Advice on training combat via slayer

[t0nkin]

OKAAAY

So it has come to the point where I have decided to raise my attack and strength up. At the moment they are 70 and 73 and I plan on raising them via slayer.

Now I know basically nothing in terms of combat training etc and need as much help as possible in guiding me in the right direction.

So can you helpful fellas please give me some advice on what I should be training with/items to bring and so on.

What type of food should I use?

Should I be using a familiar? ( Am level 57 summoning)

Should I be using pots? What kind?

Should I be using piety when doing tasks?

What kind of armour should I be looking to use?

And is there any quests I should do that will help me out?

 

As you can seeeeeee I need a lot of help I can get and any help is appreciated :)

kthx

[Quyneax]

My standard answer:

 

The base slayer gear is as follows (alternatives in brackets):

• [For all slayer monsters except those mentioned under other weapons] Chaotic rapier (whip)
  
• Bandos body + legs (Verac's skirt with either fighter torso or proselyte top)
  
• [Depending on prayer/accuracy needs] Fire cape/Soul Wars cape/Ardougne cloak 3
  
• Barrows gloves (your best rfd gloves, at least rune)
  
• Dragon boots (rune boots)
  
• Amulet of fury (glory)
  
• Dragon defender
  
• Berserker ring (i)/ferocious ring if slaying in Kuradal's Dungeon (berserker ring, warrior ring)
  
• [Most important] Full slayer helmet.
  
• [For magic defence on waterfiends/aquanites] Karil's top and bottom (black dragonhide body and chaps, elite void skirt)
  
• [Crush attacks to use on waterfiends] Chaotic maul (Saradomin sword, Zamorakian spear)
  
• [stab attacks for higher-levelled dragons, when not using rapier] Zamorakian spear (Korasi's sword, leaf-bladed sword)
  
• Task-specific items such as mirror shields, antifire shields/potions, elemental shields, rock hammers, crystal chimes
  
• Cannon (optional, up to personal preference)
  

Slayer setups generally emphasise strength bonus, which increases the average damage of each succesful hit (slayer monsters usually having rather low defence, hitting is not a problem). Secondly, prayer bonus is important to keep the cost of prayer potions down (as you slay with piety on, to increase the speed of your kills. This is cost-effective and highly recommended). As a rule of thumb, +15 prayer bonus or above is good, but don't overdo it (anything above +25 is a waste). Defence and accuracy bonus are usually not fretted over (any defence bonus over 200 will do; if you get hit too often you should be using a protection prayer). Dagganoth, black demon, lesser demon, hellhound, bloodveld and spectre tasks should be cannoned, as it dramatically increases xp rates (although it costs a bit).

 

Some notes on gear: You'll want a fury and a berserker ring before you get bandos plate, and get that before tassets. You'll want accuracy bonus on higher-levelled dragons; if using stab attacks (which you should) you can use the Ardougne cloak 3 which provides you with +6 stab and +6 prayer bonus. Torso + sw cape and fire cape + proselyte are common cheap top/cape combinations; the former is better.

 

Some levels to get for slayer (in approximate order but I'm not sure on the summoning):

• 68 summoning - bunyip
  
• 81 dungeoneering (you need 2 million xp, which takes you to level 80, but allowing some tokens for the scroll of life) - rapier
  
• 89 herblore (85 with a +4 stew boost) - extreme potions, superantifires
  
• 95 prayer - turmoil and soul split
  
• 88 summoning - unicorn
  
• 96 herblore (91 with a +5 stew boost) - overload
  
• 99 summoning - steel titan
  

I'm sure I missed something but this is most of it.

 

tl;dr

Monkfish

Get bunyip

Super pots

Yes

Verac's, proselyte

Smoking kills, Sea Slug (proselyte, I think)

[t0nkin]

Tyvm for the fast and informative post. Just one quick question, in the base gear you have rune defender but is dragon defender a better option? I assume it is and you've just copied some guide. Thanks never the less.

[Quyneax]

I copied my guide, correct. I'll edit the dragon defender now.

[Sinkhan]

I still love how that post is still so versatile :P

 

Although there's not much I can really add, if you don't want to level summoning to 68 for a bunyip, bringing a terrorbird filled with food/prayer potions is still pretty good.

[Lose No Hope]

I still love how that post is still so versatile :P

Haha yeah, always end up seeing it every week or so on a new thread.

 

To the OP, Quyneax has basically covered what you need to know. Use supers, emphasize strength bonus while still having 200+ def bonuses and a decent prayer bonus. His armor suggestions are correct and you should use a tbird for storing drops until you gather enough charms to get 68 summoning. A bunyip is amazing for slayer as it allows most tasks to be finished without banking for food.