Range Slaying

[ilovecardj]

After 99 defense I will be range slaying to 99 range. I would just like opinions on these tasks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For most tasks I will be tanking in full void, with snake skin boots, zammy book/dfs, archer ring, fury, accumulator. I wont invest into ranger boots or arma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mostly looking for weapon preferences. I wont be using crystal bow due to personal preference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weapons available:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannnon

 

 

 

Knives - Ill probly use black. is using higher a big difference?

 

 

 

MSB - I have 10000 broad arrows I would like to maybe use these when possible. As i dont really know why I made them a long time ago lol

 

 

 

Rune c-bow with broad bolts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I will be using sgs/unicorn and food with these tasks too. with super defense and range pots. and maybe 5%-10% defense or range pray.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tasks and how i plan to do them:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aberrant Spectres - Melee with cannon is my plan

 

 

 

Abyssal Demons - tank with void. Broad bolts. (this doable?)

 

 

 

Black Demons - void, zammy book. broad bolts?

 

 

 

Black Dragons - Blocked wont unblock

 

 

 

Bloodvelds - void, zammy book, knives. Cant cannon and wont bother with those quests to access

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dagannoths - cannoning underlight house, melee, cb familiar

 

 

 

Dark Beasts - melee

 

 

 

Dust Devils - chaos tunnels theres a safe spot i can void in. Knives/arrows?

 

 

 

Fire giants - waterfall or chaos tunnels? void and knives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gargoyles - where safeable? broad bolts I think.

 

 

 

Goraks - quest blocked not unlocking

 

 

 

Greater Demons - usually skipped. probly will skip still

 

 

 

Hellhounds - blocked, wont unblock

 

 

 

Infernal Mages - never had. will probly void knife these

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Dragons - blocked, wont unblock

 

 

 

Kalphites - usually skip. I could knife workers, or cannon soldiers maybe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mithril Dragons - short task ill just melee it with piety

 

 

 

Nechryaels - wont chin these in tunnels. may have to safespot from table with broad arrows?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scarabites - blocked by quest, dunno about them

 

 

 

Skeletal wyverns - will just melee its alot faster

 

 

 

Spiritual Mages - either melee zammy ones. or would knifing sara mages be decent?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel Dragons - blocked wont unblock

 

 

 

Suqahs - quest blocked. dunno about them

 

 

 

Warped Terrorbirds - quest blocked

 

 

 

Waterfiends - melee them

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any task where void wont be good?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any other suggestions, thoughts I should be aware of?

[psvstef]

Spiritual Mages - either melee zammy ones. or would knifing sara mages be decent?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

get 70 agility and kill the mages there,you wont regret it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

answer:knifing the mages when they attack the wolf is very decent : imo :)

[D Jay99]

My ranging slayer topic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know if it helps, but foooman's post in there contains quite some information :D

[Inuashakent]

Always use Knives or Broad bolts. There really is no reason to use arrows, so sell them. Use braod bolts unless they have really low defense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've never concentrated on Range, so I could be wrong...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aberrant Spectres - Melee with cannon is my plan - Yes.

 

 

 

Abyssal Demons - tank with void. Broad bolts. (this doable?) - I guess it would be, and the bank trips are fast.

 

 

 

Black Demons - void, zammy book. broad bolts? Yes.

 

 

 

Black Dragons - Blocked wont unblock - Unblock them, and kill the babies.

 

 

 

Bloodvelds - void, zammy book, knives. Cant cannon and wont bother with those quests to access DO THE DAMN QUEST. It's the one thing I don't regret doing. Also, you don't even have to cannon, they have huge amounts of hp. (You should,... but.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dagannoths - cannoning underlight house, melee, cb familiar - You could possibly range them + cannon.

 

 

 

Dark Beasts - melee - Yeah, it's much more simple.

 

 

 

Dust Devils - chaos tunnels theres a safe spot i can void in. You really don't need safespots, but it does help. You can't use void, as if they hit you (safespots, yes. But you still can get hit)

 

 

 

Fire giants - waterfall or chaos tunnels? Umm... since you're safespotting, Waterfall, I guess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gargoyles - where safeable? broad bolts I think. I'm sure they can be safespotted at the Slayer tower, and I think they can be in the Chaos tunnels too... Not sure, but the narrow passageways could work.

 

 

 

Goraks - quest blocked not unlocking - Great task to range, by the way.

 

 

 

Greater Demons - usually skipped. probly will skip still - If you're ranging, these tasks are good.

 

 

 

Hellhounds - blocked, wont unblock - Again, a good ranging task. You're not meleeing, remember?

 

 

 

Infernal Mages - never had. will probly void knife these - Does duradel even assign these?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iron Dragons - blocked, wont unblock

 

 

 

Kalphites - usually skip. I could knife workers, or cannon soldiers maybe. Cannon + melee/range.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mithril Dragons - short task ill just melee it with piety Yeah

 

 

 

Nechryaels - wont chin these in tunnels. may have to safespot from table with broad arrows? - There is a safespot at the Slayer tower. Hide north of the chair, at the northwest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scarabites - blocked by quest, dunno about them - Another great quest to do. It really is just too damn good. Do it.

 

 

 

Skeletal wyverns - will just melee its alot faster - I guess. RAnging is a good alternative though.

 

 

 

Spiritual Mages - either melee zammy ones. or would knifing sara mages be decent? Zamorak would obviously be faster, as they have much lower defense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel Dragons - blocked wont unblock Good.

 

 

 

Suqahs - quest blocked. dunno about them. They're a very fast task. One of the fastest.

 

 

 

Warped Terrorbirds - quest blocked - Eh... I personally won't do this task, but they aren't bad.

 

 

 

Waterfiends - melee them - You can easily range them if you want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any task where void wont be good?

[kdb148]

Did they put Aberrant Specters somewhere outside the slayer tower? Because you can't use a cannon in there.

[Seraphyna]

Okay, well can't you not use a cannon on spectres? I don't think they exist outside of the slayer tower, and you can't use a cannon in the slayer tower. If they do then ignore my ignorance lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abyssal demons are a pain to range, so good luck lol.

 

 

 

Dusties have great safe spots in the smoke dungeon too.

 

 

 

Gargoyles have safe spots in the slayer tower, not sure about the tunnels.

 

 

 

Iron dragons are actually worth unblocking since you're ranging.

 

 

 

Nechryaels are awesome to range. I just use the slayer tower.

 

 

 

Spiritual mages-zammy has a higher drop rate for boots and I use iron knives on them.

 

 

 

Steels I keep blocked too.

 

 

 

Suqahs are easy to range and have about 3 different safe spots on lunar isle.

 

 

 

Waterfiends take a really long time to range when compared with melee.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Void range should be fine for any task with a safe spot, but ranging abyssal demons is interesting without armadyl armor. If you bring guthans it's definitely doable, but it's a lot faster to melee them in my experience. I'm a big fan of the rune c-bow with broad bolts for most tasks. I use iron knives on spiritual mages and bloodvelds...just seems to go faster.

[Inuashakent]

Did they put Aberrant Specters somewhere outside the slayer tower? Because you can't use a cannon in there.

 

 

 

Slayer well.

[ilovecardj]

Do scarabites/goraks/suqahs drop good/decent charms? If so which ones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im more inclined to do the quests if I get some charms out of these tasks. As im slaying for charms and not just raw slayer exp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Id hate to end up having to burst lobs or do fiends after I get 99 slayer. But as I get closer ill see how the 2 levels are comparing. Its looking good at the moment. 1k crimsons to 92 summoning, 117k to 93 slayer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About hellhounds, I just plain hate safing these things, and getting to them, agility is worth it but I cant stand to train it :(

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greaters, might be worth doing, as its easily tankable and no dogs to worry about. Ill probly start doing these with range I guess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I did unblock black demons recently and with my current levels its alot faster/more enjoyable then before. Im happy about that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Im fairly sure with melee-ing the tasks I plan to, cannoning, and doing the ranging, ill be very close to 99 slayer with 99 range. at the worst ill be level 98 I think. Which aint to bad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thx for your input everyone.

[Foooman]

Do scarabites/goraks/suqahs drop good/decent charms? If so which ones.

 

 

 

Scarabites drop decent crimsons, probably around the rate of dust devils, it's alright. You never get more than 30 though because the tasks are so small (less than 70). Goraks don't drop charms (maybe they do, but I haven't gotten any. Suqah's drop terrible charms, like 5 per task.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I kind of wish I slowed down slayer for ranged, but I just wanted 99 so ended up pietying instead #-o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh I forgot, Scarabites and Warped Terrorbirds are cannon tasks if you are looking for some beastly Slayer XP with ranged XP...Though all the clicking on terrorbirds is bothersome to some, but I don't mind it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And ranging Abyssal Demons is perfectly doable with Unicorns in Void with a Broad Bolts. I've been camping there after 99 slayer for a few hours every now and then for charms + range xp.