Dragon Defender

[why2060]

Hey All,

 

Recently started playing again and noticed the Dragon Defender is out. I'm planning on getting it but am just wondering what everybody's opinion on it is?

 

Thanks in advance. :)

[Th e Doctor]

Its better that a shield in the vast majority of locations, as was the rune defender. This just widened the gap.

[BloodAngel]

One of the best all-round items for the shield slot. There are still better options for PvP and Boss Hunting but for everyday combat it's the best thing to have if you have access to super anti-fire/extreme potions. With the exception of Skeletal Wyverns it beats the DFS in pretty much every situation. So definitely worth getting and they're a pretty common drop too! Hope this helps!

[Quyneax]

You wouldn't use it if you were ranging/maging unless at tds w/o deflector and using rapier/cls.

 

You wouldn't use it if you were killing Kril/Graardor/Zilyana, unless you were crashed at either of the first two (Zilyana is done with 2h weapons anyway, or you'd be tanking her with divine which beats the defender). You wouldn't use it at dks (overlaps with point 1).

 

Err you wouldn't use it at waterfiends, corp or other places where you have to use 2h weapons.

 

It's the best on-task off-hand item slot except at wyverns. It's also the best off-task if you can't/don't want to use void. It is quite weak defensively especially versus ranged and magic so it's not always used in bosshunting. The deflector is better at tds (unless you use a 2h melee weapon of course).

 

All these notes basically leave slayer :P. I don't use my defender much but it's worth getting for sure.

 

Also I might add that not many people like to use elite void everywhere as it has such low defence. At many places you may have to use protect prayers or unicorns or soul split, so that'd give an advantage to bandos + defender.