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I'm using Sumona for slayer tasks and will be going to Duradel very shortly. Curious as to which tasks are worth cannoning, which should be permanently removed, and which should be done straight with whip.

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Cannon everything and block stuff you don't like. If you don't like cannoning (for example) steels, that's ok, but at least cannon everything else.

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Its worth noting however:

 

Cannoning slayer IS more efficient in terms of xp however it will totally kill off profitability on 99% of tasks as the cost of cannon balls > value of drops.

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Basically the method I use is everything I can cannon, do, everything I can't - Piety.

 

And @Sy - It may kill off some profitablility; however I still make at least 3X the money invested from slayer. To get me from *i think* 85-90 I used up a 25M cash pile on cannon balls and prayer pots and came back with a 75M cash pile when i sold all my slayer drops. Herb runs and MTK topped it up a little but, but the majority of it was all slayer stuff. Sure you wont make the 4X or evern 5X the money when going for pure profit, but it's still really really good money.

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If you CAN cannon the monster, SOMEHOW, then do it. It's worth it.

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I only cannon Spectres and Bloodvelds.

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Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.

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Depends on what kind of slayer you want to be.

Do you want be a casual slayer, you want to still do it effectevly, but don't mind missing a few K xp an hour so you can more money?

Or

Do you want to be an efficieny power slayer 'nut'?

 

If the first...the tasks you'd cannon would be tasks that you either A) want to just get over with quickly because they make no money, but you know are good xp, or B) Actually make more money when you cannon.

 

Tasks like Bloodveld and black demons come to mind to me when I talk about good xp tasks...with no money.

Tasks like Aberant Spectres come to mind when cannoning them actually can make you the same, or more, money then if you did without.

 

If you're looking to be the power slayer...if you can set up a cannon...then that's what you cannon.

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Cannoning metal dragons can be/seem a bit of a waste, and if you have a steel titan and are on a budget, meleeing them in the chaos tunnels resource dungeon is also quite fast. Other than that I'd just cannon what you can.

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Cannoning metal dragons can be/seem a bit of a waste, and if you have a steel titan and are on a budget, meleeing them in the chaos tunnels resource dungeon is also quite fast. Other than that I'd just cannon what you can.

 

Do you mean Black Demons?

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Cannoning metal dragons can be/seem a bit of a waste, and if you have a steel titan and are on a budget, meleeing them in the chaos tunnels resource dungeon is also quite fast. Other than that I'd just cannon what you can.

 

Do you mean Black Demons?

I think he means metal dragons in Ghorrock's Fortress.

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Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.

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This is what Summona assigns and what I'd do:

 

Aberrant Spectres - Cannon

Abyssal Demons - Piety

Aquanites - Block

Banshees - Cannon

Basilisks - Whip

Black Demons - Cannon

Blue Dragons - Whip

Bloodvelds - Cannon

Cave Crawlers - Whip

Cave Horrors - Cannon methinks

Dagannoths - Cannon

Desert Strykewyrms - Cannon

Dust Devils - Whip

Elves - Whip

Fire Giants - Cannon

Gargoyles - Piety

Greater Demons - Whip

Hellhounds - Cannon

Iron Dragons - Piety

Jungle Strykewyrms - Cannon

Kalphites - Block

Kurasks - Piety

Nechryaels - Piety

Red Dragons - Piety

Scabarite minions - Cannon

Spiritual Mages - Whip

Spiritual Warriors - Whip

Terror Dogs - Whip

Trolls - Whip

Turoths - LBS

Warped Tortoises - Whip

 

 

 

Basically this is what Duradal(sp?) assigns and what personally I'd do:

 

Aberrant Spectres - Cannon

Abyssal Demons - Piety

Aquanites - Block

Black Demons - Cannon

Black Dragons - Cannon

Bloodvelds - Cannon

Dagannoths - Cannon

Dark Beasts - Not too sure if you can slay these, but piety is what I do.

Desert Strykewyrms - Cannon

Dust Devils - Straight whip

Fire giants - Cannon

Gargoyles - Piety

Goraks - Cannon

Greater Demons - Straight whip

Hellhounds - Cannon

Iron Dragons - Piety

Ice Strykewyrms - Not too sure if you can slay these, but mage obviously.

Jungle Strykewyrms - Cannon

Kalphites - Block but you can cannon if you wish

Mithril Dragons - Piety

Nechryaels - Piety

Scabarite minions - Cannon

Skeletal wyverns - Cannon and Piety

Spiritual Mages - Straight whip

Steel Dragons - Piety

Suqahs - Cannon

Warped Terrorbirds - Never had this task before...

Waterfiends - Piety

 

 

Think I broke it down correctly...

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Depends on what kind of slayer you want to be.

Do you want be a casual slayer, you want to still do it effectevly, but don't mind missing a few K xp an hour so you can more money?

Or

Do you want to be an efficieny power slayer 'nut'?

 

If the first...the tasks you'd cannon would be tasks that you either A) want to just get over with quickly because they make no money, but you know are good xp, or B) Actually make more money when you cannon.

 

Tasks like Bloodveld and black demons come to mind to me when I talk about good xp tasks...with no money.

Tasks like Aberant Spectres come to mind when cannoning them actually can make you the same, or more, money then if you did without.

 

If you're looking to be the power slayer...if you can set up a cannon...then that's what you cannon.

offtopic - did u get surgery done? lol

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I cannon every task and only block uncannonable ones and dragons (slow to cannon =p). Last winter, I used to average 30-32k xp/hr (no dungeoneering, no steel titan, no lamps/effigies, but with piety, cannon, and potions) with Sumona, but i'll admit that it's quite hard to do that (or, at least it was, ten months ago.) I would assume it's possible to get over 35k xp/hr these days, but i'm not entirely sure... i find that the "better" slayer masters often give more hard-to-cannon tasks and therefore slower exp, but that's just my preference.

 

At 98 slayer, i still recommend Sumona ^^.

 

PS - I recommend trying some of the more exotic (warped things, suqahs, etc.) tasks with a cannon at least twice before blocking them. I personally LOVE warped tasks, as i can cannon them ridiculously fast... it all depends on your play style, of course.

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Not multi there.You can find bronze/iron dragons in CT so it's most likely he meant that.However spawns are slow and there are just a few dragons.

It doesn't matter if it is not multi. People go there if they want to cannon an Iron/Steel Dragon task. My friend goes there for em, so I know what I'm talking about. Btw, there is only Bronze Dragons in the CT, not Iron Dragons.

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Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.

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OP doesn't have access to yak so that wouldn't do him much good.I don't know why I said there are irons in CT.Ah well *reboots*.

Never said I didn't know he did. I was just letting you know.

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Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.

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It's Kuradal, not Duradal. Duradal assigns Trolls while Kuradal does not.

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Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.

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It's Kuradal, not Duradal. Duradal assigns Trolls while Kuradal does not.

Whoops, wrong topic.

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Really? Cause as I recall it was you who was the one cussing me at base. Also, re-read what you just said: one 15 second delay (which is an exaggeration to begin with) ruins floor times? You are beyond ridiculous.

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Cannoning metal dragons can be/seem a bit of a waste, and if you have a steel titan and are on a budget, meleeing them in the chaos tunnels resource dungeon is also quite fast. Other than that I'd just cannon what you can.

 

Do you mean Black Demons?

Haha yes I do, although I meant steels as well.

 

So for steels, cannon or no cannon, for black demons, cannon or steel titan.

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99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012)

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99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013)

Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring

Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace

30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted

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