Ever wonder why every time you walk into the wilderness you get absolutely owned by people several levels lower than you? It's because they know about pures and how to make good pures and you don't... until now.
Definition of a Pure:
A pure is an account designed for a few, usually 2-6, specific skills all contributing to one purpose. This purpose is to kill other pures and mains (see 3 definition) in the wilderness. The reason why they only train certain skills is because it cuts down on their combat level. One skill that almost all pures cut out is defence, they find it unnecessary. They also limit prayer.
Definition of a Hybrid:
A hybrid is a pure which uses a combination of attack, strength, mage, and range to fight opponents in the wilderness. They always have 1 prayer and no more, and usually no more then 52 prayer but having more prayer doesn't exactly take away your title of hybrid.
Definition of a Main:
A main is an account with all combat stats pretty much equal. They are usually what most people have unless they are planning on pking. An example of a main would be 40 attack 40 strenght 40 defence 35-ish hitpoints 40 range and 40 mage. The reason why these accounts are terrible for pking is because there is nothing to cut down on their combat level so compared to pures they are incredibly weak for their level. A hybrid of the same combat level as that example main could have: 40 attack 40 strenght 55 hitpoints 70 range and 70 mage.
Low Level Pure:
In my experience the best way to start out your hybrid would be in f2p as a low level mage pure. These are the stats you should be getting and the order I give you is the one I find most efficient to work in f2p if you plan on pking.
Mage: 1-13 wind strike on chickens or something, it really doesn't matter. This only takes a few minutes.
At 13 mage you are able to fire strike so you should fire strike until level 35 magic.
Optional: At lvl 16 mage switch to wind bolt.
Cast fire strike or wind bolt on zombies in varrock sewers.
So now you are still a low level pure but there isn't much of a point in continuing with mage because mages are no longer “ownage” at these levels because you start seeing rangers with dhide. At this point you should start getting your range up.
1-20 range: Chickens use the best bow you can with iron arrows.
20-35 range: I like to range the scorpions in the alkarid mine at this point, just stand up on the cliff outside of the mine and range them. I don't recommend picking up your arrows. If you want a place to pick up arrows then go to cows. Once again, iron arrows and best bow.
35-45 range: I recommend training at zombies in varrock sewers, the thing is that you cant pick up arrows. If you really want to pick up arrows then try alkarid warriors but make sure to bring some food.
So know you are a low level range/mage hybrid. To be a true hybrid you will need to get melee stats also. However I do not recommend adding melee to this until you become p2p.
If you decide to be Melee/Range to start out with instead of Range/Mage then you should have around 30 attack 35 strength and 45-50 range. This kind of a pure is called a range 2h pure.
Low-level pking strategy for a Range/Mage:
You should wear robes because it is impossible to cast in dhide. Start out with a couple fire bolts when you have them at around ½-1/4 hp depending on your combat you should switch to range with the best bow and best arrows you can wield. The semi hard and fast hits should be enough to ko, an extra fire bolt as a finisher works well too.
Low-level pking strategy for a Range/2h:
You should have an adamant 2h in your inventory as well as a str potion and lobsters. When your opponent is at half health hit him 1 more time and just as your bow is being raised to fire the arrow click on your 2h and press attack on him resulting in a shot from an arrow plus a shot from a 2h. When done correctly these two hits should stack up causing a large amount of damage on an unsuspecting opponent.
Mid Level F2P Pure:
Congratulations you have gotten ready to become a mid level pure and have done some pking on the way! Now I still suggest choosing either Range/Mage or Range/Melee. Personally I think Range/Melee is slightly more effective because mage is slow and does not help much in f2p.
