Protect from Missiles

Protect from Missiles
Released			24 May 2001 (Update)
Members			No
Level			40
Drain rate			20 points per minute
Description			Protection from ranged attacks. (Drain: 1pt per 3s)
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Protect from Missiles is an overhead Ranged protection prayer unlocked at level 40 Prayer. It offers players 100% resistance to most NPC ranged attacks, and 40% resistance to player-dealt ranged attacks. It depletes prayer at a rate of 1 point per 3 seconds (or 5 game ticks).

Certain NPCs may still ignore or partially bypass Protect from Missiles, such as Scions spawned during the Abyssal Sire fight, which will deal reduced damage with the prayer active.

Protection prayers in Player versus Player combat only reduce damage. They don't have an effect on accuracy.^[1]

A strategy to use as few prayer points as possible without losing the respective effect is known as prayer flicking. Players may turn on their chosen prayer just before the enemy attacks, and then turn off the prayer just after the attack has finished. If a player does this accurately, no prayer points will be lost (as the prayer will be activated whilst damage is calculated on a game tick, but not for multiple consecutive ticks that would cause prayer drain).

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Defence Prayers	Thick Skin Rock Skin Steel Skin
Strength Prayers	Burst of Strength Superhuman Strength Ultimate Strength
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Ranged Prayers	Sharp Eye Hawk Eye Eagle Eye Deadeye Rigour
Magic Prayers	Mystic Will Mystic Lore Mystic Might Mystic Vigour Augury
Restoration Prayers	Rapid Restore Rapid Heal Redemption
Protection Prayers	Protect Item Protect from Magic Protect from Missiles Protect from Melee
Other Prayers	Retribution Smite Preserve Chivalry Piety