Combat Guide: Difference between revisions

==Introduction==

* Knight's Defender (Thieving from Knight, melee only)

* Guardian Amulet and Spiked Shell Ring (These negatively impact your attack speed)

* Slows

* Wasteful Ring (Drops from Wicked Greater Dragon)

Slayer Area Effectiveness Reduction reduces the affect of the slayer area effects on your character when fighting in one of these areas. These can range from annoying (Forest of Goo, Arid Plains) to downright progress blocking (Dark Waters, Unhallowed Wasteland). This is another stat where Combat Sim testing is highly effective. This stat can be found on:

* All slayer armor from the shop (higher tier provides more)

These are included on all pieces of armor, and are highly linked to the combat triangle. The higher the number, the better.

Melee gear focuses on 4 stats:

* Stab/Slash/Block bonus: Determines the accuracy (chance to hit) of that particular attack style. Every weapon favors one of the styles, and using the correct one will boost your effective DPS.

Magic armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:

* Skull Cape (Slayer Shop)

Ranged armor and weapons focus on 2 stats:

* Throwing Power Gloves (Negatively impacts ranged preservation using throwing weapons)

Beyond stats, many pieces of equipment have Special Attacks or passive effects.

* Pillar of Generosity (Agility capstone)

All of the combat skills tie into each other, and it is impossible to be a Melee pure or vice versa if you wish to do all of the content in the game.

Slayer should be leveled alongside your core combat skills. Some of the best items in the game drop exclusively in slayer areas, and it will provide plenty of opportunities to level up your combat skills.

An early goal for most players is the Amulet of Looting, found in the Spider Forest, which will make combat a fully automated activity. Beyond that, it's mainly a matter of learning how combat works and leveling up your skills. Some general goals for all classes are the following drops:

PSA: The following item recommendations are up to T70, as that is where you will likely begin clearing Volcano. These are not all strictly necessary, but they do all help a significant amount.

* Amulet of Torture (Rare drop from Fierce Devil, Deep Sea Ship)

* Ancient Claw (Very long grind, drops from Pegasus)

* Ranger Hat/Boots (Drops from Spider Forest dungeon)

* Desert Shortbow (Drops from Turkul General)

* Miolite Sceptre (Drops from Miolite Caves dungeon)

* Magic Wand (Powerful) (Drops from Dark Wizard)

* Shaman Ring (Drops from Shaman)

* Nature's Call Staff (Drops from Elerine Mage and Druid, combine both halves)

Volcanic Cave is usually done with melee gear, as it is very easy to fill out the required DR via smithing. A full gold trimmed set of Dragon armor provides 30% DR, as shown in the below table. Level 99 smithing is required to trim a full set.

For gloves: