- Warrior here refers to the melee combat class. See Warrior (disambiguation) for other uses.
The three combat classes of RuneScape are the warrior, ranger, and mage. They are balanced so that each class is weak to one other and strong against one other, in what is called the "combat triangle." A player's combat class is determined from that player's skills. A rough way to determine a player's combat class is to compare the following, and the highest number is your combat class:
Your combat class also affects your combat level, because in addition to Defence, Hitpoints, Summoning, and Prayer, the skills listed above for your combat class also contribute to your combat level.
Melee
A melee, or warrior, uses the Melee combat style and is strong against rangers but weak against mages. Warriors generally wear heavy, metal armour that provides excellent defence against melee and ranged attacks, but inhibits the warrior's ability to perform ranged and magic attacks.
The sub classes for Melee are Berserker and Warrior, where the Berserker focuses primarily on their strength to deal massive damages, if not frequently. Warriors focus on their defence and attack, as to hit constantly and be hit rarely.
Ranger
A ranger, or bowman, or archer, uses the Ranged combat style and is strong against mages but weak against warriors. Rangers generally wear armour made from animal hide, and they use weapons that can hit from a distance. Rangers are considered to be the strongest fighters - mages are thought to be stronger but a mage only hits strong compared to another player from combat level 5 to 30.
Sub classes include long bow and short bow rangers, depending on whether the player wants power or speed. respectively.
Mage
A mage, or wizard, uses the Magic combat style and is strong against warriors but weak against rangers. Mages generally wear robes for armour and wield staves for weapons. However, robes and a staff aren't what make a mage powerful, but rather their potent array of spells. To cast spells, mages use runes, stones that are magically-energized.
Sub classes are divided into ancient magicks and modern magics for combat related activities. Players using the modern magic spell book have general spells for reducing a foes combat skills, temporarily binding an opponent to a square, and doing damage and teleports. Players who use the ancient spells are looking to counter-act all players instincts to run.
References
- RuneScape Knowledge Base