Kayle's sling

Kayle's sling is a two-handed Ranged weapon. It requires 1 Ranged to hold and does not require ammunition of any kind, as rocks are picked up off of the ground.

It offers a +6.5 ranged strength bonus and a +5 ranged attack bonus. It has the same speed as a shortbow. This item is popular among low levelled players due to the fact that no ammunition is required and that it is given freely as a quest reward for The Blood Pact. If lost, it can be re-obtained from Xenia, outside the Lumbridge Catacombs, along with the other Cultist's weapons. It should also be noted that pures can get one by starting the quest, grabbing Kayle's sling and then go outside without completing it.

It is a good training weapon for low levelled rangers, because it is free and has better Ranged strength than bronze and iron knives, although it is slightly slower and is a two-handed weapon so many players prefer to use knives anyway. It is much more useful in free worlds, as it has attack strength near to bronze arrows but without need for ammo, thus ideal to be used at weak monsters to train. A good full ranged armour is recommended though to compensate the low accuracy.

When a player's Ranged level increases to level 5 (or using a few times while already having at least level 5), equipping the Sling will result in a message stating that at this ranged level, it would be better to use bows and arrows. It also directs you to the advisory icon in the corner of the screen. After clicking through the first message, there are no future messages about the sling not being recommended for the Ranged level.



Trivia

 * This weapon replaced Kayle's shortbow as of a recent (12 October 2010) update.
 * It looks similar to a normal sling, but Kayle's sling is red.
 * For a small period of time before the slings (both Kayle's and regular) were released, Kayle held and used one, but did not drop it.
 * Kayle's sling has a slightly smaller inventory image than the normal sling.
 * Even though Kayle's sling is a two handed weapon, your avatar only uses one hand when attacking with it. This may be due to the other hand not being shown taking rocks to load the sling for use.
 * Although players could never use a regular sling in PvP combat, they could have used Kayle's sling in PVP combat. This may have been because Kayle's sling is harder to obtain, seeing as to get it back after death you have to talk to Xenia. It may, however, have simply been overlooked when it was introduced. As of October 18th neither slings may be used in PvP combat.
 * If you talk to the Wise Old Man about unneeded quest items with this in your bank, it will show a picture of Kayle's sling but says "I see you've still got Kayle's bow..."
 * There currently is a glitch when using the rapid attack style, any weapon with 4 attacks styles will automatically go to the 4th option, instead of the correct 2nd.
 * Kayle's sling is held like an abyssal whip, with the elbow bent and a back and forth swinging motion.
 * The max hit recorded on the sling is 201, using overload potion, Rigour, and full void ranged armor while having 99 Ranged.
 * It pairs shortbows with its attack speed, making it the second type of free weapon able to reach speed 7, being the second kind of fastest weapon in free world..