Sara Sword Vs D-scim+defender

[ankie1992]

I am aiming for 99 strength and I want to know if using Saradomin Sword is faster strength exp than D-Scim + Rune Defender.

 

 

 

Money is no object for me and I am currently getting about 300-450k Strength exp/day with D-Scimmy + Rune Defender combo. I figured if I'm getting that much exp per day I might as well get a few k more for the same amount of time if Saradomin Sword is in fact faster exp.

 

 

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

-Ankie.

[Randox]

With scim + defender you get a slash attack bonus of +85 and str bonus of +72.

 

The sara sword has slash and str bonus of +82.

 

 

 

Basicly the sara sword has 96.5% of the accuracy of the scim-def combo, but 113.8% of the damage (the scim has 87.8% of the str bonus).

 

 

 

All in all, I would think the sara sword is faster. If you have been fighting with a whip and sheild (with no att bonus), then using the ss should be like swaping out the shield and whip for the sword. The attack rate is the same, the bonus are near identical.

[kdtaereo]

Sara Sword is better for training.

[RayOxide]

I'd say neither.

 

 

 

Obby sword and berserker necklace is win for grinding.

 

Meh your choice either way.

 

 

 

SS is extremely expensive and you can buy much more with that 8m or whatever

[Nopnoob]

^Extremely expensive 8-) Only 7.5-8m or something.

 

 

 

The obby sword + neck combo is very good, but only at monsters with a weak def.

 

 

 

Sara sword wins, then comes Obby sword + Zerker necklace if you think 8m is to much for some good exp. Last is Scimmy+defender, but remember it's the worst :

[ToxicDuck]

Sara Sword. Has more uses than any other candidate, and you can always sell it back.

[ultimatballr]

The Sara Sword is the BEST weapon to train str with. That's not opinion either.. Its only 8m, since your getting 450k (max) with d scim a day I could see you getting 500k with SS. Which cuts down your time for 99 str by days at least. If its worth it to you then go for it. You could always sell back the SS when your done with it anyways.

 

 

 

I personally own one and never use it anymore, so I lend it out and have made 500k so far just on lending it out 35-45k at a time. Think of it at a return on investment :lol: . Its a hot item and people are willing to pay to borrow one.

[RayOxide]

8m basically *is* expensive.

 

Especially for a weapon that for me; has hit worse than a whip.

 

But yes I know people usually only use it for

 

1. Spec

 

2. Str training

 

 

 

Whip still beats it overall.

 

 

 

But, if I had 8m i'd start buying my armadyl ranged items.

 

Yet, its just me.

[FluffyOne]

id stick with d skimy + rune defender seeing as the difference is less than 10k exp >.> for about 7+mil more cash

[ultimatballr]

8m basically *is* expensive.

 

Especially for a weapon that for me; has hit worse than a whip.

 

But yes I know people usually only use it for

 

1. Spec

 

2. Str training

 

 

 

Whip still beats it overall.

 

 

 

 

It is easily and when I say easily I mean in a matter of minutes to hours able to be bought and sold these sara swords are. It you take a loss then its like you payed 500k for the sword (which at the rates hes getting would be the MAX loss he'd take after reselling back).

 

 

 

Whip beats it overall in what? Attack and defence training, yes, but there is still str training.. so its not really overall. Training all 3 separately is much faster than training on controlled (as I have had my eyes opened to this recently)

 

 

 

Therefore to say it beats a SS overall is quite inaccurate. It's more factual to say the whip beats the SS in att and def training. However, the SS is miles ahead of the whip as far as str training goes, hell I would even go as far to say that using a Mith scimmy will get you the same overall str exp as using a whip on controlled.

 

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In short the SS is faster than the D scimmy and well worth the price you pay for that speed. If you were really pressed for money, you could lend it out until you cover the cost of the loss you took (if any) and then resell the sword which means you break even. Also, in the time you spend lending it out do something else prosperous which in turn gives you a profit.

 

 

 

If money is the reason as to why you were questioning buying the SS throw that out the window. If you have 10m+ then the SS is a great investment that anyone str training would be lucky to have. It's not necessarily my opinion as it is factually a based statement.

[kdtaereo]

8m basically *is* expensive.

 

Especially for a weapon that for me; has hit worse than a whip.

 

But yes I know people usually only use it for

 

1. Spec

 

2. Str training

 

 

 

Whip still beats it overall.

 

 

 

But, if I had 8m i'd start buying my armadyl ranged items.

 

Yet, its just me.

 

Well, it's Sara Sword Vs D-scim+defender, not Sara Sword Vs Whip.

[RayOxide]

Obv kd I was just pointing it out >.>

 

 

 

And for when I say its expensive, doesnt mean that its 8m gone. It means its 8m taking its time going into your bank.

 

And in that length of time; if you dont have much money, an obsidiancombo would get you the level.

 

 

 

And lol you dont know what overall means?

 

Its best for attack, defence, general training, and real slayer training.

 

Thats 4 points vs 1 or 2 (however you look at the SS).

 

 

 

Thus, 4 is higher than 1, OR 2, so, Whip is OVERALL better. :wall:

 

 

 

And i never said omfg n00b use teh whip on teh contr0lled c0z its p0wneage, did I? Infact - I hate controlled. :)

[Vulxai]

Obv kd I was just pointing it out >.>

 

 

 

And for when I say its expensive, doesnt mean that its 8m gone. It means its 8m taking its time going into your bank.

 

And in that length of time; if you dont have much money, an obsidiancombo would get you the level.

 

 

 

And lol you dont know what overall means?

 

Its best for attack, defence, general training, and real slayer training.

 

Thats 4 points vs 1 or 2 (however you look at the SS).

 

 

 

Thus, 4 is higher than 1, OR 2, so, Whip is OVERALL better. :wall:

 

 

 

And i never said omfg n00b use teh whip on teh contr0lled c0z its p0wneage, did I? Infact - I hate controlled. :)

 

 

 

Ray has a point, you said whip is better for attack and defence, but ss is better for strength, thus making it better overall. You can't call something better overall when you list something with more uses. Whip is better overall, but for STRENGTH the ss is obviously better. I still wouldn't pay 8m for that, I'll just use my whip on controlled.

[RayOxide]

Which is extremely hated by str orientated communities.

 

 

 

Eww.

 

Defence.

[ToxicDuck]

At what point did ultimatballr say SS was better overall?

 

 

 

None.

[RayOxide]

Pay moar attention. :P

 

He said the WHIP ISNT better overall because ss has better str training than the whip.

 

Whoop de doo.

 

It also costs 8m.

 

 

 

Anyway to the OP since you're going for 99 str, an SS is actually quite good in the long-run

[ilovecardj]

SS wins hands down. It still dominates obby sword (which i have used alot)

 

 

 

Its only 8m, in which you get back after your done with it (8m isnt much btw) You will save many days/hours with ss, in which you get your 8m back plus more (faster then d scim so more money earned in less time)

 

 

 

If 8m is your whole bank, then maybe you should go kill green drags for a few hours or something and make a few mil quick.

 

 

 

I slayed 99 str with ss, and it was insanely better then dscim and obby sword. Whip wins over ss of course but then you have to train controlled. Which imo is no worse or better then using a ss for 99 str then training 99 def after with whip

 

 

 

and whip vs ss wasnt the discussion :P

[RayOxide]

Who cares if it wasnt the discussion.

 

 

 

And, Ankie said "Money is no object for me"

 

Now that doesnt say Ankie has 8m now does it?

 

 

 

Probably does but possibly not. :P

[ToxicDuck]

Pay moar attention. :P

 

He said the WHIP ISNT better overall because ss has better str training than the whip.

 

Whoop de doo.

 

It also costs 8m.

 

 

 

Anyway to the OP since you're going for 99 str, an SS is actually quite good in the long-run

 

 

 

Well, for starters, I meant Vulxai's post, which admittedly I misunderstood.

 

 

 

I think we all agree that SS is best for him, considering he doesn't look like he wants to slay (42 slayer), and he has the cash to buy an SS. If cost is a factor, hey, why not PC it :roll:

 

 

 

p.s. on the armadyl, I would go with that too :lol:

[ladycai]

Dragon Scimitar + rdf > SS

 

 

 

I tried both before, I found the scimmy better. Even if money is no objective, don't buy ss imo.

[ilovecardj]

i got 8k exp more an hour with ss over d scim lol

[ankie1992]

A lot more replies than I had hoped for :lol: Amungst all of this talk about whips I managed to hear some talk about SS being better. I'll have an offer in the g.e for one while I go to school. Also, I have over 60m gp in my bank, so I wouldn't really consider SS as 'expensive'.

 

 

 

Thanks for all the replies. \

[purewcnub]

Which is extremely hated by str orientated communities.

 

 

 

Eww.

 

Defence.

 

Well, you're not a pure so why do you say this....

[starclimber]

Just got my ss and love it tbh.

[Patr1ck]

I used a D-scim + dfs/defender to 96 strength then switched to an ss for the last 3 lvls just to compare, stat wise they both seemed to be about the same, the ss being a little better, but I very much liked the ss over the d scim. :D