18 Damage with a wand of Draining wielded by a random Orc on D:4?? Seriously??

Dex is already better than str for all non-caster builds, assuming you already have enough str to wear your desired armour. That means for anything other than GDA, it's easy enough to not raise str for almost all builds. Crate recently said that even on his hybrids, he's been taking dex more often ...

I like it when.... Playing a Human Arcane Marskman, worshipping Okawaru. Roaming through DL:3 Found 2 Unidentified Scrolls. Id-Read one : it's a !Teleport. I switch on "Heroism" Teleport kicks in. I pop 2 tiles away from Crazy Yuf (sleeping) Stealth is at 5.3 under Heroism, Stabbing at 5.2...

Don't ever underestimate Pikel, especially when he is wielding a whip of electrocution (hello 22 damage in your face)