Magical melee

Magical melee (also known as magic-based melee) attacks are distinguished by a unique set of characteristics.

	Using Prayer	Using Defence and armour
Attack acts like	Melee → Protect from Melee	Magic → Defend against magic, with e.g., 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 = 70% & 30%

Note: Certain special attacks of melee weapons can deal a magical-melee attack (the Saradomin sword for example).

List of monsters that use magical-melee

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Combat	Attack range Attack speed Auto Retaliate Autocast Combat triangle Special attacks Hitsplat Tanking Magical melee Magical ranged Ranged magic
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
Other	Single-way combat Multicombat area Singles-plus combat Player killing