SGS vs DFS vs Claws

[xCryo]

I'm 85 attack, 85 strength, 91 defence, 99 hp, 70 prayer, and 79 summoning.

 

I've currently got bandos, and I can afford either a SGS, DFS, and claws to go with it. I'm 81 slayer at the moment, and I'm planning on using the gear and weps to get it higher. Out of these 3 options, which do you recommend? Do you think I should just use a whip+defender and forgo the rest? Would it be best to spend the 50m on getting super antifires? I honestly hate dungeoneering, but should I bear it and get a chaotic wep?

[K4ylan]

chaotic weapon + 85 Herb

[Aiel]

chaotic weapon + 85 Herb

this.

[notasoupbowl]

chaotic weapon + 85 Herb

then d claws. then 88 summ because it's good for bosses.. I use uni occasionally while slaying.

In fact, sell some of that bandos for d claws, way better than bandos :P

 

Also get rapier, not cls / maul, especially if slaying.

[AnneFrank]

the last 4 choices.

[Shinobu_Sensui]

chaotic weapon + 85 Herb

this.

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[glasscube]

Sell all your equipment.

 

Flip while getting 80 dung. Buy stuff back, get like 89 herblore, work on 96 summoning. Hope you get enough money to buy 95 prayer.

[Obtaurian]

What other gear do you have? Sell Bandos, buy claws, 85 herblore, and get your prayer and summoning levels as high as possible. Get a chaotic rapier if you're slaying.

[manitstinks]

Bandos = overrated piece of crap.

Use barrows for slayer, lots more def bonus, pray bonus, and frees up lots of money. Like glasscube said, flip while dunging

[Singh]

herblore

[SirIzenhime]

Bandos = overrated piece of crap.

Use barrows for slayer, lots more def bonus, pray bonus, and frees up lots of money. Like glasscube said, flip while dunging

 

There's better things to get before bandos, but it's not a piece of crap :rolleyes:

[Ezkaton]

Bandos = overrated piece of crap.

Use barrows for slayer, lots more def bonus, pray bonus, and frees up lots of money. Like glasscube said, flip while dunging

 

There's better things to get before bandos, but it's not a piece of crap :rolleyes:

 

For slayer it unfortunately is. For FFA and solo bandos the tassets play a role from what I've seen. Why do people insist on paying ~18M more for a chest that (yes is aestheticly pleasing) gives worse defence bonus's than barrows armour, and the same strength bonus as something you can get with a couple of hours effort at BA? And also Verac's pretty much outclasses the tassets in every situation during slayer if you piety or turmoil. Bandos is like the fire cape or a Godsword... It's becoming increasingly obselete.

 

As for the topic personally I'd do it in this order -

Claws

85+ Herb

92~95 Prayer

88 Summoning

Rapier

 

Money after that invests into herb to get it to overloads.

Once you hit that THEN and only then buy back bandos if you really want it.

[Sir_Kurity]

For slayer it unfortunately is. For FFA and solo bandos the tassets play a role from what I've seen. Why do people insist on paying ~18M more for a chest that (yes is aestheticly pleasing) gives worse defence bonus's than barrows armour, and the same strength bonus as something you can get with a couple of hours effort at BA?

 

Because, strength bonus has more value than defence bonus.

 

As for "a couple of hours of effort at BA", for many, 18 mill is easier to get than "a couple of hours of effort", especially if your one of those people who can get 4 mill/hr at frost dragons or something equally as crazy.

[Ezkaton]

For slayer it unfortunately is. For FFA and solo bandos the tassets play a role from what I've seen. Why do people insist on paying ~18M more for a chest that (yes is aestheticly pleasing) gives worse defence bonus's than barrows armour, and the same strength bonus as something you can get with a couple of hours effort at BA?

 

Because, strength bonus has more value than defence bonus.

 

As for "a couple of hours of effort at BA", for many, 18 mill is easier to get than "a couple of hours of effort", especially if your one of those people who can get 4 mill/hr at frost dragons or something equally as crazy.

 

Then again, if you have 22M to spend on bandos why not invest it into pots and cballs and piety/turmoil/cannon your slaying? Makes alot more sense and saves alot more time than the few minutes that the strength bonus might add up to.

 

Hence I keep my argument, bandos is only good when you have nothing else to buy/do.

[purekilljoy]

Herblore 85+ will do you way more good than a chaotic weapon.

 

IMO, if you really hate dungeoning, but wanna lvl quickly in slayer:

veracs and prossy for pietying, dharok/Torag for melee tasks (not a whole lot of use for it though cause mostly you'll be pietying anyway).

Lots of cannonballs, at least extreme pots, preferably overloads and piety every single task which you can not cannon.

Get prayer up as high as you can, you seem to have the cash anyhow.

 

I know for personal experience that if you don't want to dungeoneer you can still be a lot more effective with your reg weapons than a chaotic weapon.

Whip + piety > any chaotic weapon, any day - any time - any position and doesn't take long at all.

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Of course a chaotic weapon with piety will give you quicker kills and stuff, but that's only if you're willing to spend a [cabbage]load of hours at the dungeoneering place. I am fairly certain that with cannoning and pietying every task you will lvl your slayer into high 90's way quicker than it would take you to get the chaotic weapons.

 

Personally, I am 550k from slayer 95, and there's no way i'm gonna invest any of time into dungeoning for the chaotic weapon, if you piety or turmoil it doesn't make such a big difference.

[Quyneax]

Sell bandos and use v skirt + prossy top. Since you can afford sgs I suppose you should have ~100m then. Flip it while dungeoneering, but make sure to find a way of dungeoneering you like (try solo, duo, larger teams, c1, c6, large, small, med). I don't know how much cash you'll have once you have rapier, but get 85 herb with it and keep flipping the rest until you can get uni or turm.

[Obtaurian]

For slayer it unfortunately is. For FFA and solo bandos the tassets play a role from what I've seen. Why do people insist on paying ~18M more for a chest that (yes is aestheticly pleasing) gives worse defence bonus's than barrows armour, and the same strength bonus as something you can get with a couple of hours effort at BA?

 

Because, strength bonus has more value than defence bonus.

 

As for "a couple of hours of effort at BA", for many, 18 mill is easier to get than "a couple of hours of effort", especially if your one of those people who can get 4 mill/hr at frost dragons or something equally as crazy.

 

Then again, if you have 22M to spend on bandos why not invest it into pots and cballs and piety/turmoil/cannon your slaying? Makes alot more sense and saves alot more time than the few minutes that the strength bonus might add up to.

 

Hence I keep my argument, bandos is only good when you have nothing else to buy/do.

 

Two things:

 

1. Bandos is the best slayer gear. Using Bandos and a SW cape, your prayer bonus is high enough to comfortably turmoil.

 

2. Why not spend the money on Bandos AND prayer potions, cannonballs, etc?

 

Actually, three things, though this isn't necessarily directed towards you:

 

3. A pro BA player with a pro team can get a torso in about two hours. However, for anyone who isn't pro at BA, it would take about the same amount of time to get a torso as it would a BCP.

[manitstinks]

@ obtaurian : 1. I don't see why so many people use veracs then.

2. That's because he's low on cash and wants some efficiency. I would say extremes would be better than +6 str bonus.

[Obtaurian]

@ obtaurian : 1. I don't see why so many people use veracs then.

2. That's because he's low on cash and wants some efficiency. I would say extremes would be better than +6 str bonus.

 

1. Because Verac's (the skirt, specifically) is a great alternative to tassets.

 

2. I agree that the OP would be much better off spending his money on extremes at this point. My point was that one does not need to choose between extremes and Bandos if he/she has the means to afford both.

[alang]

no matter which way you go id stay away from sgs enhanced excalibar far outstrips it and new enhanced heals 40 which is a guaranteed heal not hoping on getting a good spec hit

[essal]

Chaotic weps, STATS ARE AWESOME! :)

88 Summoning; so helpful! Summoning is generally a helpful skill.

Herblore - same as chaotic weps - awesome boost!

 

Those 3 would I mainly focus on. Dragon claws are nice, too. :)

[Golvellius]

Anything but Dclaws.

I'd take DFS over stopping at the herb level for super antifirepotions.

[crashNburn]

You mean DFS over super antifires (very possible I misunderstood you)?

[Elf Spice]

DFS is outclassed by defender except in wyverns. Even there, it's not strictly necessary.

 

SGS should not even come across your mind. I suggest to get 87 herblore to stew for extreme range and for EEE.

 

Dclaws gets you more DPS, but not as much as a chaotic rapier. You should get it after 95 prayer/85 herblore.

 

Leveling summoning comes naturally as you train slayer, so 88 will come in due time

[SirIzenhime]

Anything but Dclaws.

I'd take DFS over stopping at the herb level for super antifirepotions.

 

Please elaborate, and please tell me I misunderstood you

Because what I think you said was that a DFS is more usefull then Claws/85 herblore