Perk Information
Introduction
This guide explains in detail perk choices and placements.
For a full list of perk combos and their positions on gear, check out Perks.
Entry Level Weapon Perks
⬥ ~7.1% damage increase over no weapon perks at all.
• Refer to this calculator to see effects of individual ranks.
⬥ Very cheap to obtain once Ancient Gizmos ancientarmourgizmo ancientweapongizmo are unlocked.
⬥ Don't have to worry about Aftershock as4 stacks when using switches.
⬥ Precise 6 p6 on main hand to maximise damage while using
• Flanking flank4 / Defender kalphiterepriser / Shield vengeful switch.
Flanking 4 flank4
⬥ When a target is not facing you, this perk multiplies the damage of:
• Impact impact , Backhand backhand , Soul Strike soulstrike , and Binding Shot bindingshot by 2.6x.
• Deep Impact deep , Forceful Backhand fbackhand , and Tight Bindings tight by 1.6x.
⬥ Removes the stun effect from the above mentioned abilities.
⬥ Relatively inexpensive perk with strong benefits, but requires a switch.
⬥ For more information on the angles from which Flanking flank4 works, see Mechanics.
Planted Feet pf
⬥ Increases the duration of Sunshine sunshine and Death's Swiftness deathsswift
• From 30s (50 ticks) to 37.8s (63 ticks).
⬥ Usually used as one of the following:
• as1 pf on a main hand weapon to preserve Aftershock stacks.
• On a defender, optionally as a combo with a perk like Caroming 4 caroming4.
• See
!pf and !defender
⬥ Becomes obsolete once you unlock Greater Sunshine / Death's Swiftness
Advanced Weapon Perks
⬥ Precise 6 p6 on main hand to maximise damage while using
• Flanking flank4 / Defender kalphiterepriser / Shield vengeful switch.
⬥ Aftershock 1 as1 on main hand to prevent losing stacks when using a switch.
⬥ On 2H Weapons, different combos can be used instead such as:
• p6 ruthless1 , p6 caroming1 , or p6 er2 if using another Aftershock combo (expensive).
⬥ Hits 1 additional monster per rank of Caroming caroming4
• Synergistic with Greater Ricochet grico and Greater Chain gchain.
⬥ For Ranged range setups with grico
• Can be camped alongside Precise 6 Aftershock 1 p6 as1.
⬥ For Magic Magic setups with gchain
• Can be combo-ed as a Planted Feet + Caroming 4 caroming4 pf switch.
• Or just used on its own as a switch.
Lunging 4 X lunge4
⬥ Increases max hit of the following abilities by +80% on stationary targets:
• Dismember dismember , Fragmentation Shot frag , and Combust comb
⬥ Reduces the damage multiplier of walking these abilities from 2x to 1.5x.
⬥ Generally only used with melee as you cannot walk Dismember dismember.
• frag and comb are better if walked without lunging.
Entry Level Armour Perks
⬥ Biting 3 b3 gives a 6% chance of forcing a crit each hit.
• ~3.8% damage increase on average (varies with other boosts).
• Refer to this calculator to see effects of individual ranks.
⬥ Impatient 4 imp4 has a 36% chance to grant 3% more adren per basic ability.
• On average this results in an increase of ~1% adrenaline per basic ability.
• Stacks with Fury of the Small furyofthesmall relic.
⬥ Very cheap to obtain once Ancient Gizmos ancientarmourgizmo ancientweapongizmo are unlocked.
These perks are on separate gizmos.
Crackling 4 (leg armour) crack4
⬥ Crackling 4 crack4 deals 200% ability damage every 60 seconds.
⬥ Can easily be combo-ed with an auxiliary perk
• Cheaper than some other combos involving perks like imp4 or biting4.
⬥ Pairing with Enhanced Devoted enhdev4 on legs can make armour switches cheaper, as legs tend to cost less than bodies.
Enhanced Devoted 4 (leg armour) enhdev4
⬥ Enhanced Devoted 4 enhdev4 has a 18% chance per hit on you of activating a 3 second version of the Devotion devo ability.
⬥ The effectiveness of this depends on the attack speed of a boss.
⬥ Assuming the correct overhead prayers, this works out to approximately:
• 18% damage reduction against targets that attack less than once every 2.4s (4t).
• 30.5% against targets that attack once every 2.4s (4t).
⬥ Takes priority over the normal Devoted dev4 perk.
• However the normal dev4 perk can activate during the time enhdev4 is active.
• This calculator can be used to see exact differences in perk ranks.
Advanced Armour Perks
Biting 4 X biting4
⬥ Biting 4 biting4 gives a 8% chance of forcing a crit each hit.
• ~5% damage increase on average (varies with other boosts).
• Refer to this calculator to see effects of individual ranks.
⬥ Can be combo-ed with an auxiliary perk but is generally expensive:
• mob, demonslayerperk / undeadslayerperk / dragonslayerperk, genocidal, etc
Relentless 5 Crackling 4 relentless5 crack4
⬥ Relentless 5 relentless5 gives a 5% chance to not consume adrenaline when using an ability that requires adrenaline.
⬥ Crackling 4 crack4 deals 200% ability damage every 60 seconds.
⬥ As biting4 is expensive, and relentless5 is a perk useful in all situations putting both on your body armour allows you to use different augmented legs with different perk setups.
⬥ When not using Enhanced Devoted enhdev4 , it is preferred to combo Impatient with Devoted.
• However it can be comboed with many auxiliary perks situationally.
⬥ dev4 has a 12% chance per hit on you of activating a 3 second version of the Devotion devo ability.
⬥ Damage reduction if praying correctly:
• 12% against targets that attack less than once every 2.4s (4t).
• 21.4% against targets that attack once every 2.4s (4t).
Invigorating 4 X invig4
⬥ Invigorating 4 invig4 gives 20% increased adrenaline from auto attacks.
⬥ Can easily be combo-ed with an auxiliary perk.
⬥ Most impactful for Magic Magic and Necromancy necromancy setups.
Lucky 6 X lucky6
⬥ Lucky 6 lucky6 gives a 3% chance of reducing a hit to 1 damage.
• Works on all damage except hard typeless, such as Araxxor's cleave.
⬥ This can be good for some end-game ranged setups utilising the ECB ecb spec since Lucky lucky6 will work even when Soulsplit soulsplit is active, unlike Devoted dev4 / Enhanced Devoted enhdev4.
⬥ Can be paired with an auxiliary perk like Absorbative absorbative4 or Hoarding, etc.
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