Hey I was wonder which one was better... A whip and rune defender, or just the anchor? The strength stats of the anchor are better than the whip, but the whip is faster. Which one is truly better?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whip and rune defender: 101 slash, 87 strength

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anchor: 92 crush, 100 strength

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanx for the help...

im gonna say anchor in the long run, because of the sheer power its quicker than a d2h and more str bonus it may be a little slow but that beast str bonus sorts it out

What's the speed of the anchor? If it's long sword speed, then I would say that the anchor has a clear advantage because of it's strength and crushing attack, but if it's much slower then I would stick with the whip.

id say whip, speed owns power. nand if you want power, you choose dharoks

This should be in General Help And Advice. For future reference. :wink:

This should be in General Help And Advice. For future reference. :wink:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was thinking it might, but it more of an opinion question that should be thought about, not as ovious as something like "steel long vs. mith long".

Actually, in the long run, whip is better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the short run :P you can count the specs effectiveness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Whip has a slightly increased attack that drains run energy.

 

 

 

Anchor has DOUBLE the chance to hit, and that hit lowers target's Attack, Defense, Magic or Range level by 10% of the damage you inflicted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That and the fact that you can augment the whip's accuracy with a warrior helm, where for added crush bonus I believe you are stuck to one of the highly valuable waterbirth rings, one which is also available to add more slash attack bonus...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So to sum it up: for training, stick to the whip and rune defender, since you can hit more often with only slightly decreased max damage... But for PK-ing or dueling, I'd take the anchor any day, since then your opponents armor is taken into account as well as how quickly you can deal your damage. And with 2 specs where I DOUBLE my chance to hit massivly on you, I doubt even a DDS spec can beat it.

You cant exactly compare them effectively. One is attack based, one is strength based. The whip is definitely better, but not so much so as it was before they de-nerfed the anchor. We can safely say though now that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anchor > Dragon Scimitar + rune defender

id say whip, speed owns power. nand if you want power, you choose dharoks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I agree.

Whip definetly speed beats power most of the time (exept when you get KO with DH.

Whip. Anchor is too slow to be effective, I can deal far more damage per minute with either whip or scimitar.

whip is probably better, and you get the defense bonus from the defender.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, the whip is more expensive, and it can't train strength

 

 

 

And with 2 specs where I DOUBLE my chance to hit massivly on you, I doubt even a DDS spec can beat it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

nope....dds spec 4 times max hit would be able to hit almost 300....both anchor specials can only hit up to 90.....i would stick with the dds...you would only have to average about 11 on a dds to do 90 dmg with your specials ><.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also, the poison can be a great bonus in long fights....

whip

 

 

 

i am going to say it would have to be the ship purely because of the speed

i am going to say it would have to be the ship purely because of the speed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL ive never found 'Ships' that effective myself-but whips maybe.

 

i am going to say it would have to be the ship purely because of the speed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL ive never found 'Ships' that effective myself-but whips maybe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL I've never found grammar/spelling Nazi's effective either.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On topic - Whip, just for the speed of the damn thing, anchor is rocking for strength training though.