by Arjun Wadhwa

Created on: September 17, 2009   Last Updated: January 30, 2012

In this article, you will be introduced to one of the most important combat skills for a melee player in runescape. Attack is an under rated skill in runescape. The best player killers (pkers) will tell you that attack is necessary to win in player vs. player duels in the wilderness and/or the duelling arena. Some of the biggest winners in the duelling worlds are people with high attack levels.

However, this does not mean that other combat stats such as Strength and Defence are useless. It just means that training strength without training attack will not mean anything, and will take a long time.

Attack can be trained by using the first option on your weapon. After you leave the tutorial island, your weapon should be set automatically on an attack mode. In the attack mode, you will hit more accurately. For example, you may hit 2 10s in a row with a rune scimitar rather than hitting 19 in a single shot. What you hit depends on your strength and attack level.

Even when you are in the strength mode, the attack level does play a role. However, strength level will be the main determinant of your hits. This is why it is important to train attack and strength. If you are making strength pure, then an attack level of 60 is sufficient since the pure will be able to wield dragon weapons.

However, if you want to be a fighter that can do much more with his stats than just hit high; then you should train defence, strength and attack. Many people train their attack to 70 to wield a whip. Whip is one of the deadliest weapons in runescape, and it works excellent with just the attack option.

Attack is basically a skill of accuracy. How often you hit will depend on your attack level. People with 99-attack level will hit much more often than someone with 60 attack. If you want to hit more often on a monster or another player, then all you need to do is get your attack level higher.

You must use the attack option when you wield a weapon to use the attack and to train it. Strength and Defence experience points will remain the same if you choose the attack option for the weapon.

Hopefully, you have now learned the basics of attack and will train your attack level as soon as possible.

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