Using Melee Is The Easiest Way To Learn The Fortis Colosseum And It Doesn't Require Max Gear

[@jdubzski]

I absolutely love finding smaller ytbers who actually take the time to explain the important parts. I couldn't understand Sols mechanics from other cluttered vids but your explanation made it soo simple. Tysm

[@GaryDuels]

Thanks mate, I appreciate it.

[@alexthornber9647]

Dudeeeee genuinely such a good guide. Not rushed and well thought out. Very organized and simplified. Well done 😮‍💨

[@DrengrYT]

small tip about the dfs charging, there is an item called bottled dragonfire or something that instantly charges the shield for like 15k GP

[@GaryDuels]

Ahh that's cool, I've never heard about that before!

[@Saplingbat]

I'm always kind of floored how few people know about this item since it's so cheap, and even cheaper to make.

[@S4tanMW3]

@@Saplingbat Oh yeah as a pker who planks often there is no way im charging my dfs naturally lol

[@2147B]

@@GaryDuels i only first heard about it 2 years ago myself (been around a lot longer), it's a game changer for sure. Welcome to the light

[@rohitjai1996]

I feel like I’ve watched every guide on colosseum and this is by far the best and easiest to watch

[@ignacioandresv3170]

Hey. I came here to comment that I got my first quiver and your video helped me a lot. Thanks for the content.

[@GaryDuels]

Thanks, I’m glad it helped. Grtz on the quiver!

[@Worminators59]

You didnt mention it but osmumten's fang is the next best downgrade after soulreaper for clearing waves, just bring a tentacle switch or something for the boss though I did the colosseum in blood moon gear with a fang, and so can you!

[@aquail5101]

Thank you for this I was using wiki gear guide and just seemed to be over complicating it. Such a smooth run through now. Time to challenge the CAs though.

[@Brewdose]

Very well put together. Thanks for giving me confidence to get my first

[@LidlRaccoon]

Great guide! This fight reminds me of Morituri Te Salutamus Adventure Time.

[@tjowns22]

Good guide, but I don't like the whole " doesn't require max gear" when you still take in a scythe with bandos. That's just barely not bis, considering you're still bringing a venator, SGS, claws etc. If you want to recommend bringing the soul reaper axe for the waves, I'd like to see a run with it and see if you still think the same after. Other than that, the editing and format for the video is very well done.

[@foghornfoggyface]

Agreed

[@toastwiz]

Gear very rarely matters in PVM. It's always physical ability > stats > gear. If you can do it with a scythe, you can do it with a tent whip. I did my first quiver and about 30kc with a tent whip, lol.

[@sifsmith6561]

I'm one of those pkers that kind of suck or slack at PvM, lol. So I'm having a go at getting a quiver, and, more into non pvp content. This guide is very descriptive, so thank you for that mate.

[@MoltarKaio]

This video was very helpful. I almost died on wave 2 in my budget gear but now I have your guide to help out!

[@austinatyahoo]

I sold Tbow for a scythe to start the Colo grind. Honestly I think Inferno is designed way better. Colo feels super jank, click boxes are awful, All of the invos are horrible. NGL I would have liked to try Doom Scorpion once I get a KC under my belt though. Anyway, I thought I understood off ticking, pathing and line of sight until I came to this place.

[@ohokok]

Doom scorpian was the worst. Offticking npcs from behind the pillar works the same as inferno.

[@Kyle-vj9dq]

That dog picture was funny asf

[@PreMadeDesigns]

Best vid ive seen on colleseum so far

[@radguy72]

Can't wait to try this on my iron man in a year! But seriously, great video and guide!!

[@jakeup4533]

Nice guide, goodluck on the growth of your channel!

[@paulgoldson7980]

this is exactly what i was looking for

[@DucksWorkshop]

Also I’m not sure if you know this but you can actually buy an item called bottled dragon fire on the GE.

[@xXfireball127Xx]

the mr robot soundtrack omggg

[@vodkasalt]

your videos are insanely good!!!

[@GaryDuels]

Thanks mate, it means allot.

[@faksen9619]

Great guide man! Will definitely try this content soon. I only have 140m so won’t be any insane gear but should manage 😅

[@simondoucet-ic4ds]

Great explanation aNd nice editing, thumbs up for me :`)

[@Tomtek654]

No faff, spot on guide!

[@Tomtek654]

Just realised we are in same clan 😂

[@vinnothy2897]

very good guide, made it to wave 11 three times yesterday but just got shafted. Im also shocked how well the dinny b run south tech works, shirley quiver by next week :)

[@GaryDuels]

Thanks! Good luck on your next run, I'm sure you will have it soon.

[@shawnlogan2782]

Did ya get it

[@vinnothy2897]

had to quit runey for a year now but once im back i will first try it :)

[@Kiandum]

Great guide and has helped me a ton.

[@currentcommerce4774]

melee gear is bis? -equip bloodfury & bulwark sounds good

[@bladestorm7433]

both are cheap and not bis lol

[@kaygiaa]

fantastic video mate ty for the guide

[@harrypounds456]

#108 attempts, #16 boss attempts, finally did it

[@GaryDuels]

@@harrypounds456 nice man! I had something similar to that I think. What weapon did you use?

[@tylerdevloo]

Melle method is definitely harder than barrage/shadow method.

[@90sbabymilitaryman]

Great video

[@Timbeee]

update the DFS, you can charge it with bottled dragonfire from the ge if you are not an iron

[@MoltarKaio]

As I've been doing this for a few hours, I find myself going back and forth in the guide a lot. I've already written them down myself, but is there a way to add timestamps to this guide?

[@ronlivingstone1634]

is the soul reaper axe a good weapon here?

[@GaryDuels]

@@ronlivingstone1634 yea it was changed not too long ago and now it’s pretty good here.

[@osrsnoganno]

I watched many videos. Wave 10 pb in 102 deaths. Why start tile is different than other famous pvmers recommends?

[@fuhkbiden]

I’ve always used mage how do o corner trap npcs?

[@TzClark]

After sand, sol will always do spear, weather it be 1 or 2 depends on his last attack before sand.

[@thalldur]

Heard soulreaper axe smites your prayer with blasphemy and gives doom stacks, so kinda useless or can any confirm?

[@GaryDuels]

Both of these invocations were changed during a patch so now the soul reaper axe does not interact with either invocation and it's perfectly viable. From the wiki: "Self-damaging items will no longer apply doom" "Self-damaging items will no longer drain prayer points if Blasphemy is active"

[@thalldur]

@@GaryDuels thank you!

[@SKELEWIZ]

@@GaryDuels if using a soul reaper what mage offhand, if any should be used? (ancient sceptre + ?)

[@GaryDuels]

@@SKELEWIZ You don't really need more accuracy or damage since you will still 2 shot the melee fremmy so I would just go for a tank shield like the dfs.

[@SKELEWIZ]

@@GaryDuels could you do a run in melee showing how to solve the later waves ? like wave 6+

[@skatingmagician]

I have to tell you brother, your start tile is 6 tiles out from pillar and every other guide i've watched is 5 tiles out. I used your tile when i starting learning and constantly got fucked over on the start of waves despite clicking on the right clicks, someone pointed out that my tile is too far out, i switched it to the 5th tile and my completions went up by like 50%. Your guide is good, but you legit costed me like 20m in deaths and countless hours

[@fuhkbiden]

Got any advice for de stacking things?

[@Smoky21111]

I tried bringing only a Kodai + Spectral in Full Torva and I 100% splash on the fremmennk that way. -28 magic attack in my setup. So idk about this, cant really follow the no mage gear recommendation.

[@GaryDuels]

Interesting, were you casting ice barrage?

[@Smoky21111]

@@GaryDuels I looked up on this and apparrently Ice Barrage or Ice Burst have a high miss chance lol. The Wiki mentions that in one sentence on the colosseum page. Well I guess I will try again with Blood Spells or just with a Sang Staff :D

[@GaryDuels]

@@Smoky21111 yea I was going to say, for what ever reason it’s really hard to freeze them but if you use blood barrage you will be fine.

[@prxtect_3195]

subbed cause of mr robot

[@JohnSmith-rr3jt]

"Doesn't require max gear... just almost max gear" lol

[@GaryDuels]

@@JohnSmith-rr3jt yea in hindsite I think this was a bit click bate, but in my defence, when I completed the content for the first time, the scyth was cheaper than it is now and I offered the soul reaper axe as an alternative. Also, at the time people were running a combination of max melee and max mage (or range) which adds like an additional 2-3bil to the setup cost. I do still believe the soul reaper axe is a viable alternative to the scyth though.

[@ApacheChief3000]

thank you sir

[@fuhkbiden]

I have a issue on how to get things in stuck and how to get things off tick I can’t find any info on it

[@Zehiret]

An easy way to off tick npcs: stay under the npc before he attacks and hit him.

[@fuhkbiden]

@@ZehiretI’m just seeing this you think death charge is a better choice?

[@Zehiret]

@@fuhkbiden only if you are comfortable with arceuus spellbook.

[@shadowsage1]

random but whats the coat youre wearing @00:35?

[@GaryDuels]

Hey mate, it’s the desert top. (There are two items with this name in game)

[@zoltan9760]

I used to always wear it for fashion scape back in the day with bone sack

[@sauceonside5193]

dont worry you dont need 4b in gear... just 2b

[@Pensnmusic]

True. But that is less. Additionally, you could use soulreaper axe with bandos. Down to 600m.

[@SveenxHD]

so, stats wise.. do i need 99 combat for this to be relevant?

[@Nasty_Santa]

From my understanding, the quiver is bis for range, so itd make sense if the activity to get it would require high stats for your average player. Obviously theres gonna be some super sweat out there that can do this with way lower stats, but for people like me who are bad at the game, i wont be trying this until i have those higher stats and gear

[@GaryDuels]

Hey man, yea unfortunately this is end game content so you will need decent stats and gear. Do you have any particular event/boss in game that you are interested in? I would be happy to make another guide for something a bit more accessible. I have a few other videos I’m cooking up so they won’t all be this style of end game content.

[@SveenxHD]

@@GaryDuels all good. im almost maxed combat and was planning to learn inferno (which i know is doable before maxed). so i just assumed this was in the same boat at first when i clicked the video. i will definitely come back here when doing colosseum later :)

[@themosthighvaluemaninthega9048]

@@SveenxHDIt’s doable before maxed. As a side note, all content in the game is doable before maxed. It will just take you longer.

[@MakraiRet]

So still hundred mil+ got it slightly lower than max gear so you can use your fake title

[@danbill9165]

What’s the lowest stats to do this pls ? Great vid

[@GaryDuels]

Hey mate, the fortis colosseum is really difficult so I would say 99 attack and strength and 90+ defence.

[@danbill9165]

@@GaryDuelswow I’m a long way off , I’m about to get 70 prayer and get medium combat ticked off for barrow grind , I’m a few stages away but good to aim for , any CA you have ?

[@GaryDuels]

@@danbill9165 what do you mean by CA sorry?

[@danbill9165]

@@GaryDuelscombat achievements sorry

[@Luukaar]

​@@danbill9165 you should try to do all the ca's that you can do if possible they will really help you, but I also recommend doing nex for gp if you are in need

[@osrsnoganno]

Found it usefull

[@yanghv]

Yeah we don't need 4b, only 3.99b lol (sarcasm).

[@brandonhaddix8667]

doom 1 is free, even doom 2 is viable even as a learner. relentless is free, dont take to 3.

[@GaryDuels]

Hey man, I often take doom 1 but it’s not the best for learning since you will be getting hit a fair bit so I gave it a low ranking. I had a similar thought with relentless since when learning you will need to run between pillars more often.

[@goose7181]

Decent

[@2brews]

your done

[@Tyler-bi8wz]

FALSE the g.e is the best place buy the dragonfire and use on shield

[@PauIdenino]

You didn't really show any examples of how to deal with the start of the waves. You only showed some very basic stack solves, could've showed some examples of a full wave.

[@DucksWorkshop]

This osrs content is only topped by odablock. Would you consider releasing a pking tutorial, I’m new to the game and am struggling with hitting my dps spekkle.

[@michaeldan9688]

So you gonna pay me for the 35 deaths I’ve gotten since swapping to melee only or nah? Every single person I talk to tells me melee only is for people that already know how to beat it. I’m not actually blaming you but I definitely could see the tbow route being way easier for wave solving

[@jayhaft1530]

Well thats just like your opinion man

[@michaeldan9688]

update. this grind drove me so crazy it ruined osrs completely. i sold my whole bank and quit the game. it became totally unfun

[@toastwiz]

Honestly it's such bad advice. Melee only makes wave solves so much more complicated. You'd legit be far better off taking a crystal armour + bowfa and a simple melee switch with a tent whip

[@DrSlyflyfox]

"don't need max gear" proceeds to go over max gear setup

[@DrSlyflyfox]

Yeah you should make the video match the title. That's called click-bait

[@PauIdenino]

​@@DrSlyflyfoxThe video does match the title. He doesn't need max gear.

[@ashnash5186]

Nice another guide where a blood fury is needed, hard to get these on irons as the place is botted to fuck!

[@GaryDuels]

Hey mate, if you don’t have access to a blood fury you can unequip your armour and blood barrage a mob at the end of each wave. I guess you just need to ask yourself if it’s more effort to blood barrage back up, or to just go and farm a blood shard.

[@grnwlk]

it's not necessary (esp with ancients and sgs) but it is one of the main benefits of melee only. just send it without if you don't have one

[@GaryDuels]

@@grnwlk yea the amulet just makes the whole experience very forgiving which is great for learning but it’s not necessary if you don’t make allot of mistakes. I don’t like blood barraging back to full health because I view it as a waste of time. The blood fury allows you to heal up without wasting time which means you get more attempts in a shorter period of time and you learn faster.

[@pr4zaVIDZ]

Really easy to get, just do your slay tasks or even just afk there Which is exactly what the other ppl there are doing, not bots lol

[@ashnash5186]

Nice another guide where a blood fury is needed, hard to get these on irons as the place is botted to fuck!

[@stevenson1142]

just bring blood barrage you whiny bronzeboy

[@bigbusta2214]

Imagine making a challenge account and whining about a challenge