Saradomin Godsword

[Sucu]

Hey all, I have enough cash to afford a SGS (35m cash currently) and I was wondering if this was a good investment or not. I spend most of my time slaying so I figured it might be.

 

My combat stats:

90 attack

99 strength

78 defence

91 hits

79 slayer

 

Now 2 things: I have 1 summoning (cue reactions :eek:, although I am collecting charms now and will get it up later) and I don't have the skills to get an enhanced excalibur.

 

Mainly wondering if the cash was better spent on something else, I also figure I could lend it out overnight and earn some easy cash as well.

 

Thanks!

[Cheat]

No. Honestly you should get your summoning up as quickly as possible for the bunyip it will improve your slaying hugely. You are better off spending the money on the summoning seconds and then either using the rest to flip so as to increase your cash pile or on better slaying gear. When you have enough cash you should invest the money in getting extremes. If you haven't already put some money in your MTK coffers. Also use the money to farm with to increase it. You haven't told us your prayer level if it is not 70 then get that as soon as possible for the use of piety on your slayer tasks. Also use the money to buy a cannon and some cannonballs to speed up your slaying. Basically don't spend it on an SGS if you are really having trouble on slayer tasks with healing get guthans.

[Sucu]

No. Honestly you should get your summoning up as quickly as possible for the bunyip it will improve your slaying hugely. You are better off spending the money on the summoning seconds and then either using the rest to flip so as to increase your cash pile or on better slaying gear. When you have enough cash you should invest the money in getting extremes. If you haven't already put some money in your MTK coffers. Also use the money to farm with to increase it. You haven't told us your prayer level if it is not 70 then get that as soon as possible for the use of piety on your slayer tasks. Also use the money to buy a cannon and some cannonballs to speed up your slaying. Basically don't spend it on an SGS if you are really having trouble on slayer tasks with healing get guthans.

Thanks for the answer. I had it for one task, and while I stayed at Greater Demons (194 of em) the entire time w/o banking I have to say 28m is a lil too steep of an investment. I will indeed purchase Guthans.

Also, here's all the charms I've collected so far -

How far could I get from level 1 with these? (I know nothing of Summoning :P)

 

Also, I use Duradel for my Slayer Tasks, is it advised to use Kuradel with my stats or should I just stick with Duradel?

 

Thanks again

[Blake]

I would definitely use Kuradal, the ring in her dungeon helps a ton (+40 to every hit), while also being more convenient.

[notasoupbowl]

Don't use guthans just use food, guthans lowers your dps a lot, def use kuradel

make sure you have decent armour + piety + super pots (including sup def pot) so you'll hardly use any food

 

for charms look @ rswiki -> summoning -> training summoning

will tell you in general what's best to make at what level

 

for an approximate i.e. the most possible xp you can look at this

http://users.telenet.be/glodenox/Charms/CharmPattern.html

[Salad]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

[Sucu]

I would definitely use Kuradal, the ring in her dungeon helps a ton (+40 to every hit), while also being more convenient.

Wow, no idea the ring helped that much, thanks :smile:

[Th e Doctor]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

 

Name one.

[notasoupbowl]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

 

Name one.

dag kings

[Salad]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

 

Name one.

 

Just earlier, I was doing a spirit mage task and used SGS to get more prayer points.

 

Basically, everywhere you use prayer and that you don't get damage'd, SGS takes it over all of those.

[brunokiller]

Just earlier, I was doing a spirit mage task and used SGS to get more prayer points.

 

You don't need to sgs on spirit mage tasks because you can easily carry all needed prayer pots in your invent (don't even need that many, too).

 

Try again.

[Salad]

Just earlier, I was doing a spirit mage task and used SGS to get more prayer points.

 

You don't need to sgs on spirit mage tasks because you can easily carry all needed prayer pots in your invent (don't even need that many, too).

 

Try again.

 

I know that, and that's not the point, the point was the prayer pots I saved, not the fact that it would help me complete my task.

 

And like Dungeoneering, SGS is a love or hate situation. Some love it, some hate it, you can't change that.

[aspeeder]

Just earlier, I was doing a spirit mage task and used SGS to get more prayer points.

 

You don't need to sgs on spirit mage tasks because you can easily carry all needed prayer pots in your invent (don't even need that many, too).

 

Try again.

+1

 

The dps of claws or a dds would be more valuable than the minor prayer boost of the sgs (Which can miss as well). Not to mention since dragon boots have bombed in price they're not really worth doing as a task.

 

EDIT: You probably save around 1 dose of prayer pot per 5 mins, which would be 3 ppots per hour which is like 12k. And the whole "Love it or hate it, can't change that" doesn't change whether something is "worth it" or not in a manner we can answer. He asked us, and we can only provide objective information to help; any subjective value he adds to the sgs to determine whether he buys it or not is nothing we can influence, but we can continue to show how poor it is objectively.

[muuuuuuuuuu]

Just earlier, I was doing a spirit mage task and used SGS to get more prayer points.

 

You don't need to sgs on spirit mage tasks because you can easily carry all needed prayer pots in your invent (don't even need that many, too).

 

Try again.

+1

 

The dps of claws or a dds would be more valuable than the minor prayer boost of the sgs (Which can miss as well). Not to mention since dragon boots have bombed in price they're not really worth doing as a task.

They don't give charms or effigies either.

[Sucu]

I have enough money for armor + the SGS, my gear was Slayer Helm/Torso/Torag Legs/Barrows Gloves/D Boots and Defender/Fury. But I think overall I could probably use the money to train my lacking non-combat skills and get some summoning familiars. It definitely helped during the time I used it however, and I'll probably purchase it once again when I have plenty of cash to spend. Thanks everyone. I dunno how I pushed away summoning training for so long but I feel its time to get it done :)

[Wkw]

Spend money on herb seeds

Farm

Do DG, get a rapier

Sell herbs

Buy bandos tassets, chest with your profit

[Th e Doctor]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

 

Name one.

dag kings

 

If you have access to dag kings efficiently (yak, ovlds, turmoil) you also have soul split and EEE which is much better than an SGS. Not to mention you should be using brews to heal because you have ovlds. If you don't have that your time is better spent elsewhere.

[Dragonlordjl]

Anywhere you'd use an SGS for supplemental healing, the EEE is better. The prayer boost is pretty negligible, especially with how goddamn cheap prayer pots are now.

[divingduck]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

 

Name one.

dag kings

As someone that does dag kings all the time, I disagree. I would absolutely rather have a unicorn and EE over an SGS when down there. I know almost everyone I go down with would agree with me. The SGS is just behind the times.

[exterrrr]

Just earlier, I was doing a spirit mage task and used SGS to get more prayer points.

 

You don't need to sgs on spirit mage tasks because you can easily carry all needed prayer pots in your invent (don't even need that many, too).

 

Try again.

 

I know that, and that's not the point, the point was the prayer pots I saved, not the fact that it would help me complete my task.

 

And like Dungeoneering, SGS is a love or hate situation. Some love it, some hate it, you can't change that.

It's not about love or hate, it's a useless weapon. EEE is way more useful and if you don't have that you are better off spending your cash on extremes than a SGS.

[jijilentosmi]

Although I like to bring it to certain tasks, I would rank it under a fury, bandos, armadyl, guthan's(which is still useful even with high summoning/combat), stat boosting rings, dragon claws, ranger boots, and alot more. Basically its nice to have but unless you've got the money sitting around doing nothing (which you should use for flipping anyways), I wouldn't buy it. The only time its more than just a little useful is surprisingly, when ranging but even those situations can be handled with an EEE and unicorn.

 

Note: It is pretty useful at barrows and other bosses.

[aspeeder]

Although I like to bring it to certain tasks, I would rank it under a fury, bandos, armadyl, guthan's(which is still useful even with high summoning/combat), stat boosting rings, dragon claws, ranger boots, and alot more. Basically its nice to have but unless you've got the money sitting around doing nothing (which you should use for flipping anyways), I wouldn't buy it. The only time its more than just a little useful is surprisingly, when ranging but even those situations can be handled with an EEE and unicorn.

 

Note: It is pretty useful at barrows and other bosses.

Considering the amount of competition at most bosses and the high reqs shouldn't you be focusing on dps anyway? It'll help to keep your kills and if you're healing with soulsplit it helps, plus you should have a uni or ovls to heal with brews anyway. If you need an sgs at bosses you're probably not doing them well and should spend the money on skills/other gear first.

[jijilentosmi]

Although I like to bring it to certain tasks, I would rank it under a fury, bandos, armadyl, guthan's(which is still useful even with high summoning/combat), stat boosting rings, dragon claws, ranger boots, and alot more. Basically its nice to have but unless you've got the money sitting around doing nothing (which you should use for flipping anyways), I wouldn't buy it. The only time its more than just a little useful is surprisingly, when ranging but even those situations can be handled with an EEE and unicorn.

 

Note: It is pretty useful at barrows and other bosses.

Considering the amount of competition at most bosses and the high reqs shouldn't you be focusing on dps anyway? It'll help to keep your kills and if you're healing with soulsplit it helps, plus you should have a uni or ovls to heal with brews anyway. If you need an sgs at bosses you're probably not doing them well and should spend the money on skills/other gear first.

 

I was thinking more of barrows honestly but yes, at gwd and similar it wouldn't be very useful. I personally hate going to any competitive boss because I get crashed too quickly and people are [wagon] about it, which makes it no fun.

[notasoupbowl]

If you already have decent armour for melee and ranging and weapons, and still have money left, I would buy one.

 

Of course, people can still go "Oh, but use an EE or EEE" or "Oh, use a Bunyip or a Unicorn" but there's still situations where a SGS is better then all of those. And if you don't like it once you buy it, just sell it back.

 

Name one.

dag kings

 

If you have access to dag kings efficiently (yak, ovlds, turmoil) you also have soul split and EEE which is much better than an SGS. Not to mention you should be using brews to heal because you have ovlds. If you don't have that your time is better spent elsewhere.

Its for prayer + safety net healing

with soulsplit you dont need the healing (yak, ovlds, turm, cannon tri/hybrid)

I ss flash a lot + cannon kills prime so can ss rex easy

alternatively could use claws but I find that messes up spawn times

if you are incompetant and mage pray entire time at dag kings 2.5brid then yes eee is a good alternative because its consistant.

[Metaform]

I've often wondered if this would be useful as a niche weapon at Waterfiends (for those without a Chaotic Maul obviously, and free cash to spend) especially when using elite void. I don't know if the +20crush bonus and +50 strength over the Saradomin Sword are enough to make it better, or even comparable.

 

From personal experience Saradomin Sword annihilates Waterfiends with void piety and extremes, often faster than the average inefficient maulers I run into who seem lucky to hit a 400 for some strange, or maybe obvious, reason.

 

Maybe I'll spend the money and the 4 hour timer and see how much better, or likely worse, it is.

 

...Or just keep obsessively cannoning Skeletal Wyverns for charms. :-D