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''Not to be confused with the [[Staff of Armadyl]].''
{{Infobox Item
|name = Armadyl battlestaff
|release = [[14 September]] [[2011]]
|update = Ritual of the Mahjarrat
|image = [[File:Armadyl battlestaff.png]]
|members = Yes
|quest = No
|tradeable = Yes
|lendable = No
|stackable = No
|high = 300,000
|low = 200,000
|store = No
|destroy = Drop
|exchange = gemw
|examine = A battlestaff topped with a powerful orb of Armadyl.
|weight = 2.2
|equipable = Yes
}}
[[File:Armadyl battlestaff detail.png|left|100px]]
The '''Armadyl battlestaff''' is a [[Staff (weapon type)|Magic staff]] that requires 77 [[Magic]] and 40 [[Attack]] to wield. It is created by attaching an [[orb of armadyl]] to a [[Battlestaff|regular battlestaff]], which requires 77 [[Crafting]] and grants 150 Crafting [[experience]]. 

The Armadyl battlestaff is most noteworthy for its effect upon the [[Storm of Armadyl]] spell. When Storm of Armadyl is cast with an Armadyl battlestaff equipped, its [[attack speed]] is raised from 5 to 6. Aside from [[Ring of kinship/Classes#Blitzer|the Blitzer class of a ring of kinship]], this is the only way to cast a Magic spell more quickly than the standard speed of 5. In addition to this effect, the Armadyl battlestaff supplies unlimited [[air rune]]s when wielded, as a [[mystic air staff]]. Furthermore, it provides a +15% bonus to [[Magic damage]], the second highest bonus outside of [[Daemonheim]] in the game, tied with the [[staff of light]], and behind only the [[chaotic staff]]'s +20% bonus.

{{Infobox Bonuses
|slot = weapon
|image = 
|aspeed = 6
|caption = 
|astab = +10
|aslash = -1
|acrush = +40
|amagic = +10
|arange = 0
|dstab = +2
|dslash = +3
|dcrush = +1
|dmagic = +10
|drange = 0
|dsummon = 0
|absorbmelee = 0%
|absorbmagic = 0%
|absorbranged = 0%
|str = +50
|rangestr = 0
|prayer = 0
|magicdamage = +15%
|image=Armadyl battlestaff equipped.png{{!}}200px
|caption=A player wielding an armadyl battlestaff.}}

==Comparison with other magical weapons==
{{Magic staves comparison}}

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Crafting Armadyl battlestaff.gif|A player crafting an Armadyl battlestaff.
Social_Slayer_Banner.png|The man behind the woman seems to be wielding an updated Armadyl battlestaff.
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==Lore==
[[File:Staff of armadyl detail.png|thumb|150px|The Staff of Armadyl, a powerful god weapon from which the Armadyl battlestaff is descended.]]
As a weapon of the [[god]] [[Armadyl]], the [[Staff of Armadyl]] was one of the most powerful artefacts to ever exist in the world of [[Gielinor]]. It was instrumental in the overthrow of [[Zaros]] by the then-[[Mahjarrat]] [[Zamorak]], as well as his successive ascension to godhood. An entire organization, the [[Guardians of Armadyl]], was formed in order to guard the staff in its resting place, the [[Temple of Ikov (dungeon)|Temple of Ikov]]. However, it was eventually stolen by the Mahjarrat [[Lucien]], who wielded it in order to advance his goals of conquering the world and, much as Zamorak had done, attaining godhood. The staff's power was so great that Lucien, who was perceived by the other Mahjarrat as among the weakest of their kind, quickly became one of the strongest beings in the world, unmatched in combat and able to defeat many of [[Crux Eqal|the world's heroes]] at once. Once Lucien obtained the [[Stone of Jas]] as well as the Staff of Armadyl, his overwhelming victory seemed inevitable.

However, during the events of [[Ritual of the Mahjarrat]], Lucien was defeated by a trio of [[dragonkin]], who had become enraged by Lucien's misuse of the Stone of Jas. During the battle, the Staff of Armadyl was broken when [[Sakirth]] the dragonkin struck Lucien with it, shattering the staff's head. The fragments of the orb that once adorned the staff's head were later recovered by [[glacor]]s, creatures of ice that had been summoned by Lucien. The Armadyl battlestaff may be created by collecting [[Shard of armadyl|these shards]] and combining them into an [[orb of armadyl]], and attaching to a battlestaff. Although the Armadyl battlestaff carries but a small fraction of the power of its predecessor, the Staff of Armadyl, it is nonetheless a formidable weapon in the hands of a human adventurer.

==Trivia==
* Despite the fact that [[Storm of Armadyl]], the companion spell to the Armadyl battlestaff, requires completion of Ritual of the Mahjarrat to cast, the staff does not require completion of the quest to wield.
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