Maging Rock Lobsters Efficiently

[Lord_Shalaj]

Well I am a good way through my target of reaching 99 Summoning, and I am nearing 86 Magic, from where the Barrage series starts.

 

 

 

I have read everywhere that Ice Bursts are the best way to kill Rock Lobsters..but Smoke Barrage and later on Ice Barrage intrigue me.

 

 

 

From what I know, Smoke Barrage has a max hit of 27 (which is 5 more than Ice Bursts) and has a poison effect that starts at 4. (adding the poison effect to damage would make it X+4 only for the first hit[or second] as I don't think these will survive for more than 1 poison splat). Also, with a higher max hit, Smoke Barrage ensures that you will have much faster kills which means charms come more quickly.

 

 

 

As of 26/12/08, the prices for runes stand -

 

 

 

Water Rune - 16 gp

 

Chaos Rune - 93 gp

 

Blood Rune - 275 gp

 

Death Rune - 267 gp

 

Air Rune - 13 gp

 

Fire Rune - 9 gp

 

 

 

Currently, 1 Ice Burst spell costs 970 gp. [4 chaos, 4 water, 2 Death]

 

1 Smoke Barrage costs 1706 gp [4 Death, 2 Blood, 4 Air, 4 Fire]

 

1 Ice Barrage costs 1714 gp [4 Death, 2 Blood, 6 Water]

 

 

 

Now the questions arise -

 

 

 

a) Is the Ice Burst the best spell all the way to 99?

 

B) Does the max hit and the poison effect of the Smoke Barrage make it equal or even better than Ice Bursts?

 

c) Does the max hit of Ice Barrage make it equal or even better than Ice Bursts [or Smoke Barrage if the second question's answer is positive]

 

d) Approximately, it takes me 14-15 Ice Bursts to finish off all 7 Rock Lobsters. How many hits of Smoke/Ice Barrage would it take for the same amount?

 

e) Do the 2 Barrage spells equal in cost to the ice burst keeping the max hit in mind?

 

 

 

From what I understand, the ice effect of bursts serves no purpose at all. Which is why I am interested in Smoke Barrage ;)

 

 

 

Thanks..

 

Lord Shalaj :)

[asianboy7o7]

just to answer it all it depends on the cash amount...

 

50m+ barrage away

[killerbeer0]

What about smoke burst?

 

 

 

Smoke barrage may beat ice barrage but probably not burst.

[bedman]

Barrage saves you time but is more expensive. Dont know where the equilibrim is though (like: do ice barrage if you make x amount of money per hour). Thought it was around 500-1000k.