gonna try slaying

[Low Levelled]

What melee armor should I wear? Barrows? I have 70m, but don't want to spend more than 25. Also, is a fury still a good amulet? And what about the cape slot? And is a whip any good?

 

And for mage defense, is karil's enough?

 

I am also really struggling with what ranged weapon I should use. Does rune xbow just suck now? Is arma xbow any good?

 

hell, i don't even know what boots to wear

[Miss Lioness]

For slaying just use void sets!

[Low Levelled]

For slaying just use void sets!

 

Don't have void. Is the slayer helmet still worth wearing?

[Aiel]

For slaying just use void sets!

slayer helm>void.

 

Mosts tasks are now barrage-able, so you're going to want to mage those, probably subjugation with either a chaotic staff or SOL.

 

For tasks that would be difficult/annoying to barrage, you're going to want to melee with drygores>chaotic claws>other chaotics>vine whip, with drygore~=EEE for the offhand. Remember to pot/turm (piety) all tasks (don't bother with the mage boosting pray, it's currently bugged) only equipment upgrade for <25m that would be worth it would be BCP as the damage boost is nice.

 

I'm sure someone who's actually slayed since EOC could give you a pretty good task list of what to melee and what to barrage, but it shouldn't be too difficult to figure out for many things. Usually you have high enough accuracy that the weakness doesn't matter, maybe with some exceptions (metal drags?), so don't bother with range gear.

[Quest_Cape_K]

What melee armor should I wear? Barrows? I have 70m, but don't want to spend more than 25. Also, is a fury still a good amulet? And what about the cape slot? And is a whip any good?

 

And for mage defense, is karil's enough?

 

I am also really struggling with what ranged weapon I should use. Does rune xbow just suck now? Is arma xbow any good?

 

hell, i don't even know what boots to wear

Use the GWD plates for max damage bonus, full slayer helm and saradomin whisper/murmur amulets.

Rest of the armour use the highest/cheapest tier.

Ganodermic/Karils/Bandos or torags.

Arcane stream for maging along with armadyl battlestaff/chaotic staff.

Royal crossbow for ranging.

Chaotic weaponry for melee < drygore + eee < dual drygores.

[Quyneax]

For slaying just use void sets!

Don't have void. Is the slayer helmet still worth wearing?

Lioness means (I hope) that you can wear slayer helmet + void top + void legs + barrows gloves if you can't be bothered switching, not the full set. For most tasks, that's enough defence with soul split. Elite void also has a little prayer bonus which is nice.

 

GWD chestplates with barrows/dragon rider gloves, dragon rider boots, elite void skirt, fsh, fury, imbued onyx or 6th-age circuit if you want to switch 2-3 items (plate, weapon, off-hand sometimes).

If you want to switch more items, the order is amulet > ring probably, boots/gloves/legs only if Nex equipment.

 

For most of slayer, you won't need to switch, this is just if you want to use weaknesses all the time.

[Low Levelled]

so what do i wear whilst ranging? and what boots? and what weapon if i don't have chaotics, drygore, or anything like that?

[Hedgehog]

Armadyl for ranged, bandos for melee, subjugation for magic.

Boots are dragonrider.

Get chaotics or don't slay.

[Troacctid]

Get chaotics or don't slay.

Royal Crossbow is equivalent to dual chaotics, and Enhanced Excalibur is better than an offhand chaotic.

[Hedgehog]

Get chaotics or don't slay.

Royal Crossbow is equivalent to dual chaotics, and Enhanced Excalibur is better than an offhand chaotic.

Yeah. I amend my statement to "Get t80 weapons or don't slay."

[Th e Doctor]

Meh, for slaying you'd be fine with a whip/vine whip and eee or a godsword for melee, royal crossbow for range (no reason not to get it, it's literally less than a mil). and a staff of light for mage. Upgrade your weapons as you can but if you are bent on slaying now the above weapons will be fine.

[Cerri]

Get chaotics or don't slay.

Royal Crossbow is equivalent to dual chaotics, and Enhanced Excalibur is better than an offhand chaotic.

Yeah. I amend my statement to "Get t80 weapons or don't slay."

 

*ahem* You should slay anyway. Even if you don't have drygores. Slayer is awesome. That being said, I am perfectly happy being an inefficient noob. Your mileage may vary.

[Gugge]

On my little noob Moly, stats in sig, I use barrows armour + slayer helmet, fury, berserker ring, gano boots+gloves. Vine whip + EE for melee, Staff of Light for magic, crystal bow for range. Works ok, and are not too expensive. Think of that as a basic setup, upgrade weapons first.

 

Personally when playing on Moly, I make sure to be on the right side in the combat triange since I'm a bit weak against some of the tasks duradel and especially kuradal assign.

[Hedgehog]

"Works ok" is basically the same as "needlessly wastes hours of your life".

[Gugge]

"Works ok" is basically the same as "needlessly wastes hours of your life".

 

There is advice and advice. My advice he can take anytime. Your advice is out of reach for him atm, both regardig lvls (chaotics) and funds (drygore). Your advice is better in the long run, I definitly agree on that. Still, if he want to start slaying now, he can start with what I suggested, and work towards what you suggested, choosing inbetweens as he se fit.

[Ammako]

"Needlessly wastes hour of your life" only if you aren't actually enjoying your time.

[Cerri]

"Works ok" is basically the same as "needlessly wastes hours of your life".

 

I appreciate the concept of emergent gameplay and that the majority of Runescape players seek efficiency, which often means getting the most XP out of the time spent. Many also multitask with real-world activities whilst playing. I appreciate that some folks have put in time and effort to study and compare data on what methods are truly most efficient. However, I dislike the assumption that all players strive for that style of gameplay, and someone shouldn't feel barred from doing an activity if they don't already have the "best-in-slot" gear for that activity. We all gotta start somewhere.

[Hedgehog]

How is slaying with level 70 gear more fun that slaying with level 80 or 90 gear? How is it more afk? It's not. All you're doing is suggesting that the OP spend more time reaching a goal than he or she has too. And if you're keen on doing that, you might as well not post.

[Ammako]

How is slaying with level 70 gear more fun that slaying with level 80 or 90 gear? How is it more afk? It's not.

:wall:

[Hedgehog]

How is slaying with level 70 gear more fun that slaying with level 80 or 90 gear? How is it more afk? It's not.

:wall:

Are you suggesting that doing 3/4 of a QBD kill to get a royal crossbow is so not fun that it's better to just slay with a worse weapon?

[Ammako]

How is slaying with level 70 gear more fun that slaying with level 80 or 90 gear? How is it more afk? It's not.

:wall:

Are you suggesting that doing 3/4 of a QBD kill to get a royal crossbow is so not fun that it's better to just slay with a worse weapon?

Are you suggesting that your opinion is fact?

[Hedgehog]

I would add you to my ignored users if I wasn't concerned about you spreading more false information. It's absolutely ridiculous that you're trying to convince someone that killing a dragon is so unenjoyable and mind-numbing that it isn't worth doing to save several hours. If that's what you think, fine. Continue thinking that. It will bother me, but ultimately it's your choice. Just don't get in the way of the people who actually want to help the OP achieve what he wants to achieve just because you so desperately want your dogma to be recognized.

[Ammako]

God forbid somebody might not enjoy killing QBD.

I know that HE has the levels to wield Royal crossbow and that HE has the levels to slay the QBD effectively.

But if you want to believe I'm telling him NOT to kill QBD and to stick with Lv. 70/75 weapons, that's alright. But you would also be horribly wrong.

 

We don't know if he likes to kill the QBD. If he doesn't mind doing it, that's great. But if he does, then he can either sit through 5 minutes of something he doesn't like doing in order to get Royal crossbow and do everything faster, or he can choose to stick to lower level weapons.

 

But as you insist on putting words in my mouth: I have never said that I was referring specifically to his case. It is possible that someone does not have access to QBD/does not want to bother going through hours of Dungeoneering just to slay. It is also possible for someone to enjoy slaying with Lv. 70-75 weapons. One does not have to be the most efficient in order to have fun.

 

Heck; I wasn't even referring to this case in particular; I was referring to how you basically say "It's not fun for me, therefore it cannot be fun for anyone else."

[Hedgehog]

If I suggest the best option and then he says that he absolutely can't do that, then what you say becomes somewhat valid. Right now you're just proselytizing your belief that killing the QBD is abhorrent, even though you know that doing so would greatly benefit the OP.

[Ammako]

Read my edited post. I never said that partly killing the QBD is a bad idea.