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Opinion: Hybrid armour

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Opinion: Hybrid armour

Opinion: Hybrid armour
Type Opinion
Videos 1 (first 2026-06-16, latest 2026-06-16)
Main source Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS)

Opinion: Hybrid armour is an opinion topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2026-06-16. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says he does not like the Raids 4 hybrid armour set at all.1
  • Gnomonkey says hybrid armour has a lot of use in raids even when it is bad, citing his budget guides that use Blue Moon in Chambers of Xeric and Blue Moon with mixed hide for a first 500 Tombs of Amascut, because it saves two slots.2
  • Gnomonkey says hybrid armour is awkward and annoying in raids despite fewer switches, and he would rather always bring two full sets of armour than hybrid.3
  • Gnomonkey says a hybrid set would be used everywhere in raids, giving the example of challenge mode Chambers of Xeric speedruns, where the meta is to bring no healing, rely on potion drops from bosses and bring a full 28-slot inventory of gear.4
  • Gnomonkey thinks a raid should not drop a super good hybrid armour because it would be used everywhere and be an annoying, unfun addition to the game.5
  • Gnomonkey says he would prefer a new best-in-slot armour from the raid, and is fine with low-tier hybrid armour like Blue Moon that is bad but useful in certain cases, suggesting any future hybrid armour should be lower tier, for example dropped from a Desert Treasure 2 boss.6
  • Gnomonkey expects the hybrid armour to pass a poll because players like camping a set and avoiding switches, but he says he would rather Jagex focus on making single styles better than armour that does everything pretty well.7
  • Gnomonkey says the hybrid armour gives him the same vibe as the Fang: it is not quite as good as everything else but is good on everything, so it becomes the new default armour you bring everywhere.8

Revision history

Date Video Change
2026-06-16 Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS) Page created: 8 statements (opinion)
## References

  1. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 6:08 ↩

  2. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 6:38 ↩

  3. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 7:34 ↩

  4. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 8:04 ↩

  5. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 8:33 ↩

  6. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 9:33 ↩

  7. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 10:04 ↩

  8. Raids 4 Reward Blog ARE FINALLY HERE (OSRS), 2026-06-16. ▶ 10:33 ↩

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