the distortion brand can be very strong as long as you never go to abyss
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But you’ll see that one artifact of {int+9 str+7 dex+6 rHubris}, and you’ll hit the monster with your weapon of distortion, and they’ll be banished, and then you never see it back again 
They are good for getting more pacific wins too in the tourney since banishment doesn’t count towards your kills.