Back now what armor/weapons

[creesy]

Gday guys,

 

Back to playing a little bit of RS these days been about 2 years since i last logged on im going to try train combat in particular str and att for a while and im just wondering what the best armor and weapons to use are.

 

stats are

Att: 76

Str: 77

Def: 70

 

At the moment i have pretty much every dragon weapon except claws. i have abyssal whip as well.

 

I dont have any armor whatsoever cause cause i gave most of it away i have about 100m so got enough to spend for something decent what would u guys recommend?

[Cheefoo]

As for stuff you can buy, get bandos armor. They just added a helm, gloves, and shield to the set a few days ago, but just ignore those for now. They're pretty mediocre, just the chestplate/tassets are really worth buying. Also, Torva is the new best melee armor, dropped by Nex, but it's ridiculously pricey.

 

You might want to get dragon claws, but they're supposedly going to be nerfed in the big "Evolution of Combat" (EoC) update. Remember when I said to ignore the full bandos set "for now"? Well, that's because once this EoC comes out, Bandos is going to require 75 defence, and have the second best melee stats in the game (next to the aforementioned Torva).

 

But really, the biggest thing you should worry about is getting 80 dungeoneering. With 80 dg and 80 attack, you can wield the godly chaotic weapons. I'd recommend getting a chaotic rapier ASAP. If you really don't like dungeoneering, at level 85 attack, you can upgrade your whip to an "abyssal vine whip" for slightly boosted stats. Just ignore the godswords, they're still inferior to a plain old abyssal whip any day.

 

I really recommend reading up more about the EoC, while you're at it. There's a beta for it that opens up to everyone on weekends. Interesting, game changing stuff going on there.

[Quyneax]

Steadfast boots, goliath gloves, the new Saradomin's Whisper amulet, TokHaar cape, imbued berserker ring and dragon defender are the best melee items. With your choice of: Bandos chestplate, tassets, helmet of Neitiznot with scrolls, or: elite void set with deflector or gloves.

 

Dragon boots, 'barrows' gloves, amulet of fury, fire cape and regular berserker ring are the more attainable alternatives.

[Estoc]

Just adding this in there, after eoc is released chaotic longsword is arguably better since most abilities do fixed damage based on your current weapon strength, and for now are not hindered in any way by a slow weapon. Might not be a good idea to rush to get rapier right away unless you don't mind a slightly weaker weapon until you can get the longsword.

 

Edit: nevermind

[Hedgehog]

Rapier would still be a better investment post-eoc. It's the same dps, except it's a stab weapon. It's by far the best stab weapon, whereas slash's 2nd best is a whip, which is decent. Nvm, korasi is the same as a whip.

 

Obviously a chaotic crossbow would be the best chaotic.

[Cheefoo]

Just adding this in there, after eoc is released chaotic longsword is arguably better since most abilities do fixed damage based on your current weapon strength, and for now are not hindered in any way by a slow weapon. Might not be a good idea to rush to get rapier right away unless you don't mind a slightly weaker weapon until you can get the longsword.

 

No, rapier and longsword have the same exact damage in Beta. The only difference is stab vs. slash. Please, don't give silly advice... The rapier is definitely better to get now, as EoC could take a few more months to come out.

 

Rapier would still be a better investment post-eoc. It's the same dps, except it's a stab weapon. It's by far the best stab weapon, whereas slash's 2nd best is a whip, which is decent. Nvm, korasi is the same as a whip.

 

Obviously a chaotic crossbow would be the best chaotic.

 

What about an abyssal vine whip? In the beta, I believe it's about ~50 damage more than a normal whip, so it's inbetween whip and chaotic. I don't believe there's any stab weapon with such high stats, save. So rapier would probably still be a better choice in EoC at first.

[Lose No Hope]

If he is slaying in eoc, the ccb is a MUCH better choice than the rapier.

[Estoc]

If he is slaying in eoc, the ccb is a MUCH better choice than the rapier.

 

Is it really that much better considering with runite bolts it only has 527 damage? Even a dragon 2h crossbow or crystal bow does over double it's damage. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but crossbows have been one of the few things I'm disappointed with in beta.

[Hedgehog]

If he is slaying in eoc, the ccb is a MUCH better choice than the rapier.

 

Is it really that much better considering with runite bolts it only has 527 damage? Even a dragon 2h crossbow or crystal bow does over double it's damage. Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but crossbows have been one of the few things I'm disappointed with in beta.

Faster, dual wield, better abilities, etc.