April 8, 201214 yr So what would a good familiar be to use while doing slayer tasks if i just want some extra damage?
April 8, 201214 yr Mithril Minotaur I suppose.. Don't even bother with barker toad. Working on max and completionist capes. 2435/2475
April 8, 201214 yr There aren't really any great combat familiars other than the titans at higher levels. A bunyip is really great though (heals you) and a tortoise for carrying items (dragon bones, ashes, pots, etc) Keep in mind combat familiars can only fight in multi-combat areas. If you really still want to use one, you can try using either a mithril minotaur or a barker toad. I've personally never tried any of them but you can see if they're any good. :razz: Here's a list of all the familiar, their required levels and their abilities. List "Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come." "An imperfect man can do great deeds, and a great man imperfect ones.
April 8, 201214 yr The best combat familiar at your level would be the karamthulu overlord without scrolls or the kyatt with scrolls. The kyatt is extremely expensive at over 1k per scroll. Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions 99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011) 99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012) 99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012) 99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013) 99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013) Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace 30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted
April 9, 201214 yr Barker toads are worthless because they have an absurdly short timer. Mithril minotaurs, spirit cobras, smoke devils, and karamthulhu overlords are pretty much on the same level, more or less, so take your pick based on the xp you want. If you're impartial, use a karamthulhu since its small size and ranged attack make its AI a little easier to deal with. There aren't really any great combat familiars other than the titans at higher levels.Familiars are balanced to be useful for players of different levels; lower-level combat familiars are very powerful when paired with lower-level players. "Low-level combat familiars are useless" is largely a myth perpetuated by the players who had high combat levels when the skill came out, tried the weaker familiars, compared the familiars' performance to their own, and dismissed them as useless. But if your max hit with a dragon scimitar is 180, a smoke devil that can hit 110 is a very large boost to your damage output, proportionally speaking. And a spirit scorpion might only hit 65, but you could be summoning it before your attack level is high enough to wield mithril. Read my blog | Follow me on Twitter | Track my XP
April 9, 201214 yr The kyatt is actually great for slayer without scrolls. As it will always be going in and out of combat as the creatures die so quickly, which means it's max will be ~300 almost constantly.
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