Zuriel's staff

Zuriel's staff is a one-handed weapon obtained by killing another player on a PvP world. It unlocks the Miasmic spells from the Ancient Magicks spellbook, which, if successful, lowers the foe's Ranged and Melee attack speeds by 50%.

The corrupt version requires 20 Attack and 20 Magic, and lasts for 15 minutes of wielding. Meanwhile, the normal version requires 78 Attack and 78 Magic, and lasts for an hour of combat. After the time is up, the item disintegrates. The time restrictions are the same on PvP and non-PvP worlds.

Most players who have 78 attack would buy the non-corrupt Zuriel's staff as the price differences between them are very small, yet the corrupt staff degrades way faster. The price of corrupt zuriel's staff is largely affected by pures who don't have 78 attack and thus have to use a corrupt version of the staff to use miasmic spells.


 * As an hour contains 6000 ticks and a magical spell is able to be casted once per 5 ticks, you are able to cast 1200 combat spells with this staff before it degrades. Thus, each spell costs approximately an extra coins when using this staff, in addition to the runes that have to be used.

Contrary to popular belief, this item does not degrade while using NON-COMBAT magic.

On 2 September 2009, this staff was amongst the few to receive the ability to cause 10% more magic damage.

Trivia

 * This staff seems to be holding the missing miasmic diamond from Desert Treasure.
 * Miasmic spells can be cast on npc's, however it will not slow down their attack speed.
 * Zuriel's staff has the joint second best magic attack bonus for a weapon (tied with the corrupt version and the chaotic staff). Only the Master wand is better with a +20 bonus.