So what's the basics of soloing the king black dragon?

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

I have seen people recommending I buy dragon equipment and barrows, but I don't wanna rush getting money for those things, I want to solo the king black dragon using as little money as possible.

 

I have a lot of sharks in my bank, so food isn't an issue. I also can easily get antifire potions.

 

I don't wanna know great details about soloing that thing, I want to just know the basics. So can someone tell me?

[Quyneax]

The KBD has poison breath, stat lowering breath, freezing breath, regular breath and melee attacks. Wearing an antifire shield, praying protect from magic, drinking an antifire potion and ranging with a crossbow will allow you to kill him with only black dragonhide for armour and a few bolts and sharks. Bring antipoison of course. He respawns slowly.

 

Experienced/high-levelled players can use the higher damage from using a chaotic rapier along with void/superantifire/soul split flashing to kill a practically infinite number of kbds per trip.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

Do I need to rely on summoning? I don't like that skill since I don't want some ugly monsters helping me with the things I do.

 

I play RuneScape to take break from Pokémon.

 

I knew KBD wasn't easy to solo, that's why I don't wanna attempt without knowing what I'm doing.

 

So how can I solo him without having to use the summoning skill? In my opinion that's not soloing as you get help from a random monster.

[sohkmj1]

Not necessary, but a beast of burden could help you carry extra supplies as well as store drops.

[Quyneax]

I knew KBD wasn't easy to solo, that's why I don't wanna attempt without knowing what I'm doing.

It's extremely easy, don't worry about it. 1 antipoison, 1 antifire, 2-3 prayer potions, 1 ranging potion, diamond bolts, rune crossbow, black dragonhide + highest ranged attack you can manage, antifire shield, rest sharks.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

But is it possible to kill him by solely using my dragon battleaxe?

[Powerfrog]

You want magic defense there. Dhide would be a good cheap method, elite void would be better.

 

KBD has really high defense and anything other than a rapier will have really bad DPS on it. If you don't have a rapier i'd suggest a CLS > Whip > Brackish blade

 

I can see you do not have 85 herblore for super antifires, this is going to make it more difficult. Bring an antifire shield and antifire potions instead.

 

You have very low prayer which also sucks for you. Protect from melee at all times the dragon is alive, and also pray 15% strength and 15% attack.

 

Because you don't have access to soulsplit, a BoB for more food, or a uni for healing would be very useful to prolong your trip.

 

Bring a dragon dagger for special, as the dragon is weak to stab attacks, and dragon dagger is really powerful and cheap.

 

Bring 1 antipoison as he has a poison attack. Bring 1 super strength 1 super attack, to help you kill him much faster. Bring a few prayer potions to restore your prayer when it falls. Bring a lot of food.

[AHappySeeker]

Magic def does nothing there. Wat even.

[JPMC Mate]

^ All I ever see you do in your posts is mock others. KBD ain't so hard. Just use the best Stabbing weapon you have, antipoison (super), antifire, antifire shield, melee gear, and go at it. BoBs help.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

^ All I ever see you do in your posts is mock others.

 

How the hell am I mocking others? All I'm doing is stating my opinion, I'm not allowed to have a different opinion? That makes no sense to me.

 

I thank you guys for the help. But seriously, how am I giving the indications that I'm mocking others? This is what I hate about message boards, people have the bad habit to take things I say out of context.

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I now see you were talking to AHappySeeker, not me. Anyway, I will keep those things in mind.

Edited October 29, 2011 by BlazeTheMovieFan

[JPMC Mate]

^ All I ever see you do in your posts is mock others.

 

How the hell am I mocking others? All I'm doing is stating my opinion, I'm not allowed to have a different opinion? That makes no sense to me.

 

I thank you guys for the help. But seriously, how am I giving the indications that I'm mocking others? This is what I hate about message boards, people have the bad habit to take things I say out of context.

 

I was referring to AHappyBunyip...

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

I have another question regarding this, is using a dragon battleaxe a good idea?

 

And don't give me that "it's so slow" argument, I will tell you why that argument is flawed.

 

It takes 5 seconds at most to use that axe, and that's not a lot. I prefer using battleaxe over whip because it makes me look like a true knight. Not someone who just went from hell.

[Cheefoo]

I have another question regarding this, is using a dragon battleaxe a good idea?

 

And don't give me that "it's so slow" argument, I will tell you why that argument is flawed.

 

It takes 5 seconds at most to use that axe, and that's not a lot. I prefer using battleaxe over whip because it makes me look like a true knight. Not someone who just went from hell.

 

If you're so worried about looking like a "true knight" the least you could do is use a dragon scimitar or even a longsword. They look pretty badass, and are much better than a battleaxe, especially against the KBD due to his weakness to stab. I reccomend bringing 1 antifire potion, 1 super attack, 1 super strength, a few prayer potions and the rest sharks. Wear magic defence boosting armor and pray against melee. But if you want to be any serious about killing the King Black Dragon, or any boss for that matter, you'd probably need at least a whip.

 

Oh, and it couldn't hurt if you posted your stats, that would give us a much better idea of what you could handle and what setups to use.

[Th e Doctor]

I have another question regarding this, is using a dragon battleaxe a good idea?

 

And don't give me that "it's so slow" argument, I will tell you why that argument is flawed.

 

It takes 5 seconds at most to use that axe, and that's not a lot. I prefer using battleaxe over whip because it makes me look like a true knight. Not someone who just went from hell.

 

Inb4 people post calcs showing how much the dba sucks.

 

Seriously, the speed thing is an issue. Its 25% slower than a while/d scim. Also it has no stab option. And you're soloing so who cares what you look like? No one will see you...

 

Either use a dscim or a brackish blade (the latter being better due to the higher stab bonus) or a whip.

[AHappySeeker]

^ All I ever see you do in your posts is mock others. KBD ain't so hard. Just use the best Stabbing weapon you have, antipoison (super), antifire, antifire shield, melee gear, and go at it. BoBs help.

 

*Points out the fact that magic def does not affect the KBD"

 

*Is mocking others*

 

Okay.

[JPMC Mate]

And you post random meaningless posts like the one you just posted. And as far as I am concerned, that was not good advice. You could have explained more.

Also, to OP, I believe Mage Prot + Antifire blocks all damage done by KBD's NORMAL Firebreath, so try that.

 

EDIT: Another thing I noticed is that whenever I give my opinion on what you're doing is wrong, you always get so defensive. C'mon, just read it and move on lol.

[Quyneax]

Dragon battle axe is not 25% slower than the whip but 50% (6 ticks). Daemonheim battleaxes are 5 tick and as such 25% slower than the overworld whip.

 

The dragon battle axe is a very bad weapon in every sense of the word but you would be able to get a kill with it, so if you want to use it, it's all yours. However, as above, I would suggest using a stab weapon, such as a dragon longsword, mace or dagger (although I admit daggers don't look very knight-like).

 

Other knightly stab weapons can be hastas (onehanded spears, sadly you don't have a horse) or even regular spears if you use protect magic + antifire potions (but you will lose protect from melee so you'll need to kite). You could use a halberd as well, which doesn't require protect melee as you can stand away, and its stab attack bonus is the highest of all dragon weapons. A leaf-bladed sword works as well.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

Alright, guys, I will admit that the fact that the dragon battleaxe is slow is a problem when fighting a boss. I can easily kill red dragons with it, but it is an issue when fighting a boss monster, I will admit that.

 

Sure, I can use dragon scimitar and dragon longsword, I have all dragon weapons in bank except dragon hatchet and claws. I used to have a hatchet but I lost it on death so I'm using steel instead. Yeah, I know it's very weak, but I'd rather pay little for steel than spend most of my money on a dragon hatchet.

 

So alright, guys. I will use a longsword or a scimitar. In fact, I think the scimitar would be a better choice as it looks more badass.

 

I know my dragon platebody won't do shit against this monster. So i will wear my black dragonhide armor.

 

Also, how exactly are dragon halberds good idea? I mean KBD can hit you as far as I know no matter where you are. So is there any point of using a dragon halberd?

[Quyneax]

The KBD uses ranged breath attacks and melee attacks. If you stand away from him he will not melee, so you will be able to use a two-handed weapon (halberd, bow) with protect from magic and antifire potions. But I'm not 100% sure that works.

[Aiel]

as happy said and then got trolled for, magic defense does NOTHING. If you're going to melee wear an antidragonfire shield, bandos or prossy top and bottom, and strength/attack boosting gear in every other slot. A stab weapon (read: NOT SCIMITAR OR BAXE) is preferred, with rapier being the best, if you do not have a rapier, brackish blade is probably the best. Pray melee and you're best attack+strength prayers. You'll get hit by his magic and dragon fire attacks for less then 100 damage.

 

Additionally, if you have a zamorakian spear, you can pray mage with an antifire potion to block most of his fire attacks. This combined with kiting or a high melee defense setup (barrows+) means that you can use a more powerful weapon, without super antifires.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

How about the dragon platebody? Is that useless as well?

[Aiel]

its worse defense then barrows, so if you go for the zamorakian spear option, yes, unless you're not 70 def.

[Blaze The Movie Fan]

its worse defense then barrows,

 

Can you explain how it's a bad idea without comparing it to barrows? The reason I don't like those armors is because not only is it very expensive to buy, it's also very expensive to use.

 

Never mind, the reason is obviously because the dragon is so powerful.

[Aiel]

its worse defense then barrows,

 

Can you explain how it's a bad idea without comparing it to barrows? The reason I don't like those armors is because not only is it very expensive to buy, it's also very expensive to use.

 

Never mind, the reason is obviously because the dragon is so powerful.

barrows is not very expensive to use, a torags platebody is 9.5m less expensive then a dragon plate body, and costs a maximum of 90,000 per 15 hours of use, or 6000 gp per hour. This means that with the money you would save by buying selling your dragon plate and buying a torags platebody, you could afford to use the torags plate for 1583 hours (66 straight days). And its a bad idea because its a worse, more expensive option.

[Cheefoo]

its worse defense then barrows,

 

Can you explain how it's a bad idea without comparing it to barrows? The reason I don't like those armors is because not only is it very expensive to buy, it's also very expensive to use.

 

Never mind, the reason is obviously because the dragon is so powerful.

 

Going a little off topic here, but it's certainly related, and it's some serious shit that you should listen to.

 

Barrows armor is totally worth it over dragon armor. It only costs something like ~1m to buy the platebody and platelegs, and the repair cost is very very very insignificant. Probably the amount of food the higher defence bonus of barrows saves you is probably worth enough to pay for the repairs.

 

GET A WHIP. It's much much much better than dragon weapons, especially that crappy battleaxe. But, for the KBD, I think a brackish blade would work quite well, it's essentially a dragon scimitar but with a better stab attack bonus. It's really cheap, too.

 

Lastly, go get piety. You're only a few prayer levels away, and it's a huge boost to melee combat. Prayer potions are incredibly cheap, so whenever you're fighting anything, it's worth having piety on. If you don't want to use up too many prayer points (or any at all), practice prayer flashing. You can essentially have piety on for all of your attacks without draining any prayer if you do it right.