Solo Nex - Melee
Introduction
When Nex spawns for the first time in a custom instance, she will be praying Deflect Magic 
for the majority of the kill. This is why Ranged-only kills are the meta for fast consistent kills. After every kill you will teleport out of the instance and re-enter in order to force Nex to always be praying Deflect Mage
Note: It is strongly advised to complete the Ritual of the Mahjarrat quest in order to get access to the Stone of Jas boost which gives a 5% damage boost in GWD1 (including Nex). This can be done via Fairy ring code D.K.Q. or Master Quest Cape option 5
Presets and Relics
Banking Preset
⬥ The most important thing is to have a Frozen key + Ancient Ceremonial set for use with your boss portal.
• You can speak to Ashuelot Reis in the Nex bank and pay a one time cost of the Frozen key + Ancient Ceremonial along with 10M GP to be able to access Nex bank without these items.
⬥ An Enhanced Luck Potion 
works and can be used here
⬥ A T70+ Defender is required for Ancient Emblem 
drops
• This is used to make the T80 Defenders (
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/ 
)
Advanced Preset
⬥ 
Malevolent Greaves - Contain Mobile 
and the Clear Headed 4 
perk, which lengthens Anticipation's 
stun immunity by 4.8s (8 ticks).
⬥ 
Vulnerability Bombs - Used at the start and during Blood phase
⬥ 
Dominion Mines - Two mines are used on Glacies (the last minion)
⬥ 
Eldritch Crossbow - Used to clear minions more effectively
⬥ 
Hydrix Bakriminel Bolts(e) - Used to gain more adrenaline when killing minions
⬥ 
with Dragon Claws 
⬥ 
with Statius Warhammer 
⬥ 
Rune Pouch 
(Runes for 
)
Note: If you do not own an Eldritch Crossbow , you can substitute with a Wyvern Crossbow 
for slightly slower kills
Mechanics
Nex overview
⬥ Nex is a 1x1 NPC and has very strict softcaps, which means that any damage over a certain amount is reduced by X% depending on the phase.
• During the first four phases, Nex has a soft cap that reduces excess damage above 5,000 by 50%.
⬩ For example, a 6,000 damage hit would be reduced to 5,500 damage.
• On the Zaros phase, the soft cap is changed to reduce excess damage above 2,000 by 75%.
⬩ This means a 6,000-damage hit would be reduced to 3,000.
Mages overview
⬥ Mages have a soft cap that reduces excess damage above 1,000 by a random amount between approximately 80% and 100%.
⬥ Each mage has 10,000 health and possesses a max hit of around 850. The mages are static and can only be attacked whenever Nex calls their name.
Nex has 5 phases; Smoke, Shadow, Blood, Ice, and Zaros. Each phase has 2 special attacks, with the exception of Zaros
Special Attacks
Rotations
Note: Make sure to use Jas Boost
Pre-Fight
After entering the boss room, do the following:
→ 
→ 
→ 
→ 
→ 
→ 
→ 
(release an auto attack with it) → 
→ stalled 
→ 
After barging, proceed North of Nex as shown in the image below
Note: you stall for the adren gain but do not actually release the stall
Position When Nex Becomes Attackable
+ as Nex says "Fill my soul with smoke!" (~9s)
Smoke Phase
Auto → 
→ 
→ 
→ 
to one of the marked tiles shown below
Bladed Dive Pathing
Fumus
⬥ With Greater Ricochet
→ 
/ 
if Armadyl book procs
⬥ Without Greater Ricochet
→ / if Armadyl book procs
Shadow Phase
before the phase changes → → Auto → 
→ 
→ 
→ (DW) 
→ 
Umbra
⬥ With Greater Ricochet
Auto → → wait 1 tick before attacking Nex
⬥ Without Greater Ricochet
Auto → →
Blood Phase
/ 
if you have sufficient adren → → → → a Blood Reaver → wait 1 tick so as not to heal Nex during Siphon → → 
→ → → along the path shown in the picture below
Surge + Bladed Dive Pathing
Cruor
⬥ With Greater Ricochet
→
⬥ Without Greater Ricochet
→ → if minion is still alive
Ice Phase
before the phase changes → to the tile marked in the image below → → → → Place both on Glacies → stalled 
→ → →
Surge Pathing
Glacies
⬥ With Greater Ricochet
→ / if the minion is low
⬥ Without Greater Ricochet
→ → if minion is still alive
Zaros Phase
⬥ If Nex starts with Deflect Magic
→ 
→ → → 
→ 
→ →
⬥ If Nex does not start with Deflect Magic
→ → + → → → → → → → → →
Phase Notes
Smoke Phase Notes
⬥ Throw your bomb right before the kill is about to start
⬥ Swap to your Dragon Claws EoF after using the SWH Eof Spec, as you will not be using that EoF anymore throughout the fight
Shadow Phase Notes
⬥ Walk under Nex when using Slaughter for extra damage
Blood Phase Notes
⬥ While bleeds should not be used during Blood phase, the bleed effect from using a channeled ability ( 
) after Greater Barge will not heal Nex, as they are not true bleeds
⬥ The reason you need to wait one tick before using Assault on Nex is for the Siphon to end
⬥ Wait for Nex to use her Blood Sacrifice spec before phasing her so that you start the Ice phase with a Contain This
Ice Phase Notes
⬥ If you get caught in an Ice Prison, use Freedom then 
to survive the hit.
Zaros Phase Notes
⬥ Nex cycles her overhead curses every 3 auto attacks during Zaros Phase, following this rotation: 
→ 
→ No overhead curse
⬥ Disruption shield may be used if you are low on food
⬥ If Nex ends her Ice Phase with , there is a chance it will carry over to Zaros Phase. She may also switch to during Zaros phase, improvise accordingly
⬥ When Nex uses , there is a chance your attacks will be reflected back at you if you hit her. Hence, be careful not to release any defensive autos when using and
Example Kills
https://youtu.be/YrAFQwdtHM4 1:37
https://youtu.be/-4MVYY4cMkc 2:09