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Best Defence vs Best Offense Who wins at melee?

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I've been thinking about who would win in melee combat if 2 players were to duel, one would have gear giving him best defence while the other player would have the best stats on the attack and strength of the weapon.

 

 

 

In theory if the barrows armor is still very strong compared to the counterpart of best weapon in the game and attack bonuses added on, a player with high defence might be able to kill a player who has lower defence that has higher hitting and accuracy.

 

 

 

Gear setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st player with best defence

 

 

 

Full Torag armor

 

 

 

Crystal shield

 

 

 

Whip

 

 

 

Fury ammy

 

 

 

Rune boots

 

 

 

dark gloves

 

 

 

berserker ring

 

 

 

fire cape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd player with best offense

 

 

 

there can be 2 options here but the one im mainly looking for is accuracy which would help penetrate armor better so I will go with gear that gives attack bonus instead of strength

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrior helm

 

 

 

torag plate and legs

 

 

 

rune boots

 

 

 

rune defender

 

 

 

Fury ammy

 

 

 

whip

 

 

 

berserker ring

 

 

 

dark gloves

 

 

 

fire cape

 

 

 

My bet on this would be that the 2nd player would win due to rune defender being in the picture. and that the sacrifice of lower defence provided in the shield slot by the rune defender but gives higher accuracy to whip might actualy be in favour of the 2nd player.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also this would be a good way to see if the game is still in balance or if armor has become obsolete.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To test all this I need 2 players who have 99s in hp attack strength and defence and have at least everything except the ring and fury ammy. Ring might not make a big difference in the duel but I do need to make this as fair as possible given the items available in the game. So if one player doesnt have the ring then the other shouldnt use it. As far as fury goes, both players should have furies or substitute it with glory.

Best RFD gloves are the Barrow/Dark Gloves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm... I always thought best offence would be:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dharok Helm

 

 

 

Dharok Plate

 

 

 

Dharok Legs

 

 

 

Dharok Greataxe

 

 

 

Fire Cape

 

 

 

Fury Amulet

 

 

 

Berserker Ring

 

 

 

Rune Boots

 

 

 

Barrows/Dark Gloves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As to who would win? I'd personally say best offence.

 

 

 

"A good offence is a good defence."

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im not sure if dharok could be included in this since whip hits at like what, twice the rate? and with defender in the picture it makes the whip have like highest stats as a 2 hander too sort of. well maybe not exactly highest but it does hit 100 something in the attack stats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but dharok combination might be something to think about considering it gives higher dmg with that special set bonus thing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and thanks for reminding me to put fire cape in the setup

Pking in low leveld wild and at mage bank sort of proves that in player vs player the best offence mostly wins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No, it just shows that the best offence knocks out faster, and leaves less chance for opponent to eat.

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Pking in low leveld wild and at mage bank sort of proves that in player vs player the best offence mostly wins
Errrrrmmm...Not really? I stake in duel arena with Blood/Ice barrage, full mage gear (ahrims mage book fury etc) and I could fairly beat a melee pure ... :P (the best is box staking and they forget to take off mage attacks :mrgreen:)
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I would say offense.

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these are almost the same exactly in what they are wearing think of a better comparison to use maybe :ohnoes:

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with that setup, torags will win

 

 

 

it has too much of a defense bonus compared to the rise in attack and strength from rune defender

What?

 

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what are dark gloves? are they the same as barrow gloves?

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Best RFD gloves are the Barrow/Dark Gloves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmm... I always thought best offence would be:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dharok Helm

 

 

 

Dharok Plate

 

 

 

Dharok Legs

 

 

 

Dharok Greataxe

 

 

 

Fire Cape

 

 

 

Fury Amulet

 

 

 

Berserker Ring

 

 

 

Rune Boots

 

 

 

Barrows/Dark Gloves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As to who would win? I'd personally say best offence.

 

 

 

"A good offence is a good defence."

"The best offence is a good defence." Is the correct saying, and that can easily be seen as "Having a good def is the best kind of offence" or "The best offence makes a good def", but either way, verac > dharok. :P I own both, and dharok is better for leveling and verac kills dharoks very quickly. (They hit slow, high numbers while you hit almost twice as fast and constantly hit numbers in the high 20s.)

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This is kind of interesting. I personally think the offense would be better. At least it's better at lower levels :-k

Pking in low leveld wild and at mage bank sort of proves that in player vs player the best offence mostly wins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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apparently alot of you dont duel :P.

 

 

 

go to a duel arena, find a 99 str pure, duel him. (assuming prayer, food, drinks are off)

 

 

 

youll win almost every time, even when armor is off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the wildy people can pot and eat, and pray which (somewhat) makes up for defence. in the duel arena, however, (assuming your fighting with no prayer food or drinks, there is absolutely nothing to make up for defense.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

id say about 90-95% of pures ive fought at the duel arena were wins. if i lost i fought them again and 99% of the time won the 2nd time around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

im putting my money on the defensive guy

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you want a real comparision take a 99 att/str/ 80 def against a 80 att/ 99 str/def. the def will out last every time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think that high att/def is the way to go.

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you want a real comparision take a 99 att/str/ 80 def against a 80 att/ 99 str/def. the def will out last every time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i think that high att/def is the way to go.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

do you mean 99 def/atk and 80 str :?

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what are dark gloves? are they the same as barrow gloves?

 

 

 

Dark gloves are the more official name for them. Barrow is what most people call it though, same thing.

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what are dark gloves? are they the same as barrow gloves?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yeah, people just call them dark gloves cause they're stupid

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