Firstly, don't yell at me for starting a godsword debate. We managed to have a pretty constructive and mature debate in Forsakenmage's chat.

 

 

 

Okay, firstly, let's put aside the price and just look at the qualities of each godsword.

 

For the special attack, we will assume that you hit a 40(normal hit, seems like a reasonable average hit)

 

 

 

*Please note that I have owned all the godswords before item lending, purchased with my own money, so the reviews here are 100% honest*

 

 

 

In alphabetical order...

 

Armadyl godsword

 

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It's special attack hits 20% more damage, taking 50% of the special attack bar.

 

40*1.25 is 50. A spec with a base hit of 40 would hit an extra 10. Two specs would be an extra 20 hits.

 

 

 

It takes 5 minutes for the special attack bar to restore, so that is 4 extra damage per minute.

 

 

 

Bandos godsword

 

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It's special attack hits 10% more damage while taking away your opponent's defence levels by the damage inflicted. The special attack bar is drained 100%.

 

40*1.1 is 44. A person with a Bandos godsword can push a person with 99 defence down to 55 defence quite easily, making them extremely vulnerable.

 

 

 

It takes 5 minutes for the special attack bar to restore, that being 0.8 extra damage per minute.

 

 

 

Saradomin godsword

 

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It's special attack hits roughly 7% more damage while gracing your hitpoints with half the damage you have dealt, and a quarter of the damage dealt to your prayer, while using 50% of the special attack bar.

 

40*1.07 is 42.8. The damage inflicted rounds DOWN to 42. This is a heal of 21, and 10 prayer points. Two special attacks is 42 hitpoints and 20 prayer points. You will heal a MINIMUM of 10 hitpoints and 5 prayer points. You CAN be healed even if you hit a 0.

 

 

 

It takes 5 minutes for the special attack bar to restore, that being 8.4 hitpoints and 2.5 prayer points at that rate.(Better than a bunyip!)

 

 

 

Zamorak godsword

 

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It's special attack hits roughly 7% more damage while freezing your opponent for 20 seconds. It takes up 60% of the special attack bar.

 

40*1.07 is 42. The damage inflicted rounds DOWN to 42. The damage you inflict has no effect on how long your opponent is frozen, and you CAN freeze your opponent even if you hit a 0.

 

 

 

It takes 5 minutes for the special attack bar to restore, that being 6.67 seconds of a frozen opponent each minute.

 

 

 

Now let's compare the godswords...

 

 

 

The Bandos godsword will mop up your enemy's defence, making them extremely vulnerable in team games like Castlewars.

 

The Armadyl godsword, which hits 4 extra damage per minute, is no match for the Saradomin godsword which heals over twice what the Armadyl godsword hits.

 

The Zamorak godsword seems pointless in combat, apart from stopping ancients and rangers from moving around.

 

 

 

This is where you come in;

 

What is more important? A godsword that hits an extra 10 damage per spec, a godsword which heals you 21 hitpoints and recovers 10 prayer points for you, a godsword that makes your opponent extremely vulnerable, or a godsword that can help you with moving opponents?

 

 

 

In MY opinion, the Saradomin godsword wins. They've gone down alot, so if you want one, now's your chance to buy it cheap. ;)

Sara God Sword in general tends to work out well i might not own one but the way you've discribed the general effect's it seems the heal is what really counts in the long run on major boss runs/and or slaying.

In my opinion, which gosword is best for you depends greatly upon what you plan to do with it. Personally, I play castlewars alot so if I had a choice of any godsword I would choose the zamorak godsword. I think that I speak for the majority of regular cwers in saying this as the sara godsword has no use at cw and the bandos godsword has 100% drain and often hits 0s (in my experience). However the armadyl god sword would have a use as the ability to hit very high in order to KO the flagholder with the use of the two special attacks you get from the bar is very useful. However, as with the bandos godsword I tend to find that the ags tends to either hit very high or very low and I tend to find that the zgs special tends to succeed in the majority of situations, therefore making it more useful.

 

 

 

As you can see the 'best' godsword to have is rather context sensitive and I would say that there is no definitive winner here, each godsword seems to have its use in a particular circumstance.

In my opinion, which gosword is best for you depends greatly upon what you plan to do with it. Personally, I play castlewars alot so if I had a choice of any godsword I would choose the zamorak godsword. I think that I speak for the majority of regular cwers in saying this as the sara godsword has no use at cw and the bandos godsword has 100% drain and often hits 0s (in my experience). However the armadyl god sword would have a use as the ability to hit very high in order to KO the flagholder with the use of the two special attacks you get from the bar is very useful. However, as with the bandos godsword I tend to find that the ags tends to either hit very high or very low and I tend to find that the zgs special tends to succeed in the majority of situations, therefore making it more useful.

 

 

 

As you can see the 'best' godsword to have is rather context sensitive and I would say that there is no definitive winner here, each godsword seems to have its use in a particular circumstance.

 

I'll agree the only use for SGS in castlewars is some more prayer.

I'd probably use the Zamorak or Saradomin varieties... Freezing could probably be put to use in PvP. The obvious choice would be to freeze flag holders in place in Castle Wars.

 

In Fist of Guthix, it would probably be one of the better swords to use, because the goal is to run away and survive, or to track down your enemy. For most, the minute you pull out an Ancient Staff, they pray mage and put on Dragonhides. The Zgs would be able to freeze despite that.

 

Saradomin Godswords would be able to extend monster hunting trips, even if just for a little.

Evil Bob godsword.

I'd probably use the Zamorak or Saradomin varieties... Freezing could probably be put to use in PvP. The obvious choice would be to freeze flag holders in place in Castle Wars.

 

In Fist of Guthix, it would probably be one of the better swords to use, because the goal is to run away and survive, or to track down your enemy. For most, the minute you pull out an Ancient Staff, they pray mage and put on Dragonhides. The Zgs would be able to freeze despite that.

 

Saradomin Godswords would be able to extend monster hunting trips, even if just for a little.

 

 

 

I agree. Zammy is best for PVP and Sara is best for monster hunting. I'd have to say Bandos would be pretty helpful in PVP too if you are fighting someone with tank-like Defence.

I'd probably use the Zamorak or Saradomin varieties... Freezing could probably be put to use in PvP. The obvious choice would be to freeze flag holders in place in Castle Wars.

 

In Fist of Guthix, it would probably be one of the better swords to use, because the goal is to run away and survive, or to track down your enemy. For most, the minute you pull out an Ancient Staff, they pray mage and put on Dragonhides. The Zgs would be able to freeze despite that.

 

Saradomin Godswords would be able to extend monster hunting trips, even if just for a little.

 

 

 

I agree. Zammy is best for PVP and Sara is best for monster hunting. I'd have to say Bandos would be pretty helpful in PVP too if you are fighting someone with tank-like Defence.

 

That's why I hate going up against a person with a BGS. :x

Evil Bob godsword.

 

Random spam is uselessly random. Stop.

 

 

 

On topic:

 

 

 

I would take Saradomin. Armadyl makes an okay second, but honestly, its use is not spectacular when you consider it for anything beyond burst attacks, which are only really useful in PvP minigames, which are a seriously limited scope to be looking through. they're a very small portion of the game. While slaying, Saradomin can be the best healer and prayer potion combined ever, and can even let you use stat-boosting prayers much of the time if you get okay hits with it. While monster hunting, for extended battles or for killing multiple monsters, it rocks the socks off of anything else again, being like Guthan's and a prayer pot combined. The only thing it loses to Bandos in is possibly boss killing, but I don't know how effective Bandos is in lowering a boss's defence, so I wouldn't be able to make a judgment on that. The Zamorak godsword is even more useless than Armadyl, being restricted to really only Castlewars.

 

 

 

So why would you even bother buying one of the others beyond Saradomin? Well, if you're really into PvP minigames, you might consider Armadyl, and Zamorak is good because of reduced price if you are a Castlewars fan. General use, however, Saradomin just kicks.

Saradomin Godsword wins me over... I love the spec, and the look of the hilt, 2nd is Armadyl, 20% extra is legendary, imo, Zgs and Bgs have no use for me, i don't do pvp often.

There's no point in asking myself the question, I'm never going to have the money, not even for a bandos.

There's no point in asking myself the question, I'm never going to have the money, not even for a bandos.

That's what I thought. Now take a look. ;)

Yea, never thought i would have a gs either. I own a sgs and love it, works great of slayer and almost any boss hunt. Btw da, bandos was fun the other day. Didn't know you posted here. We got a pl8 right? Bandos has been a blur lately... Too many drops. :thumbsup:

Yea, never thought i would have a gs either. I own a sgs and love it, works great of slayer and almost any boss hunt. Btw da, bandos was fun the other day. Didn't know you posted here. We got a pl8 right? Bandos has been a blur lately... Too many drops. :thumbsup:

Yup.

 

I've held every hilt, but only sued Saradomin, Bandos and Zamorak Godswords. Saradomin is the most helpful, but I loved my Zamorak one. Castle wars, duels, house parties, freezing is a good tactic.

There's no point in asking myself the question, I'm never going to have the money, not even for a bandos.

That's what I thought. Now take a look. ;)

 

What changed?

There's no point in asking myself the question, I'm never going to have the money, not even for a bandos.

That's what I thought. Now take a look. ;)

 

What changed?

 

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well as i cant afford ANY godsword (unless you find a way to sell for 2m) or get a loan i'll have to go off your statistics.

 

 

 

to my own personal choice i'd use a bando's godsword. with my defence it can help me drastically in PVP when versing someone of equal level and turning the fight into my advantage. if i wanted an accurate hit with a 2h weapon (AGS) i'd just use my anchor. :

AGS/SGS

AGS/SGS

 

Any reason as to WHY?

 

This isn't a poll, it's a debate. I'd appreciate if you could back up your choice of answer.

Evil Bob godsword.

 

 

 

Evil Bob doesnt exhist in Runescape proper so seeing as thats the case an evil bob gs cant exhist in runescape proper, only ScapeRune

Evil Bob godsword.

 

 

 

Evil Bob doesnt exhist in Runescape proper so seeing as thats the case an evil bob gs cant exhist in runescape proper, only ScapeRune

 

Wrong, Evil Bob comes to RuneScape to take you back to ScapeRune.

The Bandos Godsword.

The Bandos Godsword.

 

Once again, any reason as to why?

 

Remember, this is not a poll.

The only reason I would only use a godsword is just a hit which is the spec, otherwise whip beats it in almost every aspect which Full V makes up for whip inability to hit extreme high def monsters.

 

 

 

Surely SGS spec would fit the criteria best because most of the combat is done against low lvl monsters, hence inevitably making SGS the best in most of the time you do combat. Yet sometimes I don't really need the heal from SGS spec so AGS spec might be better in certain situations. Every GS spec serves a different purpose, for different environment, different advantages in different circumstances. Since I'm not restricted to only having to choose a GS spec (you didn't specify that!), I would choose all. :mrgreen: