Greatest Combinations of Melee Equipments in RuneScape Member

For those who want to be a great warrior in Runescape, a good armor and weapon is very important to survive against powerful monsters in Runescape. Not only it will protect you from being killed, it will also resembles the warrior strength you have to other players.

There are few options to get the best bonuses for your equipments. Some are cheap options and others are very expensive options that can only be bought by a rich player.

Here are they :

Best but Very Expensive Option :

No Divine Spirit Shield (Image via Runescape Wikia)

Armor : Statius’s Platebody (1,900,000 Coins), Statius Plateleg (1,500,000 Coins)

Helmet : Statius Full Helm (738,000 Coins)

Shield : Divine Spirit Shield (465,000,000 Coins)

Weapon : Vesta’s Longsword (10,800,000 Coins).

Amulet : Amulet of Fury (4,300,000 Coins)

Ring : Berserker Ring(i) (Imbued in Mobilising Armies, the regular Berserker Ring cost : 4,700,000 Coins)

Gloves : Barrow Gloves (Acquired from Culinomancer’s Chest for 100,000 Coins)

Boots : Bandos Boots (1,300,000 Coins)

Total Costs : 489,538,000 Coins (WHAT??)

Level Requirements : 78 Defence and Attack.

Notes : Both Statius and Vesta set will disappear after one hour in combat. After then, you will need to buy a new one which will cost exactly the same as the previous one. This should only be done when you don’t mind losing money after one hour of combat. This option is best used when in PvP world to kill other players and get a reward that might worth the armor that you’re going to lose.

The shield is also extremely expensive and it’s the second most expensive item in Runescape. It’s very rare to spot a player that use this equipment combination. However, by wearing this shield, up to 30% of all incoming damage will be removed (depends on your available prayer points).

Second Best and Expensive Option :

The helmet is not Torag (Image via Runescape Wikia)

Armor : Bandos Chestplate (21,000,000 Coins), Bandos Tassets (18,200,000 Coins).

Helmet : Torag’s Helmet (882,000 Coins)

Shield : Dragonfire Shield (26,000,000 Coins)

Weapon : Any Godsword (Armadyl : 101,000,000 Coins , Saradomin : 70,900,000 Coins, Zamorak : 33,100,000 Coins, Bandos : 24,700,000 Coins), Abyssal Whip (3,300,000 Coins) if planning to wear Shield.

Amulet : Amulet of Fury (4,300,000 Coins)

Ring : Berserker Ring (i) (Imbued in Mobilising Armies, the regular Berserker Ring cost : 4,700,000 Coins)

Gloves : Barrow Gloves (Acquired from Culinomancer’s Chest for 100,000 Coins)

Boots : Bandos Boots (1,300,000 Coins)

Total Costs with Godsword : Armadyl : 151,482,000 Coins, Saradomin : 121,382,000 Coins, Zamorak : 83,582,000 Coins, Bandos : 75,182,000 Coins

Total Costs with Dragonfire Shield and Abyssal Whip : 79,782,000 Coins

Level Requirements : 65 Defence, 75 Attack (70 if wielding Abyssal Whip).

Notes : In this case, the Shield price is also still ridiculously expensive and should only be bought if you’re really rich. Dragonfire Shield can only become great if it’s charged. You can charge it by fighting a Dragon. The more breath it give to you, the more charge you’ll get. You’ll need 50 charge to make the Dragonfire Shield become great.

Charging a Dragonfireshield (Image via Runescape Wikia)

Armadyl Godsword become very expensive because of the difficulty to get it. The monster who drop the hilt, Kree’arra is considered to be the most difficult one to kill compared to other God War Bosses since all of his guards are flying and high levelled.

Third Best and Moderate Price Option :

The shield is not Crystal Shield

Armor : Torag’s Platebody (556,000 Coins), Torag’s Plateleg (930,000 Coins)

Helmet : Torag’s Helmet (882,000 Coins)

Shield : Crystal Shield (750,000 Coins)

Weapon : Saradomin Sword (9,300,000 Coins), Dharok Greataxe (405,000 Coins), Abyssal Whip (3,300,000 Coins) if planning to wear a Shield.

Amulet : Amulet of Fury (4,300,000 Coins)

Ring : Warrior Ring (i) (Imbued in Mobilising Armies, the Regular cost : 490,000 Coins)

Gloves : Barrow Gloves (Acquired from Culinomancer’s Chest for 100,000 Coins)

Boots : Bandos Boots (1,300,000 Coins)

Total Price if wielding 2-handed weapon : With Saradomin Sword : 17,858,000, With Dharok Greataxe : 8,963,000 Coins

Total Price if wielding Abyssal Whip and Crystal Shield: 12,608,000 Coins

Level Requirements : 70 Attack and Defence. 50 Agility if wielding Crystal Shield

Notes : This is a good option for those who have good amount of money. When wearing Dharok, your strength will increase as your hitpoints decreased while wearing Guthan will give you 50% chance to transfer 50% of the damage you done to your enemy to your hitpoints. Guthan commonly used when fighting a weaker enemy and with it, you won’t need any food at all.

Note that if you don’t wear the complete set of Torag, you’ll lose the special bonus of them. The only negative thing about this combination of equipment is that the barrow armor and weapon will be degraded after 15 hours of combat. After then, player will need to pay at least 160,000 coins to repair the set and use it again. When degraded, the special bonus will be gone and the bonus stats will be decreased.

Crystal Shield will also degrade after taking 250 hitpoints of damage. There’s 10 steps of degradation so in total the shield can protect you from 2,500 damages. When degraded, the bonus will also decreased.

Fourth Best and Fairly Cheap Price Option :

The bonus when wearing the “Fairly Cheap” Equipments

Armor : Torag’s Platebody (556,000 Coins), Torag’s Plateleg (930,000 Coins)

Helmet : Helm of Neitiznot (55,000 Coins)

Shield : Dragon Square Shield (300,000 Coins)

Weapon : Two handed : Dragon 2h Sword (1,300,000 Coins). One handed : Abyssal Whip (3,300,000 Coins) or Dragon Scimitar (101,000 Coins).

Amulet : Amulet of Glory(48,000 Coins)

Ring : Warrior Ring (i) (Imbued in Mobilising Armies, the Regular cost : 490,000 Coins)

Gloves : Barrow Gloves (Acquired from Culinomancer’s Chest for 100,000 Coins)

Boots : Dragon Boots (470,000 Coins)

Total Price if wielding Dragon 2h Sword : 3,949,000 Coins

Total Price if wielding single-handed weapon and Dragon Square Shield : With Abyssal Whip : 6,249,000 Coins, With Dragon Scimitar : 3,050,000 Coins

Level Requirements : 70 Attack (60 if wearing Dragon 2h Sword or Scimitar), 70 Defence.

Notes : This is the most common combination for high-leveled players who are not that rich. However, wearing the combination of these equipments can prove pretty deadly for most of the monsters in Runescape. Dragon Square Shield will require you to finish Legend’s Quest before you can wield it.

Final Words

Note that these equipments are sorted by the bonus defence and attack they have, not by the special bonus they have. For example, Guthan Armors can be better option for training instead of Bandos or Torag when you’re focusing on training strength on a lower level monsters.

I didn’t put any Dragon armor or Third Age set in the list because their price are not worth the stats bonus they give. Even they’re far more expensive than full set of Barrow armor, their bonus are lower. So basically, you should only wear these armors to showoff your wealth.

Best Capes in the game is Fire Cape which can be gained by kill Tz-Tok-Jad in Fight Caves minigames. Second is Obsidian Cape (165,000 Coins) and the third is Legend’s Cape (600 coins but can only be gained after Legend’s Quest). All Trimmed skillcapes can be considered to be great capes as they give a nice prayer boosts.

Rune Defender is also good option for those who want both Defensive and Offensive bonus. It’s untradeable and can only be gained after killing Cyclops in Warrior’s Guild.

Prices are acquired when this article is published. The real price will be slightly or much more different after some time. When this article is published, all prices of expensive items are at their highest peak so there’s a big chance that you’ll find it much cheaper when you check the real price in Grand Exchange.

P.S : I know the images are a bit misleading. I might update it soon when I have enough money to buy them and take the picture by myself.

That’s all the guide! I hope it will be helpful for you! Thank you for reading! For more of my articles, Visit Auroraknight.co.cc