Nex
Best in slot
The best setup using every item in the game, at 99s with potions and the best prayer.
Melee
Best here
Osmumten's fang · Holy blessing
Ranged
Twisted bow · Seeking dragon arrow
Magic
Tumeken's shadow · Holy blessing
Other options by slot
The best melee pick for each slot and the next best options. Each percentage is the DPS you lose by swapping in just that item against Nex.
Mechanics
Nex has five phases, each ending when you kill its mage: Fumus, Umbra, Cruor, Glacies.
Smoke adds choke, a drag that stuns and turns your prayer off, and a dash down the aisles for up to 50. Shadow is fought from 8-10 tiles and hits up to 50 with shadow smash. Blood heals her and drains prayer, summons reavers, and its sacrifice hits through prayer for up to 50 unless you get 7 tiles away in 4 seconds. Ice adds icicles for up to 60 that turn prayers off, and an ice prison that shatters for up to 75 unless you break the stalagmites. At 20% she heals 500 and cycles her curses, and her death blast hits up to 50 in a 5x5, so get out within 3 seconds.
Which style: Ranged for the shadow and Zaros phases. She's weakest to stab, and melee is smoother in small teams.
From the OSRS Wiki, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Inventory
The OSRS Wiki's own “Ranged” setup for Nex, slot for slot.
Twisted bow
Ranged weapon to swap to
Anglerfish
Heals up to 22, and can take you past your maximum
Book of the Dead
Lets you raise thralls: resurrection spells need it worn or in your inventory
Divine rune pouch
Holds the runes for your spells in one slot
Osmumten's fang
Melee weapon to swap to
Armadyl brew(4)×3
Heals past your maximum and boosts Ranged, but lowers your other combat stats
Sanfew serum(4)
Restores prayer and stats, and holds poison off
Super restore(4)×6
Restores prayer and any stats that have been lowered
Saradomin brew(4)×13
Heals past your maximum, but lowers your attack statsThe wiki's own setups
Equipment and inventory as the OSRS Wiki's strategy page lists them, slot for slot. These are what people actually take; the solved kits above are what the maths prefers. The inventory drawn above is the one with the “Ranged” gear, so that card shows only its equipment.
Hybrid
Transportation
Ranged
Required: The Frozen Door
What it drops
34 drops, with rates from the OSRS Wiki. Open this boss in the planner for what a kill is worth at today's prices.
What it defends with
Combat tasks
11 tasks worth 56 points. Open the planner to track the ones you have done.
Elite
2 tasks
4 points each
Master
6 tasks
5 points each
Grandmaster
3 tasks
6 points each