Leagues 5 - Best Builds for Every Combat Mastery

[@beyankin8064]

AFK build being A/F/K is genius

[@GenocideLv]

my only regret is I cant snapshot this version of the game, save it as offline so its not time limited. And play every single one of these builds and more

[@DragonstoneWolfe]

This, I wish I could too. 😢

[@ginsta6]

You might be able to with project zanaris down the line 👀

[@g.waits4gainz205]

soonTM

[@DustyTurt1e]

They should let the leagues run till the next one and let you reset your account whenever you want. You couldn’t get highscores or make more points to buy items to keep integrity.

[@donsolos]

I told my friend last year playing leagues this is the real version of runescape. Not the super drawn out version we get to milk us for money

[@dinomulahmetovic6439]

Im going FAM, because there's nothing more important than FAMILY.

[@kenshin1368]

Thanks Dom

[@HotTakes18]

this is the route i was thinking as well

[@lensluiz8357]

The 3 combat styles; Melee, Ranged, and Shadow

[@baldwinsaysgg5529]

its like they forgot to give mage an echo item or something

[@Pix_Soul]

The GOAT of Leagues content

[@Ilikemuaythai240]

Hard agree

[@plantseeker5829]

Best😊

[@pallettown3358]

I’ve seen so many people say they don’t want to take a certain region because they don’t think they can handle the content lol. Everyone underestimates 😊just how POWERFUL you are on leagues. Even if you’ve never done a piece of content before, I promise you can do it in leagues no issue at all. The buffs are there for a reason. To help you have more fun and do content easier.

[@thedrurose]

So true never did slayer bosses but last year I focused slayer in leagues and I cheesed all the fights and didn’t know any of the mech…you can melee the fight cave and it’s super easy.

[@Nadestorms]

100p, inferno cape cherry pop last year. This year I’m gonna do col

[@wallyfarflinger]

First the video scritic gets recorded right before combat masteries are revealed, now the build video just hours before the combat relics are revealed. Really fun video though, and I don't think the combat relics change builds too much.

[@ColdTouched9]

I think i speak for most of ur viewers when i say you doing a damn good job man. I cannot imagine how much time u spent into these videos. I really hope ur channel gets bigger and you achieve ur goals as a content creator. Appreciate ur work and greetings from germany :)

[@ImDissonance]

Extremely well done video as always. Thank you Doubleshine

[@SimplyStin]

I binged your KZbin content and streams last leagues. Glad to see you're keeping up the great quality and coverage. Hope you enjoy the league!

[@Neptunaea]

Great build guide, DS! It's been a pleasure to be able to participate in bouncing ideas off of you and the rest of the discord. Here's hoping the next few relics don't change everything again!

[@codyhigginbotham3088]

I found your video because I'm so excited to play this years leagues. A couple of builds you have here are right up my alley and I'm even more excited to play. Thank you!

[@le4kyf4ucet54]

For VTF what's the best way to upkeep darts? You can make darts with Desert and Tourist Trap, or go Asgarnia for Amethyst darts which don't need the quest, but would you be reliant on just drops for this combination?

[@spotterscope]

Not the build I'm going for but it was one that I considered heavily, the thing to remember is that the quest is only needed to smith dart tips not add feathers to them. As such T gets you crystal imps which have fairly common drops of rune and dragon dart tips as well as rune darts, D imps also drop dragon tips. F also gets you Vorkath who similarly drops a few dart tips. Combine that with the CM1 passive being a 95% chance not to use them and I was pretty confident that while getting the fist batch could be irritating upkeeping them wouldn't be too awful unless you absolutely hated taking a hunter break every now and again.

[@tommytimmermann6677]

Awesome video. I am the AFK dad (just 1 newborn kid tho) and I really wanted to play leagues for the first time but didn’t know what would be best for me and my current playtime situation. Thanks so much for putting these builds and region suggestions all together

[@chiri4782]

fullmetal archer is such a creative build. great video lol

[@mattaudette9550]

VMF is better in every way, plus you get to kill echo sol. Void and zcb arent worth picking Asgarnia based on what we've seen so far. You dont need a spec weapon when your tbow shits on literally everything with 100% accuracy

[@Magmagan]

I'm switching M for Z off preference, plus Justi isn't not that mandatory when A has Torva already

[@TizohTV]

Yeah I'm planning ZAF, Cox more fun but nex is awful so we'll see.

[@Ryan_Richter]

For the ranged tank build, I would recommend going with zeah/asgarnia/fremennik. If your tank armour is justiciar, it doesn't benefit from ava's devices and you will be going through any dragon ammo 5x faster; and without amethyst from asgarnia, you're going to be down to rune ammo for most of your combat. Void/bandos/torva does not interfer with ava's, while also being great melee alternatives for when you're going for str/att/def xp milestones. The quiver from varlamore does allow you to bypass the ammo problem though, since it works with all armour types.

[@TizohTV]

@Ryan_Richter actually a good point, I thought about dropping A for M, mainly as done asgarnia last league for content change, didnt this into consideration

[@gghoodie3802]

I really appreciate all of the work you do to create these excellent videos. Thank you for all the information and helping me finalize the path I want to take for this Leagues. Your content is top tier.

[@NegativeNezzy]

I love that the casual guy is just casually killing Echo DKs and Inferno. loll.

[@llVIU]

took me 50 attempts with tbow on main game. took me 2 attempts with MELEE and that was only because I was using a rune crossbow so I couldn't outdps the mager/ranger destroying the shield. The LEAGUE power thrall took me to vctory. I recorded the fight

[@doubleshine]

Moreso to show they still have some pretty cool chase gear and pvm goals to go for, I guess I could have just had my dude barbarian fishing instead with anglers' outfit

[@Graahk-r8u]

just say you are bad man 😂😂. totally possible with league power levels. ahaahah

[@g.waits4gainz205]

mhmmm!!! its so cool! t6 range opens up a world to people that dont normally care about uber pvm skills and want some super enjoyable casual stuff HAH~ cant wait ot see how it all plays out, but knowign that it could solve echo dks for me if theyre bad is tempting~ id be down with 4tic godswords being my bis in ADF while having drygore blowpipe come online with full accuracy as a 1tic i can camp in full bandos/torva~ like its no raw dragondarts meta or raw toxic bp but even if i lose some of the value by the time i get ther,e its still an amzing safty net and gives me tons of fun learning toa and THRASHING aka during his prayers lol even if 1tic weapons are extreemly unqwieldy having so much passive healing and 2tic crossbow3s and tbow is so tempting while in full bis tank gear YUP!

[@theroguenetwork1083]

DKs themselves aren’t actually hard, it’s just getting to them that’s absolute ass lol Teleportation relics, bankers noted supplies, and the combat relics will make them a much more comfortable boss to fight

[@MorRochben]

I'm going VFZ hoping to learn cox and col a bit. Also want to mess with the venator bow, if you can get 3 bounces it'll heal 5 hp every 4 ticks with an extra hit left over, so in total with all the healing bonuses it pans out to 72 over 20 ticks ending up with a massive 3.6 hp per tick, If you find a group of mobs that can even survive that long of course. Maybe in colosseum. Either way Tbow destroys sol so i just need to not get hit by every attack, at least on normal sol.

[@Jacksin24]

Do we know that Venator bounces can proc that?

[@reggie7653]

Been waiting for a video exactly like this. You rock man

[@ZalcyPoo]

I'm going with the F/M/A build and noticed that Wrath Runes and Dragon Scales are marked as unobtainable or having no sources. However, Vorkath is listed as an available boss. Should these items be marked differently?

[@joshualajoie9547]

Vorkath is available, which covers dragon scales and rune dragons are also available with fremenik, and rune dragons also drop wrath runes. They're just harder to obtain in mass.

[@StaticPA]

Can you not just pick up dragon scales in taverly dungeon?

[@Jordan-dg8tp]

A lot of times in the spreadsheet, DS said that they didn't certain things as solved from mob drops because it isn't as intuitive that you have to farm RNG to get ammo/secondaries. It's like saying cooking is solved in Frem because vork also drops grapes.

[@Vuykz]

Pretty sure blue dragons in Taverly have a chance to drop scaled hide, which you just use a knife on to get scales

[@Ricardo_Rick]

Those seems interesting, for me i will go ranged again this leagues, the never miss thing is just too good for me to pass, especially with the prayer bypass, but i'm not so sure on regions, i want to try the gauntlet so that is a must, Fremmy seems like a must too, then i don't know if i should go to the wilderness since it have the Khopesh which really liked in concept i liked and too many training methods and good dart sources, or if i should go Morytania for barrows and of course the TBow, but i never done a raid before so i'm not sure if ToB would be fine for me to do... Any opinions and comments for me? i would really appreciate your insights (i don't want to go asgarnia/desert again since i did that last leagues tho)

[@Neochet]

If you're not experienced with raids and want to learn then you can always take desert, ToA will be much easier to learn for a solo player

[@Ricardo_Rick]

@@Neochet like i said in the comment i don't want desert again, and i wouldn't even try tob solo

[@Neochet]

@@Ricardo_Rick Oh my bad, mory would be great imo, you should be able to find groups for ToB, I'd imagine there will be a lot of learner groups, and people willing to help. You can get justi and a tbow for the range tank build which is only a few dps behind masori/void range on zuk, and as you say you can get barrows for the early game. If you want a solo raid then you could always take Kourend and try your hand at CoX. Alternatively, you could take Varlamore and try your hand at the colosseum, granted you won't have a raid region for tbow, but you can still do good dps with a blowpipe and t6 range relic. Plus you get moons gear as a higher damage alternative to barrows

[@Ricardo_Rick]

@@Neochet thanks, the reason i won't go varla is because of the eccho boss, there is no way i can win vs it even in leagues, but thanks, i might choose mory now that the final tier relics were revealed

[@marshallc6215]

Varlamore is the biggest risk region, because Sol is the only grandmaster echo boss. I was originally planning VMT but now I'm leaning MTF to lose out on blood moon early, rumours, and colosseum to gain muspah and venator, a butt ton of range str for your bp machine gun, and the mega jewelry 6-3-1 instead of 6-0-4 Also if you go AFK, make sure you go KFA because asgarnia is a rough region to take first.

[@QuadPlaythrough]

Someone else running the transgender build! Let's gooooo Also leaning towards 6-3-1 with normal bp, I feel like with Banker's Note the healing tier of combat masteries isn't even that important

[@marshallc6215]

@QuadPlaythrough i love that name and am 100% stealing it

[@rejectdude]

VTF blowpipe ranger - how do you plan on sustaining the dart requirements without either desert for smithing or asgarnia for fletching amethyst?

[@doubleshine]

I think vardorvis drops some dart tips, otherwise might have to use like rune darts at times

[@JudasNevermore]

For V/M/T melee, what magic weapon would you use to take advantage of the 80% attack rate? Your spreadsheet says "Warning,Still nothing available, You really should rethink your regions or Masteries, Most of the DPS increase of these masteries comes from synergy from Tier 3 and Tier 5 Masteries" with the second-best option checked under V/M/T 6/4. Wouldn't ranged (blowpipe) by better? That's not to say magic won't still be viable, I'm just curious what your thoughts are.

[@P_zrs]

Reminder for anyone going FMA that the Justiciar chest will interfere with your Assembler's ability to save ammo. You do already have 95% from the passive, but you won't be getting the 99% that you might otherwise be expecting. You'd lose the Justiciar set effect, but you can still use other tanky options in that slot, like Torva or Bandos, if you feel like you are running out of ammo too quickly.

[@elijahkarpf826]

Depending on the content, you can also just pick up your arrows.

[@Magmagan]

​@@elijahkarpf826heresy!

[@MauriceV3]

What do you mean, losing the effect? You can wear ava and justiciar

[@CptShiba]

@@MauriceV3 yea, but the ammo saving effect doesnt work if you're wearing a justiciar chestguard.

[@ByrdXye]

​@@CptShibaI don't think thats true

[@James-vc1kc]

VMT build is something I decided on myself since I want to learn tob and colosseum, but I'm surprised at you putting 4 pts into magic mastery over range. I was under the impression that magic isn't as useful in those regions, because you'd only be really using it to barrage nylos faster, whereas 4 pts in range should give you a 1 tick blowpipe for nylos, as well as a 4 tick tbow/3 tick bowfa for zuk. Is there any other reason to use magic, aside from barrows very early game?

[@keithrowley7381]

Any chance of putting together a skilling path. Will do combat but looking to max most skills. (unless you answer it whilst im watching the vid)

[@Orlwick79]

I see you made a blowpipe build without desert, are there other good sources of dart ?

[@skycastrum5803]

Never thought I’d say this, but I’m very interested in the Department of Motor Vehicles. Looking forward to trying out a bunch of content my character is too noob for. Also seems like a very chill range play through until I get there.

[@davidotto3132]

That’s what I’m doing! I just want blood moon turbo boppers. My friends want to do TOA and I think mort is the best melee region

[@MrBjornoes]

some of the best leagues prep content out there! thx for all you hard work!

[@masterownsu7573]

Just a question: Why varlamore with glass cannon? Wouldn't mind a legit answer, please, and thank you.

[@doubleshine]

Sunlit bracers are ranged gloves bis but more importantly double your healing which gives you some survivability, plus quiver. Otherwise it's largely to fight echo sol who's cool af

[@masterownsu7573]

@doubleshine Thank you.

[@Chaseroonie1]

So I'm semi-casual and am looking into the tank FMA build for ranged; what does unlocking Morytania do for me? What unlocks are important there?

[@turglow01]

Sorry for the question, the VTF build, how do you get darts without the desert unlocked?

[@laifu3578]

You can get them from Implings and Vardorvis, with some rune darts from Huey. Jagex mentioned in the Leagues discord that implings spawn rates and rarer implings spawn rates are both increasef so this might be sustainable with the 95% save passive and the ava's device. Not sure if its sustainable though, might be a slight oversight.

[@trashatfightinggames]

this might be some head cannon shenanigans, but when you unlock Fremennik it auto-completes Secrets of the North. Starting DT1 is a pre-req for Secrets of the North. It should auto-complete Tourist Trap by proxy since Tourist Trap is needed to start DT1. I asked some of the J Mods on twitter to confirm or deny if that would be the case. So, I'll wait until I have a response and can update you on it.

[@PoppaPatty]

Whats your thought's on W/M/A for the full metal archer? Instead of getting the jewelry you get the wildy shield for max defense. Then use a crossbow and the wildy sword for dmg.

[@TheKaleidobros]

I'm going DMV, 6 melee 4 ranged. Drygore Blowpipe, Dharoks, Noxius Halberd, Rancour amulet, Ultor Ring, Machine gun Karils, All the double hit melee weapons, Quiver, etc. There's a lot of power in these regions with the two (imo) better raid regions, ontop of crazy challenges like the Colo and Echo Sol. Melee also does well against most of the challenges in these regions as well. And with today's reveal of Last Stand, I have more confidence in being able to take down Echo Sol for that last combat mastery point. Going to be so much fun :D

[@thomaslyons1161]

For ZMT, what about doing 6/3/1 or 6/4/0 as apposed to 6/0/4. Just thinking about using the blowpipe, or would i not benefit much from the range masteries?

[@SirMattHatter]

Lol love the AFK shoutout, been locked into those regions for a while now, I'm just a filthy casual looking for chill. Though if I do feel up for trying for late game gear there is torva and the soul reaper axe available

[@quaweds]

My recommendation as a casual would be wildy as a option also, all the bosses be easier and all the skilling be chill af

[@confusedTurtle_]

11:50 Yes, it's good to see somebody bringing up the exact strategy I want to go with! Originally, I thought I'd go Z/F/A in that order to try for the jewelry first, but I think Void would be more important after you get the salamander. Also, would it make more sense to go 5 Magic first since Hespori's 100% weak to Fire to try rushing the salamander? It would also mean you'd have the executing abilities for slayer earlier, making the grind for Cerberus quicker. Maybe the back-end numbers mean magic still sucks in comparison though, I'm not sure.

[@moegaarr]

@doubleshine I'm looking at the 'executioner' build. I might not be understanding something, but what is that build gaining from Freminik? I'm not competitive and wanted to do M/V/D just to enjoy the areas. But wondered what I would lose by skipping Frem. Thanks for all the great content man. You were my go-to last leagues

[@blackfrost4743]

Hey man! I've been conflicted on my final choice. Think you can help me out? Going Mory to practice tob, and Wildy for the shield wep and fun. Any recommended 3rd choice?

[@Aphixy]

How would you go about getting prayer potions with VMT for reaper build? And could I go 4 range instead of 4 mage?

[@Jordan-dg8tp]

Honestly, I plan on a slight variation on the FMA and Glass cannon builds. If I do DAF/DFA, I get access to torva for tankiness vs. justicar (whose mitigation is about the same as the damage reduction passive), and amethyst for ammo upkeep. I think losing a bit of tankiness for the ability to not have to farm vorkath for dragon bolts/darts is very nice.

[@ByrdXye]

Farming vorkath good tho, prayer exp and alchs

[@Robert-mx1io]

Am I missing something, why do you use crystal armor for the glass cannon build?

[@kalendertjee55]

I want to go for a blowpipe build with D-F-Z. Would this be something nice to try out?

[@57spitfire57]

is the specialist relic recharging your special on npc kill, only when killed by a special attack? it really seems worded that way.

[@LoiusJoe]

Do you think tob will be soloable with the combat relics for the ranger build? I'm not in the mood to be doing group raids this leagues

[@BaldurGames]

Can you explain to me why you don't enjoy doing group content? That's the only real fun part of the game for me personally lmao

[@slimfastsubaru2043]

​@@BaldurGames i too hate group content. Its not fun/a little stressful having to put a group together for a raid. I don't want to talk to strangers lol. It's good in like wow/ff where you can get into parties without saying a word besides hi after joining.

[@LoiusJoe]

@@BaldurGames nothing really, it's just that if I can do x amount of ToA at any time, instead of looking for a group of friends to tob or end up playing with randos at specific times, I'd prefer the former. Ofc group content will be more fun, but with ToA at least I would have the option to solo. I know that with the leagues droprate it wouldn't need a ton of raids but still.

[@jaaguar13]

@@BaldurGames Some people have no friends in Runescape or these friends do not bother to do Leagues. And then getting a normal group with strangers is stressful. Not all groups are noobfriendly or something.

[@zacknesh9368]

Yes tob will be super soloable especially for the lifesteal heavy builds

[@phlyinghigh8137]

I’m a solo player who has never done any raids or really any bossing. What build would you recommend if most of my time will be playing solo? Not necessarily just wanting AFK, I’m hoping to try out a raid on “easy mode”

[@g.waits4gainz205]

PSA that even for anyone planning to go melee, t3 range first for a hybrid build offers EXTREEMLY INTERESTING VALUE! for most region plans since rune thrown knives OR dragon/amethyst/rune darts come online very very very very earlye for 1tic/2tic combos and 4 tic rcb so you can get massssssssive value out of it and itll HARD CARRY through fire cape vs t5 2tic melee fire cape would which means EASYER 6 masteries for t3 range t3 melee! then you get 4tic buffed melee weps and 1-3tic buffed range weapons to go an THROTTLE most of your bosses for echos to unlock the last 2 paasives for t5 melee to come online about the time your ready for endgame grinds like fang, sra, raids, halber, slayer bosses etc! opening up the early game with range hybrid IF OFC YOU ACVUTALLY WANT IT LATER, is the most tempting beyond believe even ignoring blowpipe access or any final combat relic because i EXPECT to have 8 mastery points by the time we reach bankers note tier~ and by thne ull know which you want, and if you go BN then getting the rest of your echo bosses is just practice so 8 masters is gaurneteed making t5 melee t3 range extreemly extreemly fun for almost any pathing IM SO HYPED FOR THE HOLIDAY VACATION LEAGUE LAUNCH I PRAY LAUNCH GOES WELL! CHEEEEERS

[@revraptor8]

u know what, u sold me on that idea

[@Redemptionx666]

I wanted to go 3 range first for melee but concerned about needing to beat zuk or echo sol for my 9th mastery and both for the 10th means that I won't have the healing on range or delay the melee power spike hard. Edit: going Morty and I think dharocks is going to be s+tier till scythe from my DPS calcs pretty much everywhere.

[@elijahkarpf826]

I was surprised Double's Reaper build opted for 4 magic - My plan has been VTM for a while now, and part of the reason I locked that in when masteries came out was the possibility of a 1 tick blowpipe and 3 tick bowfa. The latter in particular should be really useful for the Inferno pre-second mega-rare drop. Having grotesque guardians as an example for going mage was also kind of weird, since that fight is one of the places you can reliably stand still while attacking - the blowpipe will absolutely shred Dawn. Having 4-tick ice barrage for nylos does sound nice, but I'm not sure it's worth it.

[@zacknesh9368]

Youre right! For people planning on going 6 melee, it will be optimal to go 3 range or even 3 mage first to reach the point where you can start melee masteries at an efficient point in the game. Also youll have massively boosted combat xp with the 2x multiplier so you can leave melee training til then

[@AurumKHK]

The worst region combo will be whatever I end up picking! Honestly I've been thinking about going V/Z/M (no particular order). The last thing I was doing was Gauntlet farming on GIM so I'm not too keen to do that on league. The activities in V/Z feel pretty comfy to me. Zeah having the easiest echo boss, so I probably can get that one at least. Varlamore having the hardest so I have something to aspire to. Morytania helps fill out gear options with Echo Boss Gloves, Rancour, Aranea Boots, bloodfury if I really need it, Noxious Halberd might slap.

[@bulbasa9r753]

What masteries are you planning on? I want to use leagues to learn CoX so Z is a must for me but I just feel like the void+echo Hespori weapon is going to feel underwhelming most places

[@AurumKHK]

@@bulbasa9r753 I havent locked in yet. I am leaning towards melee because the T6 melee is basically old school windfury from WoW and I know my monkey brain will be entertained by the echo procs. Ranged is probably stronger. The Hespori weapon is definitely weaker if measuring it against other end game options but its stats are still decent. I'm someone that is learning some bossing and raids still. Hespori is likely the easiest echo boss or at the very least easy enough that I should be be able to beat it. There's also the chance that you can reach the point of beating Hespori before you have other options available and can use it to further yourself along. Keep in mind that I believe you need all three styles for CoX.

[@zelos8238]

whats the reason Kandarin would be a more optimal pick than desert? he says volatile staff but thats mory?

[@ExSpectre]

I’ve never done the inferno or ToB but plan a hybrid build of melee/range with A/M/F. Should I go 5/4 or 4/5 melee/range pre-inferno in case I can’t beat the inferno? My hope is to go into the inferno with a Tbow and Scythe, if that helps.

[@doubleshine]

Definitely go 5 In ranged, it will be a lot stronger than 5 in melee!

[@ExSpectre]

@@doubleshine If Im understanding the relic and rapid interactions correctly, the tbow will be a 3 tick on rapid pre-tier 5, is that correct?

[@Grriizzlly]

if im going asg/frem/des what are some notable cons for 6 range 4 melee? im trying to find loopholes and major/minor drawbacks but some of you are obviously more knowledgeable

[@ImCheddarbeard]

where you getting that tbow from for fma?

[@doubleshine]

Raids now drop a megarare voucher that can be turned in for any of the 3 megarares!

[@ImCheddarbeard]

@@doubleshine belter, cheers mate.

[@Dan-mj3bx]

I need some thoughts and opinions on my build... K/P/V Ranger with Bankers Note, my goals are to do my first Zuk and Colo (Maybe even echo colo) - Kourend since I like Solo gameplay and solo CoX is fun, echo Hespori might be fun with early game goals and faster farming ticks to get it sooner - Prif because I have Stockholm syndrome at CG with over 1300kc dry on my iron and 500kc dry last League, still have never gotten an enhanced. But, mostly because Zulrah drops go brrrr - Varlamore because Colo practice and 100% ranged accuracy with a fast TBow could be insane - Bankers Note because I'm shit at the game and most of my grinds are instanced - Bank Heist for teles Now... Downsides - Can't figure out my BIS tank gear for when I have 100% range accuracy, wish I had a 4th region to get barrows or Torva (again, I'm antisocial and hate team content) - Jewelry suffers, fury is free... 99 crafting is free with Golden God, even more free with CG for crafting/smithing - My BIS ring would be from Vard, so not too useful

[@Jacksin24]

you /can/ go tank gear with range, but with bankers note, you’ll have plenty of healing, so going range damage may be better anyway. You don’t have great gear for either, but it’ll still be fun if you have t6 and enjoy the content in your regions

[@Jacksin24]

you /can/ go tank gear with range, but with bankers note, you’ll have plenty of healing, so going range damage may be better anyway. You don’t have great gear for either, but it’ll still be fun if you have t6 and enjoy the content in your regions

[@Dan-mj3bx]

@@Jacksin24 True, and I'm planning on picking Last Stand now, so that'll be nuts.

[@jacklo20]

Rip dropped this right before the combat relic reveal 😅

[@dm9910]

other than the spec relic (which we all expected anyway) they don't really interact with your build very much. if you have asgarnia or desert you can consider picking the spec relic. otherwise pick your favourite of guardian or last stand and you'll be fine regardless of your region/mastery picks.

[@joshholmes1372]

​@dm9910 LS is insane wtf you on about. You can suicide zuk and insta gib him with t6 range

[@MrSymb0lism]

I’m going asgarnia and desert so spec relic is the only option for me 😂

[@purge2202]

Dharok Bombers deserve a spotlight, echoes with DOUBLED dharoks will be the craziest hitsplats we have EVER seen

[@purge2202]

with Fremmy/Morytania you can hit 152 max hit with Dharoks BEFORE accounting for echo hits, with lucky rolling playing a huge part in consistency, and you can access the Locator Orb for easy self-damage without death risk. Third region has some good options for stats to bump your max hit up, but for my case I'm partial to using wilderness just to have fun with the debuff immunities and AOE sword on the side. Either way, this Dharoking setup can hit over a whopping 40 dps WITHOUT EVEN BEING 1 HP depending on the enemy, including most TOB enemies in normal mode.

[@purge2202]

if ur plan is less to have a good always applicable setup that goes far and more to have a fun crazy setup that well exceeds what is usually ever possible, dharoking is for you

[@purge2202]

And as a sidenote, due to having Fremenik you can reliably farm up Vorkath for Dragon Darts and pair with a mere tier 3 (or 4, but i wouldnt recommend inexperienced players try zuk on a melee focused setup just for that) ranged masteries, creating 1 tick easy darts, in case you need a reliable ranged option, and you may additionally utilize the araxxor halberd if melee safespotting is required

[@Jacksin24]

Unfortunately you can’t toggle the lifesteal from the melee track, so you’ll have to juggle loosing health to max hit and healing back to full from one hit constantly :/

[@tryhardtr3nt]

Dh with gloves bonus will reflect damage you take back at enemy so youll do extra dps otw back down to 1hp as well​@danielramin6734

[@Valsedar]

this kind of stuff me makes excited for the osrs servers hosted by players. i could see league remakes every so often being super chill

[@CptShiba]

jagex is already taking down a bunch of leagues-related private servers in the leadup to this leagues

[@franzbraga]

@@CptShiba I don't think he was talking about private servers. I think he mentioned Project Zanaris.

[@nosleepforme2242]

I was considering Z/A/F too but for ranged. Thinking about Z/T/F instead but I have no clue. I’m pretty sure I want to go range and I want to do CoX. No idea what to do next tips are appreciated.

[@codygammon]

I am going D-M-A in that order with a 6/3/1 build. Get access to torva, rancor, prims, scythe and pre scythe can hopefully get a fang. For range gear you have full masori, zcb, drygore blowpipe. Just seems really really fun in terms of range secondary being very powerful, with TONS of PVM grinds and both ToB and ToA for content. Not forced into JUST one raid (which is both great for me to play and raid with friends in multiple regions)

[@MauriceV3]

In FMA, why choos asgarnia over Tirannw, with blowpipe and bowfa?

[@sohaydos]

@doubleshine do you think someone has to have desert or grimmy to freeze maiden crabs for mory or it wont be needed?

[@zacknesh9368]

Tentacle whips spec, zgs/dogsword, and sheer dps can also work

[@iantaylor3808]

Would full metal archer with a strong shield and throwing dragon darts also throw at 1 tick and destroy bosses similarly to glass cannon (but with defense?)

[@BURNSYCS]

what do yall think about V/Z/A build for melee with spec relic sunlit bracers + dogsword and nature's reprisal for zuk

[@sharpshot77]

Been planning to go VMT since before the combat masteries came out, my one comment on it would be consider ranged as secondary for 1t bp fun on top of all the melee healing goodness

[@Beastofmee]

Dies the glass cannon build need varlamor? What can I swap it with if it’s not needed?

[@NickOats]

For the exterminator would it be possible to move the 5 mage points to Range, or is the 6th tier for range to strong to skip?

[@Darkfire889]

For full metal archer what are thoughts on valamore instead of asgarnia?

[@Ayunnuya]

Thank you for the shoutout for the afk build as I’m going range with TFK. Got some grinds I can do on pc, but a good chunk is chill and mobile friendly. Also, can’t wait for all the early game xp boosts from K. Pair that up with dodgy deals and overgrown and bankers note, and I’m set for supplies in inferno with prayer pots and strawberries lol

[@Hal5336]

Does the canon get the range upgrades? Probably not right?

[@Vuykz]

V/T/F Blowpipe? How do you get Blowpipe without M or D?

[@doubleshine]

Tirannwn! The OG toxic blowpipe!

[@DevBunnyx0]

Would you say Mage without a raid region is not really viable?

[@franzbraga]

I must ask, this being my second league (and the first time I'm trying Ranged), why is everyone picking Morytania? Wouldn't Varlamore/Kourend (Zeah) be better? I'm sure I'm missing something here. I'm asking this because I'm starting up pretty late this time (already 2 weeks in) and I'm having little time to ponder about what choice would be best.

[@drakonra25]

ToB has highest drop chance for mega rare voucher, plus gloves of the damned from echo Grot Guardians are nice

[@Legogreens]

Is bandos not tanky enough to justify Asgarnia as both my range early and late game? I wanna tier 6 with void for DPS and Bandos for when tanking but everyone seems to think Mory is the premair tank region but I would rather do another region for my raid

[@Pretency]

I haven't really looked much beyond your vids but I'm intending to do WAT. I've never done Cerb, most wildy bosses, gauntlet or zulrah so think this could be a good opportunity. Also dogsword and the sword and shield look dope. Mixed with some interesting skilling opportunities in the wildy

[@donsolos]

That would be interesting. No chance wilderness will be as dead this year. There was only like 400 accounts that picked it as an option last year. I like it though

[@superpaulycat]

Don't Ava's devices not work with Justiciar?

[@VinticoreGaming]

Another great vid DS! My perticular build plan is not in this video, makes me feel special

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[@deathbywii2837]

what does valarmore even offer for the ranged build beside the quiver?

[@matthewfera2954]

I've been thinking of that VMT setup, but my only gripes are that I'm really wanting to try wildy for the sword and in general trying it, and also my clan mates are likely going desert raid wise.

[@cymantics8249]

Its my plan to go 3/6/1 in Kourend/Varlamore/Fremmenik. Between the Nature's Trumpet, TBow, Eclipse Atlotl, Tonalztics of Ralos, and Venator bow I feel like I've got some great options, and like you pointed out, I can always just smith myself some knives in the meanwhile.

[@superrclan0]

Im torn about taking fremmenik or kourend for the rest im sure i will take MA but i really enjoyed cox and just for ring and amulet i dont see it being that much of a difference when i can get rancour and brimstone

[@geese1717]

Would Venerator bow's AoE effect apply for healing? Sounds pretty dope

[@NatsumiMichi]

Hang on, if we're not picking D, how do we get darts for bp? Are we reliant on just drops/what's the best place to stock up?

[@Jacksin24]

Anything that drops dart tips is just fine, especially with 95% ammo saving. Get an accumulator and it’s like 99-100% ammo saved, so like 100 darts may last you most of the league

[@NatsumiMichi]

@@Jacksin24 Ahhh, makes sense, thanks.

[@brobrochannel2387]

Yes this is what I've been waiting for! 😊

[@Childishforlife]

New to leagues, which one is Zeah? I dont see it on the google sheet!

[@zacknesh9368]

It may be listed as kourend

[@IVeRoXiDeI]

What about going max range dps with D/A/F for the best ranged gear possible? with melee as secondary

[@g.waits4gainz205]

8:46 PSA I THINK, sunlit bracers are listed as ADDITIVE which means it is 120% healing boost NOT 20% x 100%, BUT WITH THE 1TIC HEALING PASSIVE ITS STILL 11+ HEALING EVERY 5TICS HAHAHA its genuinly going to make turret mode face tank ACTUALLY MORE POSSIBLE! and im tempted to go range tank for that very reason in MTF or soemthing silly as an alt but cheeeers

[@SHIN0-0-0-0]

M/T/F 4/6/0. With the t6 range, blowpipe basically becaomes BIS at everything that doesn't have range immunity or a high magic level. Want to see how the 5 tick healing works before I can choose between total recal and banker's note Only tempting thing is to go to desert for Masori for some extra range DPS, but it's only 2 DPS and you miss out of the tank range from ToB Also curious of t1 passive stacks with assembler to save 100% ammo. If so, just need 1 dragon dart drop and you're good

[@bwpbwp9613]

4/2/4 KVF is worst I can come up with. Interesting that F shows up, but I think the other options give you a good weapon choice through raids or a non-sol heredit echo boss.

[@Swift91]

With a setup like that I'd probably be looking to make mage work with the K echo item + virtus. You don't get the 50% attack rate, but that actually is somewhat compensated for by the tier 2 magic mastery that increases your max hit by 5% per tick in-between attacks (unless I misunderstand how that works). It's still not really anywhere near the meta setups but you're at least still doing more dps than maingame meta setups.. I think :'D

[@bwpbwp9613]

@Swift91 true! Devils element, virtus, and good jewelry options means you can still hit hard with mage! And the trident isnt so bad with 80% if you are facing something without a weakness.

[@midianet2]

That combat masteries choice really is the worst lol consider getting 5 in one style atleast the dps increanse is insane

[@bwpbwp9613]

@ yea and 3 ranged means darts and knives can be really strong

[@za6480]

what if I wanna be an afk gamer but im also a noob that wants to learn raids? Do i go A/F/D 6/4/0 (probably only getting 8 mastery points so realistically its 5/3/0)? is they content in these regions well balanced enough for skilling as well? I would rather go for range over magic because a 1 tick blowpipe sounds fun

[@bwpbwp9613]

@@za6480 honestly any regions that sound fun+desert if you are casual but want to learn raids!

[@jaaguar13]

I'm a noob who was learning raids during previous leagues. Pick Desert for sure. TOA is relatively easy. You can set your own complexity in it. Also, pick a banker's note relic. You can't just teleport in and out with last recall in raids. Having 1000 sharks, 1000 karambwan and 100 prayer pots will keep you alive even when you totally suck. Just spam combo-eat when needed. It saved me more times than not. Also, pick ancient magics for guaranteed heal. Any damage you are dealing will heal you. One streamer went with blood barrages and afked the whole Fight Caves and got fire cape. Blood barrage will carry you through any pvm. But having you to avoid magic will make it more difficult for you. Melee build has 5% chance to heal you. e.g. 1 hit out of 20 hits you make. Yes, the heal is 40% of the damage but what if you hit like 20? You'll get healed for 8 hp then. Range makes it more promising with 5hp being healed in 3 seconds (every 5th hit heals 5 hp) when using darts and/or blowpipe.

[@Flareblade26]

V/W/F, Melee and Inferno/Coloseum focused. Mostly Coloseum. Was thinking of swapping wilderness for Zeah to get the tribrid salamander and a raid, but man thunder khopesh just seems SO much fun. Could also swap Frem out for Zeah instead of wildy, not sure yet. How cooked is this setup?

[@Jacksin24]

Frem is just a bit of raw DPS, and less impactful for melee. You’ll still well over double DPS compared to main game without it (sometimes triple). So if you want different content for leagues than Frem, and you’re going melee, you’re not missing out on too much for subbing Frem for Zeah.

[@Gdefiled]

How do you think you'l do inferno on the VMT setup with 6/0/4? I was thinking of going 6/4/0 instead cause of ranged for zuk.

[@coryp6868]

Can mage, or if needed just bring best setup with 99 range. It'll die fast, dont forget range may be your offstyle but it gets DOUBLE accuracy by default

[@maybemancis4361]

why 4 points into mage over range in the first build of VMT?

[@ethanunkefer7682]

Idk that it changes the numbers that much, but people were saying the sunlit bracers were additive with the passive not multiplicative, so you’d get 220% healing not 240%

[@kahzaaam]

I've been planning ZAF since the echo bosses were announced. With the right relics is also makes maxing veeerry easy. My only thing I'm unsure of is 6/4/0 or 4/6/0. Grimoire will be an easy pick since with Zeah overgrown won't be required to max, and unlocks "all spells" making things like tan leather not diary locked (with bankers note, farming vorkath is 99 crafting), and of course piety/ancients. Basically, unsure if I focus range or melee. Can get BiS Melee with these regions, and BiS range if getting t6 passive. Edit: Plus with Natures' reprisal, can max 59s with melee 7 tiles away.

[@jakec9086]

I want to go ZWF Range but I'm really struggling to see how i will have any tank gear. Thoughts?

[@mattaudette9550]

VFM Church of Sol is the tech this league brotha

[@jakec9086]

@mattaudette9550 lol I'm set on going W. Been wanting to try it for a few leagues

[@mattaudette9550]

@@jakec9086 my thoughts are play however you want but grinding wildy content during leagues sounds like the dumbest thing you could possibly do

[@jakec9086]

@mattaudette9550 having fun isn't dumb and the wildy provides an insane amount of resources

[@mattaudette9550]

@@jakec9086 rose colored glasses, enjoy your league bro 👍🤡

[@Daylend1337]

Similar to ZAF I was thinking ZTF where you spec into melee and ranged. Crystal armor makes swaps between melee and ranged really easy. You'll have full ancestral + staff for your worst style in case you need it but probably won't. Plus fremmy jewelry because busted and even less swaps. The dogsword with the spec relic is going to be a lot of fun though so I might regret missing out on that. Either way the big question is 6/4 or 5/5 🤔

[@kevinearnhart3025]

For FMA would you go in that order?

[@sporadicdev]

i like the reaper vmt 6/0/4. thinking what i could replace T with with a chill region. wildy feels too overwhelming but the kopesh looks fire. prif aint too bad really its a strong pick

[@wandernaut]

Not sure i underdtand the 4 points into magic for VMT. My thought was going at least 3 into ranged for a 1-tick blowpipe and 3 tick bowfa, which i think will be much better for GGs and be useful in the inferno as well

[@powbong7735]

So my only concern with something like VTF glass cannon, can you maintain the darts you would be using without desert to fletch them?

[@uberversalpictures]

You can fletch darts without desert, you only need tourist trap to smith them

[@Neochet]

You only need desert to smith the heads, not fletch the darts, vorkath drops dart tips