Is the upgrade really worth it when compared to rune crossbow?

I'm looking for a decent upgrade to my current gear (I also use Odium Ward when not fighting dragons) and it seems like the pipe should be next but I'm afraid it's going to ruin me.
I'm at 65 slayer and some of the tasks I do with melee alone, some with cannon, others I do only with ranged + cannon, dragon 100% range without the cannon.

I’m no pro. But I think the rune crossbow has nothing on the blowpipe

the blowpipe is bonkers. you'll try it and be like wtf. also, get slayer helm asap and imbue it, if you're slayin.

I guess blowpipe it is then.

The helmet is next on the list, I'm literally 3 tasks from having 400 points

You can just use adamant darts most of the time as well, since the price of rune ones are a lot higher. just don't forget to imbue your slayer helm when you do get it, or else it wont help mage + range

Yeah, I'm gonna do that I hope me having only a few bosses available (5 or 7) won't make it a 200-hour grind to imbue it

Mithril darts are like 13x cheaper