It's a combat skill, and you didn't think it would elevate your combat level?
For those of us that are maxed we didn't see a combat level increase til we get to level 100 in necromancy by the way the combat calculator works. However with all your combat stats as level 1. Meant that yes it would raise your combat level far sooner.
When the day becomes the night and the sky becomes the sea, when the clock strikes heavy and there’s no time for tea; and in our darkest hour, before my final rhyme, she will come back home to Wonderland and turn back the hands of time.