Oct 27, 2022 · At your Levels, the fang might actually be better than rapier for quite a few tasks, depending on your equipment (worse equipment favors fang). Rapier is overpriced as a slayer weapon. Get whip+ fang and you are set for low defense monsters (bloodvelds, spectres) as well as higher def mobs like skeletal wyverns or (metal) dragons and for higher ...

Oct 9, 2022 · Here you can see that against a level 98 Ankou the rapier puts out 9.88 DPS, whereas the fang only puts out 9.10 DPS (assuming all gear/buffs/attack style etc. are equal). Whereas, here you can see that against Akkha, the rapier only puts out 6.78 DPS, compared the fang's 8.00 DPS.

Rapier has better strength bonus, and hits 20% more often (faster attack speed), which makes it quite a bit better for slayer and other lower defense mobs. This is a very old question and has been asked many times.

Feb 26, 2023 · Rapier will generally be better by a very small margin on low defense monsters. If your attack is low or you have bad gear, fang closes the gap a lot as well. Fang is much, much better against high defense monsters and bosses. If you are genuinely doing nothing other than general low def slayer, rapier might be fine.

Aug 26, 2022 · ToA in particular Rapier is great at (for the moment, we'll see how Fang does in the long run) so ofc it's going up in price. Plus... Defender has highest stab bonus, so if everything else is equal, rapier will be the most accurate in a equal-defense situation (Between rapier, mace, and blade, and assuming you don't have style-specific bonuses ...

Feb 1, 2018 · The rapier and its attendant customs were adopted in France and more reluctantly in England and Germany. It's important to keep in mind that in the era of the Renaissance Italy was a trend-setter in so many ways - the arts, fashion, science and also the semi-martial customs of the aristocracy.

Sep 27, 2022 · Rapier for sure, assuming you got 99 attack already and use super sets + piety. FYI the crossover point where they're basically the same is around 15% chance for rapier to miss. For a high level player that's about 10k def roll or 11.5k on task. Suqah and Kalphite guardians are around there.

May 26, 2023 · You should use the rapier for slayer hands down. The fang is a tick slower than rapier. The fang also calculates damages differently(it only can max 85% of its max hit) I did a quick calculation and the max hit for fang would be around 52-54. The max hit for rapier 57-59. Rapier is also a tick faster making it the far superior choice.

Mar 31, 2014 · This makes the rapier highly versatile. You may think that swinging the rapier around like a cutting sword would greatly reduce the damage it does, but it doesn't; it only reduces it by about 5-10 damage. Another thing I've noticed is that you can still get the counter hit bonus from the rapier even when swinging it in these manners.

Jul 4, 2021 · the rapier is the best melee weapon for almost everything (if you dont include the scythe) the only bosses that arent weak to it off the top of my head is kq, nightmare, tob or dragons (in which you could use the dragon hunter lance). its absolutely worth the price