Duradel very recently gave me my very first skeletal wyvern assignment, and I was a bit confused at what methods to use in slaying these nasty abominations, but after a few high damaging trips and failures, I've discovered something very important. Wyverns use two, possibly three, different types of breath attacks. Of course, most monster guides tell readers to use mage protection, but this topic will prove them wrong. After killing a few wyverns, I noticed that they had different movements and sounds during their attacks. The obvious melee attack is simply a tail swinging strike, but the breath differences aren't so obvious. I've noticed that the wyverns have two completely different audios when using their breath attack. The first audio sounds like a gust of wind. This is their ranged attack. The second audio sounds like an ancient spellbook ice spell hitting without a splash. This is audio represents their dragonbreath attack, and another attack that's potentially magic, and not used often. There are also some slightly different breath attack movements. Whenever the wyvern is going to use its ranged attack, you don't really see any movement, you just hear the wind sound. However, when the wyvern uses its dragonfire attack, you see a light bluish color spray from its mouth, and light blue blast (similar to a Bolt spell hitting without a splash) around your character's body. There is also the attack discussed earlier that has the same audio as the dragonbreath, but instead, there's a glowing blue light from the center of the wyvern's body as it jumps in the air. Again, I'm not sure if this is a magic attack or not. Therefore, my conclusion for the best way of meleeing wyverns is to use the melee prayer, since their tail strike hits at a far higher percentage than their ranged attack (which almost never hits) when wearing metallic armor. The currently unknown "mage" attack rarely ever hits to be much of a factor. If ranging, use the ranged prayer to defend your character if he or she is being assailed. The icy breath will still do quite a bit of damage, but if anyone can confirm that a dragonfire shield with an antifire potion blocks this out, it would be greatly appreciated.
