Crystal Halberd at Corp

[Pen Fifteen]

I have tested this myself, and it appears that with my testing, Crystal Halberd does in fact deal full damage at Corporeal Beast, despite rumors that it does not. With that said, do you think it is a fair weapon to bring to the boss during a mass? It is obviously inefficient in small teams.

[RedWorks]

all depends on the rules of the mass imo

[RITUALIS]

if all splits are even then it doesnt matter then, i mean whatever melts the corp the fastest? 

[AAIGHT]

Yes it does do full damage. Its not better dps than spear though, according to the gear-setup discord.

 

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Do not use the Crystal Halberd!!!!!! It's a big noobtrap, as people think due to the uncapped damage, it's worth using. The crystal halberd special attack is LESS DPS than just stabbing corp with your spear. The ONLY special attack that is higher DPS than stabbing with a Zamorakian Spear are the Dragon Claws (yes, even despite the 50% damage - goes to show how OP they are). But you should only be bringing those in 2+2 setups.

 

[Pen Fifteen]

Is that with corp defense lowered to 0 though? @aaight

[poiuyt415]

The issue that lays with using the Crystal Halberd during masses is not only about the damage it outputs or whether the mass is a FFA or Split. Arguably yes it can do nice damage and yes it can speed up kills HOWEVER, more often then not the people who are using the halberd are using it instead of a defence lowering weapon, not in combination... the more people use dps spec weapons the less people using defence loweing and this ends up being longer kills etc.... on top of this those using dps weps are taking advantage of those using the  def lowering weps and have an increased chance of snagging pet.