Question about slayer

[belgam18]

hi all.

 

I just maxed out my melee stats but still a long way till 99 slay (95 atm).

Since im only 86 ranged and I have a full slayer helm, I wanted to range most off my coming tasks.

 

Now here is the question: what should i use?

broad bolts or knives?

 

i wanted to use broad bolts, friend off me (who has 99) said knifes would be faster..

 

thx in advance,

 

belgam18

[foursideking]

it truly depends on the type of knives...theoretically rune knives would be quicker, but anything less and you'd be better with broad bolts...

[belgam18]

it truly depends on the type of knives...theoretically rune knives would be quicker, but anything less and you'd be better with broad bolts...

oke thx, I was thinking about black or mith knives..

 

So broad bolts it is :wink:

[Aiel]

nonono mithril knives will beat broad bolts on almost any task. Only use broad bolts on things like dragons that have high defense. Hitting 8 10s is better then 2 30s.

[belgam18]

nonono mithril knives will beat broad bolts on almost any task. Only use broad bolts on things like dragons that have high defense. Hitting 8 10s is better then 2 30s.

 

oke thx

 

I just tsarted my first task with ranging.. thats slow.. :shock:

maybe its better to continue melee and with the time i win make money to buy red chins?

 

greetz

[Aiel]

in my experience its generally faster, what task did you have?

[belgam18]

in my experience its generally faster, what task did you have?

 

Tzhaars..

 

The broad bolts hit like 36 potted and with prayer at my lvl (not that im praying all the time). but the time it takes to position yourself, the respawntime to get a good monster (not one that wanders away),.. i loose lots of time..

[Bloodstain]

in my experience its generally faster, what task did you have?

 

Tzhaars..

 

The broad bolts hit like 36 potted and with prayer at my lvl (not that im praying all the time). but the time it takes to position yourself, the respawntime to get a good monster (not one that wanders away),.. i loose lots of time..

 

I've been range slaying lately and just said screw it to safe spotting unless it's black demons or something. Most of the monsters don't hit very hard anyway, especially since you have 99 def

[belgam18]

in my experience its generally faster, what task did you have?

 

Tzhaars..

 

The broad bolts hit like 36 potted and with prayer at my lvl (not that im praying all the time). but the time it takes to position yourself, the respawntime to get a good monster (not one that wanders away),.. i loose lots of time..

 

I've been range slaying lately and just said screw it to safe spotting unless it's black demons or something. Most of the monsters don't hit very hard anyway, especially since you have 99 def

 

Well i didn't think off that..

 

99 defence and almost got the charms for 88 summoning..

then it doesnt go that much slower then just melee right? how much range xp do you average per hour?

 

thx

[Bloodstain]

 

 

Well i didn't think off that..

 

99 defence and almost got the charms for 88 summoning..

then it doesnt go that much slower then just melee right? how much range xp do you average per hour?

 

thx

 

Depends on the task, I use a cannon when viable too so tasks like black demons get me lots of exp. It's not too bad, but it's definitely far from the fastest way to train range

[belgam18]

oke thx!

 

so i gonna buy me some knives for most task, broad bolts for the high def tasks.

Don't safe spot unless at black demons and use bunyip or stallion to dont die.

Use cannon at places were I can!

 

thx alot :-)

[Bloodstain]

oke thx!

 

so i gonna buy me some knives for most task, broad bolts for the high def tasks.

Don't safe spot unless at black demons and use bunyip or stallion to dont die.

Use cannon at places were I can!

 

thx alot :-)

 

There are some other tasks you might want to safe spot, although none come to mind but you can decide that when you get to them. Personally I've never used knives, but maybe they're better.

 

Void is really nice too if you have it, except for monsters that require special head armour

[belgam18]

oke thx!

 

so i gonna buy me some knives for most task, broad bolts for the high def tasks.

Don't safe spot unless at black demons and use bunyip or stallion to dont die.

Use cannon at places were I can!

 

thx alot :-)

 

There are some other tasks you might want to safe spot, although none come to mind but you can decide that when you get to them. Personally I've never used knives, but maybe they're better.

 

Void is really nice too if you have it, except for monsters that require special head armour

 

I do have void. But i thought that arma chest and legs + full slayer helmet would be better..

haven't really tried it so far..

[schmuall]

Robinhoodie has an amazing guide in the archive of wisdom for range slaying.

 

It's a little out of date but still very useful.

[belgam18]

I gonna check that immediatly ;-)

 

thx

[Bloodstain]

Yeah, armadyl + full slayer mask would be better. I do not own one

[Cptbaker08]

Don't forget you can also mage some tasks if you like.

 

Don't forget to use Kuradal's dungeon when you can. Ranging in there is awesome. But some tasks are probably better to continue to melee then bother to range.

[stonewall337]

Currently, full slayer helm doesn't give a boost against monsters which, although they may be assigned as your task, do not need a slayer level to kill. These would include tzhaar. Unless jagex fixed this today, you'd be better off with nezzy helm if praying 10% range, or robin/arma helm.

[Zaaps1]

Depends on your task. For example, you'd obviously not want to use knives on Mithril Dragons, while Broad Bolts on Dust Devils is wasteful.