Preparation for Slayer

[LitterBug]

Hey guys, I wanted to start slayer (skilled for about three weeks since I started members and I got bored :P).

My combat stats are not that good and I think I'm going to continue training defense so I don't get hit as often.

Mainly I want to be going for speed when doing slayer tasks - but at the same time I don't want to be banking every 15 minutes because a fire giant is bashing me to death.

 

I will probably be doing tasks from Sumona/Chaeldar if that gives any additional information.

So, my question is - should I go for a full void knight set (+deflector and a slayer helm) or should I just stick to some normal gear - i.e barrows/bandos/etc

I'm not that rich - about 5 mil at hand and I can easily make 12 in a few days.

 

Any other tips about slayer would be great too!

[ccesssu]

Hey guys, I wanted to start slayer (skilled for about three weeks since I started members and I got bored :P).

My combat stats are not that good and I think I'm going to continue training defense so I don't get hit as often.

Mainly I want to be going for speed when doing slayer tasks - but at the same time I don't want to be banking every 15 minutes because a fire giant is bashing me to death.

 

I will probably be doing tasks from Sumona/Chaeldar if that gives any additional information.

So, my question is - should I go for a full void knight set (+deflector and a slayer helm) or should I just stick to some normal gear - i.e barrows/bandos/etc

I'm not that rich - about 5 mil at hand and I can easily make 12 in a few days.

 

Any other tips about slayer would be great too!

how would void + slayer helm work...exactly? :P

 

just wait for quyneax's post on equipment

[LitterBug]

Can the deflector not replace headgear?

I was under the impression the deflector could be worn in the place of any other item.

 

I didn't know if it would work with the helm cause you had to wear a specific one for each combat type.

[ccesssu]

Can the deflector not replace headgear?

I was under the impression the deflector could be worn in the place of any other item.

 

I didn't know if it would work with the helm cause you had to wear a specific one for each combat type.

nope, need the helm to determine whichever combat style.

Shield can only replace body/leg/gloves

[foursideking]

Use torags, should do fine on most tasks. Oh, and void-range for any safe-spottable task...

[LitterBug]

^Thanks for the help guys!

 

So, I should stick to my whip/ddf, neitz, torag plate/legs + whatever else I normally use for melee?

Should I be switching to more prayer conservative gear when I reach the required level/finish the quest for piety?

 

I probably won't range too much, might use mage though. Is it any good for slayer tasks?

[Aiel]

do the quest for piety.

Wear a verac's skirt, prossy plate, slayer helm, dragon boots, fury/glory, barrows gloves, dragon defender, zerker/fero ring, whip/rapier/korasi's/ss, fire/ardy 3/soul wars cape

Pray piety on all tasks, use super sets on all tasks, cannon all possible tasks.

Use the highest slayer master possible.

Do herb runs inbetween tasks.

Do smoking kills right away if you haven't already.

Get barrows gloves right away if you haven't already.

the order of things to spend your money on to help with slayer is:

piety>cannoning>zerker ring>85 herb>95 prayer>fury>bandos plate>bandos tassets>92 herb

[Quyneax]

Ignore foursideking's advice, it's ridiculous. Aeil knows his stuff though :).

 

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 (rune 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, black dragon, lesser demon, hellhound, bloodveld and abberant 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.

[ccesssu]

do the quest for piety.

Wear a verac's skirt, prossy plate, slayer helm, dragon boots, fury/glory, barrows gloves, dragon defender, zerker/fero ring, whip/rapier/korasi's/ss, fire/ardy 3/soul wars cape

Pray piety on all tasks, use super sets on all tasks, cannon all possible tasks.

Use the highest slayer master possible.

Do herb runs inbetween tasks.

Do smoking kills right away if you haven't already.

Get barrows gloves right away if you haven't already.

the order of things to spend your money on to help with slayer is:

piety>cannoning>zerker ring>85 herb>95 prayer>fury>bandos plate>bandos tassets>92 herb

does superset include def? or just str and atk?

[SpikeStr1ke]

do the quest for piety.

Wear a verac's skirt, prossy plate, slayer helm, dragon boots, fury/glory, barrows gloves, dragon defender, zerker/fero ring, whip/rapier/korasi's/ss, fire/ardy 3/soul wars cape

Pray piety on all tasks, use super sets on all tasks, cannon all possible tasks.

Use the highest slayer master possible.

Do herb runs inbetween tasks.

Do smoking kills right away if you haven't already.

Get barrows gloves right away if you haven't already.

the order of things to spend your money on to help with slayer is:

piety>cannoning>zerker ring>85 herb>95 prayer>fury>bandos plate>bandos tassets>92 herb

does superset include def? or just str and atk?

 

Super Set = Attack, Strength, and Defence

Pure Set = Attack & Strength

[aspeeder]

Generally for slayer Super Att and Str is all you need, as Super Def doesn't increase the xp/hour and most slayer monsters don't hit often enough for it to have an effect. EE/EEE does boost defense to about a super def level, so that's useful and the extra lp combined with that will help save invy.