there's really no point in testing arma since its either karils or void imo. you really need the extra melee attack, and mage defense doesn't really do anything from my experience as long as people can lure nex away when killing mages mage defense shouldn't do anything big. its for the range attack and prayer, not magic defense. +6 range attack is somewhere around 3% dps (arguably higher because you get proportionally more ruby specs) unless you don't melee at all, i would value 7 melee attack against 3 range attack and 1 prayer based on a rather small sample of data, arma is around 5% better for nominal damage per unit time. i should collect more data to be more sure though the main strategy behind using arma and high range accuracy is that more of your ruby specs hit, which arguably contribute to dps much more than melee. i'd argue you get a comparable number of claws and ruby specs in one kill; if not, more ruby specs also, maxing out range bonus definitely does make a big difference. with archer(i), ranger boots, full arma, zammy book, and alerter you're looking at a solid +8+8+10+6+8+5 = 43 more range attack compared to a setup which focuses on melee except on last form you should use diamonds because if you are rr tanking you die from rubies and also they only hit 300 when they spec but did jagex change nex so that she mages during the first form now even though everyone is in melee range? i can't get her to stop maging even if everyone is meleeing. I think her first form is like shadow where the farther apart you are the less damage you take arma almost always beats karils + hybrid in our ffas and you say it makes melee worse, its becuase you dont melee, you just range full arma + pernix cowl using just range will beat a maul quite often, i cant even immagine how pernix would do i cant believe stoke actualy used full pernix + rapier, id bet so much money ranging would still be better