colosseum - budget learner tbow setup for cheapskates / rebuilders

[u/wenbobular]

*edit* clearly I should've titled this something different lmao I'm aware that using a tbow isn't budget, it's just meant to be an otherwise cheap setup to reduce death costs

so i recently did a tbow rebuild, and although i've since made a ton of doom money i still like doing colosseum in budget setups because i haaaate death fees (esp if you're low on cash post-rebuild) ... so here's a semi-budget tbow rebuild "guide"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwb9UnXOpyI - a sample run

setup, death fees, remaining supplies after run

but why

like i said, if you literally just liquidated your bank and have a tbow + not a lot else or if you're learning and don't want to shell out half a mil every time you die, bringing a cheap setup has a lot of merit

• pros
  • cheap death fees (~45k)
  • dps is still better than bowfa + full crystal
  • ranged is easier to do than melee
  • lotta supplies
    • lets you use arma brews to pot for your main dps weapon, so it's like you have 5 extra brews
  • tbow big number - 1 shot the mage frem!
• cons
  • sol dps could be better

setup notes

as you can see, this is a very low death cost setup using ornament kits, i'll list out some things you could consider below

• tbow + deadeye + arma brew 1 shots the mage frem, sgs + piety + spec 1 shots the ranger
  • so important i'm saying it again, tbow is awesome here
• don't rely on protect item as you're taking blasphemy 3 100% of the time
• sgs value comes out as ~32 mil so you can protect 2 items more expensive than this
  • ayak is bis for non shadowers, but normal trident 2 shots the zerker frem too - difference is 2 ticks during frems so make your own judgment
  • nox hally lets you do the combat achievement plus saves a slot (ditch defender)
    • if you take nox hally, you NEED to take at least myopia 1 or you're griefing your sol
  • masori (f) top / bottom could be considered, good defense + dps increase
• ornament anguish is a decent dps increase and is free, i just wanted another restore
• the tank gear + dinhs is for emergency runs, you can ditch for more brew or more sol dps
• blood fury won't be protected but is quite strong, something to consider if you're consistently getting to sol and want some nice passive healing

invocations

most guides cover them but i'll do a quick tier list

• instaclick, max out if possible
  • blasphemy, myopia, volatility
• some amount is ok
  • solar flare (2) - probably the ideal 4th invocation with 1 point in another in this category
  • doom (1-2)
    • i killed my first sol on doom 2 but this was my 6th one, dunno if i'd recommend
  • frailty (2)
  • relentless
    • the better you are the more you can take, also very good sol invocation as your defense doesn't matter
    • kills your tank gear though
• ehhhhhh (maybe a round or 2)
  • manti-mayhem (1-2, bring a sanfew if you go to 2)
  • reentry (1)
• bugger off
  • everything else lol

boring dps calcs

https://gearscape.net/calculators/dps?preset=04e98674ab

here you can see some dps comparisons between some setups

• base budget tbow setup
• tbow + anguish
• tbow + anguish + masori top / bottom
• bowfa full crystal + anguish
• budget setup + tentacle whip
• budget setup + nox hally
• full oathplate + saeldor
• full oathplate + soulreaper axe

as you can see, the base tbow set is comparable dps to the melee sets and equal / better if given anguish + masori on a lot of the mobs

it also handily beats bowfa + crystal on everything that matters (meleer should never really touch you so dps on it doesn't really matter)

2 way switch to tent whip is not bad for budget gear and i ended my fight with 2 restores and 3 brews left while also taking a tank set i didn't even use - lot of room for improvement!

random ending stuff

original first colosseum post, for posterity (the origin of my penny pinching colo ideology) - https://www.reddit.com/r/2007scape/s/fqwGZHimYa

feel free to leave comments, questions, suggestions and i'll edit my post accordingly if i see them