Rune 2h sword





The Rune two-handed sword is a two-handed sword, which is stronger than the adamant 2h sword. Like all Rune weapons, it requires 40 attack to wield. It is also the strongest two-handed sword available to free players and also serves as a "knockout weapon" for many in the Bounty Hunter mini-game, especially Melee Pures switching between Rune scimitar and Rune Two-Hander, as they lower the opponents HP then switch to the Rune Two-Hander for a fast KO (Higher hit). It is also used by ranged/melee hybrids because a Maple shortbow on rapid is faster than a Rune scimitar which provides an even faster KO. Players can make a rune two-handed sword using the smithing skill at level 99, using three rune bars, giving the player 250 smithing experience. When you high alch this, you will receive 12,800 coins per bar. Also, it costs about coins more to buy at the Grand Exchange than the Adamant 2h sword.

Although it is considered one of the best weapons on RuneScape Classic, and the free-to-play part of the main RuneScape game, it is not often used in pay-to-play due to its slow speed and its inadequate strength bonus, being only 1 point less than the Dragon longsword, which is often the first dragon item purchased and used by new members.

Being the strongest melee weapon usable by players on non-members' servers, it is the most expensive stable melee weapon in non-members server and the second most popular weapon both in terms of marketing and combat use - behind only the rune scimitar. At one point, it was the single most powerful weapon in the game, and even today is commonly cited as the second best weapon in Free-to-play.

With an amulet of power the rune two-handed sword's slash goes + 75

Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages:


 * Strongest non-limited weapon in F2P, giving a 70+ strength bonus.
 * Can deal high amounts of damage.
 * A single person can do up to 32 with 99 Strength, using the right amount of strength boosting potions.
 * Very accurate - the most accurate non-degrading weapon in F2P Runescape.

Disadvantages:


 * Poor attack speed.
 * Fairly expensive
 * Removes the option for a shield
 * Less defence against attacks
 * Weaker than the Dragon Longsword by one point.

Trivia

 * The Rune two-handed sword existed in very early versions of RuneScape and was given to some testers. After it was deemed "too powerful", it was removed. Also, in the beginning version of RuneScape, the Rune two-handed sword was sometimes sold for 1 million gp each.


 * When the Rune Two-Handed sword was put back into the game, this weapon was used by nearly all pkers capable of wielding it, because in Runescape Classic there were no weapon speeds. Also, there was no necessary attack level to wield any weapon before an update in 2002.