Thermonuclear smoke devil/Strategies

The Thermonuclear smoke devil is a boss variant of the normal Smoke devil, requiring 93 Slayer to kill. As it is also in the Stronghold Slayer Cave, they can only be killed when given a smoke devil task. It is not as popular as the Kraken, as its drops are less valuable, but it is still killed for those seeking the Smoke battlestaff or pet smoke devil.

How to get there



 * Follow the path to the Fire giant area. There will be a crevice in the first fire giant room to the side, which leads to the smoke devils. Upon entering, toggle the smoke off (to see clearer) and run northwest from the smoke devil entrance to find another crevice leading to the boss.

Strategy
The Thermonuclear smoke devil only attacks with magical ranged, so bringing ranged armour such as Karil's will help reduce the accuracy of the boss' hits. Much like the Kraken, Protect from Ranged will not reduce or block the accuracy of the Thermonuclear smoke devil's attacks. Despite having a max hit of 8 (very low for a boss), the Thermonuclear smoke devil has an attack speed of 8 (1.2 seconds inbetween attacks), and is very accurate, so standing still and attacking the boss can lead to a lot of damage in a matter of seconds.

The Thermonuclear smoke devil is weak to melee attacks, specifically slash. While it is relatively weak to all forms of melee, its lowest defence is in slash (+4 slash, +9 crush, +11 stab); however, it does have a high defence level of 360. Magic can also be used, despite its magic defence of +800, an NPCs actual magic defence rolls on its magic level, not its defence level (and any magic bonuses). Ranging is not recommended due to its high defence and ranged defence bonus (+900 ranged defence).

To counter the Thermonuclear smoke devil's attacks, you can do one of the following:


 * Attack the Thermonuclear smoke devil with melee, with a strong slash weapon like an Abyssal whip or godsword. Upon hitting the Thermonuclear smoke devil, go under it, wait a few seconds, then go back out and attack it. Repeat until the smoke devil dies. This will prevent the Thermonuclear smoke devil from hitting you as much and save a lot of food.
 * Attack the Thermonuclear smoke devil with magic. If you do not farcast the Thermonuclear smoke devil, you will need to attack all six smoke devils in the cavern. Lure them all onto one square, casting Blood Barrage to heal off all seven smoke devils and Ice barrage when your health is full. You will need to put up Protect from Ranged to protect yourself from the smoke devils' attacks.
 * If farcasting, use your strongest ice spell on it, and use the long range option on your trident. The trident on long range mode has more range then the Thermonuclear smoke devil's attacks. When it breaks free, bind it again and repeat the process until it dies.