With the amount of gear in OSRS, some items are worse than others, but not as bad as some listed here. Avoid or delay them as much as possible! / kaozbender_
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00:00 - Intro & Rules
01:12 - Melee Items
05:51 - Ranged Items
09:26 - Magic Items
13:39 - Miscellaneous
14:24 - Sponsors & Outro
gracias Kaoz, el set dragon tampoco lo veo muy util, RSN Draquiton
Hola David, gracias por tu comentario. Acabamos de hacer la rifa y ganaste :D Agregamos en el juego Lkaoz y nos vemos para tu bond!
Hey Kaoz! I got back into RuneScape a few months ago after a ~10-year hiatus. Cannot stress enough how helpful your content has been. From videos like this to the Level 99 guides, can't thank you enough. It's helped me to create a fairly balanced main account and though my account is still fairly nooby, I'm fully back to enjoying the game. Cheers! Hope you have a great weekend!
Love the comment man, appreciate it a lot. Any questions we're here to help :D
Stop glazing the channel.
@@toiletbagel1596 shut your mouth nerd
any BCP enjoyers?
I just like the way it looks and I'd rather not do BA
They look great with my prims
I will max before I complete barbarian assault.
@@michaelmccoy2384 I paid for my torso back when it was only 24m for BA Services Now they charge an insane 100m+ Ridiculous that they expect to make more money than solo 500 TOA.
I have torso and BCP, best believe that torso is gathering dust
The Dragon Platebody is definitely an item you should not consider buying. In most cases the fighter torso, a Barrows item or tbh proselyte armour will be the better setup. Costing over 2 mil its just not worth using it :) RSN Nocyllis
I had bought a dragon platebody because I really wanted one when I was a kid back in like 2006 lol. But I did end up reselling it not long after.
I used dragon plate (except the helmet and shield ofc) as soon as I hit 60, picked up slayer helmet and now im at 82 attack 76 str 75 def. Imo it’s worth it for the defence if you have the legs and boots because I’d just use str pots. I did cast it away to my bank after I hit about 70 prayer. it’s cheaper for me to make money for pots rather than buy 60 mill worth of gear, even in the long run if it isn’t I’m at least leveling while I do other things.
Looks cool tho
I am currently using an obsidian platebody for melee. I need to get around to doing barbarian assault.
@@m4xw3ll75dragon platebody is way more expensive at 2m than any of the tank barrows chests (torag, dharok, ghutan) and still has worse stats. It’s useless and only a money trap, because you can use it at a lower levl
The only one I don't fully agree with is acb. It has a longer range than any other crossbow, other than zcb, and is really nice for sara godwars or budget inferno.
It is literally better than DHCB. Theres like 3 dragons in the entire game where the niche effect makes it the winner. 2 specs and increase likelihood of bolts effect is hands down better.
@@SlimReaper1997 cox (raid with 1.4b and multiple hundred m plus drops), vorkath (the best constant money maker in the game), and brutal blacks (arguably the best afk money in the game). Correct only 3 dragons that are best cash in game in nearly every style. Acb useless
acb spec is useful at muspah
Acb is good for nex too. 2 spaces further away In range phase is huge damage negation over time in long boss grinds.
@@LoewenKP90umm u forgot hydra
I'm so glad I got through acerbic defender when it was like 20 million. I'll say I do agree with some of your thoughts especially now with the new updates to the game. If you do have some of the older gear like arma don't go rushing off to sell it. I'd hold onto it until you can afford the updates.
Another great video! I am really enjoying all the different types of progression guides you've been putting out as it helps me plan things out better. Instead of just deciding what skill to level next or what content to do, I can think about how to progress my gear / tools for content AND when to move onto new content AND how to map my skill growth around it. One thing I would ask - If you can try not to abbreviate item names? Especially when you say them - I only just barely know what a "Nezzy helm" is. I imagine many people on their gear progression journey do not recognize the name off-hand. I understand abbreviating it in the text on-screen so you can keep it brief and organized - if you can remember to say the full name of the item I think that would help :D Otherwise you could provide a reference list to the items you talk about in the video but I fully recognize that would be a significant time + effort investment so I don't think it's near as reasonable of an ask.
Yeah, I totally agree. I'm a maxed RS3 player switching to OSRS and I have no idea what most of these items are if they weren't in RS3.
Full dragon armor (including dragon full helm) is useless because you would much rather have the strength bonus from any other armor and the dragon full helm is ridiculously expensive. The exception is the boots. RSN: ReavenTank
Even the boots are barely worth it over climbing boots or something like guardian boots until you can afford BIS.
@@_Professor_OakGonna call BS on that. Getting my d boots on the iron was huge. I got a max hit but even better was the defense. I absolutely felt the improvement over climbing boots.
You could probably make an argument for all dragon armor, but specifically the Kite and Full Helm because they are insanely expensive for no reason other than being rare. Full helm is just super rare and Kite comes from Adamant Dragons which nobody kills. RSN: RTJ4
Id have to say ACB is needed for nex in the long haul. The 2 tiles back in range phase is more kills over time. Less healing/moredps.
Idk who is bringing anyone who has anything less then acb unless masses
Why not just get dhcb, use that to make money and then sell dhcb for bowfa + crystal set instead though? They're around the same price, but one of them allows you to make money quite fast in places like Vork, brutal blacks and cox.
This is great, just got 147m back in useless items I had in my bank. Do you have any up-to-date progression guides I can look at? I want to know whether to prioritize things like BIS rings or pushing for another weapon, etc
Hearing your Bandon Chestplate vs. Fighter Torso logic is like, the little nudge I needed to finally start sending some BA rounds; digging the content! 💎
Don't do BA, read all the comments saying BA isn't worth the rage. Just buy obsidian if you really need an extra +1 to your hit
@@MaxiemumKarnage looking to complete the Elite Diary + I’m pet hunting so BA in inevitable for me 🙃 good looking out tho!
@@Dash_Inc Nobody is making you do the diary
BA is really not that bad, idk why people hate it sooo much. Ya it's not necessarily fun but it's not even that bad, and is quicker than people make it seem like lol
I didnt like BA at all but i was only there for a few hours to get the chest piece for free.
So many good points on this video. Thanks !
Blessed ss is really cheap to use, like 10gp a hit. Same speed as a whip with strength options. Better than abbysal dagger with defender
I’ve used a fighter torso for a few months until I got to a stage where I make good money daily, then I bought bcp for defence which makes slayer and some bossing much better. Still got the torso at bank for master clues 🤷♂️
Same, I got torso and honestly since I mainly do slayer anyway ide rather just have the defence bonus from bcp.
really love your vids, ive seen people recommend getting acb in nex for its 1+ tile distance and spec, would it still be worth it as a budget setup or still stick to dcb?
Stick to dcb and invest in more supplies till drop bc you won't make shit at nex till you hit big
Yes man yes higher accuracy means more Nex damage, use acb on the way to your zcb don't listen to these people
i've also found a brimstone ring is good value for mid level accounts that dont have enough points to imbue the archer/berserker ring. I think it gives the same stats as all the regular DK rings combined
Imbuing rings is free and takes 45 minutes at Duel Arena.
decent for cox as well if you don't have ultor
i like brimstone ring when maging as it reduces the monsters defense.
I feel like Archer's Ring is good for Vorkath until you get your DHL and gear to melee him instead, since RoS and lightbearer (unless you're using BP) doesn't work as well on him. Other than that, yeah I can't think of an honest reason to use it until you're able to get venator.
great video lots of good info as i'm at the stage where i could be upgrading to this gear. think i'd rather put the 30mil+ on bandos chestplate than blay ba though. RSN: Haz X11
you can also bring a tome of water for bursting/barraging and get a damage bonus plus infinite water runes.
Primordial Boots. 28m for *slightly* better defense and +1 strength? No thanks, I’ll stick to my Dragon Boots for 150k RSN: JamesonAlive
thanks nerd. yet another useful guide at the right time
bruh acb has an additional tile of range over the dragon crossbow. that is the most important part of the item which you completely left out, making it a viable budget weapon for zuk before tbow or bowfa+crystal. you cannot hit the jad on the far side of the shield rotation without a 10 tile range weapon. "deserves to be thrown in the trash" is just an uninformed take. you gotta remember items have specific uses and evaluating them on general usefulness is pretty much pointless. one single strong use case for any item is enough reason to buy it if you're doing that content, and just resell it when you're done. acb has two. zuk like i mentioned and when doing solo zilyana 0 damage taken kiting method the dcb must be set to long range while the ACB can do it on rapid. this is a far shot from "avoid like the plague"
Another thing which is rlly amazing rn is that u can buy the blood moon armor which has the same str bonus as bcp and tasset but just way less defensive stats. Even lower than a torso but atleast u dont need to do BA xD
got my full armadyl on osrs and rs3, looking fresh
Keeping my rapier at TOA release and buying my fang on day of release still hurts to this day
has buying any high tier gear on day of release ever gone well for anybody
Heavy on the archers ring. Last time I used it was probably years ago for a slayer task or something before ring of the gods or lightbearer. I remember thinking it was so good back in the day but damn that ring is such noob bait and I fell for it hard.
It's interesting that you didn't mention the Dragon equipment such as Dragon Full Helm, Dragon Platebody, Dragon Platelegs, and Dragon Chainbody, as they offer no offensive bonuses and are worse than dirt cheap barrows equipment which offers significantly better defensive bonuses. There's also a ton of other noobtrap gear items like the Abyssal Dagger, which is strictly worse than the Dragon Dagger in every scenario except against high defense enemies, in which case you'd want a different special attack entirely, it is quite literally not used anywhere except Vasa in COX. Another awful item from Sire is the Abyssal Bludgeon. It was decent for strength training, but now it's only real use is as a budget crush weapon for Nightmare, which is a boss that nobody actually does.
Bludgeon is great for slayer tasks like gargs, cerb, and waterfiends as well as KQ. Tf are you saying?
@@MaxiemumKarnage Fang is just as good at gargs, fang & arclight are better at cerb, nobody does water fiends, and the Keris partisan is always BIS for melee KQ and it costs 0 GP.
@@MaxiemumKarnagefang go brr
The d plate, full helm and kiteshield I understand, but what's wrong with d chain and legs? They're both dirt cheap. There's no reason not to use them at 60 defense.
@@Leetfaction Not using a fighter torso is literally just negative money and there's a lot better tank legs than dragon plate it's not that much higher level.
Great vid cheers.
I'd rather drop 200mill Before playing barbarian assault at all
lmao
Cute noob
@@gfyGoogle wut
I have a rapier, should I just sell it? Or keep it?
Every time I’m looking for mage gear on a new account and decide on mystics, I buy the gloves by accident. A combat bracelet is just strictly better.
I feel like BA with randoms isnt as bad as it used to be
Can i ask for your thoughts on the brimstone ring?
Really expected dragon full helm kite shield and platebody to be here lol
idk if i would say that about the ghrazi quite yet with fang nerfs on the horizon. but if the nerfs are mild then yes skip the rapier
just a psa but the ring of shadows has the same base line stat as the archer ring and it has a pray bonus as well. while you probably would have surpassed the need for it by the time you do the quest its still a fantastic ring otherwise.
you forgot the ring of shadows for the rings when you compare it to archers ring
For me the thing I regretted buying because I only bought it for getting 1 zulrah kill for the diary is ahrim's set, dont use it anywhere RSN Nelson Games
Any of the white armour pieces and weapons that require you to kill 1,300 black knights. With the expectation of the 2H since its needed for an elite diary. RSN.
i would say all dragon full helm. too rare and expensive for what it provides. love it for nostalgia sake but anyone learning and progressing should avoid it. great video RSN: SocialAnarch
where was this a week ago when i brought armadyl ranged armor
rapier is great for slayer over fang. Whip is about the same tho tbf but its definitely not dead content it is slightly better
difference between primordial boots and d boots are +1 strength and like +8 on melee defences... WAY too expensive for what it is
Bandos armor makes your max hit increase by +1…. But justiciar and save TONS of money on p pots and food instead
I had justicar, its useless for slayer because you can wear verac's, a fang and a dragonfire shield and have more dps, and prayer, and defense, than full justicar with the bis weapon of the game. Against krill, zamorak, its better have a slayer task and wear range armour. Only usefull with a dinh bullwark setup and some niche stuff that nodoby does regularly.
@@polentusmax6100 what the hell are you talking about lol. Veracs with fang and dfs is the same dps as justi with fang and dfs but less less defensive bonuses lmao. You get 1 extra prayer using veracs vs justi which when you have a bonus of 20+ is nothing, especially considering the extra food you’ll have to eat wearing veracs armour over justiciar
@@CaptnBeeBop dude, pls, justicar is only worth with the full set, that cost 53 million right now, you loose all the boost from a slayer helmet with full set, and wearing the top and bottom alone is like wearing armadyl in slayer. Food is cheap, you have better options to tank in prayer and def as i said, with verac or proselyte, and the fang is so accurate on slayer that you can ditch your dragon defender for a dragonfire shield (if you dont have a avernic) and have more dps and defense, like 98% accuracy vs 97.5% There will be a new proselite armor with the def stats of verac and more prayer tha proselyte, but everyone is guessing that the tankness of justicar will be usefull there in the waves. Thats my opinion right now, but i liked in the past, maybe it will change again. When i liked, every piece cost less than 10 milion, so it was not 100k in the grave every time you die for each part and instead was 10k, thats the problem of justicar for me, too many expensive pieces.
@@polentusmax6100 you’re so dumb it makes my head hurt lol. Justiciar platebody defenses: stab: 132, slash: 130, crush: 117, range: 142 Veracs platebody: stab: 81, slash: 95, crush: 85, range: 81 Justiciar platelegs: stab: 95, slash: 92, crush: 93, range: 102 Veracs skirt: stab: 85 slash: 82, crush: 83, range 84 You can see the defensive bonuses are WAY higher for Justiciar. Then if you decide to wear the helm you get a multiplier ON TOP of the base defensive bonuses. Bro it’s 2024 almost and you’re still using Veracs? Omegalul 😂
@@polentusmax6100 btw, dps difference between defender and dfs is like 10%. Doesn’t matter what you’re wearing. That’s massive lol. And when I mention eating im not talking food COSTS, im talking about the ticks you lose to eating, meaning justi is better dps because you eat way less. Jeez dude you’re a next level noob. But hey play how you wanna play lmfao
I think dragon plate body is super overrated for the cost and stats you get. Even though it's cool I just don't think it's worth it. RSN: Choking Fear Great vid as always!
Whats that plugin that shows certain prayers called?
No idea. The only prayer plugin I use is to hide useless ones
Im gonna disagree with the rapier if you are training melee on monsters with no defense stats. Fang performs way better against defense because of it’s passive effect, but with no defense your dps is higher with a rapier because it’s a 4 tick weapon
I agree with except pegs, drip is priceless 🤣
In terms of members rune scimitar coz the brine sabre hits one more haha glory’s and fury aswell coz strength amulet simply gives +10
The red arrow really attracted me to watch this video but after all you shuld have made it the whole thumbnail
Do you think the avernic defender is really worth the 97m upgrade…? For me it gives a little bit more stats, but honestly if it was 60m, I’d buy it. I just think it’s too expensive for what it is.
It is worth it eventually, just no need to rush it
@@KaozOSRS I have the money and max stats, so maybe I should just suck it up and get it. Haha
i got mine at 80m for wildy bosses because it's a 4% dps increase. but honestly not too useful. there are some scenarios where it will give you a max hit atleast, but definitely not worth the 100m before most things
@@colonian83 At one point it was like 40m I believe, and I was going to buy it. Then it shot up to 90m and I said fuckkkk no lol
yeah don't bother, the educated decision is leave it to the very end.@@taylorknight8375
Massively disagree with the Rapier not being useful for slayer. Run some DPS calculations, for low defence slayer monsters, Rapier DPS is waaaay better.
I think he's implying you should be using a fang for slayer which makes no sense. Dark beasts? Sure but nobody is killing low defense gargs with a fang lmao. 100% support rapier, literally the best strength trainer once you can use it.
I think the gilded items are overpriced and useless since the stats are like rune items - you just pay for the look. If I don't win that bond im gonna resell the items i own and you mentioned in that video to extend my bond :D Thank you for that content! Love it! RSN: TrauJr
Correct. They're cosmetic clue scroll reward items, so they're only for show.
3rd age pickaxe is objectively worse than a dragon pickaxe because it cannot be upgraded into either crystal or infernal varieties. It costs literally a thousand times as much.
Dragon Armor and/or trimmed armor, literately just looks different and costs way more, RSN, CausticAlpha
Enchanted robes are gigachad imo and i always loved the look of them 😂
Blessed Sara sword is an item you should get not avoid. It’s better than whip and bludgeon and much cheaper. Blessed Sara sword is one of the best strength training weapons
I will say ancient "sceptre" really stopped the need for mains to grab a master wand. B4 sceptre existed id say its still worth it as its ur bis acients autocast and even if it only saved a few seconds every boss kc that adds up in the long run. Now that sceptre exists it is kinda meh.
Rapier is on the rise at the moment. It gets more useful every day because of the daisy chain of nerfs.
What should I get beside full dragon? I have 60 att/str/def.
If you can tolerate Barbarian Assault, go get a fighter torso there, then pair it up with obsidian platelegs. They both have strength bonus, which is what you want to prioritize for your armor. If you don't want to bother with Barbarian Assault (like I did), go for obsidian platebody instead Your next upgrade after that would be Bandos chestplate and Bandos tassets at 65 Defence, but they are much more expensive (30M and 20M respectively), so might be a while until you can get them
@@LionHeartSamyok Awesome! Much appreciated!
I think the Tokyz-xil-ul and the Toktz-mej-tal is the coolest dead piece of content for Ranged/Magic respectfully. Sitting at 500gp more than a rune arrow, and 300k more than a trident of the seas, it is no wonder that people skip over them instantly, hell I bet you didn't even know what I was talking about until I said Ranged and Magic. RSN Chaga_Enoki
I think the skeletal armour is some of the most useless items because of their lack of stats bonusses :D RSN Big D Dharok
where prims at? they kinda usless for the +1 strength bonus they give for like 30 mill more than dragon boots
the only reason to buy a master wand, is if you are bursting; and you don't want to spend the price for a kodai wand. The negative prayer bonus on the ancient staff and scepter makes them not ideal.
Eh, -1 Prayer bonus is not a big deal
Acb is 100% worth it if you plan to spend any time at muspah and can't afford a zcb the ability to spec twice with boosted bolt proc accuracy is huge for the smite phase unless you perfect skipping the shield altogether, also Wands attack a whole tick speed faster than staves when auto casting, it's the difference between a dragon scim and a dragon long, wands are undoubtedly better than their staff counterparts and that's the reason their price is so much higher lmao and all wands can autocast ancients, enchanted has literally identical stats to mystic as well so it's really just about not wearing the same mystic robes everyone else has lmao
While ahrims is good for bossing, when it comes to bursting there are much better alternatives. It's not that rare to see someone rocking them on a slayer task. RSN: Dio117
personally I use prayer robes, but magic robes do give a bit of dps, I think up to a percent or two at best. Ahrims give very little edge ober mystics so I definitely agree. It's not a large difference by any means, as long as you're not wearing proselyte😅 proselyte as magic robes is a silly meme that still holds some ground
proselyte is the best for bursting and even beats everything at nechreyals
@@vivekjk6729respect, meme enjoyer 😁
Bro -5 strength for no avernic is huge , avernic should be a must have !
The most useless item in the game is the "Tile" you see in the wilderness, there is no use for that item in skills. "RSN" BlushOneChan
Pegasian boots was the first immediate thing I thought of reading the video title after realizing it has no Ranged strength Also, shout out to skcusxegaj for warning me not to buy Armadyl. I was planning to buy Armadyl first, then once I can afford Masori, dismantle the Armadyl to make Masori (f), but he convinced me to just go buy Masori first given Armadyl's lack of Ranged strength
Avernic is great for parched ~1m risk paired with pk weps. Def not an avoid.
It's so funny how hard the Ghrazi Rapier got powercreeped. At least with other items it serves a niche use or is something you can naturally get through progression, but nobody is grinding normal TOB before TOA. Actually useless now. RSN: FunnyAndEpic
better for general slayer than the fang
The item that I find the most useless of them all is gp. People think they can buy anything with it (right?) but you can actually focus on goals and grind every single worth item in the game, no matter how long does it take because what is really important are the friends we do along the way. PD: Returning to play my fav childhood's game have been a great experience thanks for you teachings Kaoz! ¡Tus videos son geniales! RSN Pepe Le Pew7.
devout boots pretty niche, i would sell unless you are doing inferno rsn coobleans
They’re BiS for bursting
I enjoy BA. You can make good money for doing BA rounds with cc’s and have someone piggy back and it’s great money lol.
fine... I'll sell my pegasian boots... was so happy I got it from clues.
Kaoz - "Don't ever buy 3rd age." B0aty - "Hold my beer."
I think prims belong on the list of items that don't need priority, otherwise some very sound advice.
Pegasians are very expensive for a bit of accuracy over blessed dhide boots, so are eternal boots over infinity. The last cerberus upgrade, the +1str +2 atk bonus to dragon boots actually gives a max hit in some situations. Primordial boots pricetag is however very high for so little and is sometimes bought too early before more effective gp/dps like ferocious gloves or upgrading from nezzy to faceguard
i usually say to only get prims if it gives a max hit. kinda similar to bringing in a ferocious gloves switch
Eternal boots are only like 3m lol
blessed sara sword is stronger than abby dagger/ d def and only costs 175k for a full charge. rapier is better than fang at most slayer creatures
I would say that one item i always feelt was overrated was Sanguinesti staff and i feel bloodbark body and legs been underated, i like the extra defence they give and i used to run with em in ToA for a long time ^^ RSN MrBapparappa
Sang is literally one of the best weapons in the game.......
not worth the money for 1 extra dmg more than Trident of the swamp, that 90mil cost of sanguinesti could be well spent otherwhere ^^@@MaxiemumKarnage
@@YoujinbouGaming You know it has a 1/6 chance to heal you for 50% damage right? Makes many bosses significantly less damaging and certain bosses afk. This is goofy
*watches with gilded shovel*
RSN: GSW 30 CURRY Spirit shields used to be solid content… are they now dead? I mean you got buckler and others now that high levels use. Don’t see too many spirit shield refs for high level equipment when bossing and such. Maybe I’m just a noob
spectral spirit shield is huge at cerb.
I came here looking for Torag's hammers and now I'm sad.
lol Kaoz flexing that he has all the armours
Any halberds. You’re much better off training range and safe spotting with those or using other strength training melee weapons for higher dps RSN: Cree Empire
chally is good as a special but that's about it
Longbows. All of them. Haven't seen a single person ever use it unironically. RSN: Adriancica
I think inquisitor armour is pretty fazed out RSN: lill biiih
Dragon platebody or dragon fullhelm. Both items are not worth the massive price and have cheaper alternatives! RSN: InfectedLil
Almost every single item he mentioned is more useful than the video itself
Found the noob using the noob trap items lol
RSN Iron q pW Any of the blessings that aren’t GWD specific are useless. Not expensive, but useless nonetheless! Especially with rada’s blessing being so good
all bronze items you need lvl 1 to use them but you can use iron from lvl 1 RSN dreambatz
look at the boss/content you want to do, do you need to survive or do you need dps? its not always a case of both or even either! some boses its best for dps, some its its best to outlast their dps to drop dps on them.
also depends on skill level..... take you own skill level and skill into account. kbd is easy for many, but some need that armour buff to last a 10kc trip etc.
basically what im saying is weapons n armour mean nothing if the skill cap aint there. the bis doesnt mean youre going to beat it.
I bought the archers ring for a single task and then immediately flipped it for a couple grand profit lol
Coolest story ever. Couple “grand” you must be rich now
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@@lukabeast1150dude is flexing that he made 2k gold lol
how is fang an upgrade to rapier lmao people use rapier for slayer because its faster and slayer mobs dont have high defense
the fang got a recent nerf too right?
Enchanted robes are useful for pking
The ghrazi rapier had me for a while. I had a fang and rapier and trying to get the cash for d claws. Until someone showed me the fang was better. Was a ez d claws after that. RSN AlterBlitz
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I think no items are useless, because I be trying to complete my fashion-scape sets. RSN Aquillaes
The Dragonfire Shield has lost all relevance due to the Extended Super Anti-fire Rsn: Hermaus M