Ranged pure

A Ranged pure is a type of Combat pure who specializes mostly in the Ranged skill and focuses on making high-levelled. They are mostly found in the F2P worlds, in which they are considered to be most effective.

Overview
A Range pure relies on the basic idea that increasing Range is equal to increasing the two sub-skills Ranged Attack and Ranged Strength. Thus, a Ranger only has to increase one skill, where a Melee increases both Attack and Strength. A Ranged pure, therefore, has a lesser Combat Level than a Melee, with arguably the same attack statistics. Most Ranged pures, except the Ranged Tank, concentrate on having their Defense level as 1, thus having a lower Combat Level.

A Ranged pure mostly falls under the following categories:-


 * Ranged pure (Increase only Range)
 * Ranged / 2h pure (Increase Range and Strength)
 * Ranged Tank (Increase Range and Defense)
 * Hybrid Range pure (Increase Range and Magic)

All these types of pures differ in their Range, Strength, Defense or Attack levels. Additionally, a pure can also have Prayer, although many low-level Rangers prefer to have it at 1, as Prayer increases the pure's Combat Level.

The Pure Ranger
The Pure Ranger is a type of Ranged pure that concentrates only on increasing Range. All other combat-related skills are kept at 1 or close to 1. Most Pure Rangers are only effective at low levels. Thus, Pure Rangers usually have the following statistics:

The Ranged level could be anywhere from 40 to 70, 50 is taken as the most popular Ranged stat.

Pure Rangers are usually very difficult and strenuous to train, as their defense and hitpoints levels are very low. The only advantages they have are the convenient safe spots; areas from where they can attack other monsters but the monsters cannot attack them in return. They are also not known to be very effective in pking. They can take multiple, strong hits from other players, and find it very hard to KO in PvP combat.

Strategy Used
Pure Rangers usually take advantage of the distance between them and their opponents. They start attacking from afar, thus gaining a starting bonus during PvP combat. If their Range levels are high, they can hit upto 12s or 13s or more. Their low combat level, ability to attack from a distance and quick attacking usually gives them an advantage during PvP combat.

Strategies Used Against Pure Rangers
The best way to combat a Pure Ranger is through Melee. Range attacks are extremely weak against armour, and Stab attacks usually hit them very high. The worst way to fight them is by Magic, as they would be wearing Dragonhide chaps and vambraces.

The Ranged / 2h Pure
The Ranged / Two-Handed pure uses a combo of Range and Strength levels. The most popular tactic used in such pures is to attack constantly and quickly with Ranged, till the opponent's Hitpoints gets very low. At these stages, when the opponent is most likely to start eating lots of food, the pure suddenly wields a Two-Handed Sword (or a Battleaxe) and goes for a killing swipe at the opponent's Hitpoints. This strategy is strongly gaining popularity in F2P worlds, as the inability of the Ranged pure to KO a player is overcome in this type of pure.

A Ranged / 2h pure usually has the following statistics:

Types of Knock-Outs
There are mainly three types of KO combos used by the Ranged / 2h pures:-


 * The Normal Switch. This is the most basic kind of KO used by a pure. When the opponent's HP gets low and the pure lands a relatively high attack, he/she simply wields the Two-Handed Sword and goes for the kill.
 * The Delayed Switch. In this type of KO-ing, when the opponent's HP gets low, the pure runs away from the player in order to "bait" him/her. Most opponents take this as a sign of giving up or "safing" by the pure, and run after him/her. This prevents the opponent from eating food to heal himself/herself. Then, the pure suddenly wields the Two-Handed sword and attacks, killing the player.
 * The Quick Switch. This is the most difficult as well as the most successful and popular kind of KO used by Range/2h pures. In this case, the pure wields the Two-Handed Sword just as he/she is picking up an arrow. Due to a glitch, the arrow will be fired from the bow, but the damage of the sword will still be stacked with that of the arrow, thus killing the player. However, this requires a lot of timing sense and takes time to master.