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19 MINUTE SOLO NEX (OSRS)
Date 2024-02-11
Type speedrun
Video youtu.be/znDIsdrEbgk

Summary

Gnomonkey completes a solo Nex kill in under 20 minutes, about 19 minutes, improving his earlier 26:30 time. He says his setup is about as refined as it can get and discusses weapons, difficulty and what a faster time would need. The video is mostly live commentary over gameplay.

Outline

  • 0:00 Stream chatter and start of the run
  • 0:59 Phase 1 and early damage rolls
  • 2:48 Chat questions on weapons: Void Waker, DDS, claws
  • 5:18 Talk of solo Nex drops and KC, tbow damage on P2
  • 7:22 Leech spawn and ice prison/blood sacrifice phases
  • 11:45 Prison roll, Glacies dying fast, tick eating
  • 15:49 Sub-20 finish and discussion of sub-19 and sub-18

Topics covered

Nex

  • (0:00) Gnomonkey says solo Nex is not worth it for money, but it is still over 10m GP/hr even with sweet usage, assuming consistent KC.
  • (0:00) Gnomonkey says the hardest part of solo Nex is tick eating perfectly and adapting to weird distance dashes.
  • (0:00) Gnomonkey says his solo Nex setup is as refined as it can get, with the optimal amount of brew and restore, and that packing a ZCB or additional switches is not worth the inventory slots.
  • (0:00) Gnomonkey says tbow camping on phase 2 of Nex is painful but seems the best option unless something new is discovered.
  • (2:48) Gnomonkey says a dragon dagger (DDS) is better than claws for solo Nex.
  • (2:48) Gnomonkey states the dragon dagger special has a max of 110, while the Voidwaker's max is only around 80.
  • (5:18) At the time of the video, Gnomonkey says no one had received a solo Nex drop, and he would like to be the first, which is why he still goes for KC.
  • (11:45) Gnomonkey considers a 25 a pretty low roll for Nex's ice prison, and notes Glacies dying really fast in that kill.
  • (15:49) Gnomonkey killed Nex solo in under 20 minutes, with the description saying it was close to 19 minutes, smashing his previous time.
  • (15:49) Gnomonkey considers solo Nex on par in difficulty with solo Theatre of Blood, because it requires perfect control of movement and reacting to Nex's random movements is very challenging.
  • (15:49) In phase 5 of Nex, anything where you do not have to start tick eating is very good, according to Gnomonkey.
  • (15:49) Gnomonkey credits the advice 'don't die' for the sub-20 solo Nex time, noting that phase 2 was slow but phases 3 and 4 were very fast.
  • (15:49) Gnomonkey thinks a sub-19 solo Nex is definitely possible but would be rare, and a sub-18 is probably technically possible but would be about the end of the line.

Gnomonkey

  • (0:00) Gnomonkey streams his speedrun attempts and answers viewer questions during runs, such as whether Voidwaker is needed and whether DDS beats claws.
  • (5:18) Gnomonkey says he would love a solo Nex pet and that getting a solo pet would make him lose it and quit streaming.
  • (15:49) Gnomonkey achieved a solo Nex kill of just under 20 minutes in February 2024, improving on his earlier 26:30 time.

Voidwaker

  • (2:48) Gnomonkey says the Voidwaker has a max hit of only about 80 on its special, compared with 110 for a dragon dagger special.
  • (2:48) Gnomonkey jokes that an Iron Man should not have to grind bosses just to get a Voidwaker to click a blue orb for 23 damage.
  • (15:49) Gnomonkey used his Voidwaker on a late attempt at the sub-20 solo Nex kill, saying he wanted to go for it really badly.