Smoke devil/Strategies
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Smoke devils are a slayer monster requiring level 93 Slayer in addition to an active slayer task to kill. When using Ice Barrage and a cannon, smoke devils can provide Slayer experience rates of up to 180,000 per hour, depending on the player's efficiency; however, a rate of 120,000 is more realistic. Valuable common drops like the rune chainbody as well as fire and air battlestaves generally compensate the rune and cannonball costs, and the rarer occult necklace drops can provide a net profit.
Requirements
- Level
93
- Level
40 for Protect from Missiles
Recommendations
- Level
94 for Ice Barrage. Ice Burst could be used at lower levels.
- High
to equip armour that boosts magic damage, such as Virtus or ancestral robes.
- Level
82+ for an ornate pool and jewellery box for a teleport to Castle Wars. Alternatively, bring a ring of dueling for teleports to Ferox Enclave to restore stats and the Castle wars teleport.
Transportation
Bank at Castle Wars then run south-west of the building, to the entrance to the Smoke Devil Dungeon. Alternatively, use a bank of your choice and use the fairy ring BKP to teleport south-west of the dungeon. Run to the centre of the room to the cannon spot.
Mechanics
Attack styles
The smoke devils attack only with a ranged attack. Protect from Missiles will prevent all damage.
Smoke
The smoke devils are located in a smoky environment. Players not wearing a facemask or slayer helmet will take 10 damage occasionally while in the dungeon, and attacks from the smoke devils will deal very rapid damage that also drain stats. When using the slayer helmet to check how many kills you have left on the task, take care not to misclick on unequipping the helmet; this can quickly lead to a death with smoke devils attacking you. This also applies on not misclicking rune full helms in the inventory that smoke devils drop as loot.
Tips
Grouping
Smoke devils should be grouped to maximise barrage hits. Place the cannon in the centre of the room to get them attacking, then run around each side of the skeleton to the west to group up the smoke devils.
It is also possible to lure smoke devils with a ranged weapon, such as a magic shortbow, although this results in lower experience rates and is typically only worth for some ironman accounts, particularly ultimate ironmen.
Equipment
Magic
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This is the best-in-slot available equipment for maging smoke devils. Unlike dust devils, smoke devils have some magic defence, so gear that provides magic accuracy is beneficial. See the table below for an overview of equipment alternatives in case this setup is not accessible or too expensive.
Notes
- While the tormented bracelet does increase the maximum hit of the player's Magic spells, it is generally inefficient to use as the bracelet of slaughter will increase the task's length and maximise overall Slayer experience rates.
- It is recommended to use a staff or wand that can autocast Ancient Magicks. Kodai wand provides +15% magic damage bonus as well as infinite water runes and a chance to save runes, making it the most effective.
