To keep it simple:

 

Which of the three melee skills do you think is best/most usefull and why?

 

99 Str vs Atk vs Def

 

Thank you all

 

* this is not for my personal advice so please no flaming

It depends what person you are. For example, if you like 1v1 PK'ing, you'd probably choose Strength, if you like Boss Hunting/Slayer, you'd probably choose Attack and if you like Clan Wars/Castle Wars, you'd probably choose Defence. As I go Clan Wars and into the deep Wilderness, I'd choose Defence because I rather enjoy "Tanking" and I'm really good at it.

It depends what person you are. For example, if you like 1v1 PK'ing, you'd probably choose Strength, if you like Boss Hunting/Slayer, you'd probably choose Attack and if you like Clan Wars/Castle Wars, you'd probably choose Defence. As I go Clan Wars and into the deep Wilderness, I'd choose Defence because I rather enjoy "Tanking" and I'm really good at it.

 

Yes Obviously its based on how you are but im just asking people opinion's to see what we all think :^_^:

 

personally i'd also say Defence.... why? cos u an use it with range and mage too

Even though im not a fan of defence, i would have to say youre right and that defense is the most useful.

Even though im not a fan of defence, i would have to say youre right and that defense is the most useful.

 

 

=D i see you like attack, that was my favorite skill all-over for a very long time until i noticed Defence

Strength.

 

If you had 99 str, the rest would come really easily because you would hit so high.

 

If you had 99 attack with no str, you would still hit tiny.

 

If you had 99 defence with no str/atk, you would still hit tiny... But then again, you can go AFK places.

Strength.

 

If you had 99 str, the rest would come really easily because you would hit so high.

 

If you had 99 attack with no str, you would still hit tiny.

 

If you had 99 defence with no str/atk, you would still hit tiny... But then again, you can go AFK places.

 

were not talking about the 1 atk 99 atk etc... i just mean in general =) not pures

Strength.

 

If you had 99 str, the rest would come really easily because you would hit so high.

 

If you had 99 attack with no str, you would still hit tiny.

 

If you had 99 defence with no str/atk, you would still hit tiny... But then again, you can go AFK places.

 

were not talking about the 1 def 99 atk 1 atk 99 str etc... i just mean in general =) not pures

double post soz

In general, Strength is the best, followed by Attack, then Defence.

 

From a practical standpoint, 90 Defence is where it starts to peak, you can survive in most places with 90, and tank at Bandos decently in a team with that, Attack, well, it improves slightly as you get closer to 99, but it's not that much different.

 

Strength, is the only skill that makes a noticeable difference as you level. As I've said before in another topic, I find 90/99/90 to be where you start getting the best results, and to continue leveling, I'd say 99/99/90 works after that, with defence being the final 99.

 

Or you can always train them equally. I was 99/86/88 at one point, and then I started to train them more equally, though I was 99/95/90 before I decided to do that (it made it easier so I wouldn't accidentally level Strength before Defence, I was getting them both at the same time.

In the early levels it's important to get that attack up fast. In fact, up to level 40, you're going up in equiptment leaps and bounds that will provide better and better strength bonuses.

 

Later on it helps not as much as strength, which lets you go Me SMASH!

 

Defence is quite important at any level, even having a noticable help leveling over what you need for max level armours with ridiculous boosts.

 

Since control is usually the less usefull secondary attack for a weapon, I train in bundles of 10 attack, 10 strength, 10 defence.

I'd say, you kinda want them all.

 

Strength.

 

If you had 99 str, the rest would come really easily because you would hit so high.

 

If you had 99 attack with no str, you would still hit tiny.

 

If you had 99 defence with no str/atk, you would still hit tiny... But then again, you can go AFK places.

 

^^ If you have 99 str with 1 attack, you might hit occasionally high, but it would almost never happen because you have such bad accuracy. Also, you'd take lots of damage with 1 def.

 

Maybe str is a wee bit better. Have str somewhat higher then the rest? I personally prefer everything to be equal.

Attack is good to get up first, as speeds things up. That's what I'm doing.

 

I consider defense the best, since Rangers and Magers use it too.

defence is my favourite because I hate taking damage but I find attack most useful for training as the higher it gets the faster the kills get and therefore making str and def easier to train.

If they are all at a decent level i would say defense is most important, surviving longer and taking less damage means less food, which means money saved ^_^.

Though i have never really been a big fan of strength.

Thanks for all replies ! different opinions are always welcome =) there is no right answer

for me its att -> def -> str or att/def -> str

now im 90 str i dont want to raise it more and would rather get 99 att and more accuracy in exchange i lose 2/3 max hit (from 99 str). i know defence is very usefull but im staying 45 untill i can afford all the good stuff that comes with higher defence then i will be getting 90+

 

strength will be my last melee 99 as i dont see much point after you can hit 40+s in getting more combat lvls for extra 2/3 max

for me its att -> def -> str or att/def -> str

now im 90 str i dont want to raise it more and would rather get 99 att and more accuracy in exchange i lose 2/3 max hit (from 99 str). i know defence is very usefull but im staying 45 untill i can afford all the good stuff that comes with higher defence then i will be getting 90+

 

strength will be my last melee 99 as i dont see much point after you can hit 40+s in getting more combat lvls for extra 2/3 max

 

ye well lets see you fight against someone with dragon claws...ur def might need to go lil up :P

Defence and prayer are the most useful skills for bosses. Imagine DKs or GWD without them, or with them low?

Attack is very important for most boss monsters

Strength is there for PVPers and for slayers to get good XP rates

much as i love def to death, it really isnt as important as atk/str/def, EXCEPT for boss monsters

in which case i would argue that attack can be just as useful unless the boss has an exploitable weakness

Well a number of people may say Str because those high hits u can hit with Dds special is unbeaten by Att/Def.

Although im personally a Strength Person I'd say Defense is followed by Strength because Having 99 Defense will negate a lot of attacks from your opponents(May it be Monsters or PvP)

As For attack i see no main reason on getting it except for Boss Slaying and Monster Hunting(As Said by Djchester)

 

Well thats just my opinion though and take it as you may but i believe in it :P :angry:

My stats:

92 str

65 atk

51 def

 

 

It seems that's the order of how important I think they are, at least for what I do in runescape.

Defence is definitely the most useful.

Well my motto is..."There's no point in being strong if you're dead", which basically means if you have a weak defense your strength means nothing :^_^:

 

From that saying I would prefer defense, but I personally take a balanced approach to my stats as I believe that they are all equally important.

Well my motto is..."There's no point in being strong if you're dead", which basically means if you have a weak defense your strength means nothing :^_^:

 

From that saying I would prefer defense, but I personally take a balanced approach to my stats as I believe that they are all equally important.

 

 

Exactly :lol:

 

I have 81 / 81 / 81 Yet i believe Defence is the best and it will be my first 99 followed by Atk and then maybe str

 

 

Def > Atk > Str > Range > Mage

 

just my opinion :^_^: