Trailblazer League/Guide/Melee

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Overview

Attack, Strength, and Defence are all trained in similar ways through combat. Strength can be trained slowly through barbarian fishing, and Defence can also be trained with Ranged or Magic while on the defensive combat style.

The tier 3 and tier 6 relics are combat related.

Fluid Strikes interactions (T3 Melee Relic)

Fluid Strikes has the effect "The attack speed of all melee weapons is halved (rounded up)."

Rounded up is important here, this means that any weapon with uneven attack speed (Notably Dragon longsword, Granite maul, Dharok's greataxe, Dragon 2h sword, Scythe of vitur and Crystal halberd) gains less than 100% increased attack speed of Fluid Strikes; only 66% and 75% for 5/7 tick attack speed respectively.

As such in ex. a comparison of damage between a Dragon longsword and a Dragon scimitar the Dragon scimitar has 50% faster attack speed, compared to the normal 25% faster attack speed. (5/4 to 3/2)

In effect this means that for DPS output, weapons with uneven tick attack speed is always significantly worse and should be avoided if possible.

Notable gear by region

Regions in the required column are always required. However, only one of the optional regions is required.

Weapons

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Notes
Dragon scimitar	Kandarin✓		Can be purchased for 100,000 coins from Daga's Scimitar Smithy
Dragon longsword	Misthalin✓		Can be purchased for 100,000 coins from Jukat (shop)
Rapier	Morytania✓		Can be purchased for 25,600 by speaking to Smith, identical stats to Rune Scimitar but with the stab and slash attack bonuses swapped
Abyssal bludgeon	Misthalin✓		The components to make the bludgeon are obtained from the unsired
Abyssal whip		Misthalin✓ Morytania✓	Dropped by abyssal demons and Abyssal Sire
Abyssal tentacle	Kandarin✓	Misthalin✓ Morytania✓	Made by combining a tentacle with an abyssal whip
Dragon 2h sword		Desert✓ Wilderness✓	The dragon 2h sword is dropped by most Wilderness bosses and the Kalphite Queen
Granite maul	Morytania✓		Since LMS is disabled, the special attack cannot be reduced to 50%
Saradomin sword	Asgarnia✓		Unlike most two-handed weapons in the game, the Saradomin sword has an attack speed of 4
Zamorakian spear	Asgarnia✓		–
Zamorakian hasta	Asgarnia✓ Kandarin✓		The hasta is made by taking a Zamorakian spear to Otto Godblessed, along with a payment of 300,000 coins
Crystal halberd	Kandarin✓ Tirannwn✓		The special attack can deal damage against large groups of enemies
Dharok's greataxe	Morytania✓		Attacks deal more damage as hitpoints decrease if the rest of Dharok the Wretched's equipment is worn
Barrelchest anchor	Morytania✓		A damaged anchor can be obtained from Brother Tranquility and repaired by speaking to Smith for 230,000 or bought repaired from Perdu for 290,000
Blade of saeldor	Tirannwn✓		Best slash weapon
Ghrazi rapier	Morytania✓		Highest stab and Stength bonus for any weapon of its attack speed
Scythe of vitur	Morytania✓		Can hit up to three enemies simultaneously
Inquisitor's mace	Morytania✓		Best crush weapon
Viggora's chainmace	Wilderness✓		When Viggora's chainmace is charged with revenant ether, an additional 50% melee accuracy and damage boost is applied when attacking any NPC in the Wilderness

Helmets

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus	Notes
Black mask	Morytania✓		+16.67%	Provides a 16.67% boost to Attack and Strength against all monsters on the player's current Slayer task
Slayer helmet (i)	Kandarin✓ Morytania✓		+16.67%	1,250,000 coins are required to imbue at the Nightmare Zone
Dragon full helm	Kandarin✓		+0	Can be obtained as a rare drop from mithril dragons
Helm of neitiznot	Fremennik✓		+3	–
Neitiznot faceguard	Fremennik✓		+6	Made by combining a basilisk jaw with a helm of neitiznot
Serpentine helm	Tirannwn✓		+5	Grants immunity to poison and venom
Inquisitor's great helm	Morytania✓		+4	When equipped, the great helm boosts damage and accuracy by 0.5% when using the crush attack style
Obsidian helmet	Karamja✓		+3	–

Shield slot

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus	Notes
Dragon sq shield	Fremennik✓ Kandarin✓		+0	Made by combining the shield left half and the shield right half.
Dragon defender	Asgarnia✓		+6	Farmable at Warriors' Guild. Bring a black armour purchasable from Horvik's Armour Shop. and Champions' Guild. Food purchasable on site. Excellent to combine with Slayer Task: Hill giants (substitutes them). ~4-6 hours to get.
Avernic defender	Asgarnia✓ Morytania✓		+8	Requires Dragon defender
Dragonfire shield		Karamja✓ Fremennik✓	+7	Dropped by dragons in Brimhaven Dungeon or Lithkren Vault
Crystal shield	Tirannwn✓		+0	Made by combining 40 crystal shards with one crystal weapon seed at a singing bowl in Prifddinas
Elysian spirit shield	Wilderness✓		+0	Requires 75 to equip
Toktz-ket-xil	Karamja✓		+5	Provides a +5 Strength bonus. Awards League Points when equipped. (As all Obsidian equipment does)

Chest slot

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus	Notes
Dragon chainbody		Desert✓ Kandarin✓	+0	–
Dragon platebody	Fremennik✓ Kandarin✓		+0	Made by combining a dragon metal lump and dragon metal shard with a dragon chainbody
Obsidian platebody	Karamja✓		+3	–
Fighter torso	Kandarin✓		+4	Obtained from Barbarian Assault
Bandos chestplate	Asgarnia✓		+4	Unlike the other body armours which provide a strength bonus, the Bandos chestplate also has substantial defensive bonuses
Inquisitor's hauberk	Morytania✓		+4	When equipped, the hauberk boosts damage and accuracy by 0.5% when using the crush attack style

Legs slot

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus	Notes
Obsidian platelegs	Karamja✓		+1	Can be purchased for 100,500 tokkul
Bandos tassets	Asgarnia✓		+2	Highest Strength bonus for the leg slot
Dragon plateskirt	Karamja✓	Fremennik✓	+0	Drops semi-frequently from Steel Dragon and Skeletal Wyvern. Very good to combine with slayer task.
Dragon platelegs	Karamja✓	Fremennik✓	+0	Drops semi-frequently from Steel Dragon and Skeletal Wyvern. Very good to combine with slayer task.
Granite legs	Asgarnia✓		+0	Drops semi-frequently from Skeletal Wyvern. Very good to combine with slayer task.

Boots

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus
Rune boots		Morytania✓ Tirannwn✓	+2
Dragon boots		Asgarnia✓ Wilderness✓	+4
Primordial boots	Asgarnia✓	Wilderness✓	+5
Guardian boots	Asgarnia✓ Morytania✓		+3
Bandos boots	Asgarnia✓		+0
Granite boots	Morytania✓		+3
Climbing boots	Asgarnia✓		+2

Jewellery

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus	Notes
Berserker ring	Fremennik✓		+4	Always provides at least 1 max hit
Berserker ring (i)	Fremennik✓ Kandarin✓		+8	Requires 650,000 coins to imbue
Explorer's ring 1	Misthalin✓		+0	Provides +1 to Prayer. Easy to get.
Amulet of strength	Misthalin✓		+10	Lootable from the H.A.M. Store room. Lvl 49 magic to enchant. Common drop from the Giant Mole
Amulet of power	Misthalin✓		+6	Lootable from the H.A.M. Store room. Lvl 57 magic to enchant
Amulet of fury		Karamja✓ Asgarnia✓ Tirannwn✓	+8	–
Amulet of blood fury	Morytania✓		+8	Has a 20% chance to heal for 30% of the damage dealt
Amulet of torture	Kandarin✓		+10	Requires a zenyte
Regen bracelet		Karamja✓ Asgarnia✓ Tirannwn✓	+7	Requires an onyx
Combat bracelet	Misthalin✓		+6	Requires a dragonstone which can be found in a variety of places

Other items and bonuses

Gear	Required regions	Optional regions	Strength bonus	Notes
Piety	Asgarnia✓ Kandarin✓		+varies	Gives a 25% boost to Defence, a 23% boost to Strength, and 20% to Attack. Requires 70
Adamant gloves	Asgarnia✓ Kandarin✓		+7	–
Rune gloves	Asgarnia✓ Kandarin✓	Desert✓ Fremennik✓	+8	–
Cape of legends	Fremennik✓ Kandarin✓		+0	–
Mythical cape	Fremennik✓ Kandarin✓		+1	–
Fire cape	Karamja✓		+4	–
Infernal cape	Karamja✓		+8	–
Obsidian cape	Karamja✓		+0	–
Void melee helm	Asgarnia✓		+10%	Provides a 10% bonus to melee damage and accuracy if worn with the rest of the Void set