Hi everyone, new here even If I been playing on & off for some years. This one looks like a promising char, and I would love to receive some advices on how to take it further! Atm damage looks great but low mana, AC and HP are worrisome, and Azrael at the bottom of the mines is looking to end me horribly. My plan is to reach L:5, but then I’ll wait for some advice, also if you think I should go for Runes or Zot. Down here the welcome committee i got on L:1, and [here the chardump].(https://pastebin.com/raw/bYUEeCMm)
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I started playing this month and the best I got was D11; L5 and O:2.
My MiBe died to a huge slime (I didn’t know that thing could merge with other ones).
Every new floor is a new thrill!
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those slimes destroyed me multiple times in my first runs!
I’m playing other species/background combinations, for fun, but no one is promising as the MiBe…
But it’s too simple, you know?
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You got fridge at 4% and that’s really good. That spell can do most of the game for you and you have OoD for any single targets that fridge wouldn’t work well against. Un-quiver magic dart and quiver fridge!
I would stop training fighting for a while since DE have an awful fighting apt and a bad hp modifier so you get even worse returns on investment. I would learn spellspark servitor and let it cast orbs of destruction. This is a little dangerous because the orbs can hit you (so be careful!) but it should help with mana efficiency (though fridge is already very mana efficient)
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Quiver Ozocubu’s Refr and it will carry you right to Zot. You have decent Fighting and Dodging. Go for Polar Vortex (Ice Magic 22-23 + Spellcasting about 22 even less, maybe) and you probably win the run. An enchanted Troll armor or a good ring mail artifact + couple of points invested in STR + kite shield will round the build up. Orb of Destruction + Spellspark Servitor is not so good idea, for an OoD cast by the servitor will one-shot you eventually. Bombard, Crystal Spear suit better for the purpose. But with Ozocubu’s Refr and OoD I would go straight up to the Vortex. Press F twice to win. Just don’t get overconfident.
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Orb of Destruction + Spellspark Servitor is not so good idea
this is not true. This combo is incredible. Just incredible. It will take out everything, including you! You will die but everything else will die super quick until your inevitable demise. I think every time I’ve tried it I’ve died from it, but it is so fun.
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I totally agree. It’s powerful combo, the only caveat is that your char will certainly die)
Thank you! Sadly it didn’t last long, I was too confident and I got blown up by a crystal guardian on Vault, but now I’m on a even better run with a deep elf caster with spellspark and OoD (but reading now seems like i should change my play style to not die horribly, do you have any suggestion?)! I already managed to clear 2 Sbranches (spiders and swamp), but I was thinking of clearing another one to get some more equipment, since I couldn’t find a single amulet other then the faith one and no other good weapons/items. Also i feel like Ash is a bit underwelming at this point? Maybe I should switch god to something for the lategame.
I think this character was build quite well.
At that point it’s tactics that need to improve; running away more, avoiding fights, using consumables, playing carefully when it matters.
Don’t leave Ash. Ash is still genuinly good late-game with casters, because it helps you get higher tier spells online faster. (With less fail rate and higher power too.) But I hate playing with the modern Ash myself.
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Amulet of Faith is useless with Ashenzari except a curse on it, I would change it to a MP regeneration, a Regeneration, an Acrobat or a good artifact amulet. Servitor + OoD possible, but be careful. Ignite Poison + Toxic Radiance is very good for almost everything that is not poison of fire resistant until Depth or even Zot if you haven’t got something better (Ozocubu’s Refr of a Lv9 spell). Fulsome Fussilade is great in that regard. Consider learning Mystic Blast to put close encounters away. I sincerely recommend to try Vehumet another run. It a gravy train with DE. Except malevolent force traps.
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Thank you everyone! I prosecuted with Elven Halls and I managed to clear pretty smoothly everything but the Hall of Arms, that I didn’t felt trying. I think I got lucky with my build and with not being exploded by the Spellspark lol. This is the current situation, I think i messed up big time the skill management since I invested quite a bit in Armor to be able to use scale mail, but I guess it scales with STR so i’m nowhere near to be able to use it. At least I can cast with a kite shield on! I would be at 14% misscast with a Swamp Dragon Armor, so maybe i could go with that and invest a couple more points in armor switching my amulet of magic regen with a spirit and +3 strength? And I still have 8 spell level to invest, plus I could take out Battlesphere, poisonous vapors and mercury arrow for 7 more. I was planning on switching into a summoner build for late game but it doesn’t match well with Malign and Fusillade, so if you have suggestion on what and how to procede let me know Is super fun to analyse the run with someone and discuss strategies :))
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Don’t switch to guardian spirit amulet, doing so is the right way to deplete your mana in the middle of a scuffle. Stick to the mana regen. Scale male is a pipe dream for a caster except you’re not going to cast high level spells. A ring mail or an equivalent is the top tier armor for a DE. A troll armor or a good robe + decent EV+ powerful spell is enough usually. You can train Shields to improve success rate of a spell.
Try this to plan your build more efficently: DCSS Doodad
And consider to get Polar Vortex + Ozocubu’s Ref. These are run winners.
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