Abilities are a pivotal aspect of combat in RuneScape 3. Most of them can aid you in dealing damage to your foes, while the rest can aid you in certain situations. While you can unlock most abilities by leveling your combat skills, some abilities need a specific method to obtain them. In this article, we’ll be covering some of RuneScape 3 best abilities to unlock, complete with their benefits and requirements to obtain and use them.
Death’s Swiftness and Sunshine
Death’s Swiftness and Sunshine are abilities that you can unlock by completing The World Wakes quest. Both are ultimate ability that requires level 85 in their respective combat skills.
Death’s Swiftness is a ranged ability that costs 100% adrenaline and lasts 30 seconds. This ability will create a shroud of death at your location. While standing inside the shroud, you’ll get a 50% increase in ranged damage. Furthermore, you’ll deal 10%-20% ability damage to your target if they’re standing inside the shroud. Do note that this ability has a cooldown of 60 seconds.
Sunshine is a magic ability that costs 100% adrenaline and lasts 30 seconds. This ability will create a circle of light at your location. While standing inside the circle, you’ll get a 50% increase in magic damage. Furthermore, you’ll deal 10%-20% ability damage to your target if they’re standing inside the circle. Do note that this ability has a cooldown of 60 seconds.
Corruption Blast and Corruption Shot
Corruption Blast and Corruption Shot are magic and ranged abilities unlockable by reading the Mazcab ability codex. You can obtain this codex from bosses in Liberation of Mazcab. Alternatively, you can buy this codex from the Grand Exchange. You need level 70 in their respective skills to use them.
Corruption Blast and Corruption Shot will deal 33%-100% ability damage that decreases over time every 1.2 seconds to your target. Furthermore, 20% of the damage will spread to nearby enemies every 1.2 seconds. This effect lasts for 6 seconds.
Devotion
Devotion is a defensive ability unlockable by killing General Graardor, Kree’arra, and their followers in the God Wars Dungeon. Alternatively, you can buy this ability from the Anima Islands Rewards shop.
Devotion is a threshold ability that costs 15% adrenaline and has a base duration of 9.6 seconds. With this ability active, both protection prayers and deflect curses will reduce the damage you receive to 1. Furthermore, any enemies killed while this ability is still active will extend its duration by 4.8 seconds. Do note that the maximum duration of this ability is 19.2 seconds.
Double Surge
You can unlock Double Surge by reading the Double Surge codex. You can create this codex from 500 codex pages, obtainable from the Agility course on Anachronia. Alternatively, you can buy the Double Surge codex from the Grand Exchange. With the Double Surge unlocked you’ll gain a second charge on your Surge ability, allowing you to use the ability twice. Therefore, Double Surge is one of RuneScape 3 best abilities to unlock if you’re looking to improve your mobility.
Bladed Dive
Bladed Dive is an ability that requires level 65 Attack and is unlockable from the Shattered Worlds reward shop. Don’t forget that you’ll need dual-wield melee weapons to use this ability.
Bladed Dive will allow you to dive to your desired location as long as it’s not more than ten tiles away from your current location. Furthermore, this ability deals 25%-125% ability damage to enemies around you. Do note that this ability has a cooldown of 20.4 seconds.
Greater Ricochet
Greater Ricochet is a ranged ability you can unlock by reading the Greater Ricochet ability codex. You can obtain the codex as a rare drop from Raksha. Alternatively, you can buy this codex from the Grand Exchange. You need to have level 45 Ranged to use this ability.
Greater Ricochet will deal 20%-100% ability damage to your target and up to 2 nearby enemies. You can improve this ability further by using the Caroming perk on your weapon. The caroming perk will allow the ability to hit an additional target per rank.
Greater Concentrated Blast
Greater Concentrated Blast is a magic ability you can unlock by reading the Greater Concentrated Blast ability codex. You can obtain the codex as a rare drop from Kerapac. Alternatively, you can buy this codex from the Grand Exchange. Level 12 Magic is required to use this ability.
Greater Concentrated Blast will deal 53%-267% total ability damage in three hits over 1.8 seconds. Furthermore, you will gain a 5% critical strike chance on your next ability for every hit (Making it an effective 15% critical strike chance).