Bik Arrows are OP at HM Kerapac | Solo Range HM Kerapac Guide | Nox Bow, Vamp Aura, Cinderbanes (#9) 

Its my fellow musketeer being frickin classy at hardmode kerapac with the poison build!

Classy & relaxed

I think you arrived just in time, because this is a refined guide and incredibly well made too! I just subbed because of the previous HM Kera Video and because i found all good bits of info and inspiration to do better on these videos :D

I love it man I like how rs3 is getting a bit more diverse with the combat styles hate the only use mag/melee/range

Yeah I’m loving the diversity coming into the game lately!

Dude I’m stoked to hear that! 🙌🏼 I felt the same way when I learned this method, definitely keep grinding it, good luck on those staff pieces!

@@RheyoRS Wanted to thank you again. Got my first staff piece at 216 KC. I feel super consistent with this method now and was able to get a 4:58 without Limitless and pretty easily get 5:10's. Might keep camping Kera after I finish my FSOA just because of how much fun it can be. :)

Love to hear that, congrats and keep it up!

I actually forgot to mention this in the video, but I use these for all my kills! The damage from these is huge.

@@RheyoRS Okay great! I was just watching and thought man this would just shave a few seconds off an already breezy kill but good to know you were using them!

Nope!

Heck yeah dude grats 🙌🏼

That’s solid advice, that could help a ton!

I’ll eventually put together a video on this!

I do plan to do in-depth guides for bosses in the future. What are you struggling with the most atm?

I’ve heard a lot about this and need to try it myself! I need to grind that challenge out first though

I havent done solo kerapac with hydrix/ruby, but I want to say that this build specifically may only be on par, but that depends on how easily you can get lightning skips with hydrix/ruby. My best kill time with this build is about 5:14 with lightning skips on phases 2 & 3 and minimal to no stalling. It’s also a very relaxed build, especially on clones with the extra 2 range which helps you keep rapid fire when warp time ends instead of ending it prematurely.

This is a good question, if I get the funds together I might give this a try!

@@RheyoRS awesome!

I do know that this stack also works with emerald bak bolts. Which gives rougly an extra 600 poison damage to each grico splat.

I plan on upgrading to ecb eof as my next upgrade, so if you’re basically in my situation except with blights, I’d say a good option (if you wanted to make the swap) would be to sell blights and save for SGB. Otherwise your setup is good as is imo. If you want to go with bows then even Nox bow would work fine, SGB would be better thought due to the extra accuracy/damage and the spec though.

@@RheyoRS yeah I was considering getting my second SGB (I already have one in an EOF). Otherwise I may just throw ECB in an EOF and then save for BotlG

That bow is mega cash money. Whats it going for rn?

@@wolfingitdown2047 what is botlg? Edit: realized as soon as I hit enter lol

@@andrewlivesay8109 lmao no worries

They’re not bound and it might be a good idea, it could be better to use Emeral bolts as well. I havent tried this personally though.

@@RheyoRS that is true, i was thinknig hydrix for better ecb eof camping, but those emeralds may be the way

I also havent tried ecb eof, but from what I’ve heard the ecb eof isn’t ideal to use with this build as it takes away the healing away from SS resulting in one less chance to proc poison from reaver per hit. Not saying it would be bad by any means though, it seems like ecb eof would be better in a build that uses reckless instead. Bik stacks at max easily makes poison hit 5k+, and taking chances from that, as opposed to enhancing it, might not be the best option. That’s my perception though, like I said I’ve never used ecb eof so I have no personal experience and could be completely wrong.

I’ve heard it works just fine, the t95 bow would be best regardless I believe, but they thing to consider is that poison scales with your weapon tier, and even though hexhunter works on kerapac, the poison is still capped at t80 damage due to the level of the bow. You’d be favoring more power damage vs poison damage, when ideally this build is focused on dishing out high poison damage frequently. I haven’t tested it personally, but as I mentioned before I’ve heard it works well coming from a few friends who used Hexhunter as their bow. The idea of using it seems a bit counterintuitive, but the damage could more than make up for it.

Yeah I updated the wiki but I guess they reverted the change. Not sure why

​@Rheyo RS The debuff is %, not stacks. It's super confusing why they did it that way when stacks of things are always what the debuff shows. If you hover it, the tip will clarify its the % increase. Otherwise super good. Something to add is Morgan's challenge gem can make it so you never have full hp which really increases the poison hits.

Dang man that is some nuts timing! Where do you use ecb in this encounter btw? That’s my next upgrade so I’ve been curious how it’ll work with this build

@@RheyoRS il still trying to figure out the range combat style, I didn’t use it at all when it was meta. I was still meleeing back then. Then kerapac came out and I became a Mager only. So here’s my rotation, no clue if it’s good. My thinking is even in ds bleeds with ecb still best after grifo rapid and snap…. P1: ds, apot, grico, ECB EOF, walk combust, corruption, rapid fire, grico, snap (with 21s left), snipe, ECB EOF, walk combust, grico, corruption, dazing shot, walk as he lands and rapid, snap shot (end of ds) ecb eof, grico, (if you have enough adren dead shot ASAP so you get all hits and hopefully skip p1 lighting), combust mid air, corruption, dead shot, build to rapid fire and pray for p1 skip. I only get it about 20% of time. Usually he phases while lightning spawns which is annoying AF. Sometimes I spam blubbers and guthix rest to get healing procs and pray for extra poison, sometimes if high hp I use a dark bow and just start p2 low adrenaline and time warp under him instead of right away P2/p3: time warp, sunshine, grico, snipe, snap, walk under rapid, as rapid ends with 100% ECB EOF, grico, snap, rapid, kinda improvise from there based on his health. Usually 2nd ecb, bleeds including deadshot, bc I want snap rapid off cooldown for next phases. Important, for most of p3 I swap to wen arrows bc I haven’t tried keeping bik stacks on kerapac for p4. This is important bc you want to start with 15 stacks for echoes. P4: enter a clone, vuln bomb, 1 or 2 basics as you walk between two echoes, time warp sunshine, swap clone to last echo you will kill vitality pot, re-enter first clone, limitless, snap and rapid with 15 wen stacks, snap as time warp ends, first clone should be around 10k hp, turn to second clone, grico, snipe, deadshot, rapid, improvise as clones die, i swap to ascension and spirit shield (should mention wen arrows were a quiver swap and new quiver has hydrix bolts), surge diagonally, reflect, build to 100% resonance (when it’s safe so you can turn off mage prayer and get to full hp), vuln bomb , time warp sunshine, swap to hex, grico, snipe, limitless snap, devotion, make sure dark bow eof is on. As you exit time warp do what ever you have to for extended devotion. If that means dark bow do it kill second clone, vuln kera, improvise a bit depending on adren, but basically prioritize dark bow eof, and grico to build wen stacks then snap rapid. Spam eat blubber sand Guthix rests for poison procs and stay alive. I think if I time the few seconds to keep poison stacks during p4 I might get a sub 4 by melting kerapac last 200k hp

@@RheyoRS doesn't work well cuz you aren't healing making reaver useless and less procs... It works great with hydrix/ruby tho

This would require weapon switches. You can if you feel the need to, but in my experience, killing the echos faster is better so Wen Arrows would do well.

Those are the legacy hit splats!

I haven’t but I’ve been considering giving it a try!

Per kill it’s around 100 bik and about 35 Wen arrows using the rotation from this video. Per hour it comes out to about 700-900 depending on the amount of kills

Correct, and I’m considering upgrading to this next. Decision is between sgb and ecb eof but sgb would work better with this build.

Wen is best for AOE, Jas is better single target damage. Jas book takes a % of your damage and adds it up over 8 seconds, then damages your current target with all stored damage, which can hit up to 30k (if enough damage is dealt). For single target encounters like kerapac/raksha, Jas is superior, but Wen would be good in arch glacor, clearing elite dungeons, any bosses with minions.

@@RheyoRS Ohhh i understand now! Thank you!

Yes I am doing these kills on task

I didn’t use them, I only have them there in case I need to swap to mh/shield, because I only have arrows in my quiver. I’ve since swapped to a strykebow as my shield swap for this so it frees up multiple switches for 1 incase I need a shield switch.

@@RheyoRS thanks for the response! Yeah I was wondering why not a strykebow which basically serves a the same purpose, but without the hard switching

I honestly never considered it because I forget that it exists sometimes haha, another user mentioned it so I made the swap and loved it

Hex bow can be good, but the poison damage scales with weapon tier. Although the damage output is higher against mage targets, the poison damage with hexhunter stays at t80. I haven’t personally tested this, but I imagine they’d be fairly similar, hexhunter may be a bit more reliable dps due to increased base damage? I’m not certain though.

Oh that's such a good point on the Tier part. Completely went over my head. Could be a video idea ;)

A grade videos btw.

wut? SGB doesn't stack stuff?

Im fairly certain an sgb should make stacks. All ammoless bows can use ammo you have equipped (like attuned crystal bow using dbane arrows). Originally they wouldnt but a patch several years ago fixed that

That’s a good point, I didn’t consider the extra hits!

This is an interesting idea, I like the idea of a seemless swap unlike crossbow/shield/ammo swapping. When I have more funds to freely play around with I’ll give this a shot.

They're worth using for a defensive switch and nothing more until we see a higher tier shield bow. I have a pf strykebow switch with bulwark and turtling but I'd not recommend trying to actually kill anything with it.

Does achto tempest make the strykebow worth camping? Its a 5% damage increase per armour piece right? So +25% would that bring it close to standard 2h damage output?

Took your advice and upgraded to Strykebow, to clarify on the offensives, it does have the reduced damage you would have when using a shield/mh swap so it's not 100% damage like you'd get with a longbow, but it's a very good option when using arrows. Found this swap to be very beneficial at Kerapac specifically due to not messing up my positioning during p4, and not having to arrow swap. Good investment and suggestion 🙌

ive had my strykebow as my pf/reso switch since first buying ecb when it was still meta. it was it's only purpose. luckily i had it in my inventory on my first crack at hm kera. it saved me from a blunderous p4 when i realized the dmg that enraged kera was hitting thru prayer 😂😂 i wouldnt camp the bow anywhere, but to finish off the tail end of p4, the dmg is honestly very respectable and made finishing the kill stress free.

The 0’s are just lucky misses, debilitate and devo are the main abilities I use, I’ll snipe a res during Kera because it’s basically a 4-5k heal. I’ve upgraded to a strykebow so it doesn’t mess with positioning or require ammo swapping.

@@RheyoRS O sick I had no idea this bow existed. I will try it out only bad part will be getting croaming 4 for it as well lol... Also how much did you pay for your wyrm scalp?

I insta bought it for 30m, darkbow was 2-3m. I mainly use it at a quick swap so you could get away with a lesser Caroming tier if you wanted to. Having it is pretty important though to upkeep bik stacks/Wen stacks.

@@RheyoRS Ok thanks it wasn't buying for that so I will just let it sit. I'm not really familiar with defensives if you use reflect and switch back to nox bow will reflect go away?

Yes, shield specific defensive will clear when swapping off shield. Debilitate also lasts longer if used with a shield equipped, so I believe if you switch off shield after using debilitate with it, it’ll clear it as well. I’m not 100% sure on that last point though

I feel the adren cost may be too expensive, and I don’t think the damage from it wouldn’t be too worth since you’re using ranged gear. It’s worth a try though!

This probably lies within your rotation! Greater dazing shot is great in general, but it's not make or break it with this build. Grico is the one ability that makes a massive difference so if you have that, you should be able to pull similar dps. If you want, you can join my discord and post a VOD so I can see what you're doing and give you pointers, there's other folks in the discord who could have insightful information as well

That’s huge bro! 🙌🏼

Yes, but you’ll suffer from less poison damage since poison damage scales to weapon tier. Others say it works well or even better than nox though, but I’ve heard that the hexhunter bow passive boost doesn’t work on the echos of kerapac, I’ve not used a hex before but if that’s true then you’d have quite a lot of accuracy problems.

Hey! I can definitely help out, make sure to join my discord and you can post a vod of your kill so I can give some direct advice!, the link is in the video description.

I’ve heard it’s really good with this method, I think using it with Ful arrows can get you really solid times. A friend of mine upgraded to it and is getting sub 3:30’s.

@@RheyoRS dear god

Sgb

In combat settings -> hitsplats, I use the legacy hitsplats.

@@RheyoRS ok thank you I’ll check it out

I’m using Borrowed Power, you unlock it from Livid Farm

@@RheyoRS i figured. i gave this build a shot last night. still keep failing p4

Have you done Kerapac prior to this? Although this is an easier build to use, it’s still a difficult encounter. Keep at it!

@@RheyoRS no actually. just 1 nm kc for wars tele. Im pretty experienced in PVM imo. this is just a different fight i never encountered. gonna give it another shot in a lil bit ngl

Are you avoiding the “tear right through you” mechanic? If you spawn the storm clouds, they pulse typeless damage, and you have to kill them. If you phase him after you spawn one, it will show up for the remaining phases. The only other thing I can think of is that you’re using Ring of Death, the updated effect gives a bleed that lasts for 3 minutes for a total of 75k during its duration, as opposed to you dying. If your screen gets a white vignette while taking bleed damage, it’s the Ring of Death effect.

@@RheyoRS it’s definitely the tear through mechanic thank you so much!!!

Of course!

question I plan to upgrade my nox bow to sgb with perks p6a1 + e4r3 and have a wyvern crossbow to put c4 and some other perks for a grico swap. would it be better putting e4r3 or c4 (without equilibrium) on sgb?

@@beastyusuf7667 c4 would be better, you want those extra hits from grico to apply arrow stacks when using wen/bik/deathspore/etc.

No, Nixon dragonkin slayer task + genocidal works though

Yes , I’m not sure how much you’d sgb spec but just the t92 dmg and accuracy would make it better

Every time you kill a target while it’s active, it’ll increase in duration. This can be done 3 times max.

Keep it up! It's a challenge to learn but very worth it.

Keep working at it! It takes some practice to get a hold of p4

The black stone arrows effect isn’t needed for Kerapac since your accuracy is already high. Clones are the main concern, but wen arrows seem to do the job just fine and possibly better due to thresholds not only getting accuracy bonuses, but damage bonuses.

@@RheyoRS ahh. i'll remember that. Thanks

I believe Ambassador would be a good one

@@RheyoRS arch glacor maybe?

Arch glacor is a great option as well, completely forgot about that

Solak is prob the best.

Like others have already said, I'd use Biks whenever the fight takes you longer than 2 Minutes and if the boss is poisonable. I think the move here would be to have Biks + Wens on your Pernix Quiver, maybe even Biks + Splintering arrows if you want to keep the constant hits and want access to a good threshold like Salt The Wound at Max Stacks. If you're leaning towards a DPS Build, Biks + Ful Arrows would be a better alternative, specially if you can get away with a DBow EOF or an SGB at a 5x5 Target. For more adren, you can even add Deathspores to the mix and use their proc to dump an EOF Spec or Incendiary Shot, maybe even get a free Death Swiftness! Personally, i have a Quiver with Ful + Deathspores for anything immune to poison and Slayer, and Bik + Wen Arrows on the other for Poisonable bosses and beefy mobs.

I haven’t tested it personally, but hex is t80 so the poison damage from hex procs at t80 damage as opposed to t90 when using nox bow. The damage modifiers from hex might make up for that difference, but I’ve also been told that the passive doesn’t work towards the echos in p4 either which already gives you accuracy issues with t90

Vamp scrim only works with melee, aura works with all

Yes this is all on task, although it’s still very doable off task.

I tried it out off task, super hard to get lightning skips /: still way more chill than ascensions tho

Not bis but it’s pretty competitive from what I understand.

Grico is a pretty strong portion of this build, I don’t think it’s impossible, but it’s much more difficult without

Dang I just leaned kera finally got solo kills with magic but it takes me 15 minutes a kill lol

@@RheyoRS I finally got grico and came back to this guide to learn lmao :D

Heck yeah dude! Best of luck 🙌🏼

That sounds like ranged animations in a nutshell 😂

Yep, even better now with the update to piercing shot doing 2 hits instead of 1

@@RheyoRS possible on mobile?

Yeah should be able to! I can’t say it’ll be easy though

@@RheyoRS you got a discord? I’m looking for account progression other than questing, also pro tip bandos bones are 100k atm

It’ll take time if you’re still learning HM Kerapac. P4 itself took me about 10-11 hours before I got my first kill.

@@RheyoRS thanks for the reply, and im still going at it but man your videos make look easy!

You’ll get it, just keep at it!

When you unlock the pontifex shadow ring, upgrade it with Jas anima and it will allow you to avoid the stun

@@RheyoRS I didn’t even know about this, keep dying when he stunt me. Btw I was just looking into it, there is 4 type of anima, can you put all 4 different type on? And would it still give you the same passive?

Yes, you put all 4 types on there and each grants a passive related to that boss front. You can over charge the ring by bringing a further 5k of each anima to Wahisietel (6k of each anima in total: 1k for first charge, 5k for the overcharge process) and it will make the ring upgrade completely passive so you can leave it in your bank.

@@RheyoRS I can’t find that guy! Is these like a quest or something I need to do?

Yes, the city at sentisten quest will give you the ring and place him in the cathedral where the elder god eggs are

Nox bow in my opinion

@@RheyoRS tyvm

What are you using in your setup that differs from what I’m using in this video?

@@RheyoRS maybe perks on armour I'm not sure. I have elite sirenic so should be fine

I’m using bis perks from pvme discord, im also on slayer task with helm stand on anachronia, that could be a difference

@@RheyoRS all good accidentally put on tectonic not sirenic lol

That’ll do it 😂

If you’re doing bosses like ed3/raksha/kerapac, the arrows should put for themselves overtime, except with Kerapac your common drops make up for them completely, raksha drops 1-1.5m loot fairly often as well, but has some bad seed drops.

@@RheyoRS how can someone make any profit when its over 1m gp just in arrows for 1 kerapac kill haha

I’ll have to check the exact amount but I don’t think it’s quite 1m per kill. Averages I’ve been told are about 700-900 arrows/hr and God arrows in general max at around 3.5-4K each

Just tested in a kill and it came out to about 425k, used about 100 bik arrows and 36 Wen arrows.

P4 takes time to get used to, are you using the same gear as I am or is it a bit different?

@@RheyoRS I am used to it with cryptbloom. I have the exact same gear, I lack disruption shield. With this gear I get stacked killing the last minion at p4 while non stop eating. You seem to get a lot of devo proc from your perks so not sure.

Devo helps a lot but it doesn’t always work out. Make sure you either surge to the last location for the final minion, or use a shield + reflect. If you run there will be a lot of damage stacking once you reach the final location and it can 1 shot you, you can use res to heal of a hit as well, preferably time it for the green projectile as that’s from Kerapac himself and that one hits the hardest. It’s a pretty big difference as opposed to cryptbloom though so give it some practice!

Because you’re becoming too powerful

you must be stopped calvin

You can join my Discord/FC! I can’t promise I’d always be available but there’s always members doing pvm in the community.

@@RheyoRS sure, I understand. What's your channel name.

My friends chat is just “Rheyo” and the link to my discord is in the video description

But hey! At least you're partially immune to MTX Shenanigans, unless they add a 0.0001% rare cosmetic token that can be bought from the G.E. So I guess irons get that going for them :p

In edit mode, there’s an option called “boss health bar” or something along those lines, you can move it on screen where you’d like. I personally did it by unlocking my interface, grabbing target on a dummy in war’s retreat, and then clicking the lock icon on the target’s health bar. Once you do that, you can move it where you’d like, then relock your interface and it’ll stay there