The Ultimate F2p Melee Fighting Guide

[xmisspker]

Introductions

 

 

 

Note: The following guide is also available from my official site, which you will find in my signature. Many people have drastically improved their pking abilities after reading this guide, scoring armor on AND off k0s in f2p using these techniques, so I thought I'd go ahead and post it here too.

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to my ultimate melee fighting guide. This guide is long overdue, as I should have written it years ago, but now is better than never. If your reading this then you probably already know who I am, so I'll save the personal introductions. This guide will teach you the xmisspiggyx fighting style, the details and tricks of f2p fighting from the most dangerous f2p pker ever. I will go over things such as:

 

 

 

Knowing when to eat

 

The scim/2h switch

 

Using Alternative Weapons

 

Effectively using your prayer

 

Respecting your opponent

 

 

 

...and more. When writing this guide I will be drawing from pking experience that dates back to 2005, and thousands of my own fights with other players. Lets get started!

 

 

 

 

 

The Role of Stats and Assessing Yourself as A Pker

 

 

 

It doesn't matter what your stats are when it comes down to it, you don't need 99 strength to win in the wilderness. The real role of stats are as an aid to you, and not a necessity. Many skilled pkers have been successful with their flat melee stats (example: 77 77 77 80). When I first achieved 99 strength, I was cocky and died several times because I was relying completely on my stats to be successful. This made me discouraged at first, I thought "I worked all this time to get this unbelievable level and look at what it gets me!". It took some time and practice before I realized that my stats were only an aid, and when I realized this and acted on it, I began to get many many kills. High stats are NOT a good reason to let your guard down.

 

 

 

Generally speaking in f2p it is best to focus on strength, this is because you are going to hit a lot of 0s, but when you do land a hit you want it to be as damaging as possible. I'm not going to dictate what stats you need to get because you know what levels you are capable of reaching.

 

 

 

 

 

Knowing When to Eat

 

 

 

If you are fighting another player you are undoubtably going to see the phrase "Safer!". You see it all the time if you step into the wilderness, but what is a "safer" really? More often than not this phrase really translates to "Stop eating and let me kill you!"

 

 

 

A great rule-of-thumb to go by with eating is to always stay at half of your hp, or slightly below half. This allows your opponent to have a chance to K0 without leaving yourself dangerously low. If you eat more than this, your opponent will most likely eat more which hurts your chances of getting a kill. In other words, by eating too much you could be hurting your own chances of winning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the other hand I have seen pkers say "I never eat above 27 hp." This is just plain stupid and is pretty much pking suicide. It leaves you within one 2h hit or one scim/2h combo from death, and your opponent is most likely never going to eat at this low of an hp level.

 

 

 

There are situations where your opponent will eat a ridiculously high amount, for example staying at 60 hp for the duration of the fight, in which situation they are giving you almost no opportunity for a k0. In these situations it's best to continue your normal eating pattern despite the annoying habbits of your opponent.

 

 

 

 

 

Knowing When to Run

 

 

 

It's easy to think that you are invincible and that you can win every fight, but the truth is you are going to lose some fights and when that happens you need to know what to do. All fights have atleast 3 outcomes:

 

 

 

1. Either you or your opponent get k0'ed before you run out of food

 

2. You or your opponent runs out of food and escapes

 

3. You or your opponent runs out of food and dies on the way out of the wild

 

 

 

The first two are sometimes beyond your ability to control, but the 3rd option IS within your ability to control. If you are in a fight with another player and you know that you are going to run out of food before they do, begin to think about how much food you will need on the way out. An example is, if you are fighting at the castle and you need to get through 10 levels of wilderness, begin to run with 5 lobs to sustain yourself on the way out. Do not wait until you are completely out of food, this usually means death.

 

 

 

The bottom line is, think about how many levels of wilderness you will need to go through with your opponent striking you in the back, and pre-determine how much food you will need before running. If you run however, be prepared to hear "Noob!" the entire journey home...which brings me to my next subject.

 

 

 

 

 

Respecting Your Opponent

 

 

 

While it is true, this is just a game, the person who you are fighting is also a real person on the other end. Avoid calling them names or being disrespectful. It is a real eyesore to walk into the wild and see 20 people fighting with half of them spamming "u suck noob" - "No ur mom does". Not to mention it is simply immature, and it doesn't have to be that way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This also goes for "player jumpers" and "pile jumpers", if someone has earned a kill it's not very respectful to jump on them and attempt to cheaply steal their items. Most attempts like this never work. I mean, when was the last time you saw a pile jumper that really profited from it?

 

 

 

Treat them the same way that you would if you were interacting with them in real life, because after all they are real people.

 

 

 

 

 

The Scim/2h Switch

 

 

 

This is a very old, very well-known form of fighting in f2p. You beat your opponent down with the scimitar until their hp is low enough to k0 them with the rune 2h. However this method is not used to it's fullest potential by most pkers.

 

 

 

Most pkers will fight 90% of their fight with the scimitar and only for the other 10% bring out the 2h and attempt to 1-hit k0 their opponent. I, on the other hand, have found that the 2h is far more effective if left out for several hits after the initial k0 attempt. The following is an example:

 

 

 

Your opponent is at 37 hp->you strike a 15 with the scim leaving them with 22 hp->you attempt to k0 with the 2h hitting a 19 leaving them with only 3 hp->Now this is where most pkers will bring out the scim again. Instead you leave the 2h out. They eat two lobsters putting them at 27 hp.->You hit a 25 with the 2h putting them at 2 hp->They eat two more lobsters putting them at 26 hp.->Bang. You hit a 26 and they are k0'ed.

 

 

 

This is only an example and you can plug the numbers any way that you want, but here you can see this method demonstrated.

 

 

 

Using the rune 2h switch quickly and effectively can take practice, and there are some things that you can do to get better at it. For example you can find a friend who is willing to go with you to the f2p duel arena with food and try to k0 him before he runs out. Or You could simply practice on npc monsters, maybe even on other players in the actual wild. These are all ideas to consider.

 

 

 

 

 

Effectively Using Your Prayer

 

 

 

Using your prayer effectively in a pking situation is very important, prayer can greatly increase your ability to get a k0 so it is best to use it wisely. I have found that the best time to use prayer is beginning when your opponent is half hp, then leave it on for the duration of the fight. There is no point to beginning a fight with your opponent at full hp, your prayer draining, and no chance of a k0.

 

 

 

There are exceptions to this, however. In no armor fighting it is advised to begin the fight with prayer on.

 

 

 

 

 

Using Alternative Weapons

 

 

 

In my Castle Bloodbath video, I demonstrated the outright power of the rune longsword, and the deadly effectiveness of it in combination with a rune 2h. Probably 99% of pkers out there are using rune scimitars, partly because they are popular and partly because they are fast and effective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(The above is me maxing a 26 with the rune longsword)

 

 

 

What most people overlook is that there are a myriad of other weapons that can be just as effective, if not more than a rune scim. One big advantage to using a rune longsword (or another alternative weapon) is that your opponent will most likely let their guard down. Most pkers don't take these weapons very seriously and may even eat less than normal fighting someone weilding these weapons. Another thing to take into consideration is that some alternative weapons, such as a rune long, have harder hitting bonuses than a rune scim.

 

 

 

 

 

Closing

 

 

 

I hope that the ideas and techniques in this guide have helped you in some way, feel free to share it with your friends/clan/fellow pkers.

[Youmu]

Excellent PKing guide! It was very detailed, and I think your guide is one of the only ones that mention other weapons. I have to say, you're right, people always overlook weapons other than the Rune Scimitar. It's just not right, and as you said, other weapons like Rune Longsword is effective as well.

 

 

 

And I know this is obvious, but you should also mention what equipment you should use, what you should use in your inventory, which prayers to use, etc. That way, people will know which things they should use, and become an even more effective melee PKer.

 

 

 

You should also include strategies for dealing with other styles of combat, like range and magic.

 

 

 

And sorry for the (sorta) lackluster suggestions. I've never really PKed before. :oops:

[xmisspker]

Excellent PKing guide! It was very detailed, and I think your guide is one of the only ones that mention other weapons. I have to say, you're right, people always overlook weapons other than the Rune Scimitar. It's just not right, and as you said, other weapons like Rune Longsword is effective as well.

 

 

 

And I know this is obvious, but you should also mention what equipment you should use, what you should use in your inventory, which prayers to use, etc. That way, people will know which things they should use, and become an even more effective melee PKer.

 

 

 

You should also include strategies for dealing with other styles of combat, like range and magic.

 

 

 

And sorry for the (sorta) lackluster suggestions. I've never really PKed before. :oops:

 

 

 

Thank you for your good suggestions, I'll think about a way to add some of that in. :D