I'm a pure mage:

 

 

 

1 def

 

 

 

33 att

 

 

 

30 str

 

 

 

mage: 80

 

 

 

range: 1

 

 

 

hits: 49

 

 

 

prayer: 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I find that I get owned by rangers in the wilderness quite severely. is it true that leveling up my ranged skills makes it harder for rangers to hit me? how can i defend against rangers?

Nope, at 1 def you are pretty much always going to get owned by rangers.

Melee defence is defined by your: Defence level + Melee defence bonus from armour.

 

 

 

Ranged defense is defined by your: Defence level + Ranged defence bonus from armour.

 

 

 

Magic defence is defined by your: Defence level + Magic level + Magic defence bonus from armour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope that made it clearer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You will also get owned alot because of your low HP.

Try to raise ur prayer and use protection prayers, very useful

 

 

 

Train prayer :pray:

Stay 1 def and 1 prayer. But get your hp up abit.

Nope, at 1 def you are pretty much always going to get owned by rangers.

 

 

 

I'm gonna have to agree with this person. Any skills left at a level of "1" leave you dangerously vulnerable to dying. This is the reason NONE of my accounts are going to ever be left at "1" on any skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

increase ur defence to about 45 and you wont get hit often by lvl 38s they might hit u rare 8s.

Get your hp up a lot!! at this magic level, you should have a lot higher hp (unless you used cursing/alching/teleporting). Thats probably why they are killing you so easily. Also, as combat level increases in f2p, the effectiveness of mages go down, and melee/range go up, because the max hit of mages is only 16, while range/melee continuously go up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, working on your ranging is a good way to get your hp up, it won't affect your combat at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Ddaanniiellh

wear blue hat, blue top (mage) and wear range legs, believe me, it helps

what HP should I aim for?

go for 55 at least. THat will keep u alive for another 2 hits \ . But acoid alching/cursing obviously for mage exp from now on. That extra cash buys u vaiuable hp exp.

They'll be fine if they don't stop "curse/weaken/confuse/enchant/alch"-ing... In fact, it would help them to do it more. I should know, since I am a 59 mage with 76 cb and 63 hp... Just lookie at my stats! :thumbsup:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

~Mr. Devnull

I'd go for 60 hitpoints. That's it. Leave the rest the same.