the level 35 obelisk, then run east of your location.

Attacks & Abilities
Vet'ion has several attacks and abilities:


 * Melee attack: Vet'ion simply swings his scimitar at the target, dealing up to 30 melee damage.
 * Magic attack: Vet'ion launches three magical balls at his target, and is similar to that of the Chaos Fanatic and Crazy archaeologists special ability. Two balls are launched randomly around the player's location while one will always hit on the player's position when he used this attack. It can hit up to 34 and can be fatal if hit while he does his shockwave attack.
 * Shockwave: Vet'ion slams the ground (a game message will appear for this when he uses it). It has an 11x11 area of effect around Vet'ion and will deal up to 45 damage. It is possible for the ability to miss and protection prayers offer no protection against it. He has a 6 second cooldown after using this ability before he can use it again.
 * Hellhounds: When Vet'ion reaches half health, he will summon level 214 Skeleton hellhounds to aid him. Vet'ion is immune to attacks when they are alive and must be defeated in order to damage him again. In his reborn form, he will summon level 281 greater skeleton hellhounds instead.
 * Forms: Vet'ion has two forms; a normal and reborn form. Vet'ion starts out in his normal form. When he reaches 0 lifepoints in that form, he will say "Do it again!!" and turn into his reborn form; both are the same minus the appearance and hellhound spawns. If Vet'ion is at his reborn form too long, he will eventually revert back to his normal form, which will need to be killed again to reach the reborn one.

Guide
When fighting Vet'ion, you want to lure him to the south-western area of his roam range, as there is a pile of trees there. Try to lure him to the edge of his wander range by grabbing his attention (and then going under him if he doesn't). Make sure your melee weapon is set on a Crush setting, as skeletons are weak against that combat style. Attack him while avoiding his magical orbs and eating whenever your lifepoints are below 45, as his shockwave ability deals a lot of damage most of the time.

When the hellhounds appear, this is where the luring pays off. Attack the hellhounds (you may also use crush as they are skeletons or mage them with a trident), while you are out of Vet'ion's range. This will help the player by staying still rather then constantly moving around to avoid his magic attacks ad shockwave which can be fatal if the two hit you at once. Once the hellhounds are dead, continue to attack Vet'ion until he reaches his reborn form. If you need to bank due to shockwaves, leave Vet'ion at low health in his normal form, rebank then return to finish the kill. This will save a large amount of time, as if Vet'ion in his reborn form reverts back to normal, he will carry the health he had in his reborn form over to the normal one.