General Graardor: how to defeat it (Ironman guide)

Tier

Mid

Combat level

624

Style

Melee

Requirements

70 Strength. God Wars Dungeon. Solo possible with 80+ and good gear

Why kill it as an Ironman

Bandos chestplate/tassets, Bandos boots, Bandos hilt. Best melee armour until Torva.

Loot

The live drop table (wiki rates) and the drop simulator are in the app. ⚔ Open in the interactive guide

Bandos general. Punch up to 60 (2 in 3) and a 15-35 ranged shockwave to the whole room, only in melee range of its target. 3 bodyguards (mage, ranged, melee). Solo: Protect from Melee with high ranged defence, or ranged kiting.

Left icon: what hits you. Right icon: what to pray.

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Punch

Up to 60. Protect from Melee is mandatory if he targets you. Hit twice (4-tick weapon) then walk under to skip his attack.

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Shockwave

15-35 ranged to everyone, only when in melee range of its target. Tank it with high ranged defence and HP > 60. In teams, untargeted players pray Missiles.

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Steelwill

Mage (15): hits the most through melee armour. Bring a ranged body or Justiciar. Graardor down, Protect from Magic and kill him first.

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Grimspike and Strongstack

Ranged (21) and melee (15). After Steelwill, Protect from Missiles and Grimspike; Strongstack last. Guthan's or Blood Barrage on them to heal.

1. Trollheim (Death Plateau + Troll Stronghold or Ghommal's hilt), rope into GWD. 70 Strength, 40 Bandos KC (goblins) or an Ecumenical key. Hammer for the door if no DWH.
2. Enter with Protect from Melee and HP > 60. BGS/DWH spec if you have one.
3. Hit twice, walk under, repeat: he attacks every 6 ticks, you every 4.
4. Graardor down: Protect from Magic -> Steelwill; Protect from Missiles -> Grimspike; then Strongstack.
5. Bones to peaches on the bones (32 HP) and eat the drops (sharks, super restores). Repeat.

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Typical inventory

2

5

6

4

Super combat potion(4) x2 · Super restore(4) x5 · Saradomin brew(4) x6 · Anglerfish x4 · Bones to peaches (tablet) · Teleport to house (tablet) · Hammer

• 💡 Ranged solo avoids all his damage with the altar-door method (Bowfa on rapid, red-X between altar and door). Enable 'Current tile' in Tile Indicators.
• 💡 Melee solo is the simplest but gives short trips; Osmumten's fang improves it a lot. Amulet of blood fury heals and adds defence.
• 💡 Ecumenical keys skip the KC. In a private instance drops last 3 hours on the floor.

Tap a video to play it. Source: OSRS Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).