PvME/Barrows brothers/Barrows
Introduction
The Barrows Brothers dharokhead are mainly camped by high-level players in an effort to obtain the Graverobber title. The brothers are relatively weak, with the exception of Linza.
Useful Unlocks
⬥ Completing all Hard Morytania achievements:
• Doubles rune drops
• Allows you to bank loot directly from the chest
⬥ Completing all Easy Combat Mastery Achievements:
• Portals will permanently appear in corner & central rooms of the underground crypt
⬩ Teleporting via these portals circumvents the need to to solve puzzles or open doors
⬥ Bringing a Dragon/Barrows defender allows for additional defender components. Corrupted sigils can be dissasembled for undead components
The Fight
Suggested order for killing the brothers:
Linza → Ahrim → Verac → Akrisae → Torag → Karil → Guthan → Dharok
General Strategy
⬥ It is recommended to be on an Undead slayer task to benefit from the slayer helmet slayerhelm and Guardhouse boosts
⬥ You can pre-vuln by using vulnbomb on the ground after clicking the sarcophagus
⬥ Bringing a spade and using it to dig in order to enter the mounds is quicker
⬥ Good movement can improve the efficiency of your runs, below are some examples starting at Dharok's crypt:
• Guthan last
• Akrisae last
• Karil last
• Torag last
Necromancy
Preset and Relics
⬥ Necromancy Preset Guide illustration
Rotations
Renew conjures as needed
Default to soulsap → necrobasic for all regular brothers. Use barrowsamulet to skip Akrisae
Use invokedeath when moving between brothers
Linza and Ahrim
splitsoul → invokedeath → commandskeleton + undeadslayer → surge to Linza → (tc) + deathskulls + vulnbomb → volleyofsouls → touchofdeath → omniguard spec → (deathguard90 spec)
Notes:
⬥ commandskeleton as you click on Ahrim's tomb
⬥ Run over to Ahrim whilst doing the rotation, be sure to not run out of deathskulls range
Example Kills
Magic
Preset and Relics
⬥ Augmented gear piece has Equilibrium 4 eq4 Undead Slayer undeadslayerperk
Rotations
⬥ Autocast crumbleundead
• Lunging is recomended on the orb but not necessary, Linza might take an additional ability without it
⬥ Can use barrowsamulet to skip any brother other than Linza
• This guide assumes you don't use them
• This guide assumes you reset at War's Retreat after every run
⬥ Use runic_charge while running to Ahrim, you still want enough time on runic to use the second Linza rotation if Ahrim is in the tunnel
Ahrim
Use runic_charge while running to Ahrim (tc) + corruptionblast → gsonic
Note: move towards Linza while using the abilities.
Linza
(tc) + undeadslayer → roarofawakening spec → omnipowerigneous → combust if combust reset combust again otherwise dbreath → gconc
Ahrim Tunnel
(tc) + corruptionblast → gsonic → roarofawakening spec → omnipowerigneous → combust if combust reset combust again otherwise dbreath
Dharok
(tc) + wm
Note: use runic_charge while running to Guthan
Guthan
(tc) + dbreath
Karil
(tc) + wm
Torag
(tc) + wm
Notes:
⬥ adrenrenewal if low adrenaline (below 25%)
⬥ Use runic_charge as soon as possible
Verac
(tc) + wm
Akrisae
(tc) + dbreath
Example Kills
Melee
Presets and Relics
⬥ Expect approximately 48 kph
⬥ Can downgrade gear, but you may need to use extra abilities
Rotations
⬥ Pray malevolence + soulsplit
War's Retreat
dba → 120 adren → zerk → 120 adren
Dharok
escapemobile + click + surgemobile → dig → meteorstrike
Ahrim + Linza
undeadslayer + gbargemobile + surgemobile + equip lengmh → TC + gflurry + vulnbomb → chaosroar → cane
Verac
Akrisae
Torag, Karil, Guthan
overpowerigneous → pulverise → cane
Notes:
⬥ If barrowsamulet on Akrisae then skip tumekenslight spec
Example Kills
Ranged
Presets and Relics
Rotations
War's Retreat
gdeathsswift → 100% adren → portal
Dharok
Dig + imbueshadows → bolg spec
Ahrim + Linza
Spawn Ahrim and run to Linza whilst gricocaroming → (tc) Linza + undeadslayer + galeshot → deadshotigneous → rapid + move towards stairs → gricocaroming
Verac
Akrisae
Torag, Karil, Guthan
Notes:
⬥ Apart from Linza and Akrisae, you should target cycle + snapshot + click stairs to leave as snapshot one-shots with the given setup
⬥ If you don't have 100% adren leaving Linza, use snipe which also one-shots with this setup
⬥ If Dharok is the tunnel, bolg spec Ahrim
⬥ If Ahrim is tunnel, gricocaroming Linza first
⬥ If you don't want to use barrows amulets, snipe Akrisae
Example Kills
Attribution and source history
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