Mage Pure...?

[Begbie]

i was thinking about starting a Mage Pure for pk'ing, initially F2P, maybe go P2P later.

 

thought it might be a fun way to practice combat magic without getting owned on my main!

 

was thinking of going for 59 mage, 45 pray, and 41 def, giving a combat level of 46 according to the tip.it calculator.

 

i've never done any pk'ing and don't know anything about pures so maybe this would be a waste of time?

 

any comments appreciated!

 

cheers!

[Doomster]

41 def - looks more like a mage tank than a mage pure.

 

The "best" F2P mage pures would be the 1 def, runecrafter robe pure (needs 50 runecraft), or 10 def using FoG robes - or the simple wizard robe pure.

 

Another very useful piece (from Dungeoneering) is the Blastbox (though if going members, hang on to the tokens and get the surgebox instead) - very useful in a 1 / 3 / 4 item setup, as it's a single item that contains your runes and valued at high alch 12000 (18000 for surgebox) - at the number of tokens it costs, you'd WANT to protect it, as losing one of these would be even worse than losing a pile of runes.

[Begbie]

41 def - looks more like a mage tank than a mage pure.

 

The "best" F2P mage pures would be the 1 def, runecrafter robe pure (needs 50 runecraft), or 10 def using FoG robes - or the simple wizard robe pure.

 

Another very useful piece (from Dungeoneering) is the Blastbox (though if going members, hang on to the tokens and get the surgebox instead) - very useful in a 1 / 3 / 4 item setup, as it's a single item that contains your runes and valued at high alch 12000 (18000 for surgebox) - at the number of tokens it costs, you'd WANT to protect it, as losing one of these would be even worse than losing a pile of runes.

 

thanks for your reply - ok so maybe "pure" is the wrong word, likesay i don't really know about pures!

 

i figured a decent defence level was pretty important - i'll hopefully be able to bind melee opponents and ko them before they get close to me, but rangers will take me out in one or two shots if i'm 1 def in crappy mage robes won't they?

[Gilformen]

magic-only pking is only effective in f2p at very low levels. range hits faster, so once someones range is high enough to out-damage you, which doesnt take long since the max hit in f2p is around, 16-18? that setup wont be effective.

 

best pures in f2p are hybrids with high range/str and a gravite 2h the switch.