Melee Progression

## Melee Gear Progression

Starting things off, lets clear up what this page will focus on. Obviously, you can use your Beginner's Amulet, if you chose a game mode that receives one, to work your way up to Rune Armor for free. You will also unlock a few weapon upgrades along the way to maxing your combat stats. Beyond this, you may look to getting a Fighter Torso and then heading to Barrows when you feel you're prepared enough. After that, a lot of people start to have questions.. So what's next? Well, let's talk about it.

## Melee Weapons

There are **TONS** of weapons to choose from on Runex, just in the melee category alone. Because of this, it's necessary to have some kind of way to determine which is best. Some of the items you will find here have their niche uses and are even best-in-slot for those activities but generally speaking, this list aims to give you a solid idea on how to decide what weapons you should be aiming for depending on what you're trying to accomplish.

## Melee Armor

Runex has a lot of options when it comes to melee. Here, you will find an ordered list of the best armors Runex has to offer beyond Bandos. There are a few exceptions to this, but they didn't seem worth mentioning because of how niche they are. Whether you're just looking to set a goal by upgrading your melee gear or trying to find the most expensive set to bank stand, this part of the guide is for you. :^)

### **Cursed Armor**

First up, we have Cursed Armor, which you can get from the Cursed Cavern via the Cursed Enchanter in exchange for Blood Money. Be careful going to the Cursed Cavern, you should always keep your eyes open for pkers! Cursed Armor has a 70 Defence requirement and provides slightly better stats than Bandos.

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### **Mystic Sand**

Second has to be the Mystic Sand set, obtainable from the Nardah Minigame. You're able to get the set via drops from mummies or as loot from sarcophaguses when using gold tomb keys on them. Mystic Sand has a 1 Defence requirement and has slightly better offensive but significantly worse defensive stats when compared to Cursed Armor.

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### **Draconic Armor**

Next up would be Draconic armor. You can obtain the required pieces in order to create Draconic Armor by killing Vorkath, looking for the Draconic Shard, Chunk, and Lump respectively. These can be used on a Dragon Full Helm, Dragon Platebody and Dragon Platelegs in order to upgrade them to their Draconic variants. The Chunk is for the Platelegs, Lump for the Platebody, and Shard for the Helmet. Draconic has a 75 Defence requirement and provides you with some of the best melee stats available for it's price point.

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### **Shayzien / Shayzien (i) Armor**

Shayzien is an amazing step towards obtaining the best-in-slot setups for all areas of Runex. While Shayzien is not better than Torva, or even Draconic, in most places.. Shayzien is primarily used anywhere you are fighting Demons and/or Dragons. It is by far the best-in-slot option in these areas and should always be used there. Shayzien and Shayzien (i) both have a 60 Defence requirement.

It is worth noting that Shayzien and it's imbued (i) version have identical stats. The only thing that changes is the set effect, as seen below. Because of this, it is really only recommended upgrading Shayzien if you can afford to do so. This can be done at the Enchantment Chest.

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### **Torva Armor**

Torva is where the real fun begins. You can only obtain Torva in two ways - either killing Nex, or buying it from the Trading Post. Nex only drops broken Torva pieces, which have to be fixed in order to equip. To do this, you must use Elder God Wars items on the Ancient Forge at Nex. You will need 1 Elder God Wars item per piece of broken Torva you wish to fix. Torva has a 90 Defence requirement and provides you with stats that are slightly more accurate than Draconic but slightly less powerful. To add to this, Torva provides you with an amazing set effect, as seen below.

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### **Crestbearer Armor**

Crestbearer (CB) is one of the best armor sets available in Runex. In order to obtain Crestbearer, you must combine **30 Grand Crests**, **45 Sacred Tokens**, and **47,500 Rune Coins** at the Item Enchantment Chest. The Enchantment Chest can be found at home, just south of the Rune Coin Exchanger. Crestbearer requires 90 Defence to equip and while it definitely lacks in the accuracy department, it more than makes up for it with Defence and, more importantly, it's set bonus.

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### **Crest Torva Armor**

Torva (cr) Armor, best known as Crest Torva, is the best available melee armor on Runex. Providing the combined stats AND set bonuses of Torva and Crestbearer with a 90 Defence requirement, Crest Torva is head and shoulders above any other option in most situations. Creating Crest Torva is similar to fixing broken Torva Armor. You will have to sacrifice 2 full Torva Armor sets (to obtain Torva Components) as well as 3 additional Elite Components (from Elder God Wars items) in order to create Crest Torva at the Ancient Forge.

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