Mage training Crumble Undead or Fire Bolt?

[Tired_souls]

I already know about confuse but just wanna blow my 10k chaos i got and wanted to know wats a better spell?

[ikraz66]

are you p2p or f2p?

[Tired_souls]

f2p...

[Norton3000]

Firebolt as free players can't auto cast crumble undead. If you were member you could use slayer staff to auto cast it.

[Goobore]

I already know about confuse but just wanna blow my 10k chaos i got

 

and wanted to know wats a better spell?

 

It depends on what you mean when you say "better"

 

 

 

If you mean "Get the most F2P magic exp per cast" then Crumble Undead is best.

 

CU averages about 39 per cast but Fire bolt averages about 34 per cast.

 

 

 

If you mean "Hits the hardest" then CU is best.

 

CU max at about 15, FB max at about 12.

 

 

 

If you mean "Uses fewest runes even with a staff" then CU is best.

 

With a staff CU needs 3 other runes, FB needs 4 other runes.

 

 

 

If you mean "Cheapest to cast" then CU is best.

 

CU needs 1 fewer air rune per cast (with a staff)

 

 

 

If you mean "Easiest to cast" then Fire bolt is best.

 

You can auto-cast FB but F2P players can't auto-cast CU.

 

(Members have at least 2 ways to auto-cast CU)

 

 

 

If you mean "Has the best selection of targets available" then FB is best.

 

FB will work on live and undead monsters. CU works only on undead types.

 

 

 

A good place to cast CU is from the key room in the Varrock sewers

 

across the water at the 4 zombies in the ladder room.

 

 

 

Hope this helps

[nerdattack16]

Dear God, Goobore, you just owned that question. Yeah, I agree, Crumble Undead... skeletons and zombies, multi-combat in the Varrock Sewers, mage them across the water.

[Tired_souls]

oh wow that answerd my question.

 

thanks for all the help

[Doomster]

Don't forget the Ankou, get nicely safespotted on them and let rip with the crumbles (I'd curse first, for better hits) and you could come back with a nice little pile of law runes, plus some noted mithril ores, addy arrows and some low to medium coins drops.

 

 

 

Do it that way, and you WILL need some food to recover from hits when dodging out for a drop, though I'd leave the less attractive drops until they go non-aggressive.

 

 

 

Crumbles also work well in a curse/kill safespot mage situation, if you use an earth staff, as it provides earth runes for both spells, while hitting with a cheap curse helps to get maximum effect from the crumbles.