Well, hi. this guide isn't necessarily only for pures, as i'll discuss pking at medium to high levels. Before you go running all niilly-willy into the wildy, bear these two points in mind.
#1: stats are ESSENTIAL to one's success at pking. PLease do not pk if you do not have the stats. Basically to pk, you have to be better than the other person.
YOU HAVE TO EITHER HIT HARDER THAN THE OTHER PERSON, HIT MORE OFTEN THAN THE OTHER PERSON, OR DEFEND BETTER THAN THE OTHER PERSON. This crucial to f2p becauce of the lack of attack bonuses and special attacks.
#2: pking takes practice and above all, experience. you may or may not get it right the 1st time, but experience is important. So keep at it.
If you see red text, this indicates a strategy/tactic. Green indicates a suggestion or something important you should know.
Pures under lvl 60 are the most common pkers in the f2p wildy, disregarding pking clans. So i'll discuss them first.
There are 3 places where pures usually pk, shown by this map.
As you can see, the 3 main spots for pking are the dark knight's castle, varrock wildy, and my favorite, edgeville wildy. An important thing to note is that varrock wildy is a multi-zone, meaning that more than one player can attack a single player. The area below and right next to the bridge if the dark knight's castle is multi while the area west of the bridge is single-combat. Edgeville is all single.
Now that we're done with locations, let's assume you know the characteristics of each type of pure.
Mage pure: It is obvious that you want to use the best spell available to you. One tactic that mages can use against melee'rs is to stand in wilderness deeper than your target. This forces them to come deeper and fight you, giving yourself a few free attacks when they come to you and when they run. Other than that, just bind if you want or have the space the inven. space.
Melee pures: You should bring a scimitar and 2h of the best metal you can wield. Start out with the scimitar and when he's low health, pull the 2h out and kill him. This takes excellent timing and skill to pull off. Keep in mind that your opponent eats too and to only use the combo when the other person is low health. Using the combo disrupts your tempo of attack and takes a precious second to attack again.
Range pure: bring the best equipment you can with the best arrows. Range pking isn't reccomended foe lvl 30 or below, as you can't hit very high.
As range is the weakest, it is hard to kill someone before he eats. Therefore, range is best accompanied with melee or mage. A good combination is range and melee. Get you range a high enough level so that you are still range-based, also have melee stats. For example, 60 range along with 30 attack and 55 strength is good. Use a combat calculator that is found on many help sites to determine what you want.
Like melee, range is way too weak to kill someone who's eating. Basically range until they're low health, then shoot one more arrow and very quickly click on your 2h or spell and then quickly click on your opponent. This takes immense skill to do perfectly. However, if done correctly, you will double hit, almost like a dragon dagger special. You should see 2 damage spots at the same time. i'll have a picture of this for you soon.
3 important things to know:
#1:Keep in mind that if you have prayers, use them, please.
#2:Also, other people can also use the combo, so be wary of your health, but safe-eating is a looked-down upon thing. Your choice though.
#3:Fighting each class is basically the same for pures, as there is almost no defence. mages still hit hard against rangers because pure rangers cannot wear the dhide body.
Pures over lvl 60, i reccomend you go to p2p, as there are just too many impures your lvl and you won't hit very well at all.
F2p is very restricted and there's not that much variety of weapons or styles.Mid to high lvl Rangers are not reccomended to go pking unless you are 85+ range, as everybody is wearing rune.
Mages should bring bind runes, about 10 or so. But you will not be able to fit an attack in if you start ruinning. Binding in f2p is only useful if the opponent is running away. Bring a rune chain if you think you might need a little extra defence.
Warriors should bring a str pot along with a 2h and green dhide body. Body only and it should stop most magic attacks.Quickly switch to the 2h when your opponent is low health but many f2pers teleport, so be quick.
Well, that's pretty much all i want to write for now. Good luck and Merry Christmas.
