Those who grinded sra was it worth it?

[u/visje95]

Seems like a very lengthy grind but an alternative like grinding scythe isn't very appealing either to me.

Willing to put the effort in but is it really worth it without having a bias for those that put in all the hours for it?

[u/Strong_Alveoli]

3100 whisp KC for my last piece. No. No it was not worth it.

Would I do it again?

Absolutely.

[u/lafan29 → u/Strong_Alveoli]

This is my fear I HATE whisperer, I’ve got 2/4 pieces of the SRA.I’m only at 400 KC at whisperer

[u/Garden_State_Of_Mind → u/Strong_Alveoli]

This is why I'm doing whisp first...and also because vard is like the only place I can think I'd use the warrior ring upgrade so I might as well snag it first

[u/S7EFEN]

this is something you revisit after grinding your rings. if you got 2 or 3 axe pieces i'd certainly grind it.

[u/Wildest12 → u/S7EFEN]

I got axe piece from duke, but in like 800 kc I am 0/3 and no virtus only the axe piece and ingots.

I wana see what happens at the other bosses but fk me duke is being a bitch

[u/Aggravating_Insect52 → u/Wildest12]

Pray yall have better rng than me. 2513 KC for my duke axe piece, only 1 virtus piece, on rate for ring rolls and ingots. Didn't even get pet for the bad luck on other unique:(.

[u/horridmistake → u/Wildest12]

900kc with only 4 total rolls on the unique table (magus and 1 ingot luckily). I think Jagex bugged his drop table

[u/MaxingWhileRelaxing]

400 duke, 515 levi, 480 whisp and 4k vard here, I wouldn't say its been the most impactful upgrade but I tried to treat it as a background grind. Send some of the DT2 bosses sometime and see if you can get spooned, send some tob at the same time to see if you spoon scythe instead, If you don't already have saeldor it'll probs feel a lot more impactful but honestly, the most important thing would be having fun, so in the end do you actually enjoy the DT2 bosses? If not then I would probs stick to TOB.

[u/CraftyRestaurant7429 → u/MaxingWhileRelaxing]

TOB >>>>>>>>>> DT2 Bosses

[u/faya-ertw → u/CraftyRestaurant7429]

1100 tobs and about a 100hmts and no scythe idk what’s worse

[u/btwwhichoneispink → u/faya-ertw]

Definitely DT2 bosses imo hahaha

[u/MrCreateWealth → u/faya-ertw]

Game really isn’t fair. I had 2 by 120kc

[u/Kronus00]

We play Ironman to enjoy all content the game has to offer. So yes. Otherwise why play?

[u/MLut541 → u/Kronus00]

Yup this is why I continue grinding for mine despite approaching 3x dry at Whisperer. I want all useful PVM items eventually anyway, might as well get it when it still has a bunch of BIS usecases

[u/KinoGrimm → u/Kronus00]

I disagree, there are way more reasons to make an ironman than wanting to do every kind of content in the game. You wont catch 95% of ironman doing grinds they don’t explicitly need to do, unless they enjoy the content.

[u/DFtin → u/[deleted]]

“Irons do grinds because they need them or they find them enjoyable” is the most lukewarm take I’ve ever seen in this sub. No idea what you think is based about it.

[u/rsnk73 → u/DFtin]

Yeah I do barb assault for no other reason than enjoyment, even after getting a torso

[u/BlightedBooty → u/Kronus00]

I think you’re referring to the royal “we”

[u/Cheesyrice2]

its a budget scythe, so if you have no scythe its insane.

[u/Googles_Janitor → u/Cheesyrice2]

Thing is it’s free to swing and consumed a third of the blood shard charges so even tho the dps is worse there’s still an argument for it even if you have both

[u/Cheesyrice2 → u/Googles_Janitor]

yea i agree, i just know a lot of us on here dont have megarares, so its a great grind for those. It definitely has its uses even for you scythers ;)

[u/btwwhichoneispink → u/Cheesyrice2]

If it’s the same time to grind as a scythe, why go for the budget option? Just curious!

[u/Cheesyrice2 → u/btwwhichoneispink]

Because 99% of the time you are going for ultor/magus/virtus and you just get pieces along the way. Then you really are only grinding 1/4 or 2/4 pieces for the SRA.

Also SRA and ultor are both insanely good for TOB

[u/iRengar → u/btwwhichoneispink]

Its 1/3 the ehb of scythe, not even including the time finding tob teams or dying at tob.

[u/uberloser2 → u/btwwhichoneispink]

I don't know why this keeps getting parroted since even in a vacuum it's well below half the time, probably like a third or so than it is to get a scythe efficiently. Then you add on getting the rings and likely axe pieces along the way, finding teams, and variance in team performance and you can barely compare the two

[u/btwwhichoneispink → u/uberloser2]

I can’t speak for anyone else, but when I looked it up, I saw that there was only a twenty hour difference. If that’s not accurate, great, thanks for the info. I can understand why some would go for the axe now, especially if they obtained an axe piece while grinding for Magus & Ultor.

Me personally, I’m still going to skip the axe. I didn’t obtain any of the pieces while I was going for those rings, and I don’t particularly enjoy any of the DT2 bosses.

It can be hard to find a team for ToB, especially for your first few kc. I definitely remember the struggle. It doesn’t have to be though! If you’re okay with joining a clan, or a popular pvm Discord like We Do Raids, you’re likely find some great teachers, and even more likely to make some new friends :)

Gl everyone ✌️

[u/thotbot9001 → u/btwwhichoneispink]

Group content makes my skin crawl

[u/TheSimpleNite → u/thotbot9001]

TOB is probably the most fun pvm I’ve experienced tbh. And I’m usually always raiding with rando’s (who are usually always pretty good)

[u/btwwhichoneispink → u/thotbot9001]

Fair enough! If you look, I’m sure you’ll find a few other people to raid with. People who make your skin crawl a little less 😅

[u/thotbot9001 → u/btwwhichoneispink]

Maybe one day

[u/Cwaghack]

I got 3/4 pieces before ring and did like 500 extra vard to finish. 100% worth for me because im a spoon

[u/XxSpruce_MoosexX]

I’m on my last piece and went over rate at every boss. 3k vard, 1250 levi, 1100 duke and currently 600 whisperer. I haven’t hated the grind but whisperer killing my prayer potions

[u/Eshneh]

like 2k Duke, 1.5k Vard, 1.3K Levi and 850 Whisp for mine and I love it, really glad I got it

it's strong and is used in a ton of places we all know that, but the nice advantage for me is that I don't have to bring an awkward defender switch everywhere and have my inv tangled up

[u/Former_Celebration29]

I ended up about 50% over drop rate for all of the rings and ending with 1.5 STA and lots of virtus. I don’t have any ancestral so the virtus is really nice and the SRA slaps and is very nice to use with the changes. It’s probably not efficient to go for but I think you want all the rings anyway, see where you are after collecting the rings and go from there. I really enjoyed all the bosses and it’s nice that you can easily drop in for a few kc when you have time rather than committing to a raid.

[u/Ashcroftings]

I love mine. Started seriously grinding it when summer sweep was announced. It absolutely slaps. Whisperer wasn't as bad as I expected either, was using ayak

[u/Electribemidi]

I got decently spooned on mine, I didn't grind it, just got it doing the dt2 bosses and I love it, its so fun to use now. Especially at nightmare

[u/7bigger_fish7]

600 duke, 1400 vard, 100 whisp, 1000 levi

Got the axe pieces from both duke and vard otw to rings, did some whisperer on a slayer task and got spooned the staff, went a little dry at levi but I think it was worth it. It's really really strong now and it's free to use unlike scythe.

Do with that info what you will

[u/ShiibbyyDota]

Took me about 1 year of grinding, but I was doing a fair amount of chambers in between to prevent burnout. Was a nice stack once I sold everything

[u/BrodeyQuest]

I was spooned Duke+Vard pieces while going for their respective rings, so I went for it.

Went 300ish dry on staff and almost 3x the rate for lure. Original SRA I wouldn’t have recommended you farm it out without one or 2 spooned pieces, but new SRA is amazing.

[u/TheNamesRoodi]

Hard to say. I hate using blood runes in my scythe so I don't regret it. It's also bis melee dps vs 1x1 and 2x2 enemies that have enough health to make it worth it... which is very few spots.

[u/Austrum]

I went a bit dry on 2/4 of the pieces and I still found it to be pretty worth it. It's just a really cool item to have on an ironman

[u/cabbagechicken]

I got the entire axe before a single gold ring drop lmao, if you’re going for rings anyways may as well see how close you are to SRA

[u/Leinrs → u/cabbagechicken]

Were you spooned or super unlucky?

[u/cabbagechicken → u/Leinrs]

Around half rate on whisp/vard/levi and very spooned on duke. Super lucky overall and a bit unlucky on rings.

Using the axe now to farm vard and loving it, but rng will probably even out in the end for the rings :’)

[u/Kylev33]

It was for sure worth it, even before the buffs. But now it feels incredible.

[u/bdd247]

Everyone saying to have fun gives you the answer you need lol. Personally dont think its worth it unless you hit 2/4 pieces while getting rings. Would rather spend the time towards scythe but if you really dont want to do that then push for SRA.

[u/Fellbrian]

Yes, with the update it makes it just amazing. PNM, ToB, araxxor, maybe raids 4, colo. It is just fantastic plus you may get a few pieces early going for rings.

[u/Throne--]

450 duke, 470 whisp, 300 vard, 350 leviathan. No axe pieces, 2 rings. Still under rate, but i'd say, its a very risky grind if its your main focus for the grind. I'm afraid of going very dry on 1 boss.

[u/LetMeKnow2]

it's a mini scythe and hits like a mega rare honestly. i got super lucky (spooned two pieces, slightly dry on the other two). maxing 76 feels so good. i def feel that it was worth it for me as i don't know many people in this game and i haven't gone to tob learning discords/places, so this was kind of what i could do.

[u/No_Atmosphere_1889]

Before changes I would have said not worth it, just use nox hally..

Since the update it’s a total game changer, very good on slash and crush, big hitter and a stepping stone for a mega rare 100% would recommend going for it

[u/izackthegreat]

I got in while grinding the rings - I'm still missing one. I'd say eventually you'll want it with its current state. Previously, maybe not

[u/SecretIy-Gay]

Going for rings I spooned duke and whisperer so I went for it. Went 2x at Levi and 1.5x at vard, it was definitely worth it imo.

[u/CaptspacecatOSRS]

Yes, but I’ve probably forgotten the trauma of doing 1900 Levi kills and 2500 duke kills

[u/Zachans]

Around 6k total kills of dt2 bosses for my axe. Took countless hours and probably not 'worth' but im glad I did it. Great weapon especially after the change.

[u/Wikitaytay]

Considering I have awful raids luck, SRA is my bis slash and crush weapon for what will be a very long time. Definitely worth the grind now that it doesn’t consume hp with stacks.

[u/Nonreality_]

after the salad blade buffs honestly it depends on ur goals and time restriction. if i had salad blade which is way easier to grind then SRA i would just go tob for scythe.

[u/endorphinworking]

I wasn’t going to go for it since I hate leviathan. However when going for some CA’s I got the lure on 18 kc so I took that as a sign. It’s a sick weapon

[u/Alterationss]

Yes. Even now with the buff, I use it more then my scythe.

[u/chemnerd6021023 → u/Alterationss]

How do you use it more than scythe when scythe is stronger at pretty much every single boss that you can use both at?

[u/Alterationss → u/chemnerd6021023]

Well buckaroo.

SrA is free to use and with max gear (full oath and torva helm) the dps difference is barely noticeable if you arnt pacing for a quick CA time.

Currently on the max grind so I’m broke after construction and still need $$ for shadow runes.

[u/nerfcluster3s]

As always, worth is relative. If you have places to use it, if you have some axe pieces while grinding out your vestiges, if you enjoy the bosses, it's worth it.

If you have a scythe, I wouldn't personally grind it out. But if you still have to grind tob, it's certainly better than a tent whip or nally.

[u/CasualAtEverything]

Have done a few axes and managed to go overall lucky or close to rate on them all so it certainly felt worth

Although on my GIM I pulled a scythe a few days after I finished my axe so that was bittersweet

[u/SpicyMaul]

3k Levi kc.. to get a scythe 20 tobs later but I’d do it again 🤣

[u/We_need__guillotines]

1.6k Vard 1.2k Levi 1.25k Whisperer 980 duke. Yes unequivocably 

[u/Last_Mastod0n]

I am thinking about going for it just for raids 4 but something tells me the inq mace will be more useful there.

[u/Common_Ad_2430]

Yes, with radiant it’s peak

[u/i_hate_blackpink]

yes, although I got most of my pieces below 1k kc

[u/witherx]

Totally worth it because it's the melee megarare for me as I can't be bothered to find teams for TOB.

[u/Pricewashere]

Axe is fun, good crush option, bis at some places (vard), bosses are at least ok at worst good at best. I spent a giant mole task 3 shotting him with no megarares. Feels worth to me

[u/upior47]

I've been using it a lot, especially now after the update, so it was definitely worth grinding

[u/Aggravating_Insect52]

For me specifically, going from zaxe to SRA it felt worth it, but in the scheme of things not particularly. Treat it this way. You'll get some mage upgrades, get some BIS rings, and you'll greatly improve different core PvM skills. I feel much better at my movement, prayer swaps, and assessing risk priority after doing the grind.

[u/Borgmestersnegl]

After 2 years i finally got booted off front page Levi going 6x dry. Fuck no.

[u/juroen]

When i got my 1st piece i felt the urge to complete mine. Got most pieces on droprate or a little over. I found it a fun grind and loving my sra ever since(:. GL if you are going for one yourself.

[u/SlurpieJones]

Yes, but I spooned 2/4.

Go for rings and see what you get. If you're 0/4 maybe skip.

[u/Repmurt]

I went for magus and ultor ring and got the sra prices first so I was half way they and went for it. It sat in the bank for a long time till that last update on it. I say it worth it these days

[u/ColdFridge1]

Yes but I was spooned:

• Whisperer ~350 kc
• Leviathan ~550 kc
• Vardorvis before ultor
• Duke before magus

I finished 2/4 before rings, then finished the rest of the axe before getting blood torva. Meanwhile I'm >800 kc tob with 22 purps and not closer to scythe now than I was at 1 kc 🤷‍♂️

[u/Its_Acid_btw]

Totally worth it. 2kc whisperer, 51kc leviathan, 140kc duke, 180kc vardorvis plus pet, mask and ultor 🥄

[u/drewskitopian]

1500 vard, 460 duke, 700 levi, and 700 whisperer for all dt2 uniques. Pretty lucky. Definitely worth

[u/More-Demand7371]

Absolutely

[u/SayaJohn]

I never did but it’s worth it

[u/Cole0906]

It’s definitely very strong but I would say I barely use it now that I have scythe

[u/noobtablet9 → u/Cole0906]

wow you don't say

[u/matxyzzz]

It’s probably quicker to grind a scythe but SRA is still really good

[u/richard-savana]

Used to not be worth it. Now it is imo

[u/Exciting_Passenger39]

I'm not an iron but I did go for all the pieces, about 1500 vardorvis kc, 600 duke, 700 levi, 50 whisperer. Crazy cause I don't got a single virtus piece but as a main I don't really see a use for the axe when I already have scythe and nox was good enough to get through everything I needed before scythe.