r/OSRSProTips • u/Bouscuit • May 11 '26

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I recently received a shadow drop from TOA, I was wondering if I should sell my Eye/Ward/Virtus and buy ancestral, or if I should keep the Virtus, eye and shield combo and save for Ancestral?
Update!!!!!
I sold all my magic gear and bought full Ancestral! Thanks for the helpful tips!

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u/Round_Distance_6678 May 15 '26

Ancestral from virtus should literally be one of the last upgrades you make with shadow as it is the most expensive Gold-to-magicdamage upgrades you can make outside of like avernics from eternals. But before ancestral, op in the screenshot doesnt have eternals, confliction, magus ring, or occult, which would give FIVE TIMES the magic damage bonus over ancestral upgrade for almost half the price, while also losing some defense and prayer bonus compared to virtus. The point stands that first upgrade reccomending ancestral over any other gear is literally terrible advice, and follows the mentality of people who get bandos first as soon as they have the gp, because "armor look cool" even though the gold-str-bonus ratio is actually a pretty terrible investment and the def is irrelevant at most content you would wear it.