My highly detailed range staking guide [ FOR LOW LEVELS ]

Well, I worked hard on this. This is everything I've come to know about staking.

I'd recommend the lvl 50 range/HP method. It keeps your opponent's guessing.

HERE IT IS:

Okay, thanks for purchasing my guide. It will give you a somewhat in-depth explanation on how to gain millions via range staking.

1) Requirements
2) Training
3) Perfect Stats
4) Rules/Techniques
5) Getting the first hit, always.


NOTE: This is for making a new staker with the same stats I have.
1) REQUIREMENTS ```````````````````````````
-At least 5-10m in cash
-Around 5k iron arrows
-Member (Obviously)
-1k Lobs
-20 Cammy Teles

2) TRAINING ```````````````````````````````

DO NOT GET PRAYER.

Best spot to start training is always going to be varrock sewers. You train on rats and giant rats. Level 3 and 6 combat. You train on them with iron arrows/knives, keep in mind to pick them up Train on these rats till about 20 Combat.
Next best spot to train at is Monks. They give off good XP. Per 1 damage you do, you get 3 times the xp. So,
1 DMG = 3 XP per hit,
2 DMG = 6 XP per hit,
3 DMG = 9 XP per hit,
and so on.
Once you have gotten to 27 combat, I suggest heading to train on experiments. The easiest way to do this is to buy 20 camelot teleports. Once you have gotten your 20 camelot teleports, take your iron arrows and bow and goto Rellekka, north-northwest of Camelot. Once you are in Relleka, goto the first boat from the west corner and talk to Jarvald. Ask him "What is jarvald doing", and "Can I come" once he is done explaining. This trip will cost you 1k gp per trip to WaterBirth Island. Here on the outskirts of the place are experiments which usually not too many people to train on. Train here until you get to 50 range, which should only take a day max.

Now that you have your 50 range, you should be nearing ~35 combat or so. Once you have gotten 35 combat, you can make some decisions.

3) Stats`````````````````````````````````````
So, you want to stake but are unsure which stats best fit you?

-You can be 50 Range, 20 Defense and stake people under the dbow level.
-You can be 56 Range, 37 or 38 Combat and be maxed for your level.
-You can get to 35 combat and just get HP the rest of the way. (I have found that this is also probably the 2nd best way to win a lot of stakes)
-You can be level 50 range and just stake once you hit it.

What I recommend is always going here every combat, range, or hp level.
http://www.tip.it/runescape/?page=combat_calc.htm
Say your combat is 39 with 20 Defense and 50 Range, ~45+ HP. You will notice that if you enter those stats into the combat calculator, it says "For combat 40, you need either: 1 defense of HP level, or 1 ranged level." This means that you have the highest levels possible for your combat level currently. This means that if you stake someone your combat, they may be a range level or two lower than you. This is good, because that lack of 1 range level can sometimes mean the difference.
This is the base of how you are going to make sure you win. As always with staking, be absolutely sure to always check the person you are staking on highscores.

For 50 range, 20 Defense, you should be around 39 or 40 combat, which is usually just enough to stay under the combat level which people can Dbow spec you. This is very dangerous, when someone has 60 ranged they are almost GUARANTEED to win over you.
Always make sure the person is under 60 range.
Also, check to be sure the person has at least 55 range. If they don't chances are they are higher on HP and could possibly win with just 1 hp left in the duel.

For having 56 range and be maxed on your combat, this is probably one of the riskiest characters to make, but can be very profitable. Train all the way until 56 range, then goto the duel arena. Finding someone you know you can win may be very difficult, a lot of people mix more hp and less range in their characters. A lot of people mix defense into their range characters with lower range. It all depends. With 56 ranged, I would recommend ONLY looking for people with a lower combat than you. In this case, you would want ideally someone with 54 or 55 ranged, maybe less if you can.

For having 50 ranged and the rest HP-
This is probably the best way to go right here. This is the more 'luck' portion of making a good staking character. You want to get to 50 range and then get nothing but HP for 3 or 4 more combat levels. To do this, I would recommend only training strength. This could come in handy later on. Train at the same spots as mentioned above. Once you are satisfied with your combat level, double check if you are maxed for your combat or not. Be sure to check this calculator to find out; http://www.tip.it/runescape/?page=combat_calc.htm
If it says 1 defense or hitpoint level until next combat, perfect. If not, you got however many more hitpoints levels to go yet. Finally when you are ready to stake, you want to make sure you find someone ideally that is 1-3 combat's lower than you. This way they will have lower range, and you should be able to hit the same damage as them. This is risky though, because some people depending what combat you are could have 56, 57, 58, or more ranged. You want to try and find someone that thinks they can beat you only because your ranged level doesn't show up on highscores. This is where the luck really comes into play. People will be bound determined to beat you solely because you are not on the highscore list when they check you. Not being on highscores is a HUGE advantage, the person will never see what you have planned for them.


Staking once you hit 50 range is self-explanitory. Only look for people that are no on the highscore list. You will hit the highscore list as soon as you hit 53 range. Try to keep under that, but have your combat maxed once again by checking the calculator. This part is easy, if you get greedy and decide to stake someone that shows up on highscores, this is your fault and I am not to blame, I tried. If you keep to what I say and only stake those not in the highscore list for this method, and you have enough patience, you should be fine. You should end up winning a lot of money, but don't get greedy. The way I see it, every 3m you win put 1m in the bank so you have something to fall back on.

4) This is the most IMPORTANT PART!!!! The rules and techniques! `````````
For 50 range and 20 defense, I would mainly recommend everything off except bow and shield slot. Use a ANTI-DRAGONFIRE SHIELD. There are various techniques you may use with these stats, but the easiest way to do it is with a rune knife/magic bow combo. What I prefer to do is have your mage bow out as soon as the duel begins. Hit them once with the bow then spec them 2nd hit. As soon as your character goes to pull the bow back for spec, switch to rune knives and shield. This way, they will be at a disadvantage because you are higher HP than them for pretty much the whole fight unless they get lucky. What you want the most is to constantly be at a higher HP. If they have bow out for the begginning of the fight, switch to rune knives and shield. Usually, at low combats people tend to spec with mage bow first if thats what they had out at first. If they spec first, keep hitting them with knives until they fall under your hp. As soon as they do switch back to rune arrows and mage bow, hit once, then spec. Immediately after you pull the bow back, switch back to rune knives and shield. You should be able to easily win this certain duel. I'd recommend staking only 200k at a time until you find someone you come very close to losing to. Or if you lost to them, but BARELY by say 1-3 HP, they are perfect to stake. Usually it is really hard to find someone at this level staking a mill or more at a time, but occasionally you'll get very lucky. Once you find a close fight, this is where your defense really plays a role. You find a person thats a VERY close fight, start staking mills. When I found someone once, I lost 2m to them in CLOSE FIGHTS. Next duel after that was a 5m stake, I won, and was up 3m, etc. Your defense is going to help you win with this level, very well.
Rules, No pots, No food, No Movement, and No prayer.

For 56 ranged maxed combat I would recommend the same rules as mentioned above. The people that you ideally want to find are people that are under your range level. This can be about any combat, but I would recommend someone 1 combat higher/lower with 1-3 range levels lower. Keeping about the same combat ensures that you will not be dueling someone with a major advantage over you. The worst thing that can happen to you is someone that has much higher HP or has defense. Be careful and choose your people wisely. Have mage bow out before the fight, hit once, spec on 2nd hit, switch to rune knives and iron kite.

For 50 range and higher HP:
This is ideally what you want if you want a good chance at making the big money. I made the mistake of getting 57 range before thinking twice and making this guide via experience staking. IF I could turn back now to 50 range and high hp, this is the route I'd go. While staking I have found that you most often will lose against someone that has higher HP. Say the person you are staking against is 40 combat, 1 level under the combat someone would have a Dark Bow at. Then you look them up on the highscores, and notice they have 54 range. Wtf? It means either they have defense, or higher hp. Honestly, I'd rather have hp before making a tank, anyday. The more HP you have, the less defense really matters/makes a difference. If you have higher HP, you might just win that huge 20m stake by 1hp. 1-3 more hp levels really do count when staking, which is why you always want to train a way that gives you HP. Do not stake people that have higher hp, if you really want to win since you have higher HP, you'll want to stake someone that has more range levels than you, 4 at the most I'd say. The extra 4 range levels won't really matter if you have much more HP than they do, it's going to be that extra HP that is going to get you the win. Runescape's hit system is basically luck when staking, unless you have say 5-10 more range levels than someone. With that said, the last part; how to always get the first hit.

5) The FIRST HIT
This is the most important part of any stake you ever do. If you don't get the first hit which can deal huge damage or no damage, you have a much less chance of winning. First hit is extremely important, you never know how good it will be or how shitty- even the shittiest first hits can get you the win. To get the first hit I've found that you wait until the fight counter is at 2. Once the timer gets to 1, you immediately after click attack. There will be a delay, I will try to time it in my next updated guide. Wait for a split second after the counter hits one and immediately click attack. This will always get you the first hit.

If you like this guide, or it is helpful to you in any way, please leave your feedback

 

yo drew thanks for this guide. it was awesome.

 

I may update it sometime down the road, it's not the most detailed guide, but detailed enough.

 

Quite helpful for people who have never been staking.

 

Only thing I see wrong is you said experiments, now unless i'm thinking of something else you meant rockcrabs, no?

`Renton

Blak, unless something has changed in the past 6 months. Rock crabs are on waterbirth. :-\.

 

No he didn't mean rockcrabs, take the boat at the rockcrabs to go to waterbirth.Nice Guide, very detailed 8/10

 

nice guide!

 

great guide

im going to have to use it sometime

 

It's to long lol. Still pretty good though

 

Yes I meant the rock crabs at waterbirth.

 

Hey there mate, Do you think I'll still be good staking at 65 range/55 hp/55 mage 10 def =/ and 1 attack and 1 str and 1 prayer....Hit me back on what you think, Thanks a lot buddy.

 

Thats the thing, I haven't really ventured out of 40 combat.
So to tell you the truth, I really don't know

 

Okay mates,Thanks anyways, Good luck with your guide

 

Hey man, nice guide.

 

8/10 10/10 if you get pics!

 

I'm using it, I have 44 range atm, rest is hp. I guess I'll stop at lv 50 and try out staking.

 

I liked the guide, the one problem is, is the staker ruined once ur range is lvled or hp when your maxed?

 

No, if you use the tip.it calculator, it will say you need x more range levels, or x more hp levels till x combat. You want to get all but 1 less than the levels required for the next level.

 

thnx for the guide.gnna be helpful.

 

good guide..
enjoyed reading it