Hellhound/Strategies

Hellhounds have a low defence for their levels, but make up for this with a high strength level. The level 92 and 95 hellhounds have maximum hits of 224 and 272, respectively. All hellhounds are weak to slash attacks, except for the hellhounds in the God Wars Dungeon, which are weak to water spells.

Strategy
The two hellhounds in the Witchaven Dungeon can be easily safespotted once they become unaggressive; the gold rock near the east column, and the spot as shown in the image can be used as safespots to attack the hellhounds.

If you wish to fight the hellhounds in the Wilderness, remember to hop worlds to check for other occupants in the area. If you are attacked by another player, quickly run to a safe zone and teleport out using an emergency teleport; if you are stunned, you must first use Freedom to mobilise yourself.

Soul split and deflect melee can be used alternately while fighting hellhounds - soul split when life points are low, and deflect melee when life points are high.

One popular method when fighting hellhounds is to equip Guthan's set, the vampyrism aura, a demon horn necklace, a healing familiar such as bunyips or unicorn stallions, and making use of a bonecrusher. This allows players to sustain their prayer points, with the added benefit of providing an efficient healing method; it is very easy to kill hellhounds using this method, without paying much attention at all. At high levels, it is possible to amass up to 180,000 experience/hour.

Free-to-play
For free players, the only available hellhounds reside in the Wilderness. Only bring items you are prepared to lose. As such, equipping a set of rune equipment and bringing a full inventory of food may be the safest course of action. Using a gravite 2h sword can make it easier to kill hellhounds, but makes you susceptible to damage because of the absence of a shield.

For higher levelled players (70+ Attack, Strength, and Defence), hellhounds can net up to ,000 experience/hour (assumes 325 kills/hour). To maximise this experience, take a sip of any available potions - attack, strength or defence - and be sure to constantly monitor the boosted levels.

Action bar
Use of the Revolution combat mode is strongly recommended while fighting hellhounds. Members may utilise any one of the action bars as shown here.

Some considerations to make while fighting hellhounds include:
 * If you have Sacrifice unlocked, you may choose to use this ability to heal yourself while in combat. It is suggested to use this ability to effect the killing blow on a hellhound and maximise the health restoration.
 * Use the Slaughter ability when the hellhound has high health, making sure that you walk onto the square that the hellhound is occupying. This forces the hellhound to move and take triple the amount of damage that the ability would normally inflict.