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If you need the resists, then gold dragon armor. If you can max your resists other ways then use crystal plate, as it has higher damage reduction. Your goal should be the crystal plate, if you can get the rest of your gear in order.

Thanks. Most of the speed comes from a lot of keyboard shortcuts, and a copious amount of auto-explore and tab combat for easy encounters. 'o' until I find something. 'tab' until it is dead. 'Ctrl>' to quickly go down to the next floor.

I would wear them if I was ready to do swamp/snake/spider, and that was my only source of rPois. Apart from that though, I agree with the no.

Bel's weapon advice is good. For branches, I would say a safe order is something like the following. 1) Dungeon until lair. 2) Clear lair. 3) Clear orc. 4) Dungeon down until the depths portal. 5) The easier of the random lair branches. I would rank them in order of increasing difficulty as swap/spi...

MiFi are probably my favorite combination. I 15 runed with one the other day, in less than four hours. I started as a Gozag worshipper to buy all sorts of sweet gear, before switching to TSO for the extended endgame. http://crawl.berotato.org/crawl/morgue/FilthyApe/morgue-FilthyApe-20190627-220455.t...

I came to to try some crawl again after not having played it for a year or two and got a MiFi through the game in under four hours, which is pretty good for me. http://crawl.berotato.org/crawl/morgue/FilthyApe/morgue-FilthyApe-20190627-220455.txt I was a Gozag worshipper thoughout most of the game, ...

Found this in the tomb: n - the amulet "Thonualo" (around neck) {rMut +Blink +Rage +Inv +Lev rElec MR} That one is really ridiculous. I just found this. Shame it is on a caster. Still, I might keep it in my hands just for SInv and rF++. If I want to hit things, it would be a nice option. ...

If your main method of dealing damage is magic, you almost certainly want to use a shield. It isn't like you care about smashing with two handers, so you might as well get some protection out of the deal. That is especially true if you are wearing 0 EVP armor, as you require less shield skill mitiga...

Thanks. This was actually my first time doing a full zig clear. My thought was that if this guy wasn't prepared, then no character of mine would ever be prepared. Dying would have been disappointing, but I've 15 runed enough times that there isn't much left there for me to see. The zig was the new, ...

I wore this through 15 runes and a full zig clear on my gargoyle earth elementalist. Posted the dump in YAVP. +6 large shield "Amatijeruacw" (worn) {rF++ rC+ Curse} . Not as amazing as some of the things here, but with 27 shield skill it gave him 60 SH. +6 on an artifact large shield is al...

http://dobrazupa.org/morgue/FilthyApe/morgue-FilthyApe-20130602-210917.txt This guy was easily the most powerful caster I've ever played, mostly thanks to ridiculous gear. The staff of Wucad Mu is pretty much a portal to the dimension of infinite mana, and was the real MVP piece of equipment. Anothe...

I have a repeatable 'crash' when playing the current .10 development version on CAO. I put 'crash' in quotes because I am not sure it is actually segfaulting or anything, but it is kicking me out of the game back to the menu. When I go back into the game, I've been placed back at the start of the cu...

I normally try to steer people away from mummies, but ice elementalist mummies do have some things going for them. The big one is that they work really well with Ozocubu's Refrigeration. Mummies have innate rC+, which helps deal with the self-damage, and they don't have to worry about shattering pot...

To be somewhat more specific, shield penalties aren't just accuracy. If you are using a hand-and-a-half weapon, your weapon damage and delay will also incur a random penalty between 0 and your shield penalty. If you are using a one hander, that attack delay penalty is calculated twice, and the lesse...

One of the classic pure melee builds is a strong-species (MD or Mi) fighter/gladiator of Okawaru with a late-game switch to TSO. I'd prefer Minotaurs, due to their aptitude in Long Blades - when blessed, these get most of a buff in addition to the holy wrath. Try to train Shields along the way. Oka...

Mikee's comments about the 2h stuff got me curious, so I started another MdFi (well, a MdGl really, close enough) to test how 2h compares. I ended up 15 runing this one as well. http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/FilthyApe/morgue-FilthyApe-20110914-214744.txt I went with the Oka->TSO switch again. I ...

Right now, we have demon blades, demon whips, and demon tridents as the premiere 1h weapons of their respective classes. The removal of katanas and the recent buffing of demon blades has cemented this. Axes feel a bit left out in the cold when it comes to 1h use. I propose a demon axe be added to fi...

I actually just won a 15 rune MdFi game today. Killed all the pan and hell lords too. http://crawl.akrasiac.org/rawdata/FilthyApe/morgue-FilthyApe-20110910-001643.txt Your guide is well written and has some good advice. The criticism people have about some of the details are very valid however, Part...

Neat win, what with a blessed crossbow. That is ridiculously good crystal plate too. I just finished 15 runeing a MdFi myself, and my crystal plate wasn't nearly as good.

Not having more than rF+ is pretty surprising, actually. You normally find a ring of fire resistance somewhere. Have you ctrl-f'ed to look for rings? Perhaps there is one in a shop. You could even start trying on robes looking for rf+ or resistance. I agree that taking on orbs of fire with just rF+ ...

Like the others have said, it is highly character dependent. After clearing swamp/snake/shoals/vault, I usually tend to go straight for zot though. I might not necessarily clear out the lung areas in zot 5, but I'll do the rest of it. Zot gives mucho experience, which tends to be handy for developin...

Deterioration 1 isn't much more than an annoyance. You don't really need to wear a sustain abilities ring because of it. Slow healing 2 would irritate me a lot more. Try to see if you have a spellbook with regeneration lying around somewhere. It would help ease some of the pain. While I would be sev...

Definitely go clear crypt 5. It is easier than zot. Heck, barring extreme rarities, it is easier than vault 8 as well. Ancient liches can show up in vault 8 too, and their friends in vault are usually much more dangerous. My question is, are you asking about doing postgame branches because you want ...

Read up on the punishment of the god you are abandoning, and decide whether or not you are strong enough to survive it. You can either wait the punishment out in a safe area, or continue on and deal with the punishment until it is finished. The first is obviously less risky, but it will eat into you...

When deciding which corpses to eat and which to grill for piety, does the number of chunks/size of the corpse matter? Is it optimal to pig-out on one n-chunk corpse every so often, sacrificing the small fry, or nosh on the n 1-chunk corpses as necessary and always sacrificing the big meals? While I...

I probably wouldn't train ranged very hard at the start of the game, yeah. It is more important to build up your melee and survivability skills. Once your ranged skill gets up, Trog will start with a lot of ammo gifts too. Early on, you probably want your gift timer going towards melee weapons. I am...

Both can work okay. I wouldn't really say there is an abundance of bullets though. Sure, you are likely to find enough stones early on, but good bullets don't really seem all that much more common than finding crossbow bolts. One you start encountering yaktaur packs though, you are likely to be find...

There are some useful items you listed there. Rings of regeneration are good if you are playing for points, to cut down on turn count. They are also very useful if you are doing the hells as a non-caster, or a character who is forbidden to use necromancy. You can't really afford to sit around and he...

I would definitely disagree with that, yes. If you want to play a KoBe while not encouraging stealth and stabbing, you should be using a demon whip instead of a short blade. Most KoBe will be stabbing, and should be gutting half of the monsters later on without being seen. Stabbing is very powerful....

The guide is okay, but it could definitely use some work. I've played a few KoBe myself, and currently have the online high score for that combo. Granted, I am sure any of the real top end players could handily beat that score if they tried. I stuck with Trog the entire game, and even ended up one s...

Shame about the naga.

The minimum delay is half of the base delay, rounded down. At least, that is the case for most weapons. Every two points in weapon skill decreases your weapon delay by one.

For the full story, you can see the attack speed entry in the wiki.

There actually would be some downsides to the suggested decrease in mana pool method. Say you are a pure caster buffing up before taking on something really hard, like a pan/hell lord. You'll probably be channeling/crystal balling your mana back up to max before the fight. Somebody like cerebov does...

I've updated the Attack Speed article in the wiki to conform to the current 0.8 trunk. There weren't too many changes. Some of the hand and a half stuff no longer applies, the shield calculations are different, and the old haste values were obviously off. It should be accurate now.

I couldn't find this in the source unfortunately, perhaps it doesn't even apply anymore? It is very possible that the attack speed article is out of date. I know that because I am the dude who originally wrote it, and posted it on the SA forums. When I wrote it was looking at the pre-0.7 trunk code...

I definitely picked up a non-artifact demon whip of distortion yesterday. I think it came from one of the hell-knight dudes though, and I know they have special weapon spawning rules.

This is a pretty nice fixedart to find in a shop with a Halfing Hunter, for 243 GP: The Captain's Cutlass, a +6,+7 sabre of speed (DAM +3) Seems weird to have a slaying bonus on a weapon, but whatev. Pretty happy with that as a short blade. It is a great weapon. The KoBe I ascended the other day us...

I would go with the elec branded demon whip. The morningstar's base speed is 15, so its minimum delay is going to be 7. With the speed brand it will be 4. By comparison, demon whip's minimum delay is 5. Giving up one delay seems worth it to me when you consider the higher base damage and punchy elec...

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