~ Complete King Black Dragon Guide ~

TEAM KILLING

Part 1 - General Information

Part 2 - Specializations

Part 3 - Equipment

Part 3.1 - Meléers with One-Handed Weapons

Part 3.2 - Meléers with Two-Handed Weapons

Part 3.3 - Rangers with One-Handed Bows

Part 3.4 - Rangers with Two-Handed Bows

Part 4 - How To Get There

Part 5 - Other

Part 5.1 - If a Revenant Ghost turns up!

Part 5.1.1 - Catching Sight of a Revenant Ghost

Part 5.1.2 - If You Get Attacked By a Revenant Ghost

Part 5.1.3 - If a Team Mate Gets Attacked By a Revenant Ghost

Part 5.2 - Something missing?

Part 6 - FAQ

Part 7 - Credits

Part 1 - General Information

The King Black Dragon is a dangerous trip. Many people of prowess have been slain by this beast. It's poison, ice and fire-y breaths are what make it the king of all black dragons, the 50+ hits are the ones you must look out for.

Part 2 - Specializations

Location: King Black Dragon Lair ~ The entrance is located in level 38 wilderness.

Combat: 276

Hitpoints: 257

Attacks: Melee, Magic and DragonBreath.

Classification: Animal/Dragon.

Major Drops: This beast drops the formidable Draconic Visage. This sells for huge profits! If you get it towards the end of the trip with less of you, well, cha-ching, free monies. The original dragon item, the Dragon Med Helm, is also dropped by this monster, the first to do so, these are no longer shared as they are worth little. It would be silly to have 20k each!

Special Notes: He has three heads. These hit in turn but each has a different ability. These are:

Fire; this hits very hard and has a chance to lower your stats. If you are wearing a Dragonfire Shield, you will absorb this into your shield.

Ice; this freezes you to the spot for around five seconds, and hits medium damage. On occasions it stuns you, reducing your stats slightly.

Toxic; this heavily poisons you. The poison starts by hitting 8s and slowly decreases (Like Regular Poison). This hits low to medium damage.

Part 3 - Equipment

Part 3.1 - Meléers with One-Handed Weapons

Best to Worst:

H:  Helm of Neitiznot     / Berserker Helm      / Proselyte Helm    / Rune Full Helm   /

B:  Karil's Body          / Black D'hide Top    / Proselyte Body    / Rune Platebody   / Initiate Body

L:  Black D'hide Legs     / Proselyte Legs      / Rune Legs         / Initiate         /

G:  Barrows gloves        / Rune Gloves         / Adamant Gloves    / Black Vambraces  /

B:  Dragon Boots          / Rune Boots          / Climbing Boots    /                  /

S:  DragonFire Shield     / AntiFire Shield     /                   /                  /

MW: Whip                  / Dragon Scimitar     / Dragon Mace       / Dragon Battleaxe /

W2: Dragon Dagger (p++)   / Dragon Mace         / Dragon Halberd*   / Dragon Battleaxe /

R:  Ring of Life          / Beserker Ring       / Ring of Duelling  /                  /

N:  Amulet of Fury        / Amulet of Strength  / Amulet of Glory   /                  /

C:  (Trimmed) Skill Cape  / Obsidian Cape       / Ava's Accumulator / Any Other Cape   /



* Whilst using a Dragon Halberd, your DragonFire Shield will UN-EQUIP. Make sure you use your specials (It will double hit the KBD) and re-equip the shield as fast as possible! You must make sure you also put mage prayer on whilst you are using the dragon halberd; this will slightly combat the fire breath if you get hit. Also, make sure your HP is above 60 at all times whilst using a dragon halberd.

Tips

• 
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you are on a slayer task, you can wear a black mask! The extra damage will mean your entire group takes less damage.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]As a meléer, you will be the common member of the group as only one or two people range. If Loot Share is not activated, you will frequently be beaten to the drop because of other meléers unleashing special attacks from their weapon onto the King Black Dragon.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Pot up outside the lair with your super set and super anti-poison and enter with mage prayer active, once you have killed it once, you can remove prayer and never use it again because of the armor you will be using. Pot up every time one of your combat levels drops back to what it was originally.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If the KBD spawns in a different place to normal, get out from underneath as soon as you can to make the KBD stay where it should be so everyone does not go out of place.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Unleash specials when you have 50% (or 60% if you are using a dragon halberd) energy in your bar not 100%. You will hit just as hard as if you were using 4 specials because you frequently hit 0-0 using specials, plus, you use it more often in effect.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you want, use chivalry, piety, or a group of prayers to help you if you are running out of food and want to use up your remaining prayer potions. If you wish to use it constantly, bring at least 3 prayer potions, maybe 4.

Part 3.2 - Meléers with Two-Handed Weapons

Best to Worst:

G:  Barrows gloves        / Rune Gloves         / Adamant Gloves    / Black Vambraces  /

B:  Dragon Boots          / Rune Boots          / Climbing Boots    /                  /

S:  None**                /                     /                   /                  /

W2: None*                 /                     /                   /                  /

R:  Ring of Life          / Beserker Ring       / Ring of Duelling  /                  /

N:  Amulet of Fury        / Amulet of Strength  / Amulet of Glory   /                  /

C:  (Trimmed) Skill Cape  / Obsidian Cape       / Ava's Accumulator / Any Other Cape   /



* You might want to bring along a dragon halberd or another dragon item to use special attacks on the King Black Dragon if your weapon has no special.



** You will have a Two-Handed Weapon.

As you can see I have not included the Weapon, Helmet, Body or Leg slots. This is because you now have a massive choice on what to pick!

The Godsword set allows you to mix and match what you can afford, the ones at the top are the best, going down to the worst at the bottom.

The Barrows set, however, you must use all of the ones on a row, so you cannot mix and match, although, you should be able to have worked out why for yourselves.

Godsword Set

Sara Godsword    / Karil's Top      / Black D'hide Legs / Helm of Neitiznot 

Armadyl Godsword / Black D'hide Top / Proselyte Legs    / Beserker Helm

Bandos Godsword  / Proselyte Body   / Initiate Legs     / Proselyte Helm

Zamorak Godsword / Initiate Body    / Granite Legs      / Initiate Helm

Dragon Halberd   / Granite Body     / Dragon Platelegs  / Dragon Full Helm

Dragon Two-Hand  / Rune Platebody   / Rune Platelegs    / Rune Full Helm

Barrows Sets

Dharok's Axe   / Dharok's Body    / Dharok's Legs / Dharok's Helm

Verac's Flail  / Verac's Brassard / Verac's Legs  / Verac's Helm

Guthan's Spear / Guthan's Body    / Guthan's Legs / Guthan's Helm

Godsword Special Attacks

• Armadyl Godsword ~ The Judgment ~ Inflicts 25% more damage
   
   
   
  Bandos Godsword ~ Warstrike ~ Attack does 10% more damage and drains your opponent's combat statistics by the amount of damage inflicted. Statistics are drained in the following order: Defence, Strength, Prayer, Attack, Magic, Ranged.
   
   
   
  Saradomin Godsword ~ Healing Blade ~ Inflicts normal damage, but restores half of the damage to your Hitpoints and a quarter to your Prayer. You will receive a minimum of 10 Hitpoints and 5 Prayer.
   
   
   
  Zamorak Godsword ~ Ice Cleave ~ Freezes your opponent for 20 seconds.
   
  

Tips

• 
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]This is EXTREMELY dangerous. It is best to have knowledge of the King Black Dragon before you attempt this.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]As you have a Two-Handed Weapon, you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield! This means that you MUST have mage prayer on the whole time the King Black Dragon is spawned.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Pot up whenever your attack, strength OR defense levels return to it's permanent level.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Always watch your health very carefully, you can get hit big because you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Regularly check your Prayer Points, it drops very quickly if you do not pay attention, this means no prayer, no shield; you can get hit up to 65.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you are on a slayer task, you can wear a black mask! The extra damage will mean your entire group takes less damage.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]This is the best way to kill the King Black Dragon solo. But remember, you only have 2-5 minutes to return to your gravestone if you do attempt this!

Part 3.4 - Rangers with One-Handed Bows

Best to Worst:

H:  Archer Helm       / Robin Hood Hat       / God Coif           / Coif            / Skill Cape Hood

B:  Karil's Top       / Black D'hide Body    / Prosylete Body     / Initiate Body   / Red D'hide Body

L:  Black D'hide Legs / Prosylete Legs       / Dragon Legs        / Initiate Legs   / Red D'hide Legs

G:  Barrows Gloves    / Rune Gloves          / Black Vambraces    /                 /

B:  Ranger Boots      / Snakeskin Boots      / Dragon Boots       / Rune Boots      / 

S:  DragonFire Shield / AntiFire Shield      /                    /                 /

MW: Rune Crossbow **  / Bone Crossbow º      / Rune Crossbow ºº   /                 /

W2: None*             /                      /                    /                 /

R:  Archer's Ring     / Ring of Life         / Ring of Wealth     /                 /

N:  God Stole         / Amulet of Fury       / Amulet of Accuracy / Amulet of Glory /

C:  Ava's Accumulator / (Trimmed) Skill Cape / Obsidian Cape      / Any other Cape  /



* You will not need a second weapon as both the bone crossbow and rune crossbow (with enchanted bolts) will have special attacks.



** With (adamant) ruby bolts (e). These will hit like normal adamant bolts but the special will sometimes hit, causing 20% of the monsters hp to hit. On the King Black Dragon this can be up to 48.



º Bone Bolts. Special reduces defense of the monster.



ºº With any un-enchanted bolts. Try to get them over Mithril if you can.

Tips

• 
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]As a ranger, you would expect to try and sit as far from the King Black Dragon as possible, but you want to get into melée range. This is so it uses more melée attacks and less breaths so you use less potions. This is because it's melee attack is weaker then it's magic attack.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Pot up outside the lair with your ranger potion and super anti poison and enter with mage prayer active, once you have killed it once, you can remove prayer and never use it again because of the armor you will be using. Pot up every time one of your combat levels drops back to what it was originally.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If the KBD spawns in a different place to normal and you are under it, get out from underneath as soon as you can to make the KBD stay where it should be so everyone does not go out of place.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you have a bone crossbow, the special attack uses 80% of the bar. Only use it straight after the King Black Dragon has spawned because of the defense lowering ability.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you want, use hawk eye to help you if you are running out of food and want to use up your remaining prayer potions. If you wish to use it constantly, bring at least 3 prayer potions, maybe 4.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you are using Ruby Bolts (e), you will notice you have no special bar. This will automatically hit at a random time, dealing 20% of the hitpoints of the monster.

Part 3.3 - Rangers with Two-Handed Bows

Best to Worst:

H:  Archer Helm       / Robin Hood Hat       / God Coif           / Coif            / Skill Cape Hood

B:  Karil's Top       / Black D'hide Body    / Prosylete Body     / Initiate Body   / Red D'hide Body

L:  Black D'hide Legs / Prosylete Legs       / Dragon Legs        / Initiate Legs   / Red D'hide Legs

G:  Barrows Gloves    / Rune Gloves          / Black Vambraces    /                 /

B:  Ranger Boots      / Snakeskin Boots      / Dragon Boots       / Rune Boots      / 

S:  None**            /                      /                    /                 /

MW: Dark Bow          / Crystal Bow          / Seercull Bow       / Magic Shortbow  /

W2: None*             /                      /                    /                 /

R:  Archer's Ring     / Ring of Life         / Ring of Wealth     /                 /

N:  God Stole         / Amulet of Fury       / Amulet of Accuracy / Amulet of Glory /

C:  Ava's Accumulator / (Trimmed) Skill Cape / Obsidian Cape      / Any other Cape  /



* Sometimes, rangers using bows without a special will bring along a dragon halberd or another dragon item to use special attacks on the King Black Dragon (More in Tips).



** You will have a Two-Handed Bow.

Tips

• 
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]As you have a Two-Handed Bow, you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield! This means that you MUST have mage prayer on the whole time the King Black Dragon is spawned.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]If you can, stay within melée range. Seems odd does it not? The key to this is, as you have mage prayer on, it will want to melée you, but, you have good defense against his melée armour, so you get hit less, because his mage attack is stronger even with your huge mage defense!
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Keep your range level at least 5 above your permanent level at all times.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Always watch your health very carefully, you can get hit big because you have no AntiFire/DragonFire shield.
   
   
   
  [*:3ac9azdd]Regularly check your Prayer Points, it drops very quickly if you do not pay attention, this means no prayer, no shield; you can get hit up to 65.

Part 4 - How To Get There

This is generally done in three different ways, although, there is a slightly easier one for those going alone to join halfway through a trip.

Fixed Wilderness Teleports - The easiest way to go, sometimes takes a while to get to the Level 44 one though. If you get to the level 50 one, teleport fast, revenants and the Chaos Elemental have parties here. You can lure the revenant into and out of teleports too so you can escape. If you get split from the group, just keep trying to get to level 44.

Walking - Very easy. Very likely to meet revenants however, this is the traditional SoDB route.

Ice Plateau Group Lunar Teleport - If one person is on Lunars they can use this. Sometimes not everyone will have Accept Aid On, this should be told though. Not much chance of meeting a revenant.

Ardougne Teleport Lever - Pass Chaos Elemental. Pass 3 revenant paths. It screams 'Kill Me', although it is fast.

Generally, you meet at Edgeville, go to the monastery, get prayer points, and go to the ditch.

Make sure your group leader has specified a back-up world (make sure it has Loot Share if you are using it) in case someone catches sight of Revenant Ghosts or there is a Revenant Ghost.

Tell everyone to turn Loot Share on at this time if you are using it and make sure everyone is now talking solely in Clan Chat.

Once ready, follow your group leader into the wilderness. Some rules on 'If A Revenant Ghost Turns Up' are after the 'How To Get There' section of this guide. SoDB's main method of traveling is by walking directly. Please refer to 'How To Get There' for more information.

On arrival of the gate, just before the greater demons behind the gate, your leader will tell you to use your potions. If you are a ranger, these would be Range Potion and Super Anti Poison. If you are a meléer, these would be your Super Set and Super Anti Poison. You should then proceed to put Mage Prayer on and enter.

You will go down a ladder within the Greater Demons into a small room, surrounded by walls and lava and poison spiders. If you did not drink any Anti-Poison, you will be poisoned, if you did drink some, good. There is a small lever which you need to pull - this takes you straight to the KBD lair.

You should have mage prayer activated and have used the necessary potions, if you have not, do so now. Kill the King Black Dragon as quickly as possible, if you are recording loot, record it.

Get into a position around the King Black Dragon, as shown. Use landmarks (Such as the Sapphire spawn and the Gold Ring spawn) to find out where to stand.

You are now at the King Black Dragon with your group and should be killing it with ease!

Part 5 - Other

Part 5.1 - If a Revenant Ghost turns up!

Part 5.1.1 - Catching Sight of a Revenant Ghost

Tell your team to put range prayer on, keep walking but just avoid it.

Part 5.1.2 - If You Get Attacked By a Revenant Ghost

Turn on RANGE prayer instantly.

Lure them behind a rock and just run away. They are not very smart.

If you have been Tele-Blocked, continue as above but stay with the poison spiders until it wears off.

Part 5.1.3 - If a Team Mate Gets Attacked By a Revenant Ghost

Tell them to turn on RANGE prayer if they already haven't. They freeze with their range attacks.

Tell the entire team to turn run ON and get to the KBD lair as soon as you can.

Part 5.2 - Something missing?

If there is anything missing to go towards this guide, all you have to do is simply message me with what is missing, and what needs to go into it. I will add it into the appropriate section of the guide (or even make a new one!) and add you into the credits.

Part 6 - FAQ

Q: What would be the best choice of armor if I'm new to KBD?

A: The best thing to start off with is a one-handed weapon, as you can use the dragon fire shield. It is the safest way, and the least complicated. Alternatively, if you are a ranger, you can start with a 1-handed bow. It is also very safe. Ranging with a 2-handed bow is not hard, but mistakes can be costly. Meleeing with a 2-handed weapon should only be done if you are very experienced, and if your team knows what to do in that situation.

Q: What level should I be before I go to the KBD?

A: Preferably, you should be level 60+ with a good team. You can really go at any level as long you have any gear listed, have over 30 hitpoints, and have started Dragon Slayer.

Q: How many people is too many to take?

A: 1 more then the server can hold!

Q: How come the King Black Dragon isn't the toughest dragon, if he is the king?

A: He is the King of Black Dragons. If you have a point against that, something exploded somewhere near the Barbarian Outpost so now there is a whirlpool and some Mithril Dragons were a part of this explosion and they are very strong indeed because they got created from a massive explosion. I like the word explosion...

Q: What level should I be before I start soloing?

A: Ok, if you want to solo melée, you will need to be 100+ at the bare minimum with buckets of experience. If you are a ranger, you will need at least 80 range and 75 defence and to know how the KBD 'works'. But remember, this guide does not give you tips for soloing, so please do not use it if you plan to solo!

Q: How is it possible that this guide is so awesome?!?!

A: Because I am awesome?!?!

Part 7 - Credits

Writer: Ca2theone

Quality assurance: Fredz, Superson & Ca2theone

Small extras:

Thanks to everyone who has read this guide and I hope you like it!

really good guide very good for first in fact 10/10

btw - woot first post

I have always wondered, Ca2, why do you suggest using Karil's body? I have found that his Firebreath attacks hits me as often while I am in Karils than I was in proselyte.

I have always wondered, Ca2, why do you suggest using Karil's body? I have found that his Firebreath attacks hits me as often while I am in Karils than I was in proselyte.

For me, Karil's Body has always been the better choice and worked very well in the situation. It's only really for the prayer bonus if you want it - But as team killing, you want to be able to hit more as the KBD will be up less, rather than lasting longer with potions. But again, these are suggestions and it's down to personal preference.

:thumbup: Nice guide.

But I wont be taking on the King any time soon...

10/10

use dragon hally instead of d2h, same stats but distance fighting and the specs own the kbd

Great guide, but you might want to add to use a black mask if you have black dragons for a slayer task (only for melee obviously).

Probably the best KBD guide I've ever seen, although pics of the gear are always nice too ;)

Good guide

2 things:

1. Did you post this before? I sware I seen it before

2. Give credit for the maps you took.

Good guide, but the King Black Dragon actually has 240 HP, not 257. You might want to fix that. ;)

If you're curious, it gives 258 XP when on a Slayer task for black dragons.

I always put on magic prayer rather then range prayer, If you get teleblocked its alot more of an inconvinience then just loosing a shark or two, And im sure a friend would lend you a shark if your low.

Also if you lure them behind a rock, Then surley magic prayer is better?

Guide is pretty nice. But for escaping Revs it's best to put on mage prayer...since they can freeze and tb from long distances, even outside of the minimap.

things you missed:

the use of full void;

The trick where you can be in melee range when ranging using melee prayer, therefore you get less damage done to you;

ancient teleport there;

obsidian golem(i think) teleports there aswell;

dragonfire shield isnt the best(for rangers) as it has -7 range bonus and you dont get meleed so dont need the defence.

use dragon hally instead of d2h, same stats but distance fighting and the specs own the kbd

AHH! I knew I forgot something! Thanks, I'll add that!

Great guide, but you might want to add to use a black mask if you have black dragons for a slayer task (only for melee obviously).

 

 

 

Probably the best KBD guide I've ever seen, although pics of the gear are always nice too ;)

Pics of gear aren't necessary since there is such a variety of gear one could take. And yes, I will add that about black masks! :mrgreen:

Good guide

 

 

 

2 things:

 

 

 

1. Did you post this before? I sware I seen it before

 

 

 

2. Give credit for the maps you took.

Yes, I posted it before the rollback.

These are my maps and RuneScape maps.

Good guide, but the King Black Dragon actually has 240 HP, not 257. You might want to fix that. ;)

 

 

 

If you're curious, it gives 258 XP when on a Slayer task for black dragons.

Thanks for that, I know it's ~250 and the only way was slayer to tell how much hp there was. The slayer exp can vary depending on how much health it has regenerated whilst killing, I will change that.

I always put on magic prayer rather then range prayer, If you get teleblocked its alot more of an inconvinience then just loosing a shark or two, And im sure a friend would lend you a shark if your low.

 

 

 

Also if you lure them behind a rock, Then surley magic prayer is better?

They freeze with range and if you get frozen whilst luring, you are pretty screwed.

Guide is pretty nice. But for escaping Revs it's best to put on mage prayer...since they can freeze and tb from long distances, even outside of the minimap.

They freeze you with range using an ice arrow and Teleblock using magic.

things you missed:

 

 

 

the use of full void;

 

The trick where you can be in melee range when ranging using melee prayer, therefore you get less damage done to you;

??? I don't uunderstand this, I think you worded it badly.

ancient teleport there;

 

obsidian golem(i think) teleports there aswell;

TEAM Killing, normally as a team you walk together.

dragonfire shield isnt the best(for rangers) as it has -7 range bonus and you dont get meleed so dont need the defence.

What would you recommend then? A normal antifire shield? And anyway, if you'd read my guide you'd know you are in melee range. :|

Good guide, but the King Black Dragon actually has 240 HP, not 257. You might want to fix that. ;)

 

 

 

If you're curious, it gives 258 XP when on a Slayer task for black dragons.

 

 

 

Thanks for that, I know it's ~250 and the only way was slayer to tell how much hp there was. The slayer exp can vary depending on how much health it has regenerated whilst killing, I will change that.

Slayer XP does not vary depending on how much health was regenerated. And Slayer XP is not always equal to HP (obviously).

I think this is not a bad guide, but you go about some methods the wrong way, in particular, one handed ranged, my main method of choice.

things you missed:

 

 

 

the use of full void;

 

The trick where you can be in melee range when ranging using melee prayer, therefore you get less damage done to you;

 

 

 

??? I don't uunderstand this, I think you worded it badly.

 

 

 

dragonfire shield isnt the best(for rangers) as it has -7 range bonus and you dont get meleed so dont need the defence.

 

What would you recommend then? A normal antifire shield? And anyway, if you'd read my guide you'd know you are in melee range. :|

Toadalmighty is suggesting you can use the void range set within melee range of the dragon while using protect from melee prayer, so as to get 10% more power and accuracy when ranging, while getting attacked by melee attacks. This reduces the ranged and magic attacks, while eliminating damage from melee.

Now about the dragonfire shield. I've found in my experience, that when killing the King Black Dragon, Higher defence > Higher ranged attack. It's only -7 to ranged attack, and barely makes a difference when your total is around +170. However, the far greater defence of a dragonfire shield, especially to range (and magic?) can extend a trip by quite a bit.

Onto my points about this part of the guide :

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Part 3.4 - Rangers with One-Handed Bows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Best to Worst:

 

H:  Archer Helm       / Robin Hood Hat       / God Coif           / Coif            / Skill Cape Hood

 

B: Karil's Top / Black D'hide Body / Prosylete Body / Initiate Body / Red D'hide Body

 

L: Black D'hide Legs / Prosylete Legs / Dragon Legs / Initiate Legs / Red D'hide Legs

 

G: Barrows Gloves / Rune Gloves / Black Vambraces / /

 

B: Ranger Boots / Snakeskin Boots / Dragon Boots / Rune Boots /

 

S: DragonFire Shield / AntiFire Shield / / /

 

MW: Rune Crossbow ** / Bone Crossbow / / /

 

R: Archer's Ring / Ring of Life / Ring of Wealth / /

 

N: God Stole / Amulet of Fury / Amulet of Accuracy / Amulet of Glory /

 

C: Ava's Accumulator / (Trimmed) Skill Cape / Obsidian Cape / Any other Cape /

 

 

 

** With (adamant) ruby bolts (e). These will hit like normal adamant bolts but the special will sometimes hit, causing 20% of the monsters hp to hit. On the King Black Dragon this can be up to 48.

 

 

 

[size=115][u]Tips[/u][/size]

 

[*][b]As a ranger, you would expect to try and sit as far from the King Black Dragon as possible, but you want to get into melée range. This is so it uses more melée attacks and less breaths so you use less potions. This is because it's melee attack is weaker then it's magic attack.[/b]

 

 

 

[*]Pot up outside the lair with your ranger potion and super anti poison and enter with mage prayer active, once you have killed it once, you can remove prayer and never use it again because of the armor you will be using. Pot up every time one of your combat levels drops back to what it was originally.

 

 

 

[*]If the KBD spawns in a different place to normal and you are under it, get out from underneath as soon as you can to make the KBD stay where it should be so everyone does not go out of place.

 

 

 

[*][b]If you want, use hawk eye to help you if you are running out of food and want to use up your remaining prayer potions. If you wish to use it constantly, bring at least 3 prayer potions, maybe 4.[/b]

 

 

 

[*]If you are using Ruby Bolts (e), you will notice you have no special bar. This will automatically hit at a random time, dealing 20% of the hitpoints of the monster.

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Firsly, I think you should offer GREATLY different setup for solo or team trips. I find that you use FAR more potions in a team trip. In a solo trip, you probably only need one antifire and one ranged potion, as well as 2-4 prayer pots depending if you are using protect magic/range/melee prayer. Whereas in a team trip, with each 4 dose antifire potion only lasting 24 minutes max, you would need at least 2 of them with any decent team.

 

 

 

Secondly with the setup, the larger the team you have the more you can focus on ranged attack bonus. But if you are in a team of 2, or even soloing, defence is the key thing to focus on. An archer helm should be replaced by a helm of neitiznot, or even a strong barrows helmet. Ranger boots swapped with dragon boots for the melee and ranged defence, ALWAYS wear a glory or fury, as the +10 to ranged attack, and well balanced defence bonuses make a considerable difference. Other things I'd recommend, are swapping the accumulator with an obsidian cape, and dragonhide legs with karils.

 

 

 

Third, I have nothing against ruby bolts, I prefer diamond myself, but you forgot to mention the recoil effect of the bolts, that every time you hit 20% of the King Black Dragon's damage, you receive 10% damage to yourself in return. The special attack of ruby bolts may really help when competing with other teams, but it rarely hits. You would be lucky if more than 1 of you in a team of 4 hit the special on each dragon. Also, if you don't hit the special in the first half of the kill, you could hit just as high with a diamond bolt special. Also, diamond bolt specials appear to hit far more often, and the chance of ignoring such a high ranged defence numerous times can add up damage very quickly.

 

 

 

Fourthly, the thing I find as the major flaw in your ranging part of the guide. From considerable experience, if you are using an antifire potion, the King Black Dragon DOES NOT hit over 15 with it's ranged or magic attacks. I have witnessed and experienced being hit 18 with the dragon's melee attack. (I was on 18hp at the time :wall: and didn't realise I was within range of it.) If the team is evenly spread out, most of the time they will be attacked equally, thus taking a fairly even amount of damage.

 

 

 

I also think that if you have below 90 ranged, even if you are potted to 90+, hawk eye is a MUST. The difference in damage and accuracy really is noticeable over a period of time. If you are soloing or in a small team, staying out of melee range and protecting range limits its damage greatly, meaning with 70+ defence, you're using <3 sharks per solo kill and possibly none per team kill.

 

 

 

All I can think of right now, that was an epic post #-o , but I hope you take into consideration what I have said, I'd be happy to show you my method or setup should you ask, but that's it for now.

 

 

 

9/10 for the rest of the guide, some parts lack tactics and reasons for specific equipment. This section 6/10 lol, I really thought it could be improved upon.

 

 

 

Overall, 8/10, very nice guide.

Oops, accidentally posted again, see above post.

I should remind everyone that this guide is intended for a VERY wide variety of combat levels (50-138) and is for 4 or more people, if you wish to go with less, or with a better geared team then you may personalise it but these are recommendations. And since people do the KBD in teams for fun now-a-days then it's not essential that you get the most damage done but is more about survivability as the tiny amount of attack bonuses wouldn't make as much of a difference as the defence bonuses.

eh 6/10 but anyways u said revs freeze with range attacks this is so wrong the freeze with mage and atk with range

glory>str ammy as kbd has a rather high deff and glory has better acuracy

Q: How come the King Black Dragon isn't the toughest dragon, if he is the king?

 

A: He is the King of Black Dragons. If you have a point against that, something exploded somewhere near the Barbarian Outpost so now there is a whirlpool and some Mithril Dragons were a part of this explosion and they are very strong indeed because they got created from a massive explosion. I like the word explosion...

Actually the KBD is considerably stronger than mithril dragons, despite being lower-leveled.

And you can't really call this a complete guide, as it doesn't give any information about how to solo it.

Q: How come the King Black Dragon isn't the toughest dragon, if he is the king?

 

A: He is the King of Black Dragons. If you have a point against that, something exploded somewhere near the Barbarian Outpost so now there is a whirlpool and some Mithril Dragons were a part of this explosion and they are very strong indeed because they got created from a massive explosion. I like the word explosion...

 

 

 

Actually the KBD is considerably stronger than mithril dragons, despite being lower-leveled.

 

 

 

And you can't really call this a complete guide, as it doesn't give any information about how to solo it.

Its a complete guide on killing the KBD with a team.

Good guide. 9/10.

I like how I got shoved into QA.

Even though I was the original writer of this guide and was only shut out from writing it because you had mod powers and could edit my posts, while I couldn't yours.

Super job 0/10.

Nice guide :thumbsup: !!!

10/10 from me =D> !

Very nice guide, I manage to get two kills soloing.... Thats it.

Meamzed