My frog ice elementalist, whom I expected to become a hybrid build, turned out to be a solid ice mage slinging freezing clouds and refrigerations left and right. Within Dithmenos’ comforting shadow they struck many a foe.
But alas, my carelessness led to them to become exiled to the Abyss. Wandering around in search of a gate out proved unproductive so Farrow betrayed the Shrouded for the Lady of the Abyss.
And here comes my question: does Lugonu do well supporting casters? Banish is neat but it competes with my spells for mana and I don’t benefit at all from the capstone gift - who cares about distortion weapons when you are a walking cold death?
I know that Corrupt is extremely strong and self-banishment is one of the strongest panic buttons in the game but both are very expensive abilities which won’t help me in most fights, unlike Vehumet’s MP on kill and Dith’s shadow magic.
And, if Lugonu isn’t my best choice, how severe their wrath is? Can I just go to Dith or Sif and eat up Lucy’s punishment or is it too risky?
for the very reasons you state, Lucy seems quite terrible to me for casters. (Though distortion weapons can come in very handy when your mp is almost empty, provided you don’t have too many relevant enemies remaining.)
But if you leave Lucy you’ve very likely to get banished to the abyss (again). So you need to pick a god & strategy to help you survive the Abyss if you want to go that route.
I’d be tempted to go Jiyva, if you’ve already got good gear
That’s my opinion too: Lugonu is a god for a fighter.
Concerning wrath: five years ago I played a DDAK who, after completing lair, ditched Lugonu and worshipped Makhleb. This was necessary due to the special game mechanics of deep dwarves (gone in 0.29) who were not able to heal naturally. Makhleb was the most popular choice for deep dwarves to get hitpoints back.
7071 | Temple | Fell from the grace of Lugonu
7071 | Temple | Became a worshipper of Makhleb the Destroyer
My char was cast into the abyss five times:
8726 | Orc:1 | Cast into level 3 of the Abyss (Lugonu’s touch)
9643 | D:11 | Cast into level 2 of the Abyss (Lugonu’s touch)
11065 | Spider:3 | Cast into level 3 of the Abyss (Lugonu’s touch)
14934 | Vaults:3 | Cast into level 3 of the Abyss (Lugonu’s touch)
15702 | Lair:3 | Cast into level 3 of the Abyss (Lugonu’s touch)
15703 | Abyss:3 | //how often?
16323 | Shoals:2 | Was forgiven by Lugonu
16324 | Shoals:2 | //mollified!
It was tough but doable. However, deep dwarves were a special case.
