Blutters Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 My friend and I are trying to decide what's a better upgrade for him based on solely doing SGWD (Zilyana has a water weakness).The options are:A) Full Bandos with Drygore Mace and EEE off-hand (or possibly mace offhand)ORB) Full Virtus with Chaotic Staff and Water Surge/Ice Barrage The main thing is that we don't know how much better the damage bonus for Virtus is compared to Bandos, how much using the correct style helps, or how much of an upgrade Drygores are from Chaotics. Enlightenment appreciated!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quyneax Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 First of all, I believe the ideal stay-forever gear for Zilyana at least incorporates virtus wand + book (and barrage, guessing blood), but those are more costly than drygores at the moment. I think Bandos doesn't have a lot of defence, iirc Leik did sgwd with drygores using Tetsu (but you'd have to find the screenshot with exact gear) and that balanced out health-wise a bit. Cstaff on the other hand doesn't have as high dps when it comes to barraging. Supporter of Zaros | Quest Cape owner since 22 may 2010 | No skills below 99 | Total level 2595 | Completionist Cape owner since 17th June 2013 | Suggestions 99 summoning (18th June 2011, previously untrimmed) | 99 farming (14th July 2011) | 99 prayer (8th September 2011) | 99 constitution (10th September 2011) | 99 dungeoneering (15th November 2011) 99 ranged (28th November 2011) | 99 attack, 99 defence, 99 strength (11th December 2011) | 99 slayer (18th December 2011) | 99 magic (22nd December 2011) | 99 construction (16th March 2012) 99 herblore (22nd March 2012) | 99 firemaking (26th March 2012) | 99 cooking (2nd July 2012) | 99 runecrafting (12th March 2012) | 99 crafting (26th August 2012) | 99 agility (19th November 2012) 99 woodcutting (22nd November 2012) | 99 fletching (31st December 2012) | 99 thieving (3rd January 2013) | 99 hunter (11th January 2013) | 99 mining (21st January 2013) | 99 fishing (21st January 2013) 99 smithing (21st January 2013) | 120 dungeoneering (17th June 2013) | 99 divination (24th November 2013) Tormented demon drops: twenty effigies, nine pairs of claws, two dragon armour slices and one elite clue | Dagannoth king drops: two dragon hatchets, two elite clues, one archer ring and one warrior ring Glacor drops: four pairs of ragefire boots, one pair of steadfast boots, six effigies, two hundred lots of Armadyl shards, three elite clues | Nex split: Torva boots | Kalphite King split: off-hand drygore mace 30/30 Shattered Heart statues completed | 16/16 Court Cases completed | 25/25 Choc Chimp Ices delivered | 500/500 Vyrewatch burned | 584/584 tasks completed | 4000/4000 chompies hunted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th e Doctor Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 For zil you won't want to melee in anything less than torva with drygores, and you'll still be hard pressed to beat out someone barraging with virtus wand/book. MH casts ice barrage, OH casts blood barrage. That with soul split should always keep you well off for health. You use momentum ofc. If you use a cstaff you'll want to use abilities but I'm not sure how your health will manage as most of it you get from the minions dying in the barrages. EDIT drygores are always at least 12.5 % better than chaotics. Armadyl Drops : 4 Hilts; 3 Chestplates; 2 Chainskirts; 1 Helmet; 1 Buckler; 2 Shard 1; 2 Shard 2; 1 Shard 3Nex : 1 Zaryte BowKalphite King : 1 Drygore Rapier ; 1 Drygore Longsword : 1 Drygore Offhand Rapier : 1 Drygore Offhand Longsword Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blutters Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 Well, we're not exactly soloing. I realize we could, but we like teaming up. I'm really trying to ask, what gives better DPS vs a water-weak monster:A) Full Bandos + dual maces (+ whisper + fire cape)B) Full Virtus + Chaotic Staff (Water Surge or Ice Barrage? Using abilities) (+ stream + Zamorak Cape + scrimshaw of elements)Everything else equal, like OVL, curses, etc.Both options seem pretty close in price... Wand + Book is nearly 200m, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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