The problem is buffing yourself when silenced. Also I was only level 16 or so. Wasn't expecting something as hard to kill as Mennas on Vault:2.

MfAK. Find some deep water in the abyss, lure a few abominations close enough to skewer, enter the dungeon at level 9. Of course, 6/10 times a smoke demon will wreck your shit before you can even find any deep water. But goddamn it feels good to be so hilariously overleveled.

No, you aren't a match for Mennas in single combat, even as a MiBe in heavily enchanted plate with a vampiric executioner's axe. Remember to make sure all of Ilsiuw's water elementals are gone BEFORE you start picking up loot, they blend in with the water and you will not see them until they kill yo...