Combat

[World]

Hey guys, I sold everything I had cause i started training construction, smithing and other non-combat skills and i haven't really trained combat a whole lot in the past year. I just sold my whole inventory to start 'fresh' again. Here are my stats:

 

Strength - 85

Defence - 93

Attack - 89

Constitution - 90

Prayer - 55/70

 

I need advice on what armour to use when training, I'll most likely be training strength to 99. So far I own an abyssal whip and that is all. I need to know which of the following items should i get:

 

Helmet:

Amulet: Looking to get a Fury

Plate:

Legs:

Shield: Looking to get DFS, what do you think?

Ring: Looking to get Berserker ring, what do you think?

Boots: Looking to get Bandos boots

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Wil attempt to get a fire cape

 

All this adds up to about 50m, then I have to get what ever is missing in the blanks. My current budget is 78m.

 

Edit: I'll be training on mainly dragons

[Elf Spice]

Full Slayer helmet, bandos chest/tassets, and dragon boots for the blanks

[bi11ab1itz]

Helmet: slayer helmet/ helm of neitiznot

Amulet: Looking to get a Fury

Plate: bandos

Legs: bandos

Shield: none

Ring: Looking to get Berserker ring, what do you think?

Boots: dragon boots

Weapon: saradomin sword

Cape: Wil attempt to get a fire cape

[Vulxai]

Helmet: FSH

Amulet: Fury

Plate: Guthan's/Dharok's/Torag's

Legs: Verac's Skirt

Shield: Rune Def

Ring: Berserker ring

Boots: Dragon Boots

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Fire Cape

 

That's one set-up I'd recommend.

[bi11ab1itz]

Helmet: FSH

Amulet: Fury

Plate: Guthan's/Dharok's/Torag's

Legs: Verac's Skirt

Shield: Rune Def

Ring: Berserker ring

Boots: Dragon Boots

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Fire Cape

 

That's one set-up I'd recommend.

 

he's training strength

[Vulxai]

Helmet: FSH

Amulet: Fury

Plate: Guthan's/Dharok's/Torag's

Legs: Verac's Skirt

Shield: Rune Def

Ring: Berserker ring

Boots: Dragon Boots

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Fire Cape

 

That's one set-up I'd recommend.

 

he's training strength

 

Missed that part, just saw he had a whip in his set-up he was thinkin about, so I left it. Yeah, I'd go with a Saradomin Sword in that case.

[World]

Thanks for the really quick replies guys, went on a little shopping spree and so far i'm at

Helmet:

Amulet: Fury

Plate:

Legs:

Shield:

Ring: Berserker ring

Boots: Dragon

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Fire cape in the future

 

Now i can't quite make a Full slayer helmet yet lol, any alternatives for now? And do you guys mean saradomin godsword or sword? I'm thinking of getting the godsword which won't require me to get a shield since it's two-handed i believe. If it's any help i'll be training on dragons...so should i get the DFS + a diff weapon?

[Vulxai]

Thanks for the really quick replies guys, went on a little shopping spree and so far i'm at

Helmet:

Amulet: Fury

Plate:

Legs:

Shield:

Ring: Berserker ring

Boots: Dragon

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Fire cape in the future

 

Now i can't quite make a Full slayer helmet yet lol, any alternatives for now? And do you guys mean saradomin godsword or sword? I'm thinking of getting the godsword which won't require me to get a shield since it's two-handed i believe. If it's any help i'll be training on dragons...so should i get the DFS + a diff weapon?

 

Get the Saradomin Sword, not Godsword.

[World]

Thanks for the really quick replies guys, went on a little shopping spree and so far i'm at

Helmet:

Amulet: Fury

Plate:

Legs:

Shield:

Ring: Berserker ring

Boots: Dragon

Weapon: Whip

Cape: Fire cape in the future

 

Now i can't quite make a Full slayer helmet yet lol, any alternatives for now? And do you guys mean saradomin godsword or sword? I'm thinking of getting the godsword which won't require me to get a shield since it's two-handed i believe. If it's any help i'll be training on dragons...so should i get the DFS + a diff weapon?

 

Get the Saradomin Sword, not Godsword.

 

Isn't the Godsword much better? I can up my budget more to make sure i get the best and most suitable weapons and armour.

[Vulxai]

Isn't the Godsword much better? I can up my budget more to make sure i get the best and most suitable weapons and armour.

 

Godswords aren't good for training, just boss hunting.

[World]

Isn't the Godsword much better? I can up my budget more to make sure i get the best and most suitable weapons and armour.

 

Godswords aren't good for training, just boss hunting.

 

So you would suggest I go kill dragons with a saradomin sword rather than a dfs + whip? Just confirming before i buy the items. thanks for the time so far btw.

[Vulxai]

Isn't the Godsword much better? I can up my budget more to make sure i get the best and most suitable weapons and armour.

 

Godswords aren't good for training, just boss hunting.

 

So you would suggest I go kill dragons with a saradomin sword rather than a dfs + whip? Just confirming before i buy the items. thanks for the time so far btw.

 

Well I wouldn't suggest training on dragons. They're good for money, but there's better options for strength training. And a whip doesn't have a strength option, so you'd have to train controlled.

[Sir_Squab]

Whaaaaaaaaat? Scratch the saradomin sword if your training on dragons, unless you can make super antifires. Honestly, for str training at dragons, your best bet is probably dragon scimitar (or leaf bladed sword, if your fighting higher level dragons.) You DON'T want to get burnt by dragon fire. I'd say get the DFS and a dragon scimitar/leaf bladed sword if your training at dragons; again, that's if you can't use super antifires.

 

If you CAN use super antifires, and you want to train str, SS (saradomin sword - not godsword) all the way.

[World]

Whaaaaaaaaat? Scratch the saradomin sword if your training on dragons, unless you can make super antifires. Honestly, for str training at dragons, your best bet is probably dragon scimitar (or leaf bladed sword, if your fighting higher level dragons.) You DON'T want to get burnt by dragon fire. I'd say get the DFS and a dragon scimitar/leaf bladed sword if your training at dragons; again, that's if you can't use super antifires.

 

If you CAN use super antifires, and you want to train str, SS (saradomin sword - not godsword) all the way.

 

 

Thanks, I think what i'll do is get both the Saradomin sword and the DFS. I'll use the DFS for dragons and the Saradomin sword for other monsters. I can't quite wield a dragon scimmy yet since I'm new to members and haven't really dony many quests (if any), but i'll work on my quests so I can get monkey madness done.

[Quyneax]

I wouldn't get dfs unless you want to do a lot of tanking soon. That 30m is better spend on getting 70 prayer for piety, which will be a HUGE help for killing dragons. I'm talking 20-30% faster kills.

[World]

I wouldn't get dfs unless you want to do a lot of tanking soon. That 30m is better spend on getting 70 prayer for piety, which will be a HUGE help for killing dragons. I'm talking 20-30% faster kills.

 

Thanks for the advice guys.

 

Here's where i'm standing thanks to your guys' help

 

Guthans helm (2.4m)

Fury (15.7m)

Bandos chestplate (22m)

Bandos tassets (25m)

Dragon boots (450k)

Saradomin sword (8.5m)/Abyssal whip (3.4m)

Ring - None yet but Berserker ring soon

 

All prices were rough estimations but i spent just over 77.5m and i'm not going to lie my budgets real low now and all i need is a shield. I'm going to get the rune defender, get closer to 70 prayer as many have mentioned, along with full guthans (for bandits), and IF i have money left over i'll get the dfs. All that will have to wait until i can raise money to actually get all that so it might be a while...Any comments on the equipment i have so far or the shield i should get guys?

[Troacctid]

You don't need tassets. Sell them, get Verac's skirt, and use the difference to get 70 prayer.

[crashNburn]

DFS is really not needed in any training situation.

 

All it provides is additional defense, which you shouldn't need. For offensive bonuses, rune defender > DFS, the 2 extra strength is not worth losing the substantial attack bonuses.

 

Edit: and technically functions as a better anti-dragon shield I guess, in which case it's inferior to super antifires, and still not a good way to dump 30m.