Really hoping for some guidance with this Octopode. It’s been 5 years since I won a crawl and I’ve never made it past lair with an Octopode, let alone a shapeshifter. Am I ready for depths and vaults and an Zot run?
Any help with what I should be training or wearing would be helpful. No need to mention the random Fire Magic skilling, I got confused between my trunk game and my offline game.
You’re looking pretty strong with almost 90 total D. Instead of just training Dodge, you might just turn on and leave on Fighting, Dodge, Shield, and Unarmed for the rest of the game. Even without the hardcoded breakpoints it’s usually good to shoot for a minimum of 15 shields when you have a Kite and stacking more just helps your total D. You should easily be pushing if not over 100 total D by the time you’re hitting Zot.
That said, if Ignition happens to be available in a store somewhere, your current Fire investment, Element curses, and the manual means you can have it online really fast. Strong melee shifter with ignition is a very strong combo I’ve ascended at least a dozen times.