When it comes right down to it, Prayer can be very handy in Runescape. A battle could be totally changed with a simple prayer like Thick Skin (you start with this prayer at level 1, increases defence by 5%) So here are some of the most popular prayers used, both F2P and P2P (excludes the newer Ancient Curses prayers, due to the fact that they’re so new)
1. Protect Item Prayer (25 Prayer needed)
Even though this prayer has been recently blocked from using in PVP and Bounty worlds, it still remains one of the most popular prayers ever (this prayer is estimated to be activated once every 15 seconds). It allows you to keep one more item, so you keep 4 items instead of 3. This could be very helpful at times, and when you were skulled (marked when you are the first attacker of someone in a PvP or Bounty world) you lost all of your items. With the Protect Item prayer, you kept at least one (for unknown reason, this prayer was recently banned from use in the PvP and Bounty worlds)
2. Retribution (46 Prayer needed, Member only)
This prayer isn’t often used in places other than PvP, but is still a very commonly used prayer. What it does is it damages players around you if you were to die. This is used often in minigames such as Castle Wars and Stealing Creation. Outside of PvP, however, there isn’t much use of this prayer. If an NPC were to kill you and you use this prayer, there isn’t much point in it. In a PvP game such as Stealing Creation, however, it is very effective, because the damage you do could result in their death much faster. People are warned when you use this prayer, because the icon appears over your head, showing you have the prayer active. There are a few limits to this prayer, however, such as: A) It only inflicts damage to those in a 3×3 space around you, so if you were to be killed by someone using magic or range at a distance, your prayer wouldn’t hit them. B) The prayer only does damage if you have it activated, so if you die before you can, it’s a no-go. C) The icon over your head shows to people you are using this prayer, so they may be alert to use Magic or Range. D) The prayer will not hit multiple people if you are in a 1 on 1 combat zone, only your enemy E) overall, you die at the end, so it’s a bummer no matter what. (I’m not sure what factor affects the amount of damage Retribution does, but I can assume it depends on how high your prayer level is)
3. Protect from Magic (37 Prayer needed)
This prayer can be very helpful to you, especially if you are wearing Melee armor. This prayer can do the following A) Reduce the amount of damage taken by a Magic attack by 40%, and you are fully protected from an NPC from using magic (such as Skeleton Mage or Undead Mage) B) The amount of Hold time from Bind, Snare, and Entangle is reduced by 50% (note: this only applies if you had the prayer on when the spell was casted, it doesn’t effect the hold time if you activate the spell while on the hold) There are some downsides as well. A) The prayer drains your Prayer Points fast, 1 point ever 3 seconds. B) some NPC can hit through the spell (damage won’t be affected if you have it activated) Also, a Dragons Firebreath attack isn’t fully reduced. It provides the same protection as a Anti-Dragon shield, Dragonfire potion, etc. C) The hold time for Ice spells (ancient magic, mem only) isn’t reduced, thought the damage is.
4. Smite (52 Prayer needed, Members only)
This prayer has a similar icon to Retribution, the only difference is it’s blue instead of red. Smite can be handy in longer combat, as the effect is 1/40 of the damage done is removed off of your opponents prayer points (it used to be 1/4, but with the new HP update, you do 10x the normal damage you would of normally done). This prayer has only 2 downsides A) it drains VERY fast, 1 point every 2 seconds, and B) it does not affect NPC such as the Tormented Demon
5. Protect from Range (40 Prayer needed)
Also a common prayer, this one has similar effects to the Protect from Magic. It reduces the damage done from Ranged attacks by 40%. Remember, some NPC can hit through this prayer, so be wary.
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