Is higher HP necessarily better?

I'm glad this sparked such discussion.

I agree with everyone's points so far. In the end I guess it comes down to preference, it has it's upsides and it's downfalls.

At the moment I just figured that at around 60 combat fights aren't about who outlasts who, it's about who gets KO'd first.

Obviously higher HP means less chance of getting spec'd out. To contrast that, higher HP means less range/strength levels possibly on your opponent which could mean less chance of speccing out your opponent if your stats aren't that great due to the higher HP.

It's tricky.

 

I don't think its that high of a hp level i had a obby mauler when it was lvl 46 it was 83or 84 hp but i guess obbyers trainer str with hp but not sure i would say get 82 magic, 90 range 80-90str stay 60attack,

 

Higher hp is only needed if you want to stake.