RuneScape Discussion

Our reasoning: Magic at current had a lot of power at a base line, but it was reliant on dual-wield spamming Greater Concentrated Blast. As a result, staves were falling way behind dual wield.
This change allows us to give some extra power to Staff users with upgrades such as greater Sonic Wave, without worrying about pushing the overall power of Magic even higher.
to make this change, Wrack with its new updated stats should now fit into rotations where Sonic Wave previously sat, with minimal changes to damage output.
David’s thoughts: Sonic wave probably won’t be used in a 4TAA rotation again. The rotations as built will only see wrack used when stunning a target. This means that with no Sonic Wave in the rotation there is a hit to DPS. At non-stunnable bosses (like AoD), it’s a small but meaningful nerf. At bosses that are stunnable it’s a fairly meaningful nerf. Overall the entire issue is that this patch for Sonic Wave is attempting to bring staves up and bring them closer to dual wielded wand and orb but still, on the PvM side, Greater Concentrated Blast and Greater Sonic Wave are not even somewhat close in performance.

Wrack: 40%-140% ability damage. If the target is bound or stunned, damage is increased by 30%.
Piercing shot: Hits twice. Each hit deals 35%-55% ability damage. If the target is bound or stunned, damage is increased by 30%.
Slice: 75%-115% ability damage. If the target is bound or stunned, damage is increased by 40%.
Punish: 50%-100% ability damage. If the target is below 50% health, damage is increased by 150%. It now has 24-second cooldown.

Updated Undead Slayer categories gamewide.
Monsters will more consistently appear in different Undead categories for the purposes of Slayer. Some of the most notable:

Skeletal creatures such as Skeletal Wyverns are now treated as Undead, and will work for Skeleton and Undead tasks.
Creatures such as Banshees will work for Ghost and Undead Slayer tasks.
Edimmu will work for Ghost, Zombie and Undead Slayer tasks.

An old restriction preventing the use of the Salve Amulet at Barrows has been removed. It also works in Rise of the Six.
Added an Undead cluster task to Laniakea.
Updated the colors of recent ability codices to differentiate them from each other.

Lost Easter Basket maps can now be picked up while a Clue Scroll is active in your Inventory.
The order of the Wilderness Sword teleport options has been readjusted. Teleport to Edgeville will be the first option and will activate when used from the action bar.
Nastroth's Constitution and Prayer major reset now requires Attack, Strength, Ranged, Magic, Defence and Summoning to be 10 or lower, rather than 5 or lower, to accommodate players who would need to perform a minor reset to qualify for a major reset.

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Show Data

Episode Title: Slaying Magic
Teaser: Fort Forinthry receives Unwelcome Guests in the form of new Slayer creatures. They also bring Greater Sonic Wave and a wider discussion on Magic. Plus updates to Wrack, Piercing Shot, Slice, and Punish that help our damage rotations.
Recorded Date: April 13, 2023
Release Date: April 14, 2023
Executive Producers: Shane, Cireon, and Tanis
Producers: David and Thaxy
Hosts: Shane, Tanis, and Thaxy
Duration: 1:39:07
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