F2P advice please---Scim/2h or ranged 2h

[Buakow]

Ill be completely new to pking once I start with the character I'm making. Im gonna max him out around 54 combat to try out the Low BH, but ill probably pk on the pvp worlds.

 

 

 

My current stats are

 

str-52

 

att-40

 

def-1

 

ranged-1

 

mage-1

 

pray-1

 

 

 

I can max out at 75ish str if I dont get ranged, but with ranged Im thinking it will put me around 68-70 str due to the extra hp lvls from ranging. Which would be a better choice for someone new to pking in rs2. Thanks

[Ferveo]

Go for scim/2h

 

 

 

Range/2h'ers require more skill to pk with. U need to pick arrows, eat, pot and switch weapons all the time. A scim/2h'ers is somewhat more simple in that manner.

 

 

 

get 40 att 1 def and 70+ str before u start pk'ing. otherwise the range 2h'ers will eat ur [wagon].

 

 

 

I recommend getting 40 range too just to wear d hide chaps and vambs.

 

Mage is optional but the higher u train it the more resistant u are to mage attacks. Get 59 mage trough curses, then later lvl it through alching.

[Iamdan]

Range 2h is much stronger but also much harder to use. It also takes longer to train.

 

 

 

iirc you can get 77 range 68 strength and stay in the low crater and still have a couple levels clearance.

[Merlin5611]

Range 2h, would take a while to train but pays of in the end.

[Muhaja]

Take it from someone who made a strength pure and a r2h/range pure. One at 52 combat, the other at 54 combat, respectively. (The reason i made 2 is because I first made a r2h/range pure, and that was a while ago, when Jagex just released new magic staff interface, and a bunch of people got some def. (me).

 

 

 

That being said, in my opinion, at levels 53+, strength pure dominates other pures. Rangers just can't hit that high, around level 53-57, rangers could hit about 13 per arrow, while you can hit 18-19 with scimitar. 2 out of 3 times I got killed this week on my strength pure which is level 52, by another strength pure. The 3rd time was by a level 61 ranger (and I pretty much fought evenly with him, in fact I made him tele the 1st time I fought him. Including r3d barring him 3 times lol. So I agreed to eat only at 16hp after he complained before rematch.)

 

 

 

So why waste the time to get range? There exists many advantages with range. Such as the crazy accuracy on people who are not pures, (which you will encounter quite a few at that level). As a strength pure, I avoid them like the plague, however rangers completely dominates them.

 

 

 

Ultimately, the question is: "Is the extra hp worth the range levels". This question can only be answered by what you pk. If you like to pick on pures at the G.E. Then the answer is no, because range takes time and money to train and strength is just better. If you pk in clans at the barbarian village. Then go for it! Range is cheap and fast.

 

 

 

These things can only be learned first hand. So I invite you to go G.E. and watch other pk or pm me and I will be happy to let you know when I pk.

 

 

 

Edit: I forgot another advantage of not getting the extra hp levels is your ability to pk at bounty hunter. Which pays far more than pvp.

 

(For example, I get approximately 4-5 kills with every death in Pvp. However, I am actually losing alot of money through lobs.)

[Rune2hed]

Well, since your new try scim 2h, and if that doesn't go well then go ahead and get range. :