Warpriest armour - worth it?

[Diomedus]

I just want to know if it's worth buying or if I should just buy xp lamps. I don't really care about the titles/emotes because they are way too expensive for nothing, but the armour would be at least, well, the question is, useful?

[AirlessWig]

Well it has the big advantage of being saved on death, which makes it useful for solo-bossing. Dieing with this armour only puts 4 items at risk: your 2 weapons and your amulet and ring. With protect item you can save all 4 and oinly lose your food...

That for me makes it worth buying.

[PolarBearBlue]

Well it has the big advantage of being saved on death, which makes it useful for solo-bossing. Dieing with this armour only puts 4 items at risk: your 2 weapons and your amulet and ring. With protect item you can save all 4 and oinly lose your food...

That for me makes it worth buying.

 

Problem is, warpriest has a -15 defense, so stat wise it is as good as dragon armor at 75 defense. So it's only really good for lower level PvM type things like mid level slayer, Barrows, and Tormented Demons. And even those have better options. I would say warpriest is good for fashionscape, when you have no armor, things you don't need 60+ defense for, or for the few bosses you could hybrid without switches if you lack void; Tormented Demons and Barrows.

[Diomedus]

 

Well it has the big advantage of being saved on death, which makes it useful for solo-bossing. Dieing with this armour only puts 4 items at risk: your 2 weapons and your amulet and ring. With protect item you can save all 4 and oinly lose your food...

That for me makes it worth buying.

 

Problem is, warpriest has a -15 defense, so stat wise it is as good as dragon armor at 75 defense. So it's only really good for lower level PvM type things like mid level slayer, Barrows, and Tormented Demons. And even those have better options. I would say warpriest is good for fashionscape, when you have no armor, things you don't need 60+ defense for, or for the few bosses you could hybrid without switches if you lack void; Tormented Demons and Barrows.

 

 

So, for a person with 86 melee stats and 99 range and magic, it's not worth it for me? or is 83 slayer still "mid level?"

[Quasar]

Note that you can tank or dps at kalphite king in warpriest with a competent healvoker if you don't feel like tryharding.

[PolarBearBlue]

Since you have damage reduction from it,iIf you like doing TDs or Barrows then it is. If you want a Hybrid armor set then yes. If you have a good KK teams then yes. But there are other options out there. If you like looking fashionable then yes. It boils down to, "Will you use if often enough considering your current gear?"

[Solemn]

It is a valid option at The Dagganoth Kings too!

[Yoko Kurama]

Since you have damage reduction from it,iIf you like doing TDs or Barrows then it is. If you want a Hybrid armor set then yes. If you have a good KK teams then yes. But there are other options out there. If you like looking fashionable then yes. It boils down to, "Will you use if often enough considering your current gear?"

 

The damage reduction, from my understanding, is very negligible at best. As for the prospects of using this armour at KK, I find that to be wildly dubious at best.

[Sy_Accursed]

I personally think it's quite a good quest armour, for when you are going head first in to a new release and are blind to what is ahead. Easy saving on death, easy to switch up combat styles and decent defence to anything that may come at you.

[PolarBearBlue]

 

Since you have damage reduction from it,iIf you like doing TDs or Barrows then it is. If you want a Hybrid armor set then yes. If you have a good KK teams then yes. But there are other options out there. If you like looking fashionable then yes. It boils down to, "Will you use if often enough considering your current gear?"

The damage reduction, from my understanding, is very negligible at best. As for the prospects of using this armour at KK, I find that to be wildly dubious at best.

I mentioned KK from Yuj's post. As far as I'm aware he does that sort of bossing a lot, so he could answer that. And the damage reduction is nice at TD's and Barrows since protection prayer works almost the same as pre-EOC. With that or Soul Split the damage reduction takes any sort of hp you might lose down to 0. Sy also mentioned a valid point. Personally I have a set because I like using Hybrid armor at other places (and because the Zamorak set looks good) but again, it depends on what you think you'll use it for.

[Quyneax]

The damage reduction, from my understanding, is very negligible at best.

RSwiki mentions the following:

"If wearing three or more pieces, there is a 1% chance per piece (starting at 3% for three pieces up to a total of 6% for the full set) whenever you take damage, that the damage is reduced to 10% of the original damage. Note that even if you have a mix of the armour, you still retain the bonus to negate damage. For example, if you wear a Warpriest of Saradomin cuirass and greaves, but Warpriest of Zamorak boots and gauntlets, you still maintain the 4% chance to reduce the damage to 10%."

 

Which works out to a damage reduction of 0.05 * 0.9 = 0.045, or 4.5% overall, assuming five pieces are worn. Hybrid helmets, boots and gloves are universally horrible (because the non-hybrid counterparts don't reduce accuracy anyway), but perhaps it's worth wearing one bad hybrid piece to get 2.7% damage reduction, with top and legs as 'useful' hybrid.

[Diomedus]

 

The damage reduction, from my understanding, is very negligible at best.

RSwiki mentions the following:

"If wearing three or more pieces, there is a 1% chance per piece (starting at 3% for three pieces up to a total of 6% for the full set) whenever you take damage, that the damage is reduced to 10% of the original damage. Note that even if you have a mix of the armour, you still retain the bonus to negate damage. For example, if you wear a Warpriest of Saradomin cuirass and greaves, but Warpriest of Zamorak boots and gauntlets, you still maintain the 4% chance to reduce the damage to 10%."

 

Which works out to a damage reduction of 0.05 * 0.9 = 0.045, or 4.5% overall, assuming five pieces are worn. Hybrid helmets, boots and gloves are universally horrible (because the non-hybrid counterparts don't reduce accuracy anyway), but perhaps it's worth wearing one bad hybrid piece to get 2.7% damage reduction, with top and legs as 'useful' hybrid.

 

So just getting the top and legs would be a good choice? and use other regular armor for the helmet gloves and boots?

[Quyneax]

You need at least three pieces to get the damage reduction. I'm guessing you want helmet + either boots or gloves to be good armour (Nex, Ports, Glacor/Automaton), so you should get war-priest boots or gloves if you go that route.