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Rune Crossbows

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I have been dual wielding them. Is that a bad choice? What else should I be using instead?

What's your ranged level?

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At 85 Ranged, that's extremely awful.

 

What do you prefer? Do you still kill things with Momentum? In which case, dual-wielding isn't too bad but it's never the optimal choice. It's also pricey as hell. If you got excess DG tokens, get Chaotic crossbow and offhand chaotic crossbow (300K tokens in all). If not, Armadyl crossbow and Karil's offhand pistol crossbow should set you back about 15M.

However, 2-handed ranged weapons are better than dual-wields and cheaper too. So unless you have a massive stiffy for dual-wielding, ditch it and get either these:

 

- Royal crossbow + Royal bolts (lvl 80): 4.2M for the weapon and about 150GP per bolt (which is retrievable). By far the best bolt-firing weapon out these. It does require a trip to QBD to fully build it.

- Handcannon + Handcannon shots (lvl 75): Around 20K for the weapon and 100 or so per shot (which is lost). Second best and cheap, although it can blow up randomly, however, that doesn't seem to have happened yet since EoC.

- Karil's crossbow + Crossbow racks (lvl 70): Costly to maintain, ammo and weapon maintenance are quite pricey.

 

In the bow department, there are only two feasible choices: Crystal bow (lvl 70) and Zaryte Bow (lvl 80). The latter only if you have an odd 130M laying around. Sagaies (lvl 72) and Blisterwood stakes (lvl 70) are your best thrown weapon. Chaotic crossbow/Armadyl crossbow + Armadyl buckler (lvl 70, 1.5M or so for shield) are your best Weapon + Shield combo with cost in mind. You can always go for Elysian or Eagle Eye Kiteshield if you got spare cash or DG tokens, respectively (ie: ~140M gp, 200k tokens).

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I am 86 ranged. I am going to get a Royal. Thanks for the Advice! 86 range btw

Why is dual-wielding (of an equivalent tier) worse than a 2h-handed weapon while using Momentum? Shouldn't dual-wielding be slightly better due to reduced over-kill?

Why is dual-wielding (of an equivalent tier) worse than a 2h-handed weapon while using Momentum? Shouldn't dual-wielding be slightly better due to reduced over-kill?

You're right, they're wrong.

 

the 'slightly' better here doesn't justify the repair cost of of dual CCB

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True enough, as a generalisation. But for a select amount of people it will. Secondly, I was referring to the general case of dual-wielding, rather this specific case - sorry if I wasn't clear.

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