Monsters with abnormal projectiles

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In most cases, to successfully use protection prayers against monsters with projectile attacks, the prayer must be active before the attack happens. This is a list of monsters whose behaviour deviates from this norm.

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NPC	Attack
Amoxliatl	Icicle attack
Artio/Callisto	Magic attack
Doom of Mokhaiotl	Standard attacks
Great Olm	Sphere attack^[a]
The Hueycoatl	Standard attacks
The Leviathan	Standard attacks
The Nightmare/Phosani's Nightmare	Melee attack
Nex (Zaros phase)	Magic attack^[b]
Phantom Muspah	Magic attack^[c]
Scurrius	Magic and ranged attacks
Sotetseg	Magic and ranged attacks
Tumeken's Warden/ Elidinis' Warden	Phase 2 scimitar/arrow/spell projectile
Vardorvis' Head	Ranged attack^[d]
Verzik Vitur (phase 3)	Magic and ranged attacks
The Whisperer	Magic and ranged attacks
Yama	Magic and ranged attacks
Zebak	Magic and ranged attacks

^ Praying before the projectile is launched halves current prayer points
^ Praying before the projectile is launched reduces damage by 50% as normal, praying while the projectile is in transit reduces damage by 25% instead.
^ Praying before the projectile is launched negates all damage and the corruption effect, praying while the projectile is in transit will only reduce damage.
^ Can also use a magic attack when fighting Awakened Vardorvis.

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Name	Attack	Notes
Sol Heredit	Triple attack	Praying Protect from Melee too early will result in it being disabled.
TzTok-Jad/JalTok-Jad	Magic and ranged attacks	Correct prayer must be clicked before the fireball/boulder appears.
The Nightmare/Phosani's Nightmare	Magic and ranged attacks	Correct prayer must be used before the projectile appears
Akkha	Magic and ranged attacks	Correct prayer must be used before the projectile appears

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