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I wanna head out and do 2.5 DK Solo for the first time ever. I've read throught the guide on Tip.it ( squareroot2's guide).

I assume this setup would be good enough?

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Would i be better off using Rune bolts?

I know a Handcannon/Karil Bow would be best, but i don't want to give up the extra Defense nor the extra invo spot.

I plan on having 3 Brews and 3 Prayer pots in my invo then filling my yak with 17 Brews and 13 Prayer pots. Will this suffice?

 

My tactic will be to NOT lure Rex. I plan on standing in the middle of the room and Barraging Rex. If he spawns before Prime is dead i'll turn my focus on him while the Cannon does it's work on Prime.

Will this work?

Anything i should change?

 

Thanks in Advance.

 

EDIT: Okay so what is the average ammount of kills i can expect per hour using this method on a Slayer task? I got ~84 kills avg off task the past few trips but today i did them on task but with a bit of a twist. I took an Ahrim Top and Mage Arena cape for Maging Rex. This seemed to push up my kills to 95 in just 50 minutes. I didnt take any more damage than i did on previous trips, infact i seemed to take a lot less. Could this increase in kills be just because of the Slayer Helm or could the Ahrim Top + MAge Cape actually be worth while?

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Sounds good. Might want to check the risk difference of onyx vs dstone rings, otherwise it sounds good.

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You should try out luring too, as it makes SSing rex safer.

 

Get an arcane if you can.

 

Also get an arcane stream.

 

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I would advise against any sort of range weapons/armor if you are using a cannon anyway. With a decent spawnrate this will actually increase your killing speed, though it will make soul split flashing somewhat more difficult. Also, elite fremennik sea boots would be great to have there.

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I would advise against any sort of range weapons/armor if you are using a cannon anyway. With a decent spawnrate this will actually increase your killing speed, though it will make soul split flashing somewhat more difficult. Also, elite fremennik sea boots would be great to have there.

Has anyone figured out what the offensive bonuses of the boots are against kings? I know that it makes them drop noted bones/hides

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I would advise against any sort of range weapons/armor if you are using a cannon anyway. With a decent spawnrate this will actually increase your killing speed, though it will make soul split flashing somewhat more difficult. Also, elite fremennik sea boots would be great to have there.

Funny, when i got back from that trip i thought to myslelf that i wouldn't take a Range weapon next time i go, as i used it ,at most, 4 times during the entire previous trip. And by the time i actually took the second shot the next DK would pop up and i'd have to switch back. Thanks for clearing that up though.

 

Also when it comes to luring. I find that this slows me down a lot. Usually Rex and Prime are spawned at the same time. Either that or they would spawn seconds after the other. This means that if i chose to lure Rex i would give up the chance of replacing cannonballs when the cannon runs out, which ulimatly makes me kill Prime slower. This puts me at more risk when Supreme spawns cause i'd be praying make (still waiting for Prime to die) while taking hits from Supreme, who hits quite accurate sometimes.

 

As for the rings. Would a Wealth really "up my profits" enough to take it over an offensive+defensive bonus?

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I would advise against any sort of range weapons/armor if you are using a cannon anyway. With a decent spawnrate this will actually increase your killing speed, though it will make soul split flashing somewhat more difficult. Also, elite fremennik sea boots would be great to have there.

Funny, when i got back from that trip i thought to myslelf that i wouldn't take a Range weapon next time i go, as i used it ,at most, 4 times during the entire previous trip. And by the time i actually took the second shot the next DK would pop up and i'd have to switch back. Thanks for clearing that up though.

 

Also when it comes to luring. I find that this slows me down a lot. Usually Rex and Prime are spawned at the same time. Either that or they would spawn seconds after the other. This means that if i chose to lure Rex i would give up the chance of replacing cannonballs when the cannon runs out, which ulimatly makes me kill Prime slower. This puts me at more risk when Supreme spawns cause i'd be praying make (still waiting for Prime to die) while taking hits from Supreme, who hits quite accurate sometimes.

 

As for the rings. Would a Wealth really "up my profits" enough to take it over an offensive+defensive bonus?

 

The offensive/defensive bonus on the Dstone(i) are so small and negligible, it's really just not worth taking over the wealth. Besides, you're using an Onyx (i), which just makes death something to worry about even more.

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17 Brews, 13 prayer pots.

Do not like.

 

Especially if you're using a cannon, therefore, have more time to soul split (as prime is dead more often than not).

 

If you don't take a cannon, 12 brews, 18 super restores in yak seems to work. (and you have less time to soul split)

Seems to me like you're taking too many brews, not enough prayer.

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I'd also set up your invent all super prays 1 rest 1 brew sense you can't put super prays in your yak.

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17 Brews, 13 prayer pots.

Do not like.

 

Especially if you're using a cannon, therefore, have more time to soul split (as prime is dead more often than not).

 

If you don't take a cannon, 12 brews, 18 super restores in yak seems to work. (and you have less time to soul split)

Seems to me like you're taking too many brews, not enough prayer.

Prayer was actually no issue, funny enough. I had Turmoil on like 60% of the time along with one of the 3 Protection Prayers. I barely ever used Soul Split ( i would use Blood Barrage here and there if my LP dropped below 600 or so). I left after an hour with about 2 Brews left and IIRC 3 Super Restores.

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13 brews is too much. I'm experienced at DKs, but I still only bring 5-6. That's 4-5 brews and 25-26 p pots in yak. My gear looks something like this:

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Except with cannon+balls instead of 4 super prayers and a restore or brew along with soul runes instead of a teleport.

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13 brews is too much. I'm experienced at DKs, but I still only bring 5-6. That's 4-5 brews and 25-26 p pots in yak. My gear looks something like this:

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Except with cannon+balls instead of 4 super prayers and a restore or brew along with soul runes instead of a teleport.

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If you're really planning on ranging, why not take karil's xbow? You won't need attractor that way, and it's faster than ccbow, also with the cannon ranged accuracy won't be much of a problem to you (When I solo tribrid DKs I use xbow)

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For that divine setup you should really lose the ranged gear & get bcp :P.

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13 brews is too much. I'm experienced at DKs, but I still only bring 5-6. That's 4-5 brews and 25-26 p pots in yak. My gear looks something like this:

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Except with cannon+balls instead of 4 super prayers and a restore or brew along with soul runes instead of a teleport.

 

several reasons why this setup is bad / not relevant to the OP;

-- Zerker(i)>Vigour(i)>onyx(i)>dstone(i) if not using a wealth.

-- you can actually go near foodless (2-3 brews) with a divine if you are SS flashing.

-- Ely is actually better than div at dks

-- you should be using a BCP.

-- you should be going for 7 or 8 ovls.

-- you should not ice barrage. there's a lure spot for fire surge on the west side that is extremely fast.

-- you should bring an amulet of fury.

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13 brews is too much. I'm experienced at DKs, but I still only bring 5-6. That's 4-5 brews and 25-26 p pots in yak. My gear looks something like this:

2rgopcj.png

Except with cannon+balls instead of 4 super prayers and a restore or brew along with soul runes instead of a teleport.

 

several reasons why this setup is bad / not relevant to the OP;

-- Zerker(i)>Vigour(i)>onyx(i)>dstone(i) if not using a wealth.

-- you can actually go near foodless (2-3 brews) with a divine if you are SS flashing.

-- Ely is actually better than div at dks

-- you should be using a BCP.

-- you should be going for 7 or 8 ovls.

-- you should not ice barrage. there's a lure spot for fire surge on the west side that is extremely fast.

-- you should bring an amulet of fury.

I notic you mention Luring, again. But is it really better? I mean it takes you a few seconds to lure and once you've lured Rex you can't move untill he's dead. The problem i have with this is that i hardly ever found myself at a time where only 1 DK would be alive. Like i mentioned earlier, Prime and Rex would always be alive at the same time. So by luring Rex i miss out on the cchance of killing Prime faster because i can't refill the cannon.

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Then your cannon positioning is probably off. Prime should be down by the time you kill supreme

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Then your cannon positioning is probably off. Prime should be down by the time you kill supreme

That wouldnt really make much of diffirence to my Kill/Hour would it? As it is i've had 85, 82 and 84 kills in the 3 hour trips ive done.

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In response to the new question: that's why you use an arcane spirit shield :P.

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Would a Spectral be of any use there?

I was thinking of selling my DFS and buying a Spectral (moreso for Arma than anything else) and i was wondering if it would have any use at DKs aswell. I already know that it would work just as well for both Zammy and Solo Bandos (Using BCP over Karil Top in such a case).

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Elysian > Divine > CSB/CKS > Arcane/CKS > Arcane/DFS > Arcane > DFS > BSS > Spectral

 

Spectral is actually bad because you get less deflect damage done against prime. There's pretty much no reason you should use spectral.

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