What is a tank mage?

A tank mage is a character with no strength, little or no attack, fairly good defense, and all magic from there on (no prayer or range). Tank mages usually have 10 or 20 defense, but I have seen a tank mage with 80 defense and all mage (wow that?¡¯s good!)

Creating a tank mage:

First off, if you can afford it (its only 6k), I would buy a staff of air, staff of water, staff of fire, and staff of earth so you can maximize the experience you get and use less runes. You always want to wield the staff that replaces the rune you use the most of in the spell you?¡¯re using. For example, if you are using Fire Strike, you would want to have a staff of fire because Fire Strike uses 3 fire runes; that way you only need 2/3 the amount of air runes because you only use 2 air runes per Fire Strike. Having all four of the staffs allows you to switch freely so you can get more experience but use fewer runes. Start with the air staff since you will only be able to do air strike.

Finding a Mager Username


To become a mage you have to have a real good username. Don?¡¯t pick a name like legoman for example because people will get a self image that you aren't tough. Pick a username like X M4g3r X or something that tells other people that you?¡¯re a tough mager. There may be lots of the mager names taken so choose wisely for a real good one. Also try not to have numbers at the end. If its in the name to spell it like M4g3r then its ok but don't have one like Mager6781.

Getting the Runes


Its very good to have a member that can make lots of runes because a normal mager takes about 5,000 of each rune just to get up to 45 magic. You won't need 5,000 deaths, chaos, laws, or airs ( it's good to use air staff cause that?¡¯s the most needed rune). You will need at least :

1) 5000 earth runes
2) 3000 mind runes
3) 3000 water runes
4) 5000 fire runes
5) 3000 body runes


Pking Maging Spots

A good spot for mager to mage other person is right behind the fence in Varrock wildy. Once you attack them they automatically get stuck at the fence and you can get at least 2-3 spells on the person if he does notice he is getting attacked. Usually 2-3 spells are all you need to cast to kill him. A true fact is that when a pker can hit 10's its probably at level 40 but for a mager its probably 20+ combat. Its best to go somewhere where when you mage a person you won't get attacked for a while. Like maging over a fence, beds anywhere you will make your opponent stuck.

What to wear:

Tank mages can really wear anything they want, but here is what I would suggest:
1. Blue wizard hat (not black, black gives less of a magic boost)
2. Blue wizard robe (again, not black)
3. Leg armor according to your defense level
4. Any staff (depends on what spell you?¡¯re using)

Note: This guide puts defense first and magic last, but it is not necessary to do it in this order.

Defense:

First you must decide how much defense you are going to have. I would start out with just 10 so you can raise it if you want to later. Train your defense until you hit 10, then its all magic. You should have lots and lots and lots of runes. Having 2k of each basic rune is really good (that?¡¯s how I started magic on my main). You can either buy your runes from someone or if you want to spend a whole lot of time, buy them from the store (this is not recommended).

Magic:

Note: this section of the guide is not absolutely necessary since you don?¡¯t really have to kill the monsters you mage, you get the experience as soon as the spell is cast. At any time you can go mage at any popular combat training spot. Simply mage monsters that other people are attacking. This may be slower, but it is easier since it makes it so you can mage any monster, not just ones behind fences, across tables, etc.

You should start maging on something weak; chickens are perfect for low level magers. Go to the champion?¡¯s guild (no not the chicken place south of Falador, there?¡¯s always too many people there) and start killing them. Eventually you will need to move up to something more powerful, because very soon you will start killing chickens with one spell. Now you?¡¯re going to need a monster that you can mage without it attacking you (just so you don?¡¯t get any more combat experience besides magic). I would suggest going to the cow pasture in Lumbridge. If you go on the outer side of the south fence, you can mage from there. There are 3 cows that spawn within your reach, so it?¡¯s very easy. Now once you get to about 30 magic, you can hit for pretty good amounts and cows are fairly easy. Now you have 2 choices: you can go to the prison or you can go kill a lesser demon (only for those with combat 25+). Now I know you?¡¯re thinking I?¡¯m crazy, but just read on. I know that you think the prison is always filled with rangers so you will never be able to train magic there. That?¡¯s not true. If you go to the prison and find the black knight in the back, you will notice he is never ranged. That is because the rangers stay where they can reach the most monsters. But they cannot reach the black knight from where they usually stand. Now I know that you think I?¡¯m crazy. Maging a lesser? Well I?¡¯m not crazy. I?¡¯ve killed the lesser many times with magic, it just takes a while. This is only for high level magers because there is a dark wizard spawn there. If you have taken a little different route than this guide shows you and you have 30 or 40 defense and some attack levels, you should definitely kill the lesser. Bring your armor and a sword if you want. You can train your defense and your magic at the same time! One advantage of killing the lesser is what it drops. It drops fire runes (40) and rune mediums (very very rare). If you have an abundance of law runes but need some fire runes, go ahead and telegrab the fire rune, but don?¡¯t do it if you don?¡¯t have many law runes because they are so expensive. And of course you can get a rune medium and high alch it and get about 11k to buy more runes with! Yay!

That?¡¯s about all there is to tank mage-making, so go out there and make one!