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Crush

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Crush

Crush
Type Mechanic
Videos 2 (first 2026-03-05, latest 2026-03-05)
Main source Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS

Crush is a mechanic topic that Gnomonkey covers in 2 videos on 2026-03-05. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Stats and numbers

  • The blog says the Fractured Archive is shaping up to be a raid where melee shines more than in Chambers of Xeric or Tombs of Amascut, and that Jagex is most inclined toward a main-hand melee mega rare; they are looking at crush and stab, but Gnomonkey says this effectively means crush because the Osmumten's fang already fills stab.1
  • The blog says crush is relatively underserved at the top end, with the Scythe of vitur's limited crush bonus still winning over dedicated crush weapons in many instances, and that Jagex would add more crush use cases and better progression stepping stones.2
  • At Araxxor with Oathplate, the Inquisitor's mace is 8.5 percent worse than Scythe in Gnomonkey's calcs; Araxxor has 75 slash defence and 15 crush defence.3
  • Oathplate gives 16 slash bonus on the body and 12 on the top (a total of 28 slash bonus as Gnomonkey says), which overpowers crush bonus when paired with a mega rare.4
  • At Tekton (165 slash defence, 105 crush defence), Oathplate with a slash weapon beats an Inquisitor's mace on crush even in a Challenge Mode; this holds in normal Chambers too, where Gnomonkey says you wear full Oathplate or a Torva helmet.5
  • Cerberus used to be crush with Scythe or Inquisitor's, but now it is Oathplate with slash: Cerberus has 100 slash defence and 25 crush defence but a defence level of only 100, which Oathplate plus a Slayer helmet powers through.6
  • At Sarachnis (40 slash defence, 10 crush defence), Scythe on slash wins, with the Inquisitor's mace about 93 percent accurate even with its armor buff against about 90 percent from Scythe on a higher max hit.7
  • Phosani's Nightmare has 150 defence level with 120 stab, 180 slash and 40 crush defence, so Scythe's crush is used there: it has 69 percent accuracy versus 81 percent from the mace but a higher max hit.8

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says that in his previous video he argued the Scythe's crush option should not be removed, but that with a crush mega rare he flips on that and thinks the crush option should be removed from the Scythe to give the new weapon a clear place in the meta.9
  • Gnomonkey says removing crush from the Scythe alone would not make players use an Inquisitor's mace, only use slash with Oathplate more often, which they already do.9
  • Gnomonkey says he is not sure a crush mega rare is the right direction for Jagex.10
  • Gnomonkey says one solution is making the new crush mega rare decent on its own and an upgrade path combined with the Scythe, but he dislikes this due to upgrade-scape.11
  • Gnomonkey says crush is by far the least used combat style in OSRS, largely because slash weapons (Scythe, Soulreaper axe, Abyssal tentacle) are so strong.12
  • Gnomonkey says many bosses like Araxxor or the Royal Titans have a minor crush weakness, but with Oathplate you just use slash because of the extra damage and accuracy.13
  • Gnomonkey says crush's weakness is less about crush weapons being bad and more about Oathplate being really broken good; it used to have a use case after Oathplate that is now gone.14

Revision history

Date Video Change
2026-03-05 Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS Added: 9 statements (opinion, stat)
2026-03-05 Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS) Page created: 6 statements (opinion, stat)
## See also

References

  1. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 9:06 ↩

  2. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 10:25 ↩

  3. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 3:00 ↩

  4. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 3:28 ↩

  5. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 3:58 ↩

  6. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 4:32 ↩

  7. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 5:24 ↩

  8. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 5:55 ↩

  9. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 10:53 ↩↩

  10. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 11:23 ↩

  11. Megarare Rewards for Raids 4 (OSRS), 2026-03-05. ▶ 12:50 ↩

  12. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 2:00 ↩

  13. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 2:29 ↩

  14. Why CRUSH Isn't Good in OSRS, 2026-03-05. ▶ 6:31 ↩

Mechanics

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