I think the demons are tormenting me

[Mischlings]

So, earlier today I did my first TD trip after gaining 89 summoning on Friday. Eager to try out the unicorn, I went in and managed to find a world where the north spot was empty. I lured the demons properly and started killing them. About the fifth kill, I started taking damage at a high rate. I managed to switch prayers quickly, but it seemed that no matter what they still managed to get one huge (200+) hit on me before I could switch, and my unicorn just couldn't keep up, making this the second time that I've died there (first time was some jackass luring the demons on me). Same thing happened to me a few kills earlier, which caused me to use up all the sharks I'd brought with me in case of emergency.

 

Is it common to die often here? I wouldn't think that I'd be having this much trouble with 94 defence and good prayer switching skills. Did I just hit a streak of bad luck? Or is there something that I need to work on?

[muggiwhplar]

I remember after upgrading my titan to a unicorn for the first time, I overestimated the healing capabilities of the unicorn and died pretty quickly. Though-- if you've got a unicorn and an SGS or enhanced excalibur healing should never be an issue there.

[Mischlings]

I remember after upgrading my titan to a unicorn for the first time, I overestimated the healing capabilities of the unicorn and died pretty quickly. Though-- if you've got a unicorn and an SGS or enhanced excalibur healing should never be an issue there.

 

Problem is, I had unicorn and SGS and still was taking a beating. It seemed like every time I switched prayers the first attack would hit and hit hard, and even between the two I couldn't really keep up.

[mujammil]

I was kinda like you when i first starte'd tding, how many trips/kills have you got? Trust me with experience, TDs become MUCH easier, your probably inexperienced and are flopping on the prayer switches. You said you were taking 200+ hits, what was your gear?

[Mischlings]

I was kinda like you when i first starte'd tding, how many trips/kills have you got? Trust me with experience, TDs become MUCH easier, your probably inexperienced and are flopping on the prayer switches. You said you were taking 200+ hits, what was your gear?

 

I've done somewhere around 7 trips, 6 using war tortoise and sharks and this one using unicorn. No idea how many kills, I'd guess 40-50ish.

 

Gear: Full Void, fury, soul wars cape, dragon boots, archer ring, Rune crossbow/SGS/Darklight, broad bolts.

[muggiwhplar]

I was kinda like you when i first starte'd tding, how many trips/kills have you got? Trust me with experience, TDs become MUCH easier, your probably inexperienced and are flopping on the prayer switches. You said you were taking 200+ hits, what was your gear?

 

I've done somewhere around 7 trips, 6 using war tortoise and sharks and this one using unicorn. No idea how many kills, I'd guess 40-50ish.

 

Gear: Full Void, fury, soul wars cape, dragon boots, archer ring, Rune crossbow/SGS/Darklight, broad bolts.

 

If you can, use fire cape, ranger boots, and runite bolts instead

[Mischlings]

I was kinda like you when i first starte'd tding, how many trips/kills have you got? Trust me with experience, TDs become MUCH easier, your probably inexperienced and are flopping on the prayer switches. You said you were taking 200+ hits, what was your gear?

 

I've done somewhere around 7 trips, 6 using war tortoise and sharks and this one using unicorn. No idea how many kills, I'd guess 40-50ish.

 

Gear: Full Void, fury, soul wars cape, dragon boots, archer ring, Rune crossbow/SGS/Darklight, broad bolts.

 

If you can, use fire cape, ranger boots, and runite bolts instead

 

I have fire cape, but I would think that prayer is more important there, which is why I used the soul wars cape. I have snakeskin instead of ranger boots -- would those work? I'll look into using runite bolts -- I have a ton of broad bolts and they work really well for little loss, but I'll get some runite bolts and test them.

[3PointMan]

Wear dhide/karils until you get REALLY good at prayer switching.

[Mischlings]

 

This is what I've changed it to based on what people have said here (haven't gotten runite bolts to test yet and I know the potions are probably in the wrong proportion). Are there any other glaring mistakes in what I have here or does it look good?

[manitstinks]

Bring 2 brews

Do the standard brew->restore->super pot for all