Akkha

Akkha
Released								24 August 2022 (Update)
Members								Yes
Combat level								337
Size								3x3
Examine								A manifestation of vengeance.
Combat info
Max hit								55
Aggressive								Yes
Poisonous								No
Attack style								Slash, Magic, Ranged
Attack speed								6 ticks (3.6 seconds)
Combat stats
400				100				140				80				100				100
Aggressive stats
+115				+30				+115				+40				+115				+40
Melee defence
+60								+120								+120
Magic defence
+10												No elemental weakness
Ranged defence
+60								+60								+60
Immunities
Poison								Immune
Venom								Immune
Cannons								Immune
Thralls								Not immune
Freeze								100% resistance
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Advanced data
Monster ID								11789,11790,11791,11792,11793,11794,11795,11796

Akkha is a powerful apparition encountered at the end of the Path of Het, within the Tombs of Amascut raid. Once a human warrior dedicated to the god Het, he eventually came under the influence of Amascut and was used by her to imprison Het.

History

Akkha was once a human warrior who dedicated himself to the god Het, he eventually believed that the god had abandoned him, leading him to join the Children of Rebirth, a cult dedicated to the goddess of rebirth - the original form of Amascut prior to her corruption into the Devourer. The cult believed that, in order for her to rebirth them in perfect form, achieving a perfect death was essential.

When the time came for the cult to initiate their rebirth, they performed a ritual and called upon Amascut, sacrificing themselves in her name by imbibing a lethal poison. While the rest of the cult perished, the poison failed to kill Akkha, leaving him on the verge of death. Amascut would soon arrive and seal him in a sarcophagus, trapping him in a tormented state between life and death.

With Akkha in tow, Amascut performed a ritual to lure Het to her. Though Het was well aware that it was a trap, he had a sense of duty to the warrior who had once dedicated his life to him. However, instead of facing Amascut, he faced the manifestation of a vengeful Akkha, and was distracted long enough for Amascut to overpower and imprison Het.

An adventurer would later defeat Akkha in order to free Het, who would leave some unusual ashes behind. The adventurer collected them and brought them to the High Priest of Sophanem, asking them to cremate the ashes in order to give him a proper send-off.

Mechanics

Main article: Tombs of Amascut/Strategies § Akkha, Guardian of Het

A player fighting Akkha, the Guardian of Het.

Akkha will always have protection prayers active against two attack styles, so players may only attack him with the remaining style. At set intervals, he will switch protection prayers and attack styles. Including the Stay Vigilant invocation, Akkha will always cycle his attack styles in the following pattern: melee, range, and magic, and will always swap his attack style. Without Stay Vigilant active, he will do this after every special attack, which takes seven auto-attacks to perform. He will also do this if he cannot attack his target for a minute.

Akkha's attacks cannot be fully blocked by prayer similarly to Kephri. His melee attacks hit the hardest, can cleave onto other players next to his main target and will be used if anyone is underneath him even when chasing his main target.

After reaching 80% of his health, Akkha will generate four shadows of himself in the four corners of the arena. Once one of these four shadows are dispelled, Akkha must be lured to the quadrant of the dispelled shadow to be damaged, as he will channel immunity from his shadows otherwise. This will be repeated at 60%, 40% and 20% intervals.

Akkha has a number of special attacks that he uses:

• Detonate - Akkha will mark all players for detonation. The damage from this attack can be avoided by not standing in the same row or column as another player, as the player will detonate in a + shaped pattern. This attack can also be negated by having every player stand on the same tile.
• Memory Blast - Akkha will disappear, and the symbols of the four sections of the arena will glow in a certain order. Players must remember this order and stand in those sections to avoid the blast that occurs throughout the rest of the arena. Alternatively, a skilled player can run/walk past the blast to take no damage.
• Trailing Orbs - Akkha will summon orbs in a trail behind players as they move around the arena. Stepping on an orb will cause it to explode and deal damage to the player. This attack can be avoided by simply standing still, as no orbs will be able to spawn behind you, or by simply avoiding stepping on any of the orbs.

After using a special attack, Akkha will aggro onto the player closest to him. If all players are on the same distance, he will prioritise whoever has the highest defence bonuses.

Upon having his health depleted, Akkha will make his final stand, restoring 20% of his maximum health before merging into one of the shadows in the four corners of the arena, with Protect from Magic and Missiles active, making melee the only option against him. He will launch numerous orbs around the arena that will damage players on impact should they touch them. After three successful hits, Akkha will swap places with another shadow, repeating until the encounter ends in success or failure.

Drops

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Het's capture	1	Always	Not sold	N/A
	Eldritch ashes	1	Always	Not sold	N/A

Gallery

• 
  Concept art of Akkha, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of the Path of Het, by Mod Jerv.
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  Concept art of Akkha's room, by Mod Jerv.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:24 July 2024| |0}} {{#explode:24 July 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:24 July 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Akkha can now be affected by burn damage.
[[{{#explode:30 August 2023| |0}} {{#explode:30 August 2023| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:30 August 2023| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Akkha, during his enrage phase, will now teleport after a certain number of successful hits from the player themselves, rather than a fixed number of hits that previously included missed hits and thrall damage.
[[{{#explode:14 September 2022| |0}} {{#explode:14 September 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:14 September 2022| |2}}]] (update)	Players will now stop attacking when Akkha changes attack styles/protection prayers.
[[{{#explode:1 September 2022| |0}} {{#explode:1 September 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:1 September 2022| |2}}]] (update)	Unstable Orbs will now only damage one player. Reduced the amount of unstable orbs that spawn. To compensate, they will deal increased damage, up to a max of 25. Akkha will change combat styles and prayers if he has not done so after 60 seconds.
[[{{#explode:26 August 2022| |0}} {{#explode:26 August 2022| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:26 August 2022| |2}}]]	Hotfix Unstable Orbs now spawn consistently.

Trivia

• His name appears to be a portmanteau of Akh and Ka, two different aspects of the soul from Egyptian mythology.