I was just looking at the KB article for staff of light when I noticed the stats on the new "full" slayer helm were quite interesting:

 

+3 Mage attack

+3 Range attack

+10 Mage defense

+30 Range defense

+30 Melee defense

 

Compare this to verac's helm, which is the helm typically used by mages in PvP:

-6 Mage attack

-2 Range attack

+0 Mage defense

+56 Range defense

+60 Melee defense

 

In clan wars / safe PvP, the slayer helm seems to be a pretty viable choice for mages or mage/range hybrids!

It has 9 more mage attack than verac's helm - this is pretty huge!

+10 Mage defense is also quite good.

 

You're really only sacrificing 25 range defense, 30 melee defense, and 3 prayer. However I think the +9 / +10 mage bonuses make it well worth it.

 

Comments?

I think the reason most people use verac's is because of the prayer bonus.

I think the reason most people use verac's is because of the prayer bonus.

 

+3 Prayer bonus is really trivial in PvP situations, so I don't think so. +3 Prayer bonus is, at worst, a matter of sipping 1 extra ppot dose.

you forget cost and effort to get a full slayer helm the 400 slayer points the black mask, a focus sight and a hexcrest costing over 4m to use. and u need quests and over 85 combat and 52+pot or 55 crafting. veracs just need 70 defense and the 4.2m. anyway most would rather have neit for the str bonus over veracs def bonus.

I think the reason most people use verac's is because of the prayer bonus.

 

+3 Prayer bonus is really trivial in PvP situations, so I don't think so. +3 Prayer bonus is, at worst, a matter of sipping 1 extra ppot dose.

 

 

 

I think he's right on the prayer bonus. It is usually used because of that and its high melee defence. The new helm has neither, so you may as well wear an Ahrim's hood.

Or use void mage :rolleyes:

Erm, that's bad defence.

you forget cost and effort to get a full slayer helm the 400 slayer points the black mask, a focus sight and a hexcrest costing over 4m to use. and u need quests and over 85 combat and 52+pot or 55 crafting. veracs just need 70 defense and the 4.2m. anyway most would rather have neit for the str bonus over veracs def bonus.

 

You forget that people play 300 games of mobilizing armies to get +4 stats on their rings. Or that people pay 100M+ for spirit shields.

 

 

sseli, on 08 February 2010 - 07:39 PM, said:

Ermin66, on 08 February 2010 - 03:38 PM, said:

I think the reason most people use verac's is because of the prayer bonus.

 

 

+3 Prayer bonus is really trivial in PvP situations, so I don't think so. +3 Prayer bonus is, at worst, a matter of sipping 1 extra ppot dose.

 

I think he's right on the prayer bonus. It is usually used because of that and its high melee defence. The new helm has neither, so you may as well wear an Ahrim's hood.

 

No... ahrim's hood as no range defense. Again - melee defense isn't too important in safe pvp. The only real threat melee poses in safe PvP is claw specs. Mage defense is so much more important. As long as you don't get barraged, you can tank. If you get barraged, you get piled.