Melee Slayer

[Lose No Hope]

If the only goal is to train combat, especially through slayer, what use is the money in your bank while using gear that isn't as good as the gear you can afford?

It's money the OP could spend on getting a few yet very valuable herblore levels. As far as I know, Extremes are still more valuable than bandos.

I will agree on this, extremes first. After extremes, the OP has no reason to not use bandos once they can afford it.

[Levon_]

Done with this topic, so much dumb i can't handle

[Lose No Hope]

I am just arguing in general. If you have just enough $ for bandos, then obviously you shouldn't spend all of your money just for bandos.

If the only goal is to train combat, especially through slayer, what use is the money in your bank while using gear that isn't as good as the gear you can afford?

Give me one time when spending all your $ is a good thing?

 

Its always a good thing. Having something that allows you to gain faster experience or gp is better than having a useless pile of cash.

So let's say you have enough $ and charms for a certain summoning level and once you achieve that certain level, you will be flat broke. Would it still be worth it, and if so, how?

If the person is getting the summoning level for something that can help profit such as a yak for frosts, even using welfare gear with the yak would be worth the cost of getting 96 summoning.

[LatinII]

How much is a power Slayer in combat? 90% or more?

[Rudyaard]

 

Give me one time when spending all your $ is a good thing?

 

 

When buying gear, bandos for an example.

 

You can always sell it, so technically you're not spending a nickel.

[JPMC Mate]

I am just arguing in general. If you have just enough $ for bandos, then obviously you shouldn't spend all of your money just for bandos.

If the only goal is to train combat, especially through slayer, what use is the money in your bank while using gear that isn't as good as the gear you can afford?

Give me one time when spending all your $ is a good thing?

 

Its always a good thing. Having something that allows you to gain faster experience or gp is better than having a useless pile of cash.

So let's say you have enough $ and charms for a certain summoning level and once you achieve that certain level, you will be flat broke. Would it still be worth it, and if so, how?

If the person is getting the summoning level for something that can help profit such as a yak for frosts, even using welfare gear with the yak would be worth the cost of getting 96 summoning.

Btw, when I said you, I meant me. And my Summoning is 73, and I have enough for 79. So you're saying I should spend all my $ on the summoning lvl without having any left.?

[Lose No Hope]

How much is a power Slayer in combat? 90% or more?

95%+ of the time attacking basically. I sometimes run to pick up loots or run to another spawn thats kinda far. Should be under a minute per hour.

I think I miss about 1/10 depending on the monster. W/o knowing the monster, it can vary greatly.

Answered in post #3 on the first page.

[JPMC Mate]

 

Give me one time when spending all your $ is a good thing?

 

 

When buying gear, bandos for an example.

 

You can always sell it, so technically you're not spending a nickel.

So if you're buying gear, but also need some $ for something else, you should still buy bandos and risk having no $ left over?

[Lose No Hope]

I am just arguing in general. If you have just enough $ for bandos, then obviously you shouldn't spend all of your money just for bandos.

If the only goal is to train combat, especially through slayer, what use is the money in your bank while using gear that isn't as good as the gear you can afford?

Give me one time when spending all your $ is a good thing?

 

Its always a good thing. Having something that allows you to gain faster experience or gp is better than having a useless pile of cash.

So let's say you have enough $ and charms for a certain summoning level and once you achieve that certain level, you will be flat broke. Would it still be worth it, and if so, how?

If the person is getting the summoning level for something that can help profit such as a yak for frosts, even using welfare gear with the yak would be worth the cost of getting 96 summoning.

Btw, when I said you, I meant me. And my Summoning is 73, and I have enough for 79. So you're saying I should spend all my $ on the summoning lvl without having any left.?

Read what I bolded in my last post...

[la la la]

Sw cape, bcp and tassys/v skirt (pray bonus vs slight str bonus, it's close). If you are very wealthy, use overloads and turmoil; if not (or if you hate spending money), go with extremes, berserker, and turmoil. Flick soul split when you are low on health. As for picking up drops, take abby demons. As soon as you deal the killing blow on a demon (while it is dying), go attack the next. If it drops something you want (usually a crimson charm), right click the charm and click to pick it up as SOON as the next dies. Continue on by killing the next nearby demon. If there is a demon closer than the crimson charm drop, it is better to attack the demon and then run to pick up the charm in between your hits. Note that you should never just be sitting there waiting for a demon to die, then picking up its drop.

[Bladewing]

lalala is basically right except that berserker prayer is never worth using, perhaps barring ffa corp w/o overload (in which case good luck LOL)

[JPMC Mate]

I am just arguing in general. If you have just enough $ for bandos, then obviously you shouldn't spend all of your money just for bandos.

If the only goal is to train combat, especially through slayer, what use is the money in your bank while using gear that isn't as good as the gear you can afford?

Give me one time when spending all your $ is a good thing?

 

Its always a good thing. Having something that allows you to gain faster experience or gp is better than having a useless pile of cash.

So let's say you have enough $ and charms for a certain summoning level and once you achieve that certain level, you will be flat broke. Would it still be worth it, and if so, how?

If the person is getting the summoning level for something that can help profit such as a yak for frosts, even using welfare gear with the yak would be worth the cost of getting 96 summoning.

Btw, when I said you, I meant me. And my Summoning is 73, and I have enough for 79. So you're saying I should spend all my $ on the summoning lvl without having any left.?

Read what I bolded in my last post...

Alright, true enough.

[la la la]

lalala is basically right except that berserker prayer is never worth using, perhaps barring ffa corp w/o overload (in which case good luck LOL)

That's what i get for trying to be pro. I never use berserker, and I did most of my slayer with either bcp/prossy plate and v skirt

[Quyneax]

Yay this one again:

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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 elite void skirt (black dragonhide body and chaps)
  
• [Crush attacks to use on waterfiends] Chaotic maul (Saradomin sword, Zamorakian spear)
  
• [stab attacks for higher-levelled dragons, when not using rapier] Korasi's sword (Zamorakian spear, 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.

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Now that puts overload before steel titan because I assumed people would be training slayer to get into bosshunting, a steel titan might actually be nicer.

 

Extremes boost your level by up to 26. After 6 minutes, you'd be at +20. If you had used overloads, you'd have had 26 all the time. So if you repot every 6 levels lost, you'd average level 123, with overload being 3 levels higher. Supers are up to 19 boost, so if you were to repot every 14 levels (really bad idea) ovl would be like getting another extreme upgrade. Assuming you repot at a more decent rate, it's only a few more levels, but still nice. I don't exactly know if it's correct to average like that but I guess it'll be close enough :P.