Saradomin Godsword = Win. (Uses)

[xSxqPowerx]

The Saradomin godsword. Probably the most underrated godsword out there. I will even admit that it was the one that I was least interested in when I first saw the special attacks of each sword.

 

Special heals you by half of what you hit, and restores prayer by one quarter of what you hit, with a minimum of 10hp and 5 prayer points (basically heals as if you hit 20, if you hit lower than 20)

 

Market price atm is 114m, although it was selling for around 90m before the trade update. I believe that it's high price is actually due more to the fact that it is the rarest of the godswords as much as the fact that it owns.

 

I have found that my saradomin godsword is incredibly useful. In fact, I sold an armadyl godsword to buy it.

 

 

 

As we all know, loot at boss monsters can't be split anymore.

 

So, for killing dagannoth kings, people are going to start soloing (especially solo maging)

 

How can a sword help for maging at kings?

 

Just bring it with you and use it on the spinolyps. The special attack uses half of the special meter, and also recharges half in about the time it takes to kill 1 rex.

 

 

 

Some math :D

 

I am going to assume that you hit under 20 every time, ie. the lowest it will heal with one hit.

 

 

 

If you kill 25 rexes in a solo trip... Then it has healed you 250hp, and 125 prayer.

 

That means that if you are 99hp, it is like having an extra 3.9 brews per trip,

 

and if you are 99 prayer, it is like having 1 extra prayer pot per trip.

 

 

 

If you are around 85 hp, it's roughly 4.5 extra brews per trip (not sure how much brews heal at that level.

 

With 70 prayer it's like 1.25 prayer pots.

 

 

 

If you can kill 40 rexes in a trip like some, it's basically 6 free brews per trip.

 

Remember that I can (with 99 str) hit a 50 with the special using piety (always use piety when you special!) even when I don't use a strength potion. So these are actually modest estimates.

 

 

 

It can be used for ranging, hybriding, and maging at dks... solo or not. I've found that when I dk with a team I don't even really need guthan or food sometimes, the sword heals me enough a lot of the time.

 

 

 

 

 

Other bosses: Well, it is useful at all bosses :P

 

 

 

Slayer: For less dangerous tasks it is all the healing you will need.

 

For higher ones, less time using guthan = faster exp.

 

 

 

Random: I just bring the sword around to heal me when I need.

 

Great example is the new quest today, I reached the scabaras priest with like 3 sharks... I hit 50+ with both specials on him and healed myself enough to kill (well not kill) him without having to tele and go back.

 

 

 

 

 

Lol, so there's why I think the sara godsword owns... and is an invaluable tool for hardcore monster killers if you can afford it, especially since soloing will become more popular now.

 

 

 

Anyone else think of uses for it?

 

Or why I'm wrong maybe? :P

[jessy87]

didnt qeltar make this thread already?

[xSxqPowerx]

didnt qeltar make this thread already?

He posted his report on godswords in general, where he said that saradomin godsword was the best in his opinion.

 

I'm basically showing what it can do, especially in regards to dagannoth kings.

[jessy87]

didnt qeltar make this thread already?

He posted his report on godswords in general, where he said that saradomin godsword was the best in his opinion.

 

I'm basically showing what it can do, especially in regards to dagannoth kings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ic, i do recall something along those lines.

 

 

 

 

 

while i do agree its very useful, i do not think it is perhaps "the" most useful. for my uses that is.

 

 

 

ive only had 2 godswords, bandos and armadyl, and trust me i did not find armadyl to be all that cracked up to its inflated price. i prefer my bandos, as i do alot of cw, i love returning just to spec 1 guy over and over.

 

 

 

you did forget to add the special attack. it looks so amazing, much better then any of them in my opinion. the upward blue slice... seriously, if bandos did that... id have 2 of them.

 

 

 

another thing is, in general a godsword on a slayer task is amazingly helpful the stats help hugely, now with a SGS you can turn on the attack and strength prayers and use it to heal your prayer on a task benefiting from a black mask and the lower lvl str/atk prayers. 5 or 10% i think the 15s and piety dont work so great. in turn, your task could be come 5-10% quicker.

 

 

 

 

 

btw, you should post a GIF file of you using the spec.

[firsttsurugi]

Very nice research. Maybe I'll feel less of a need to neglect this sword when I become strong enough to solo those bosses.

[xSxqPowerx]

Yep. When I slay I always use 10% str prayer, so the sara godsword definitely helps. And I use godswords for everything, lol.

 

Think my friend made an animation of it... if he comes on I'll ask for it.

 

 

 

And bandos special doesn't work on monsters (does it?) and I'm not really a pvp guy.

[jessy87]

Yep. When I slay I always use 10% str prayer, so the sara godsword definitely helps. And I use godswords for everything, lol.

 

Think my friend made an animation of it... if he comes on I'll ask for it.

 

 

 

And bandos special doesn't work on monsters (does it?) and I'm not really a pvp guy.

 

 

 

 

 

its supposed to, not sure how you would go about measuring it. but it still hits up to 68 pot and prayer on any monster for me.

 

 

 

if you have an idea how i would test such a thing(anyone).. pm me

 

 

 

 

 

personally, me and fastforce cw alot. when re-obtaining the enemy flag i typically would spec my bandos godsword and he would use his armadyl.

 

 

 

im considering buying a SGS later when the prices drop to slightly lower then they were previous to todays update. but the combination of BGS&SGS in cw might be pointless. seeing how i spent the majority of my time @ cw these days.

[Soma2035]

Yep. When I slay I always use 10% str prayer, so the sara godsword definitely helps. And I use godswords for everything, lol.

 

Think my friend made an animation of it... if he comes on I'll ask for it.

 

 

 

And bandos special doesn't work on monsters (does it?) and I'm not really a pvp guy.

 

 

 

In theory, it does work on monsters. However, the effect is very limited... to the point where you can't see it anywhere it would matter.

 

 

 

Even in PvP, the effect is limited. I always bring 1-2 super restore pots into CW with me, and I'm probably not the only one. While it can be annoying to some, it's like a seercull bow. Yes, you can stop them from barraging for a bit, but in reality, it's not worth the time or money. Zamorak GS can be used much more effectively, along with dragon and zamorak spears.

 

 

 

Also, Saradomin Hilts aren't THAT rare. Or they shouldn't be, since Zilyana's not too hard once you get used to fighting her.

[xSxqPowerx]

Yep. When I slay I always use 10% str prayer, so the sara godsword definitely helps. And I use godswords for everything, lol.

 

Think my friend made an animation of it... if he comes on I'll ask for it.

 

 

 

And bandos special doesn't work on monsters (does it?) and I'm not really a pvp guy.

 

 

 

In theory, it does work on monsters. However, the effect is very limited... to the point where you can't see it anywhere it would matter.

 

 

 

Even in PvP, the effect is limited. I always bring 1-2 super restore pots into CW with me, and I'm probably not the only one. While it can be annoying to some, it's like a seercull bow. Yes, you can stop them from barraging for a bit, but in reality, it's not worth the time or money. Zamorak GS can be used much more effectively, along with dragon and zamorak spears.

 

 

 

Also, Saradomin Hilts aren't THAT rare. Or they shouldn't be, since Zilyana's not too hard once you get used to fighting her.

Yea, I'm just talking from a more pvm perspective.

 

And I didn't mean that sara hilt is rare, just that she is argueably the hardest to kill, and no doubt the least killed because of agility requirement.

[qeltar]

*nods in agreement*

 

 

 

I paid about 70m for my SGS in the first week after the GWD came out. Sold stuff to raise enough $ to get it. During this time period it was easily the rarest of the GSes, because very few people were doing Sara -- most were at Bandos or Zammy and the rangers were doing Armadyl. Despite it being so rare, it was still undervalued because few people recognized the great potential of this weapon.

 

 

 

A few weeks later it shot up, getting as high as around 180m before succumbing to the recent slump affecting everything. But it's still an amazing piece of equipment for those who can afford it.

 

 

 

There are few places where it is not incredibly useful. Heck, I was even using it at Pyramid Plunder! :)

 

 

 

BTW... the minimum of 10 and 5 only applies if you hit.. but that is a bit vague. Sometimes when you hit a 0 the game thinks you "missed" and you get nothing; other times it still gives you your 10 and 5.

 

 

 

A couple of other things some people don't realize...

 

 

 

- It heals/restores based on what you *would have* hit. So you can use it to full effect even on spiders and rats or big monsters near death.

 

- It even works on things like kurasks and turoths (where Guthans now does NOT work.)

 

- The spec works in food-off duels.

[snake6man]

Tip.it says the special takes 100%, not 50%. but thats still pretty cool, a free tuna and quarter of a prayer pot, thats about 1k or so

[Sean_Chaos]

well just off the prices id go with guthans special

 

 

 

over 100mil or 8 mill hmmm

[xSxqPowerx]

Tip.it says the special takes 100%, not 50%. but thats still pretty cool, a free tuna and quarter of a prayer pot, thats about 1k or so

Yeah well Tip.it is wrong then

[Soma2035]

Just clarifying really quick: The Saradomin Godsword ALWAYS gives you 10 HP and 5 Prayer if it hits. Hitting a 0 does not always mean it missed.

 

 

 

Take Wind Strike for example. It can hit 0, 1, or 2. However, it can also miss, at which you'll see the splash, and no splats will appear at all.

 

 

 

The same rule generally applies to melee and ranged attacks, except that it shows a "0" for a miss instead of a little splash. In other words, you can hit a 0 miss, or a 0 to Max hit. On the 0 miss, you will not heal, but when you hit, but did 0 damage, it counts as a successful attack.

 

 

 

Also, to be honest, Zilyana is not as hard as you think.

[xSxqPowerx]

 

BTW... the minimum of 10 and 5 only applies if you hit.. but that is a bit vague. Sometimes when you hit a 0 the game thinks you "missed" and you get nothing; other times it still gives you your 10 and 5.

 

Yea, I noticed that sometimes you get healed for a 0, sometimes not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

- It heals/restores based on what you *would have* hit. So you can use it to full effect even on spiders and rats or big monsters near death.

 

Didn't know that :P

 

 

 

 

- It even works on things like kurasks and turoths (where Guthans now does NOT work.)

 

Thought guthan still worked there :o

 

But yeah I'll probably never kill either of those again

[xSxqPowerx]

well just off the prices id go with guthans special

 

 

 

over 100mil or 8 mill hmmm

 

I use both :

[jessy87]

well just off the prices id go with guthans special

 

 

 

over 100mil or 8 mill hmmm

 

 

 

 

 

it was not 100 mil til the trade rule update. frankly saw it selling for 79m a week previous to this update.

[bornl337]

that's nice and all but i'd take hitting 70's and 80's with armadyl anyday :P

 

 

 

in different cases, the different godswords have their advantages

 

 

 

if you're at gwd with a team of 3, your maxed out team would avg maybe like 25 rounds. your sara godsword is healing pretty well but after that 25th boss

 

 

 

partner 1: out of brews, only one restore

 

partner 2: 1 2/4 brews, no restores

 

you: i have 3 of each

 

 

 

you still have to tele with them unless you want to solo with those amounts of supplies

 

same with dag kings with two hybrids

 

 

 

i can see where sara would be a good use for solo'ing but for most instances, i'd wanna see 80's from armadyl

[liljimpyro]

Interestingly enough, the SGS saved my hide a couple of months ago many a time, when i was into GWsing...

 

 

 

Very useful spec if youre red-barred/out of prayer. Im just annoyed i sold mine at 110m just before the December BTS [in which the 3k limit was forewarned] (bought it at its highest, 120m).

 

 

 

I miss it terribly, was such a good weapon :)

 

 

 

At pits i got called "n00b E@t0R" all the time, because the spec magically healed me. Good times.

 

 

 

[WolfhunterXZ]

So in other words, the Saradomin GodSword basically is like a full Guthan set. Except, you no longer need all of the pieces of the Guthan set. So you can wear whatever armor you wish instead. And no more repairing it! Plus it's a sword that brings pain :P

[qeltar]

So in other words, the Saradomin GodSword basically is like a full Guthan set. Except, you no longer need all of the pieces of the Guthan set. So you can wear whatever armor you wish instead. And no more repairing it! Plus it's a sword that brings pain :P

 

 

 

Not quite. The SGS can only be used 2 times every 5 minutes. And it doesn't always hit. But for "marginal" monsters where before you needed Guthans only once in a while, it can now often replace Guthans. And on monsters where prayer is used, its combination of restoring prayer and giving a +8 prayer bonus makes it very handy.

[Freesia]

I knew someone would actually post this, when GWD came out, i reviewed all specs and straight off knew that SGS would be the sword i wanted.

 

 

 

Just to clarify some things:

 

Say if you hit a 50 on the monster, does SGS heal you for half of the hit (25) or half of the hit + the 10 hp you will always heal when you don't "miss" (35)?

[qeltar]

I knew someone would actually post this, when GWD came out, i reviewed all specs and straight off knew that SGS would be the sword i wanted.

 

 

 

Just to clarify some things:

 

Say if you hit a 50 on the monster, does SGS heal you for half of the hit (25) or half of the hit + the 10 hp you will always heal when you don't "miss" (35)?

 

 

 

You would get 25 hp and 12 p points.

[SwreeTak]

Thank you for sharing this information about the Sara godsword. Now I know what Godsword I will use when that time comes for me :)

[Freesia]

I knew someone would actually post this, when GWD came out, i reviewed all specs and straight off knew that SGS would be the sword i wanted.

 

 

 

Just to clarify some things:

 

Say if you hit a 50 on the monster, does SGS heal you for half of the hit (25) or half of the hit + the 10 hp you will always heal when you don't "miss" (35)?

 

 

 

You would get 25 hp and 12 p points.

 

thanks, but what if you hit a 4? Would you heal 2 hp or 10hp?