Should I use protect from melee @ dark beasts? I have full bandos with a whip + dfs. Also I have a uni + x attack/str however I dont have x def. I need to kill 162 of them and I normally use 9 prayer potions a trip. Also if I should use pro melee should I use proesleyte or bandos? Please reply asap thanks :).

Yes, you should.

I don't protect from anything at dark beasts. But I do carry a stack of unicorn scrolls. AFAIAC, they are the way to go.

Yes, you should.

Thanks for the reply :) Do you think I should use bandos or proesleyte because I see a fair few people using both :S

Wear proselyte for melee praying, with those stats you could tank them easily though.

(But lack of soul split is what makes me wonder if it's efficient. -Leave this to minor notice)

 

You could try a trip with uni + extremes and possible super def

using bandos, dfs and such - they don't hit that often with good armour.

Regarding you have maxed melees, I think using a Unicorn will leave you able to kill them efficiently without prayer.

Throw in super set/extreme set, and you're go!

Pray melee if you dont have soulsplit. Use prayer boosting armour.

 

Pray piety too if you want.

Bandos top is greater than pros by a very minor amount, or that's what I would guess, anyway. Tassies and pros legs are about even.

 

To all you naysayers... Soul Split is necessary for tanking Beasts. Soul Split and a Uni, too, but that's not too important. I'd rather stick to low-def, high-offence armour like the Rune Defender and pray the task.

You could tank them with a unicorn. If you had a yak, I would say you should use that one to bank the herbs and such, but you don't so uni is fine. Also, remember that soul wars cape + full bandos has the same prayer bonus as prossy top + bottom and fire cape, but it has more def and more strength. So I would use full bandos + SW cape + rune defender, and pray piety. Try to get some claws for speccing, if you cant, ee for if you cant keep up.

You could tank them with a unicorn. If you had a yak, I would say you should use that one to bank the herbs and such, but you don't so uni is fine. Also, remember that soul wars cape + full bandos has the same prayer bonus as prossy top + bottom and fire cape, but it has more def and more strength. So I would use full bandos + SW cape + rune defender, and pray piety. Try to get some claws for speccing, if you cant, ee for if you cant keep up.

I agree with bedman on the uni since you don't have yak part. Try to keep as much open space as you can to hold herbs and Dark Bows.

Bandos top is greater than pros by a very minor amount, or that's what I would guess, anyway. Tassies and pros legs are about even.

 

To all you naysayers... Soul Split is necessary for tanking Beasts. Soul Split and a Uni, too, but that's not too important. I'd rather stick to low-def, high-offence armour like the Rune Defender and pray the task.

 

You don't even have 90 slayer, so I have no idea where you came up with the idea that Soul Split is a necessity for tanking them.

 

From my personal experience, I used prayer potions with protect melee my first task I had them and my prayer dropped. What I noticed was that hey don't hit often, but when they do its hard (I was wearing proselyte). I opted to tank them with my usual powerslaying gear (Bandos + Piety) - (note this was BEFORE Curses were released) and found that coupled with a Uni, they don't give you any trouble at all.

Yeah I wouldn't kill dark beasts without prayer, they attack very often despite how much defence you may have. People have tried guthan on them without prayer and it works sort of 50/50, you still have very scary moments though when they constantly hit you in a row, and the repairs, well, you might as well use prayer pots and kill them faster with a whip than a guthan spear.

Bandos top is greater than pros by a very minor amount, or that's what I would guess, anyway. Tassies and pros legs are about even.

 

To all you naysayers... Soul Split is necessary for tanking Beasts. Soul Split and a Uni, too, but that's not too important. I'd rather stick to low-def, high-offence armour like the Rune Defender and pray the task.

 

not so. ive done db's with uni and sgs, super pots no problem. (i constant piety) you can swap sgs for EE too. tanking is pretty effecient really, you use less in scrolls than you do with p pots.

I always used to tank dark beasts in verac top and bottom and a bunyip.

 

This was in the old days before soul split.

 

Tanking goes well most of the time. Sometimes they hit hard a few times in a row. You simply put on protect from melee. Let the bunyip/SGS heal you. Turn off protection prayer.

 

Nowadays I would use soulsplit.

 

Unicorn can heal you without the need of using prayer sometimes, but it runs up the costs. I did it the other way because it wouldn't cost anything, except the bunyip (with an SGS).

 

Take two prayer pots for backup/soul split and you are probably good to go with just a bunyip.

 

And naturally I potted up att, str AND defense.

He can't use soul split.

Neither could I in the old days. Then you need an SGS or an EE. Or go for safe and use a pony.

Guthans. Wear the top and bottom and keep spear and helm in inv for when you need to heal.

I've always prayed with them in full Proselyte using Piety too. In Kuradel's dungeon with that setup of 2 strengths/attacks and the rest prayer potions I can kill ~200 without banking and never run out of space. Ideally leave a few spaces at the start too for charms/herb drops/other good drops at the start. Would never do them without Piety though, that would be too painful.

It requires constant attention. That's why I prefer to pray them. The cost difference isn't very significant especially if you turmoil anyway.

A word on potions. The Extreme Defense potion is actually worthless. This is because you can easily boost the pretty much the same level with the Saradomin Brew, which gives bonus to your HP as well, and is tradeable and less expensive overall. Yes, it'll lower your melee stats, but if you are repotting before you hit your base level, it won't matter.

 

At 99 attack, you can Extreme Pot to 125 attack. You can let your attack fall until 113 before drinking a Saradomin Brew puts you at 98/99. If you drink it any time before then, then drink Extreme Attack immediately after, you will have NO REDUCTION to your attack level.

 

This works for Super Attack/Strength as well, although the level you must drink it before changes depending on your base attack/strength level.

 

So in a nutshell, if you repot every 5 minutes (super sets) or every 12 minutes (extremes) at level 99, you can drink a Saradomin Brew to mimic the effects of an Extreme Defense. Simply let your stats fall to the critical level (or before then), then drink a Saradomin Brew, then drink a Super/Extreme Attack/Strength potion.

 

The point of all this is to prove that the fact you don't have Extreme Defense isn't relevant, since you can get a much better alternative. Note, however, that the first time you pot up, you must drink a restore potion.

Defence is irrelevant on tasks :razz:

The discussion here was whether to tank or not, though. And if he chose to tank, drinking defense potions would certainly increase his tanking ability, and thus reduce the need for healing.

Bandos top is greater than pros by a very minor amount, or that's what I would guess, anyway. Tassies and pros legs are about even.

 

To all you naysayers... Soul Split is necessary for tanking Beasts. Soul Split and a Uni, too, but that's not too important. I'd rather stick to low-def, high-offence armour like the Rune Defender and pray the task.

 

What...the....hell? Bandos, last I checked, had like +1 a piece in the prayer department. Pros has like, what, 5 on the chest, 3 on the legs....Pros is highly highly superior to Bandos in terms of prayer bonus. And Bandos has significantly higher defence. If you want prayer AND defence, your best bet is Veracs.

 

And, um, here's a link to kind of a guide on them, since I have no where near the slayer level for them and can't give any advice.

 

http://runescoop.com/html/rs_BC0182_Dark_Beast.htm