DemonicSushi Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clay_More12 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 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. Divine Forces | #DF on irc.seersirc.net | Most Motivated | http://rs-df.com/forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mh1456 Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 Even though im not a fan of defence, i would have to say youre right and that defense is the most useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 19, 2009 Author Share Posted December 19, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Kurity Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 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. O.O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 double post soz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiriyama Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 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. Denizen of Darkness| PSN= sworddude198 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalafai Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Squab Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 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. Squab unleashes Megiddo! Completed all quests and hard diaries. 75+ Skiller. (At one point.) 2000+ total. 99 Magic.[spoiler=The rest of my sig. You know you wanna see it.]my difinition of noob is i dont like u, either u are better then me or u are worst them meBuying spins make you a bad person...don't do it. It's like buying nukes for North Korea.Well if it bothers you that the game is more fun now, then you can go cry in a corner. :shame:your article was the equivalent of a circumcized porcupineThe only thing wrong with it is the lack of a percentage for when you need to stroke it. Poignant Purple to Lokie's Ravishing Red and Alg's Brilliant Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconic Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 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. When you go feather dragon god, you never go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intervention Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkplug234 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Thanks for all replies ! different opinions are always welcome =) there is no right answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNESCAPEfantasy Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 for me its att -> def -> str or att/def -> strnow 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 for me its att -> def -> str or att/def -> strnow 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warrior5024 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Defence and prayer are the most useful skills for bosses. Imagine DKs or GWD without them, or with them low? So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimy_Bunyip Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Attack is very important for most boss monstersStrength is there for PVPers and for slayers to get good XP ratesmuch as i love def to death, it really isnt as important as atk/str/def, EXCEPT for boss monstersin which case i would argue that attack can be just as useful unless the boss has an exploitable weakness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teryaki Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sees_all1 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 My stats:92 str65 atk51 def It seems that's the order of how important I think they are, at least for what I do in runescape. 99 dungeoneering achieved, thanks to everyone that celebrated with me! ♪♪ Don't interrupt me as I struggle to complete this thoughtHave some respect for someone more forgetful than yourself ♪♪♪♪ And I'm not doneAnd I won't be till my head falls off ♪♪ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@Dan3HitU Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Defence is definitely the most useful. [-- DYNAMIC SIGNATURES FOR RUNESCAPE 3 & OLDSCHOOL 2007 RUNESCAPE --] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warrior_B666 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 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. [hide=Funny Quote]Cbow! Cbow!!!!! +120 range is orgasmic. Or maul, thats what I'd get out of those two options.I agree with baconisbacon, Cbow looks freaking sensualRunescape: Where strong weapons bring sexual pleasure.The size of the e-peen0r is directly proportional to the rarity/power of one's equipment.[/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonicSushi Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 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 :^_^: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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