Switching

 is a melee combat technique commonly used by players when duelling and sometimes when Player Killing or fighting powerful monsters such as the King Black Dragon. It allows for optimal defence/armor when about to be hit, and optimal attack/strength/WeaponAim/WeaponPower when about to hit. There are various different kinds of switching which may be favored by different players or players under different circumstances.

Item switching
The following items are commonly switched. Usually only two items are switched between at a time due to the small delay when equipping.

Note that in RuneScape Classic, unlike RuneScape 2, gauntlets and plate mail bodies or plate mail tops cannot be worn at the same time. Gloves and chain mail bodies with a smaller armour bonus, however, can.


 * Dragonstone Amulet and Gnome Amulet of Protection
 * Ruby Amulet of Strength and Gnome Amulet of Protection
 * Diamond Amulet of Power and Gnome Amulet of Protection
 * Rune plate mail body or Rune Plate Mail top and Klank's Gauntlets or Family gauntlets
 * Rune 2-handed Sword and Rune kiteshield

Additionally, when dueling, some players like to switch between a Dragon sword with superior WeaponAim and Dragon axe with superior WeaponPower when they are either hitting lots of zeroes or lots of small numbers. If they are using chainmail and gauntlets, they may equip a plate mail body when their Hits begins to get low.

Combat style switching
All combat styles are switched between. Some players swear by a particular style, or may favor accuracy or strength under different circumstances.

Prayer switching
Prayers are sometimes repeatedly disabled when they are unnecessary by players with a low Prayer level or players in danger of reaching 0 prayer.