I took inspiration from the anime, The Rising of the Shield Hero, and really liked how much Naofumi’s character felt like playing my old summoning tank pure. It made me miss the days of training off monks on my pure account and had me wondering how viable a summoning tank pure would even be in RS3 these days. After spending time training on my main I learned about armour spikes, poison bombs, as well as other reflect/deflect gears. I learned I can dish out quite a bit of damage using a Steel Titan and Summoning Potions to use the Steel of Legend scrolls quickly while tanking by deflecting/reflecting damage. I decided to go for it and create myself a fun challenge.
At first I was going to make an Ironman account since Naofumi is unable to train with the other Cardinal Heroes, but I quickly found without magic I was unable to achieve most items that would help me tank, and training magic would mean the challenge was too easy as well as put me at a max combat level. Another restriction I am currently weighing is should I restrict myself to only shields so I can be true to the “shield hero.” This would also mean I would not be able to use the strongest weapon I could equip of the 3rd Age Druidic Staff. I am currently only using shields unless I REALLY need to bring out the staff or want to expedite the training process. I have also decided I need to wear a weapon alongside the shield. I have cosmetically overridden the one handed weapon as a claw to kind of hide this fact.
Special thanks/shoutout to MinMaximust (Sir Wall Ace) for all of your helpful Reddit, Forum, and YouTube posts to give me more ideas on how to build tank pures!
At first I was going to make an Ironman account since Naofumi is unable to train with the other Cardinal Heroes, but I quickly found without magic I was unable to achieve most items that would help me tank, and training magic would mean the challenge was too easy as well as put me at a max combat level. Another restriction I am currently weighing is should I restrict myself to only shields so I can be true to the “shield hero.” This would also mean I would not be able to use the strongest weapon I could equip of the 3rd Age Druidic Staff. I am currently only using shields unless I REALLY need to bring out the staff or want to expedite the training process. I have also decided I need to wear a weapon alongside the shield. I have cosmetically overridden the one handed weapon as a claw to kind of hide this fact.
Special thanks/shoutout to MinMaximust (Sir Wall Ace) for all of your helpful Reddit, Forum, and YouTube posts to give me more ideas on how to build tank pures!
13-Jan-2021 16:28:13 - Last edited on 13-Jan-2021 16:40:32 by VVizard