combat style

[FaithfulNerd]

out of the 3(melee, ranged, and magic) is there a "best" combat style? and if there is how difficult is that style?

[Drogowit]

Early level, melee is best
end-game is defo ranged
magic is mid-end game
at least saying it from a perspective of hardcore ironman

[the evil one]

It used to be meleescape but in eoc it's much better balanced
you'll need all 3 for slayer and quests
Speaking after maxing
My cash making kills are weak to fire/magic in general, so mage gets the bulk of my time
Range is next most used and Melee firmly in last place

But every player will be different and have different favourite kills so need a different style
unlike some mmo's you don't train one combat you can have it all here and be a expert in all of them on one character

If you intend to quest a lot then the choice is taken from you, you have to train all 3 equally
or at least till level 80ish

[Rowls]

melee is current the best dps followed by range and mage at bottom but all 3 are more than viable and all 3 should be trained

[Excluzive]

It is very balanced. Whats best will vary alot

[Noohpyt]

man if you member go slayer skill. slayer monsters has a weakness. go monster weakness style . not focus a type but melee is most of time better on bossing etc. u can search wiki or use chat -wiki in game , it should open wiki site on browser. go get them all 99 at least :D gl :D

[pablaz.]

pick the one you enjoy! later you can switch anytime! ;)

[Chilled Nomi]

All are useful just remember some enemies laugh in the face of one or two of the combat triangle but get obliterated by the others (or at least dont resist it).

[Aquasword480]

In terms of DPS it's Melee but it's a negligible difference honestly all three styles are well balanced for the actual content. In high end PvM bosses and slayer monsters tend to be weak to a particular style so you want to use that style, in the rare case style doesn't matter melee has the highest DPS but again it's negligible difference to most players. Magic has the most utility in the game by far though. In the end the game asks you to cycle through the combat styles to quest and fight effectively so don't worry about needing to focus in only one.

[Jewish Drug Lord]

It can vary between weapons and monsters etc but melee/magic early to mid game and ranged/melee end game but that's just going off my preferences. Each to their own as most people will like different styles of combat as well as grinding different monsters etc

[mental asylum escapee]

it depends on your enemies weakness and in the early stages of your progression you will most likely be playing defensively so take in note the armor worn for this "combat triangle" analogy:

*magic enemies are weakest to rangers because of the soft fabric the rangers use for their armor is harder for magic spells to permeate into.
*ranged enemies are weakest to melee users because the rangers soft fabric armor is easily slashed into with a sharp blade or blunt force trauma.
*melee enemies are weakest to magic users because of the armor the melee users typically wear absorbs the magic in the spells like cooking a lobster in its own shell.

-note this is early to mid game, when you get a lot higher in your levels it's all about DPS and this "combat triangle" will start to shrink but by then you will know what works best in a situation.