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Combat is arguably the most important RuneScape skill. Combat is the skill of battling adversaries, whether they are NPC's or other players.

Combat level

A player's "combat level" is calculated using seven skills: attack, strength, defence, hitpoints, magic, prayer and ranged. The maximum combat level in RuneScape Classic is 123, and the maximum in RuneScape is 126.

Combat level, in RuneScape, can also be determined by combat type. A warrior, for example, will have higher melee stats than magic or ranged, and would have their combat level based on their melee (i.e: attack and strength) stats. A mage, however, would have a combat level based on magic, and a ranger would have a combat level based on range. Prayer, defence, and hitpoints will always influence combat level in all three types.

Fighting styles

Different fighting styles train different things. Accurate trains attack, aggressive trains strength and defensive trains defence. Controlled trains all three.

Melee

Accurate reduces a player's chance of hitting 0 on the opponent.
Aggressive increases amount of damage a player does to an opponent when battling.
Defensive decreases damage done to the player by an opponent.
Controlled gives a third of the normal experience received to attack, strength, and defence, allowing melee fighters to gain experience in all three skills at the same time.

Ranged

Rapid increases damage-rate speed on the opponent
Long ranged increases ranging shooting range. It also gives a small amount of Defence Experience.

Combat Triangle

RuneScape combat is generally divided into 3 class: melee, magic and ranged. These three divisions form the Combat Triangle.

The Combat Triangle is a chart of strengths and weaknesses:

Warriors are strong against Rangers, but weak against Mages. However, with armour taken off and fighting at close range the outcome of the battle will depend on the attack and strength levels of the warrior and the mage's defence and magic level. Since a higher magic level means more accuracy, usually mages with at least 80 magic and a high defence level that is greater than the attack level of the warrior has a pretty good chance of winning. Alternatively a warrior with an attack level greater than the mages defence and a decent strength level will most likely result in the warrior winning.
Mages are strong against Warriors, but weak against Rangers due to their Dragonhide Armour, which provides great Magic Defence.
Rangers are strong against Mages, but weak against Warriors, due to the fact that they can not hit well enough through a Warrior's armour.

Melee

See also Melee-related weaponry and Melee-related armour

Melee based combat is the simplest form of combat a player can choose to specialize in - those who do so are named "warriors".

Warriors dominate over rangers, as melee armour provides a relatively high amount of defence against range attacks. Although range armour provides a considerable amount melee defence as well, it cannot compare to the defence given to warriors, and therefore rangers are still placed at a disadvantage. In short, warriors hit proportionately more damage on rangers than rangers hit on warriors.

Attack level determines the chance of a successful strike, as well as what melee weapons players can wield.
Strength level determines the maximum damage a player can deal. Some weapons are tied to this stat as well, such as the Barrow Weapons Dharok's and Torag's.
Defence level increases the chance of receiving no damage during an opponent's attack. Defence also determines what kinds of armour you can wear.

Magic

See also Magic-related weaponry and Magic-related armour

Once considered only a supplement to Melee, Magic is now a battle skill in its own right. Mages may wield various Staffs & Battlestaffs to assist them. Mages may even have some types of armour specific to them. Magic is a skill intertwined with the skill of Runecrafting

Mages have an advantage over warriors as melee armour gives a negative magic defence and mages are able to use spells such as Entangle to bind a warrior in place for a period of time.

Magical attacks are marked by the use of Runestones as a form of ammunition. As with all other combat stats, players must train their magic stats to a higher degree in order to generate a higher damage output, as well as increasing the likelihood of a successful strike. With the appropriate runes and skill level, players may cast a variety of spells. Many higher level spells are available only to members, such as the Elemental Waves. All spells are composed of one or more types of Elemental Runestones, which give the spell its elemental alignment, and a "binding" rune, which gives the spell its type. Each type of binding rune is associated with one type of spell. Below is a list of all Magical spells players may cast. In brackets are the levels required to cast them.

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