oblivion2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I've recently decided to start barrows again after I got ancients. I was wondering which would be better, ice rush or slayer dart. Pros -Slayer dart's runes are often replaced by chest. -Ice rush hits high and holds. Cons -Slayer dart doesn't hold meaning more prayer pots. -Ice rush's runes don't get replaced fully by chest. Overall I guess I just want to know which is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leesters Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I think you kinda covered it yourself. Its up to you, which is more important? Which do you wanna save? Pray pots or runes? Please don't use ice spells on dharok without prayer. I've had to return 3 sets of death piles down there with ppl trying this. A circus in Runescape?? Oh my. REMEMBER RUNESCAPE KARMA! Be a nice player, and nice things will come back to you.I'm back, add me if you deleted me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan_Chat_Op Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 honestly... i did both, I prefered slayer dart. Sure, u can go a [bleep] faster with ancients... but its riskier and ALOT more expensive. I never get many drops... majority of my profit has been from 1000's of blood runes i've been selling. I skill. If you skill you should join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3nic Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Id go with slayer dart, its just as good and its MUCH cheaper! - d3nic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblivion2006 Posted February 27, 2006 Author Share Posted February 27, 2006 Thanks for that bit of info. I want to use ancients so I can tele to Canifis but cost is also a problem for me. I'll try a few with ancients I guess then see which is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panneto Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Pros -Slayer dart's runes are often replaced by chest. -Ice rush hits high and holds. -Slayer dart isnt effected by magic bonus allowing you to use full rune, protecting you better in tunnels. -Slayer dart means you need to pray at all times meaning your in no danger of ever being Ko'd Cons -Slayer dart doesn't hold meaning more prayer pots. -Ice rush's runes don't get replaced fully by chest. -Ice Spells means you have to run around alot, making the time just as equal as standing still and praying using slayer dart, so you use the same amount of prayers. -Using ice spells means magic armor which has low defence bonus, causing you to take hits in the tunnel meaning you need to bring food, taking away space for prayer pots and meaning you have to goto the shop or bank more often. Slayer dart owns Ice Spells for barrows. My Monster Hunting Screenshot post:http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?p=4380593#4380593 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlutoniumCross Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 with ice, you always have to worry whether the next hit guthan does to you would be a 24 or not. With prayer, you can post a few posts on the forums, and still know that you arent gonna die a noob's death http://www.soundclick.com/rztheheretic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cashguy1 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 ice spells are awful i did barrows a few times with the ice spells its much harder and you end up usin some pray pots any way (dharok, often karil) fire cape 7-26-06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3nic Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thanks for that bit of info. I want to use ancients so I can tele to Canifis but cost is also a problem for me. I'll try a few with ancients I guess then see which is better. Dont go on Ancients just for the canifs tele. Just get the Ectophial teleport. :) - d3nic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supermario77 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I've been Ice Rushing/Blitzing for months while wearing RUNE, and I'm both killing them fast, wasting no money, and getting all runes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deangut Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I have lived at barrows for 2 months when it came out... What I found.. Using slayer dart is efficient and cheap. Using Bloods with Air staff and the tons of fires form FGiants (is a lil faster, better Mage XP but costs more) Ancients : Best XP for mage, Costs 2 times much , You save around 1 Prayer pot every 2 runs. If you are going to barrows to simply get drops, then use slayer and ecto. If money isn't an issue and you want Mage XP (With the rare drop paying for this XP) then use Ancient. ((Which is wut I am doing to hit 94 mage) Warning: DO NOT get careless with ancients on Dharok, he still will own you.. So use PPots on Dharok, Karil and ahrim (Some people) @ - Come Join SoDB in Some GWD and other Slaying! - @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiggehdroih Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I've recently decided to start barrows again after I got ancients. I was wondering which would be better, ice rush or slayer dart. Pros -Slayer dart's runes are often replaced by chest. -Ice rush hits high and holds. Cons -Slayer dart doesn't hold meaning more prayer pots. -Ice rush's runes don't get replaced fully by chest. Overall I guess I just want to know which is better. best way: slayer dart w/o prayer pots, very cheap as the only expense is on your food and occasionally on the runes. however the problem with thes method is that you have top charge your prayer every trip. I'm not drunk! You wouldn't dare call me drunk if i was sober! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laps9 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Also remember if you use an ice spell more than once then it only holds for aslong as the 1st. So if you do 5 of the ice spells that hold for 10 seconds in 10 seconds then the brother won't be frozen until you cast again. put him in jail Then i'll just wait for him to drop the e-soap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSScope Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 with ice, you always have to worry whether the next hit guthan does to you would be a 24 or not. With prayer, you can post a few posts on the forums, and still know that you arent gonna die a noob's death Erm, I have done 25 trips with ancients now and I have yet to get hit by Guthan, Verac or Torag. (Died at Dharok second trip, never doing him again without prayer... :oops: ) If you sidestep well (even a noob to barrows and ancients like me), you never get hit... I know its more expensive than slayer dart, but I enjoy using ancients on them :) Plus 3 drops in 25 trips aint that bad... 99 cooking / 99 magic / 99 ranged / 99 hitpoints / 99 herblore / 99 defence Quoted for truth, wisest thing I've heard anyone say on Runescape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k3nny12 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Ice spells own.:) all that can be said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jain_Charin Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 well i use about 1/2 prayer pot per trip(52 prayer) with ancients compared to 2 pray pots with dart, i use dart/entangle i rarely ever get deaths from the chest so i always get a 20-25 kc to get bloods i sell the bloods for deaths 400+/- bloods is about 1k deaths and i get plenty of chaos from the chest and a water staff so both ways works but ever since i got ancients i use that just because the amount of pray pots i use per trip i only use prayer on dharock and karil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAHK Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I've done over 100 runs using ice spells and have no problem killing dharok without prayer. If you pay attention he can get MAX one hit if you splash on him. All you need to do then is run to the opposite corner then continue to the other side of the coffin. Most of the time that I splashed he would sort of "lag out" when he came to hit me and I would get away unscathed. I have no clue why that happened but it happens often enough that it wasn't a freak occurence. If you find it hard paying attention while killing dharok then you obviously need prayer. I would recommend using your highest ice spell to freeze the target (so you get more casts per freeze which speeds things up) then following up with ice burst (2 chaos and 3 waters per cast is a paltry sum when you see the greatly increased accuracy). You can recast as soon as you see their hp bar disappear. I wait another second or two on dharok just to be save. If you need any other tips feel free to ask. I no longer use ancients because the increased speed is not worth the extra cost. I can say that ice spells are a LOT more fun than slayer dart but to each their own i guess. PM me in game to use some skills of mine (glories/potions) free or to ask a question.Fire Cape - 04/29/06 Lvl 104RAHK's Pro PC Gear and Guide(clickable) Tired of hack and slash? FPSers getting old? Give this game a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vytautas Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 you can go in full ruen with slayer dart , and its same as u are wearing mystic? :? Subzero Lt(111): 90magic, 70agility, 85mining, scythe and bunny ears-banned for macroing. W T Z(112): 88magic, desert treasure with monkey madness completed at ~55combat with no pray-banned for real world item trading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nahdrav Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Meh,i use around 2 doses of potion a trip with slayer dart(kill verac and dharock at full prayer,drink one dose and kill karil,noprayer guthan and torag in full rune+ahrims top and noprayer ahrim in karils top and bottom with msb and broad arrows)and i tend to use 2 doses of pot even with ancients so meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bflat0 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Please don't use ice spells on dharok without prayer. I've had to return 3 sets of death piles down there with ppl trying this. LOL, you too? :wink: Personally, I prefer dart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8ermaster Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 ice burst is nice but needs timeing 4 hits the run around tomb, wait seconds and attack again karil is gay. end of story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick2k5 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 i died at dharok..he hit me for 53. ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkx Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 wait..... slayer dart isnt affected by magic bonus??? can any1 plz confirm ths because thi will save me lots of sharks in tunnels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkx Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 some1 plz confirm????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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