Okay, so I've been doing some frost dragons lately with a melee setup that looks like this:

Inv: ext set, super anti, cannon, sharks, eee, and pray pots.

Full elite void w/ def.

d boots, diamond ring (i), rapier, glory, and barrows gloves.

I pot everytime that i can when my resistance runs out, and then i also use a war tort to keep my runs longer.

 

I would like to know if it would be better to switch my setup to a range based one and then go with that? Or should i stick with my current set up? If I stick with my current setup, what could i do to improve it?

Your range is pretty low so i would continue to melee them. A fury and berserker ring (i) should be the first upgrades you make.

Wouldn't using a defender as opposed to a deflector be better in this situation?

It would if i could still get the stat boosts of using void with it...lol

Do you not have the gloves?

I have the gloves, but the switch gives me a lot less strength, and 13 more stab. and my def goes down quite a bit with that switch meaning i would get hit more often than i already do. and i would need a lot more food....

Deflector is much better than defender at frost dragons, just FYI.

 

In terms of ranging... Use dragonbane bolts and remember this very important detail: Each frost dragon will range OR mage, never both. So you protect from range, and if they mage you, switch to magic. Then they can't hit you for the rest of the kill.

 

Buuut, range sucks. And your level is low. It would slow down your kills by quite a lot and the xp isn't great, at least not good enough to make it a sensible way to train over red chinning.

 

Stick to melee, stick with deflector, get soulsplit ASAP so you can heal any damage you take. Then do the obvious upgrades such as berserker (i), fury, steadfasts... etc.

Deflector is much better than defender at frost dragons, just FYI.

 

In terms of ranging... Use dragonbane bolts and remember this very important detail: Each frost dragon will range OR mage, never both. So you protect from range, and if they mage you, switch to magic. Then they can't hit you for the rest of the kill.

 

Buuut, range sucks. And your level is low. It would slow down your kills by quite a lot and the xp isn't great, at least not good enough to make it a sensible way to train over red chinning.

 

Stick to melee, stick with deflector, get soulsplit ASAP so you can heal any damage you take. Then do the obvious upgrades such as berserker (i), fury, steadfasts... etc.

 

220+ kph sucks? I agree that melee for him is much better but dragonbane bolts and swift gloves work very well there.

 

And he shouldnt bother with soul split until he can get turmoil. Losing piety will bring down his gp/hr more than ss will save him on food.

Deflector is much better than defender at frost dragons, just FYI.

 

In terms of ranging... Use dragonbane bolts and remember this very important detail: Each frost dragon will range OR mage, never both. So you protect from range, and if they mage you, switch to magic. Then they can't hit you for the rest of the kill.

 

Buuut, range sucks. And your level is low. It would slow down your kills by quite a lot and the xp isn't great, at least not good enough to make it a sensible way to train over red chinning.

 

Stick to melee, stick with deflector, get soulsplit ASAP so you can heal any damage you take. Then do the obvious upgrades such as berserker (i), fury, steadfasts... etc.

 

220+ kph sucks? I agree that melee for him is much better but dragonbane bolts and swift gloves work very well there.

 

And he shouldnt bother with soul split until he can get turmoil. Losing piety will bring down his gp/hr more than ss will save him on food.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I didn't know that bit about the dragons only using either mage or melee, that's useful haha. :) I always wondered how i was taking so much damage in so little time... Turns out i was just praying against the wrong thing on the wrong dragon... :rolleyes:

And i will definitely start getting the upgrades asap. Thanks!