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Glaive of Ralos

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Glaive of Ralos

Glaive of Ralos
Type Item
Videos 2 (first 2023-11-06, latest 2023-12-22)
Main source Colosseum: GLORY or a Waste of Dev time?

Glaive of Ralos is an item topic that Gnomonkey covers in 2 videos between 2023-11-06 and 2023-12-22. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Stats and numbers

  • The Glaive of Ralos is described as a 6-tick ranged weapon with 5 tile range that lands two hit splats when charged with Sunfire dust.1
  • The Glaive's special attack costs 50% energy and reduces the target's defence by 10% of their total magic level for each splat that lands, up to 20%.1
  • Bandos godsword has an average hit of around 40, whereas the Glaive drains 70 defence levels with both hit splats on Maiden and 44 on Xarpus, so it seems directly better than Bandos godsword in ToB most of the time.2
  • Bandos godsword remains better against bosses with low magic level, such as Bloat (100 magic) and Nylocus King (50 magic), so Gnomonkey expects rolls for both Bandos godsword and the Glaive in team content.3
  • Gnomonkey lists Glaive defence drain values: 117 on Challenge Mode Ice Demon, potentially 35 on the Vespula portal, 75 on the Olm head, 60 on Zeliana and 52 on Hydra.3

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says the Glaive is unique because Dragon warhammer gives a flat 30% defence reduction that gets worse with each use, whereas the Glaive rolls a static 20% of magic level every spec, so it competes with Bandos godsword more than with the hammer.2
  • Gnomonkey says the Glaive is effectively useless in Tombs of Amascut because the bosses' ranged defences are way too high.3
  • Gnomonkey considers the Glaive a useful spec weapon that competes with the hammer and Bandos godsword without replacing either.4
  • Gnomonkey says the Glaive of Ralos, the ranged Dragon warhammer coming with Colosseum, will not have any use anywhere because it is capped at draining up to 50% of a target's defence and Olm and Zuk are immune to its effects.5
  • Gnomonkey says the cap should be removed so the Glaive can compete with the Bandos godsword in several locations, with Theatre of Blood the big one.5

Revision history

Date Video Change
2023-12-22 Death to Voidwaker and Fang - Weapon Rebalance (OSRS) Added: 2 statements (opinion)
2023-11-06 Colosseum: GLORY or a Waste of Dev time? Page created: 8 statements (opinion, stat)
## References

  1. Colosseum: GLORY or a Waste of Dev time?, 2023-11-06. ▶ 1:04 ↩↩

  2. Colosseum: GLORY or a Waste of Dev time?, 2023-11-06. ▶ 1:30 ↩↩

  3. Colosseum: GLORY or a Waste of Dev time?, 2023-11-06. ▶ 2:00 ↩↩↩

  4. Colosseum: GLORY or a Waste of Dev time?, 2023-11-06. ▶ 2:27 ↩

  5. Death to Voidwaker and Fang - Weapon Rebalance (OSRS), 2023-12-22. ▶ 7:34 ↩↩

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