Strength training?

[Fireblade3730]

I just came back from a year long break and it seems a lot has changed.

I want to work on some strength/slayer training but I'm unsure of what weapon is the best for that.

From what I've gathered, it appears the top choices are:

Korasi's sword

Saradomin sword

D scimi

Rapier (not a fan of dungeoneering so this choice is probably out of the question...)

 

Of these, which is the best (minus rapier)?

 

The rest of my gear consists of:

Helmet: Neitiznot/Slayer helmet

Top: Brassard/penance torso

Bottom: Verac's skirt

Shoes: D boots

Gloves: Barrows

Cape: Fire cape

Amulet: Fury

Ring: Zerker

[Monky]

D scimi isnt as good anymore :) Alot of better weapons are out and cheapish now.

 

The Saradomin Sword is good because it has the same speed as a whip and can train str.

Korasi Sword is good, but im pretty sure its only really used as a special weapon (as its a mage special and hits high)

[Cheat]

Chaotics are by far the best weapons in the game for all kinds of training. Without them it is also very difficult to find space on monster hunting teams so you will want to dungeoneer at some point. Supposedly it gets much more fun at the higher levels and indeed it is many people's favourite skill in the game. That being said, in the meantime I would suggest using Korasi's sword. It is fast as the d scim and with slightly higher bonuses also unlike the saradomin sword you can use a shield in conjunction with it allowing you to use a dragon defender for the accuracy and strength bonuses and any task specific slayer shields. It also has a strong stab bonus allowing it to be used effectively against dragons - admittedly not for strength training. The Korasi special is also devastating in non-multi zones and is well worth using on tasks that aren't multi-combat.

[Quyneax]

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, +10 prayer bonus or above is good, but don't overdo it (anything above +20 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 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.

 

Replace whip with korasi's if training strength only, use ss on low defence tasks (e.g. not metal dragons, not black dragons, not abyssals perhaps).