Hi there. I used to play years ago. I recently got the bug to dive into some dungeons again.
Ive been getting a ton of hexer’s killed lately, and I have a choice on the latest run for a dagger with electric brand or amulet with int+6 and mpregen+. might also have strength+2,
Currently I am using a +0 rapier or my +1dagger. im on like floor 2, so this is a pretty nice bonus.
Edit- I chose the dagger but think it was the wrong choice. I ended up finding a +2 elecrtic short sword, a +4 venom dagger, and a +2 chaos dagger not long after. Ah well. I should have thought about it, weapons are much more common than good amulets early on.
Another point is to ask how you’re doing damage. Electric brand doesn’t help you sleep stab and doesn’t do any damage while Confuse Touch is up. It can speed up killing something already confused since you now have two ways to do big damage (stab or brand proccing), but how important is that?
The weapon was definitely the correct choice. Getting a good weapon early is extremely good for your survival. If you pick the amulet there’s a good chance you die before getting to the point of the game where it’s good.
A good weapon is only good for your survival if you’re hitting things to survive. If survival comes from sticking an EH, the dagger doesn’t help with that, but already on D:1 the MPRegen+ amulet does. (and the Int+6 helps too)
I think it really depends on what you’re doing with the character.