Justiciar Zachariah/Strategies

Justiciar Zachariah is the Saradomin guardian at the mage arena. He is the only way to obtain the Imbued saradomin cape and the Saradomin staff.

Requirements

None.
Recommended Prestige 3 Magic Level 99+ | Prestige 3 Defence level 99+

Getting there

Use the Portal nexus located north of spawn. Under bosses find Mage Arena.
Travel fee: 150k.

Mechanics

Zachariah will hit with all 3 styles.

• Freeze Zachariah with ancient spells, makes this fight very easy.
• Pray Melee until you see an attack with 3 waves; Quickly swap to ranged pray.
  • Failure to swap to the correct prayer will disable prayers for a moment and hit you hard.
  • You know you prayed correctly if your HP bar is displaying all red.
  • Just tank the magic hit and heal through it.

Recommended talents

The recommended combat style for Justiciar Zachariah is Magic.

Early Game TalentsEnd Game Talents

You won't need too many points to get this boss down. 101 points are used in this build.

Talents	Talents (Minimum Required)
Tier 1	Double Cast: 1/1 Deft Strikes: 5/5
Tier 2	Menacing Mage: 5/5 Elementalist: 5/5 Consistency: 5/5 Renewal 5/5
Tier 3	Draining Strikes: 5/5 Runic Effieciency: 5/5
Tier 4	Firebender: 5/5
Tier 5	Guardian: 1/1
Tier 6	N/A
Tier 7(Keystone)	N/A

For those who are in plenty supply of PVM talent points. Check out the early game talent points for the minimum and recommended talent build.

Talents	Talents
Tier 1	Double Cast: 1/1 Deft Strikes: 5/5
Tier 2	Menacing Mage: 5/5 Resilience I: 5/5 Elementalist: 5/5 Fortification: 5/5 Consistency: 5/5 Renewal 5/5 Bloodworm: 1/1
Tier 3	Unnatural Selection: 5/5 Porcupine: 5/5 Runic Efficiency: 5/5 Treasure goblin: 5/5 Holey Vestments: 5/5 Draining Strikes: 5/5
Tier 4	Firebender: 5/5 Resillience II: 5/5
Tier 5	Guardian: 1/1
Tier 6	N/A
Tier 7(Keystone)	N/A

Equipment

Magic is the Recommended style for this boss.

Slayer helmet (i) and other cosmetic variants are best in slot at this boss on task. Zachariah is considered a Justiciar.

Gear	Item (Most effective → least effective)
Helmet	Poseidon's crown3	Slayer helmet (i)	Slayer Helm	Dagon'hai hat	Black mask	Infinity hat
Amulet	Occult necklace (or)4	Occult necklace	Amulet of bloodfury	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	-
Cape	Completionist cape	Cape of the seas	Imbued god capes	God cape	-	-
Body	Poseidon's brassard	Dagon'hai robe top	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Infinity top	-	-
Legs	Poseidon's tassets	Dagon'hai robe bottom	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Infinity bottoms	-	-
Gloves	Tormented bracelet (or)	Tormented bracelet	Infinity gloves	-	-	-
Boots	Talaria	Eternal boots	Infinity boots	-	-	-
Ring	Seers ring	Ring of stone	-	-	-	-
Offhand	Elidinis ward (or)	Elidinis' ward (f)	Arcane spirit shield	Elidinis' ward	Catalytic tomes	Elemental tomes
Weapon	Kodai wand1 Tumeken's shadow	Master wand1 Toxic staff of the dead2	Beginner wand	-	-	-

¹ used to prioritize ancients for utility.
² used to prioritize healing.
³used with set bonus.
⁴If using end-game berserker you can use the regular occult.