Verzik Vitur Guide (TOB)
Theatre of Blood Phase 1 (shield phase)
Verzik Phase 1 Quick Guide (Theatre of Blood)
- Overhead prayer: Protect from Magic
- Every player does 2 Dawnbringer specs in blood order (orbs on the top left of your screen), drop dawn bringer behind pillar once finished
- Always check pillar health (can take about 3/4 of Verzik attacks before collapsing)
Overhead prayer: Always protect from mage
Once you enter the room, Verzik will be non-aggressive and sitting on her throne. It’s customary to drop a couple of brews in case you die so that the remaining team members can carry on the fight with enough food. One player will start talking to Verzik, turning her aggressive.
During phase one Verzik will have her shield up, indicated by the cyan health bar on the top left of your screen. This is where dawn bringer comes into play, the special attack (35% spec required) of this staff is very effective during the shield phase and can hit up to 150. Once the first player has run out of specs, they should drop the staff behind a pillar so that the next member can pick it up and do the same. Once every player has used their specs, the first player should have regenerated enough to spec again and every player should be able to do one more spec after that.
When not using dawnbringer, players should hide behind the pillars (always check the pillars health though) to avoid damage from Verzik.
Advanced players will attack the boss with their regular weapons to speed up this phase. However, this is not recommended during your first couple of runs.
Pillars
Pillars will collapse after 4 – 5 attacks from Verzik, be sure to always pay attention to the pillar’s health. Standing next to a pillar when it falls will result in 60+ damage and the possibility of being comboed out by verzik.
Theatre of Blood Phase 2 (Swing Phase)
Verzik Phase 2 Quick Guide (Theatre of Blood)
- Overhead prayer: Protect from Ranged until 35% then switch to magic
- Prioritize movement over DPS
- Step in and out to hit verzik with a whip or scythe (1 hit only, see gif)
- Freeze Nylocas when they spawn
- Once Verzik is below 35%: pray mage and focus on the red nylocas, never stop moving to dodge Verzik’s ranged attack.
Overhead prayer: Protect from Ranged until 35% health, than switch to mage
Every 4th attack verzik does will be an electricity attack, this can hit you with 50 damage if you’re too far removed from Verzik.
Nylocas that spawn should only be frozen, not killed. Attack the purple crab with a poison weapon such as the tentacle whip to prevent it from healing Verzik. The red Nylocas that spawns after 35% health should be killed first before focussing back on Verzik, have your overhead prayer set to magic and remember to keep moving to dodge ranged attacks.
Movement is key to phase 2 of Verzik. You should practice the in n out movement.
Theatre Of Blood Phase 3 (Spider/Final Phase)
Verzik Phase 3 Quick Guide (Theatre of blood)
- Overhead prayers: Blue orb = magic prayer/ Green spikes = Ranged prayer
- 1 player will randomly be chosen as the tank by Verzik. This player should use the “attack + walk under technique” similarly to how tanking General Graardor works.
- Every 4 attacks Verzik will spawn a new special attack in this order: Nylocas > Webs > Yellow pools > bomb > repeat
- Tornadoes spawn at 20% and will follow you, don’t let them catch up to you, Veziks attacks will be faster at 5 ticks per attack
Overhead Prayer: Verzik switches between 2 regular attacks during this phase, magic and ranged and they are indicated by the conventional colors. (Blue orb = Magic and Green spikes = Ranged).
Tank job
Verzik randomly assigns one player as the tank, this person will tank Verzik applying the “attack – walk under” technique that is also commonly used to tank General Graardor.
Walk under Verzik until you see her see her use an attack then quickly attack her with your whip or scythe and quickly walk back under her. Repeat.
Verzik Special Attacks
Special attacks happen every 4 Verzik attacks an always in the same order: Nylocas > Webs > Yellow Pools > Bomb > Repeat
Nylocas
After the first 4 attacks, verzik will spawn the first special attack which is always Nylocas. The non-tanking players should freeze them using ice barrage and then continue focussing on Verzik.
Webs
When Verzik goes into web phase, run clockwise around the boss and hit her in the center of each side.
Yellow Pools
When pools spawn you quickly want to run to the nearby pool, this will protect you from Verzik’s attack. The amount of pools that spawn depend on the players in the room and every pool can only protect one person.
Green Ball Attack (Bomb)
After the yellow pools, you always want to brew up to make sure you can tank the green ball attack or bomb. Verzik targets one player for this attack, it will deal 74 damage.
Purple tornadoes
Once verzik reaches 20% health, purple tornadoes will spawn and chase players. Don’t let the tornado catch up to you as this will heal Verzik. Verzik will also increase her attack speed during this part of the fight so beware if you’re tanking.
Note: Every player has their own storm chasing them and only their designated storm can damage them.