Chaotics and some other questions on weapons.

[Noxx]

Right now i'm working on getting DG up. My plan is to eventually get enough tokens to get Rapier, Maul, CCbow, and maybe even the Staff.

I'm kind of trying to cover all my basis in terms of having a good 2 handed weapon and 1 handed weapon for each style. I'm not really too bothered with Duel Wielding because i'll probably never use it.

I use 2 handed weapons for slayer 90% of the time, unless i find myself needing a shield, in which case i'll obviously go for the 1 handed weapon.

So as of now i have a Godsword for 2 handed Slash, a Saradomin Sword for 2 handed Crush and a Zamorakian Spear for 2 handed Stab. I have a Vine Whip for 1 handed slash (well normal Whip for now, working on 80 Slayer), but nothing for 1 handed Crush or Stab.

I have a Royal Crossbow for 2 handed Ranged as well as a Crystal Bow. I don't think i've ever used Thrown weapons and i probably won't either. I don't have anything 1 handed at the moment, but i could easily just buy an Armadyl Crossbow.

For Magic i have an Armadyl Battlestaff for 2 handed and Master Wand for 1 handed.

 

Now in terms of Chaotics i'm not sure what to get at all.

My first instinct tells me to get a Crossbow, since i don't have a 1 handed Ranged weapon at the moment, but then i keep thinking that it will just sit in my bank. Usually the only times i use a shield in PvM is when i am at a Boss and i haven't actually Ranged a boss in a very long time.

I'd also like to get something that i would be able to make most use of during Slayer tasks. I'd probably eventually want to get 99 and beyond.

 

With that in mind, what advice can you guys offer me?

[Quyneax]

I think maul can replace all those 2h melee weapons, but I'm not sure if it's worth it for non-crush styles.

 

Royal crossbow is probably the best for all ranged unless you have a Zaryte bow as well. But again, it may not be worth it for non-bolt weaknesses.

 

Abs > cstaff upgrade seems the least useful to me.

[chenw]

I don't think CMaul is that much (if at all) better than T75 weapons when the former is used on non-crush weak monsters while the latter is.

 

From my (somewhat) limited experience, a correct but lower tier weapon is roughly as powerful as a wrong but higher tier weapon if the tier difference is about 5 or less, if it is 10, then the higher tier wins out usually. But since you already have all T75 melee weapons, the only real upgrade is going from Saradomin sword to CM, which is a small upgrade, especially considering that the money you spent selling the SS will almost go exclusively to repairing the CM before you even use it (though money may or may not matter to you).

 

If I were to get a chaotic one hand, it would be Chaotic rapier, not CLS, since there is already a T75 one hand slash (and a kind-of-free OH to go with it too).

 

As for abs, I definitely recommend keeping it and avoid Chaotic staff, 30 accuracy IMO isn't worth having a repair price AND lose infinite air runes for.

 

I am personally inclined to just keep the tokens to get other rewards that you know you will be using first before buying any of the chaotics.

[Noxx]

Well, thanks to this weekend i'm now sitting at 400k tokens, which means i could probably get all three weapons i really wanted.

I can't really see myself using a Chaotic Staff too often, so for now i'll forget about it.

I'll probably end up getting Cbow, Rapier and Maul (once i get another 200k tokens).

 

But i was wonder, is it worth it at all to get the Off-Hands?

I can't really think of a situation where i would use them.

Also, lets say i have 2x Rapier vs. Zammy Spear. Would the Rapiers be a lot better than the spear on Stab Weak monsters, even though it lacks the ability to do the multi attacks?

[Estoc]

Well, thanks to this weekend i'm now sitting at 400k tokens, which means i could probably get all three weapons i really wanted.

I can't really see myself using a Chaotic Staff too often, so for now i'll forget about it.

I'll probably end up getting Cbow, Rapier and Maul (once i get another 200k tokens).

 

But i was wonder, is it worth it at all to get the Off-Hands?

I can't really think of a situation where i would use them.

Also, lets say i have 2x Rapier vs. Zammy Spear. Would the Rapiers be a lot better than the spear on Stab Weak monsters, even though it lacks the ability to do the multi attacks?

 

Remember that all of the chaotic crossbow's damage comes from the bolts and that your bolt choice is limited based on your weakest weapon. If you're using a main hand ccb for instance and an offhand rune cbow you'll be limited to just rune/broad bolts. I've been very happy with my dual chaotic crossbows for slaying with momentum, though of course for abilities any dual wield range setup is far less effective than it's 2h counterpart.

[ACK]

from the end, "R.I.P. Chaotic weapons" i think they will get better once Jagex release leveling-up-your-weapons/armours.