Magical ranged

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Magical ranged (also known as magic-based ranged) attacks roll for accuracy against your magic defensive bonuses but are protected against by the Protect from Missiles prayer instead of Protect from Magic.

	Using Prayer	Using Defence and armour
Attack acts like	Ranged → Protect from Missiles	Magic → Defend against magic, with hide-based armours such as dragonhide ()
More info	Having a high Prayer bonus will help	Magical defence is based on 70% of your Magic level and 30% on your Defence level. = 70% & 30%

List of monsters that use magical-ranged

Killerwatt
Enormous Tentacle (100% prayer penetration)
Mutated zygomite
Smoke devil
Thermonuclear smoke devil (100% prayer penetration)
Waterfiend
Mithril dragon

See also

v t e Combat Mechanics
Combat	Attack range Attack speed Auto Retaliate Autocast Combat triangle Special attacks Hitsplat Tanking Magical melee Magical ranged Ranged magic Ranged melee Typeless
Maximum hit	Maximum magic hit Maximum melee hit Maximum ranged hit Monster maximum hit
Damage per second	Damage per second/Melee Damage per second/Ranged Damage per second/Magic
Mechanics	Aggressiveness Buffs Elemental weakness Flinching Hit delay Retaliation Retreat Safespot Spawning Successful hit Maximum damage cap Flat armour Tolerance Wander radius PJ timer Red-X Line of sight
Other	Single-way combat Multicombat area Singles-plus combat Player killing

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