At the time of the creation of this, there are four different
types of Dragon Weapons out there for those of you who have an Attack
level of 60 or above, and who has beaten the Hero's and Lost City
quests. But how do you know which one to use?
 We'll start off with the pros and cons of the different weapons -- Longsword, Battleaxe, Dagger, and Mace.
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Longsword - A fast weapon that deals a decent amount of
damage. When I did this weapon test, I had a Strength level of 93. At
the time, this weapon could hit a maximum of 24. It is also very
accurate when it comes to slashing damage --
free Runescape accounts Dragon Weapon slashing damage is good
against enemies in chains and enemies in leather armour, not against
plated enemies.
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Special Attack: The Special Attack with the longsword is a more
powerful strike that takes away 25% of your Attack Bar. This attack
rarely (if ever) misses and can do more damage, but not always. In
Attack Mode and Strength 95, I have hit 28 with this attack (I can
usually only do 24 this way).
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Battleaxe - In RSC, this is the definite choice, but is
it still all that great? The price is still 200,000, but it's not worth
it. Not at a long shot. The slowest of the dragon weapons, and barely
any more accurate than the longsword. At the Strength level I had when
testing the weapons (93), I could hit a maximum of 26. This is higher
than the longsword, but doesn't even out the slow attack rate. It is
however good against plated enemies with the aggressive crush attack, as
well as it is good against enemies in chains and/or leather armour.
Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, it's not. Way too slow.
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Special Attack: Temporarily increases Strength by 20 and
decreases Attack by 5. It costs all of the Attack Bar and is a good way
to "pot up" if you don't have a Super Strength Potion. Note that if you
use this together with a potion, it won't give you an extra effect.
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Dagger - Very weak, very cheap, very fast, and you can
poison it. With Strength 93, I think the maximum I could hit was 18 or
19, and it has a very fast attack rate. It's accuracy is not the best,
but good enough to hit at a decent rate. With poison, this weapon is
proven to be great against high leveled enemies (100+). Against
low-leveled enemies, it kills at the same rate as the battleaxe.
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Special Attack: A double attack (one attack that hits as if you
attacked twice). This power pretty much works like the longsword and
the dagger, only that it's divided up into two attacks at the same time,
instead of one powerful attack. It costs 25% of your Attack Bar.
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Mace - Fast but not all that powerful, it does,
however, have a Prayer bonus and it mainly attacks with crushing
attacks. If you fight high leveled monsters using Prayer, this is the
weapon for you. Unless that weapon is a dragon. Dragon leather protects
well against the crushing attacks,
but you can always use the controlled stab attack against them, so this might still come in handy.
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Special Attack: A single powerful swing that costs 25% of your Attack Bar, in the same fashion as the longsword.
 Most of the text above is just information taken out of the
numbers. But how good do they prove to be in actual combat? I took an
hour out of my busy life to test that. I spent 15 minutes with each
weapon, fighting baby blue dragons (level 43). Here are the results,
counted in kills (and time to bury the bones):
 Mace - 33 kills
 Dagger - 34 kills
 Longsword - 36 kills
 Battleaxe - 34 kills
 As you can see, it was very close. Sure, some weapons might've
been lucky, but further testing proved these results to be fairly
accurate. Please note that the dagger was not poisoned at the time, so
you might want to add one more kill to the dagger's record.
 Another test I've done was Longsword vs. Battleaxe in a blue
dragon (level 99) killing spree. I drank an attack and strength potion
(which increased my Attack from 86 to 97 and Strength from 94 to 106),
and then kept count of how many dragons I could kill before the potion
affect was gone. Here are the results:
 Longsword - Eight kills
 Battleaxe - Four kills
 As it is with these short tests, some of it may be temporary
luck, but Hell, twice as many kills with the Longsword? That's enough
for me to sell off those battleaxes right away (well, you might want to
keep one for the rare occasions when you need one; PKing in big teams,
out of Super Strength Potions, fighting low-leveled NPCs, etc.).
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Summary: Prayer fighting (black demons, for an
example), use mace in a combination with poisoned dagger (let the demon
get poisoned, then you change to the mace to save Prayer points).
Ordinary fighting, longsword. High leveled fighting without Prayer,
poisoned dagger in a combination with the longsword. PKing, longsword
and poisoned dagger (also, don't waste your super potions on people who
are fighting dragons in the wilderness with robes on, they will run.
Stab them in the back).
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Q: When should I use my Dragon Battleaxe?
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A: If you are fighting enemies that you can easily one-hit,
or perhaps when PKing with a big team. It can also be good for its
Special Attack, if you don't have any potions.
 And finally, a little pricelist:
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Dagger: 30,000 in Zanaris (Lost City), pay a diamond to get in. Worth it if you have weapon poison.
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Longsword: 100,000 in Zanaris (Lost City), pay a diamond to get in. Worth it.
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Battleaxe: 200,000 in Heroes' Guild. Not worth it.
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Mace: 50,000 in Heroes' Guild. Worth it if you use Prayer a lot.
 Ah, another thing.
Dragon Spears Free Runescape Account.
 I haven't gotten the chance to use one myself yet, seeing as
how I'm a poor bastard, but I have the technical information on one.
They are rare drops, much like the dragon half shield. A fairly fast
and
powerful weapon, but with one negative aspect about it -- it can only
be used for Controlled or Defensive fighting. It has one Defensive
option and three Controlled options, but no Accurate or Aggressive ones.
It is the ideal weapon for rich people who like to train Defence,
though, so if you get one, it might be worth saving. The current price
for one is about 3-4,000,000 GP.
 A thing I also should mention is that, just as any other spear, the
dragon spear is a 2-handed weapon, so you cannot use a shield when
wielding it.