General Graardor/Strategies

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General Graardor is the goblin general commanding Bandos' army in the God Wars Dungeon.

Requirements

No requirements
Recommendations: Prestige 3 Style of your choice and Prestige 2-3+ Defence.

Getting there

Use the Portal nexus located north of spawn. Under bosses find Bandos GWD.
Travel fee: Free.
Entrance fee: 50 boss tokens or 40 killcount

Mechanics

General Graardor attacks with Ranged and Melee.

• Freeze Graardor to only get hit with ranged.
  • Minions hit you with all 3 Styles of combat.
    • Pray ranged so you avoid one combat style completely.
• General Graardor will use a 5x5 tile AoE, move out of the shadows.

Recommended talents

The recommended combat style for General Graardor is Magic.

Early Game TalentsEnd Game Talents

You won't need too many points to get this boss down. # 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
Tier 3	Draining Strikes 5/5 Runic Efficiency 5/5
Tier 4	Firebender 5/5
Tier 5	Executioner 1/1

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 5/5 Deft Strikes 5/5
Tier 2	Menacing Mage 5/5 Elementalist 5/5 Consistency 5/5 Bloodworm 1/1 Fortification 5/5 Resilience I 5/5 Renewal 5/5
Tier 3	Draining Strikes 5/5 Runic Efficiency 5/5 Porcupine 5/5 Holey Vestments 5/5 Treasure Goblins 5/5 Unnatural Selection 5/5
Tier 4	Firebender 5/5 Sigil of Finality 5/5
Tier 5	Guardian 1/1
Tier 6	N/A
Tier 7(Keystone)	Key Stone of your choice.

Equipment

List all combat styles and effective gear. If only 1 or 2 combat styles, delete the other section. Delete any lower tier gear and adjust as necessary.

Slayer helmet (i) and other cosmetic variants
The Slayer helmet (i), and other variants, provide a 15% strength and 12% accuracy to all styles.
General Graardor can be chosen as a slayer task upon unlocking Tier 5 skilling talent Boss Slayer.

MeleeRangeMagicSpec Weapons

Gear	Item (Most effective → least effective)
Helmet	Sanguine torva full helm	Torva full helm	Titanforged helmet	Neitiznot faceguard	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Bloodfury faceguard	Justiciar faceguard
Amulet	Amulet of torture (or)	Amulet of torture	Amulet of bloodfury	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of strength	-
Cape	Completionist cape	Titanforged pavis	Infernal cape	Fire cape	-	-	-
Body	Sanguine torva platebody	Torva platebody	Titanforged chestguard	Bandos chestplate	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Bloodfury chestguard	Justiciar chestguard
Legs	Sanguine torva platelegs	Torva platelegs	Titanforged legguards	Bandos tassets	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Bloodfury legguards	Justiciar legguards
Gloves	Ferocious gloves	Cerberite grippers	Barrows gloves	-	-	-	-
Boots	Talaria	Primordial boots	Bandos boots	Boots of brimstone Holy moleys	Devout boots	Dragon boots	Climbing boots
Ring	Berserker ring	Warrior ring	Ring of stone	-	-	-	-
Offhand	Elysian spirit shield Blood spirit shield	Dragonfire shield Dragonite Defender Demonite Defender	Oxi Defender Gem Shields (ruby through dragonstone)	Dragon defender	-	-	-
Weapon	Osmumten's fang (or)	Hydra claws Osmumten's fang Phantasm scythe(or Ice equivalent) Dragon hunter lance	Titanforged maul	Gem halberds (ruby through dragonstone) Gem warhammers (ruby through dragonstone) Ethereal scimitar (i)	Ghrazi rapier Ethereal scimitar	Dragon Scimitar	-

Gear	Item (Most effective → least effective)
Helmet	Luminary circlet	Masori mask (f)	Masori mask	Armadyl helmet	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Robin hood hat
Amulet	Necklace of anguish (or)	Necklace of anguish	Amulet of bloodfury	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of accuracy
Cape	Completionist cape	Masori assembler	Dizana's quiver	Ava's assembler	Ava's accumulator	-
Body	Luminary shoulder guards	Masori body (f)	Masori body	Armadyl chestplate	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Rangers' tunic
Legs	Luminary legs	Masori chaps (f)	Masori chaps	Armadyl chainskirt	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Rangers' tights
Gloves	Zaryte_vambraces	Serpentine grasp	Ranger gloves	Barrows gloves	-	-
Boots	Talaria	Pegasian boots	Ranger boots	-	-	-
Ring	Archers ring	Ring of stone	-	-	-	-
Offhand	Elysian spirit shield Blood spirit shield Spectral spirit shield	Gem shields (sapphire through dragonstone)	-	-	-	-
Weapon	Heavenly bow Blazing blowpipe Zaryte crossbow (with appropriate bolts)	Toxic blowpipe Tonalztics of ralos	Ethereal Crossbow Gem longbows (ruby through dragonstone) Gem shortbows (ruby through dragonstone)	Karil's crossbow	Regular bows	-

Gear	Item (Most effective → least effective)
Helmet	Poseidon's crown	Dagon'hai hat	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Infinity hat	Mystic Hat	-
Amulet	Occult necklace (or)4	Occult necklace	Amulet of bloodfury	Amulet of fury	Amulet of glory	Amulet of magic
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	Mystic robe top	-
Legs	Poseidon's tassets	Dagon'hai robe bottom	Gem armour (Ruby through Dragonstone)	Infinity bottoms	Mystic robe bottoms	-
Gloves	Tormented bracelet (or)	Tormented bracelet	Infinity gloves	Barrows gloves	Mystic gloves	-
Boots	Talaria	Eternal boots	Infinity boots	Mystic 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 Gem staves (ruby through dragonstone)	Ancient staff	Elemental battlestaves	Elemental staves

Weapon	Item (No specific order)
Melee	Dragon warhammer	Hydra claws	Titanforged maul	-	-
Range	Blazing blowpipe	Heavenly ballista	Tonalztics of ralos	Toxic blowpipe	Zaryte crossbow (with appropriate bolts)
Magic	Poseidon's trident	Zamorak staff	-	-	-

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.