Loar Shade best in slot gear setup
Best-in-slot gear
10
5
1
| weapon | 670.28m | |
| head | untradeable | |
| body | untradeable | |
| legs | untradeable | |
| hands | untradeable | |
| feet | 148.00m | |
| cape | untradeable | |
| neck | untradeable | |
| ring | 36.86m | |
| ammo | 800 |
Loar Shade combat stats
38 hp · lowest def: every style alike · air spells +40%
- Lowest defence
- Every style alike (+0)
- Elemental
- Standard air spells: +40% accuracy and damage
- Hitpoints
- 38
- Attack
- 45
- Strength
- 30
- Defence
- 26
- Ranged
- 0
- Magic
- 0
- Stab
- +0
- Slash
- +0
- Crush
- +0
- Magic
- +0
- Ranged
- +0
- Max hit
- 4
- Attack speed
- 4 ticks (2.4s)
- Attacks with
- Crush
- Aggressive
- Yes
- Attributes
- Shade, undead, spectral
- Size
- 1 by 1 tile
- Poison
- Immune
- Venom
- Immune
- Cannon
- Not immune
- Thralls
- Not immune
Not listed: burn and freeze.
Flat armour -3: every melee and ranged hit on it deals 3 more damage.
- Slayer category
- Shades
Special attacks Spec: Dragon knife +0.23 DPS · Opener: Bandos godsword (+2.8%)
Spec weapon to bring
Switched in with this gear. Energy comes back 10% every 30 seconds, plus a surge potion dose every five minutes.
Dragon knife · 25% energy avg 35.4 a spec (max 68), 99.8% to hit · 141.7 per full bar +0.23 DPS
Rosewood blowpipe · 25% energy avg 35.3 a spec (max 68), 99.78% to hit · 141.4 per full bar +0.23 DPS
Webweaver bow · 50% energy avg 45.5 a spec (max 80), 100% to hit · 91 per full bar +0.11 DPS
Toxic blowpipe · 50% energy avg 30.8 a spec (max 60), 97.81% to hit · 61.7 per full bar +0.07 DPS
With the top one: 19.03 DPS over a trip (from 18.807).
Defence opener
Landed at the start of a kill from a full bar; this gear then hits a weaker target.
Bandos godsword × 2 98.66% to land the first, 99.66% the last · 19.329 DPS if all land 19.329 (+2.8%)
Dorgeshuun crossbow × 1 100% to land · 19.249 DPS if all land 19.249 (+2.3%)
Bone dagger × 1 100% to land · 19.229 DPS if all land 19.229 (+2.2%)
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How this is worked out
- Built in: what can reach the target (halberds only for melee on Kree'arra, Zulrah and other flying bosses; no melee where it can't land, like the Kraken), each boss's damage caps, reductions and immunities (Corp, Zulrah, Verzik, Olm, Tekton, the Duke and more), and the bonuses the target's type turns on (salve, slayer helmet on task, dragon, demon and other banes).
- Real gear only: items you can't take to the fight (PvP Arena, Nightmare Zone and minigame copies, League rewards) are never picked. When two pieces are within 0.2% DPS of each other, the sturdier one is shown.
- Your levels: only gear the levels above can wear is searched (Bandos needs 65 Defence, Torva 80), and each style prays the best prayer they allow: Piety needs 70 Prayer and 70 Defence, so a 1 Defence pure prays Ultimate Strength with Incredible Reflexes.
- One phase at a time: bosses with phases or forms (Zulrah, Vorkath, Hydra, Yama) are scored for the one picked above.
- Not in the DPS above: special attacks (listed separately under Special attacks), prayer switching and hitting several targets at once. This is the gear for your steady damage, not a full kill plan.
Every style vs Loar Shade Ranged 18.807 · Melee 16.746 · Magic 13.608
| Style | DPS | Max hit | Accuracy | Time to kill | Weapon | Buy cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rangedbest | 18.807 | 47 | 96.03% | 2.0s | Ascension crossbows | 855.14m |
| Melee | 16.746 | 64 | 97.13% | 2.3s | Dual macuahuitl | 262.98m |
| Magic | 13.608 | 47 | 99.35% | 2.8s | Eye of Ayak | 414.85m |
Loar Shade ranged gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascension crossbows Rapid | 18.807 | - | 47 | 96.03% | | 855.14m+ | |
| 2 | Toxic blowpipe Rapid | 18.066 | -3.9% | 40 | 97.22% |      | 439.72m+ | |
| 3 | Rosewood blowpipe Rapid | 15.626 | -16.9% | 34 | 97.14% |    | 577.60m+ | |
| 4 | Blisterwood stake Rapid | 14.434 | -23.3% | 31 | 97.28% |   | 591.13m+ | |
| 5 | Ironwood blowpipe Rapid | 14.404 | -23.4% | 31 | 97.07% |   | 577.60m+ |
Loar Shade melee gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dual macuahuitl Crush · Aggressive | 16.746 | - | 64 | 97.13% |          | 262.98m+ | |
| 2 | Soulreaper axe Slash · Aggressive | 16.358 | -2.3% | 94 | 97.3% |     | 1.04b+ | |
| 3 | Inquisitor's mace Crush · Aggressive | 15.679 | -6.4% | 71 | 97.61% |     | 1.01b+ | |
| 4 | Obligator Crush · Smash | 15.509 | -7.4% | 52 | 97.35% |   | 4.40b+ | |
| 5 | Ghrazi rapier Stab · Aggressive | 15.421 | -7.9% | 70 | 97.25% |  | 710.68m+ |
Loar Shade magic gear setups: top 5
| # | Weapon | DPS | vs best | Max hit | Accuracy | Gear | Buy cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eye of Ayak Accurate | 13.608 | - | 47 | 99.35% |          | 414.85m+ | |
| 2 | Tumeken's shadow Accurate | 13.094 | -3.8% | 75 | 99.71% |  | 1.06b+ | |
| 3 | Sanguinesti staff Accurate | 12.883 | -5.3% | 64 | 99.34% |  | 390.45m+ | |
| 4 | Harmonised Nightmare staff Casts Wind Surge | 11.821 | -13.1% | 57 | 99.48% |   | 376.99m+ | |
| 5 | Trident of the Swamp Accurate | 11.396 | -16.3% | 52 | 99.35% |   | 411.90m+ |
Loar Shade gear setup: best in slot for every style
The highest-DPS setup against Loar Shade (Shade) in Old School RuneScape is ranged, built around the Ascension crossbows, at 18.807 damage per second - about 2 seconds a kill. That beats the best melee setup by 12%. The tradeable pieces come to roughly 855.1m gp, plus untradeables. Every slot is searched against the same combat engine the DPS calculator uses, at 99 stats with the buffs listed above. Drop your own levels in to see what actually changes.
Loar Shade (Shade) has 38 hitpoints, and its lowest defence bonus is every style alike (+0). Air spells from the standard spellbook get 40% more accuracy and damage against it. It is immune to poison and venom.
Loar Shade gear - frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to the Ascension crossbows against Loar Shade?
In ranged, the next best setups are built around the Toxic blowpipe (18.066 DPS), the Rosewood blowpipe (15.626 DPS) and the Blisterwood stake (14.434 DPS), with the rest of the gear searched again around that weapon. Each style's top setups are listed above, one per weapon.
What is the best gear for Loar Shade in OSRS?
Ranged is the highest-DPS style against Loar Shade, with the Ascension crossbows as the weapon. The full loadout is above, slot by slot, with live Grand Exchange prices totalling about 855.1m gp.
What combat style should I use against Loar Shade?
Ranged 18.807 DPS, Melee 16.746 DPS, Magic 13.608 DPS - so ranged wins by 12%. Reach and mechanics still matter: a style listed here may not be usable on every phase.
How long does it take to kill Loar Shade?
About 2 seconds per kill with the best-in-slot loadout at 99 stats, from Loar Shade (Shade)'s 38 hitpoints and the sustained damage of that setup. No spec cycles or prayer switching are modelled.
What is Loar Shade weak to?
Loar Shade is weak to air (40%), which the loadout search already accounts for.
What is the best ranged setup for Loar Shade?
Ascension crossbows, with Void ranger helm, Elite void top and Elite void robe: 18.807 DPS (max hit 47). The rest of the slots, the next best ranged setups and the special attack to bring are above.
What is the best melee setup for Loar Shade?
Dual macuahuitl, with Blood moon helm, Blood moon chestplate and Blood moon tassets: 16.746 DPS (max hit 64). The rest of the slots, the next best melee setups and the special attack to bring are above.
What is the best magic setup for Loar Shade?
Eye of Ayak, with Slayer helmet (i), Ancestral robe top and Ancestral robe bottom: 13.608 DPS (max hit 47). The rest of the slots, the next best magic setups and the special attack to bring are above.
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Game data on this page comes from the OSRS Wiki: Loar Shade, used under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Damage formulas follow the wiki's DPS calculator, osrs-dps-calc by Weird Gloop (GPL-3.0).