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~ Dragon Sq Shield vs. Obsidian Shield vs. Rune Defender ~

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For all-around use except for PK-ing.

 

 

 

Let the voting begin!

 

 

 

Dragon Sq Shield: 1

 

Obsidian Shield: 0

 

Rune Defender: 5

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I use a rune defender. I recommend it too.

Rune defender, with barrows armor we already have a huge defence bonus.

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Dragon Square

 

 

 

The defender is acouple more str bonus but the defence from the Square makes up for it.

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defender ftw! atk,str,and def bonuses? it pwns >.

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What about for training with this setup:

 

 

 

 

 

Fighter Torso

 

Dragon Platelegs

 

Amulet of Fury

 

Berserker Ring

 

Helmet of Neitiznot

 

Barrows Gloves

 

Quest Cape

 

Abyssal Whip/Dragon Scimitar

 

Dragon Boots

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What about for training with this setup:

 

 

 

 

 

Fighter Torso

 

Dragon Platelegs

 

Amulet of Fury

 

Berserker Ring

 

Helmet of Neitiznot

 

Barrows Gloves

 

Quest Cape

 

Abyssal Whip/Dragon Scimitar

 

Dragon Boots

 

 

 

Still defender. :P Unless you need the absolute priority on defence, which then I'd say an Obsidian Shield. But the rune defender is the all-around best, hands down.

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Sig credit goes to ThruItAll. :D

 

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I personally look down on people with obsidian shields because they're so common and can be easily bought, I look in a slightly diaganol direction toward people with dragon squares, because they wasted their money, and I stare rune defender weilding people dead in the eye and relish in our combined awesomeness.

 

 

 

That's a vote for the defender in case you didn't catch that.

Barrows: 9~2 V Brass,V Flail,2 Dh Plate,V Helm,V Skirt,T Legs,Malevolent Shield DKing: 48~6 W Ring,13 A Ring,8 M Staff,9 S Ring,7 B Ring,3 Seercull
Dragon Drops: 500+~50+ Med,26 Axe,3 Chain,10+ Legs,10+ Spear,2 D2h,10+ L Half,49 Boots,2 DDs,10+ Lump,9 Claws,50+ Dagger,14 Visage,50+ Mace,4 Scimitar,7 Hasta,Baxe,50+ Long,30+ Royal,2 Kite,4 Ward,2 Plate,Staff,Hammer,Limbs, Mattock,Halberd
GWD: 156~4 S Staff,50+ Shard,9 B Tass,13 B Plate,5 B Boots,6 A Plate,11 S Sword,8 A Hilt,4 A Skirt,9 A Helm,S Hilt,3 B Hilt,B Glove,2 A Buckler,Z Ward,Z Garb,2 Z Boots,B Shield,B Helm

Corp: 3~Elysian,2 Sp Sh Nex: 6~Torva Legs,Cere,P cowl,Z bow,2 T boots + GWD2: 9~2 Glaive,Wand,2 Crest,Blade,2 Essence,Core Araxyte: 5~Web,3 Pheromone,Fang + Raids: 4~3 Codex,P Boots  + Trails: 2~Bob Shirt,Fortunate

Etc: 64~3 Sceptre,B Mask,16 Whip,2 Focus Sight,5 D Bow,7 SOL,Ragefire,2 Steadfast,Arma Staff,6 Rider Armor,5 Vine,2 Razorback,2 A Wand,Abby Orb,3 Blood Shard,6 Hydrix,Gland,Asc Xbow
[spoiler=Capes]Quest Cape Aquired 12-7-07 ~ Level 93 + + + Completionist Cape Aquired 5-22-15 ~ Level 138
Hitpoints Cape Aquired 9-21-09 ~ Level 131 + Magic Cape Aquired 9-24-09 Attack Cape Aquired 3-5-10 ~ Level 135 Summoning Cape Aquired 3-12-10

Strength Cape Aquired 6-1-11 ~ Level 137 Fire Cape Aquired 6-23-11 Defence Cape Aquired 7-5-11 + Ranged Cape Aquired 8-1-11 Kiln Cape Aquired 2-26-12 ~ Level 138
Dungeoneering Cape Aquired 4-22-12 + Slayer Cape Aquired 6-25-14 ~ Level 200 + Herblore Cape Acquired 12-9-14 ~ Level 138 Prayer Cape Acquired 12-20-14
Agility Cape Acquired 1-4-15 + Hunter Cape Acquired 1-30-15 Construction Cape Acquired 1-31-15 Crafting Cape Acquired 2-22-15 Thieving Cape Acquired 3-18-15
Runecrafting Cape Acquired 4-14-15 Mining Cape Acquired 4-19-15 Fishing Cape Acquired 4-25-15 Firemaking Cape Acquired 4-26-15 Woodcutting Cape Acquired 4-26-15
Cooking Cape Acquired 4-26-15Smithing Cape Acquired 4-28-15 Farming Cape Acquired 4-29-15 Divination Cape Acquired 5-3-15 Dungeoneering Mastery 5-4-15
Fletching Cape Acquired 5-4-15 Max Cape Acquired 5-4-15 + Invention Cape Acquired 11-9-16 Invention Mastery 5-16-19 + Archaeology Cape Acquired 10-30-20

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defenders mostly used for pking, i personally use obsidian sheild to last longer on slayer tasks.

I'd much rather have a defender, unless I really need the defence bonus. In that case, a rune kite is more than enough, no need to blow cash on a dragon square.

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I really not checked stats, have no time to get defender and just when i training combat (what i do ever rare - example. already 1 year i not train any combat stats) i getting or prayer book or Obby shield depends from situacion dragon sq like i know not so better then obby shield and i agree then is waste of money just.

 

 

 

Newer PK'ed somebody btw.

Suggestion: You can use Anchor on Waterfiends - is cheap if to compare to GS & effective with crush attack & it hit like Whip.

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defender :)

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I personally look down on people with obsidian shields because they're so common and can be easily bought, I look in a slightly diaganol direction toward people with dragon squares, because they wasted their money, and I stare rune defender weilding people dead in the eye and relish in our combined awesomeness.

 

 

 

Dragon squares look the best + it has by far the best defence so if you already have a high strength bonus, (whip helm of netiznot, glory etc) then it lets you stay in one place training for longer.

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d sqs got good def, but obby shield can be better because it gives str bonus, barrows armor can give you high def, so I vote defender (it pwns)

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OK, thanks. I love the defender's stats but I hate its nooby stubby look, almost like a Rune Short Sword.

 

 

 

The Dragon Sq Shield, on the other hand, looks wonderful, is a sign of prestige and wealth, and displays that you have beaten Legends.

 

 

 

Rune Defender wins by a mile, but I still wish Jagex would buff its look a little. :wall:

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defender hands down

 

+1

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Awesome sig by LittleBoy.

The words "free", "fast", "fun" and "99 stat" just don't go together.

I love my rune defender more than my family.

 

 

 

Rune defender > everything.

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Dragon drops: 0

Defender Hands Down. Most people (myself included) find that killing something faster is better than staying longer but not getting hit as much. Also, wearing guthans platebody and chainskirt gives me a considerably high def bonus, along with neitiznot helm, barrow gloves, and other items. This means that we would rather hit(sometimes) on average .5 higher, and get in the extra hit because of its attack bonuses. Besides, its easy to get, doesn't cost much, and sometimes does make the difference in keeping the better (well, worth more) items.

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