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YAVP: DsWn^Chei; "Some Kind Of... Demonic Hippo-Panlord"
My Ds started with decent Int and a +2 quarterstaff, so I decided to try to use the quarterstaff and transition to an Enhancer Staves + magic later on.
I went with Chei, because his was the 1st altar I saw and Chei can be strong. The only time Chei almost got me killed was whilst fighting a Tyrant leech at the swamp entrance. Not being able to run away really made me realise how tough these guys are.
I realise now I didn't really think it trough though, since Chei antisynergises with using an enhancer stave for combat (because enhancer staves hardly benefit from the high Strength).
On Lair:5 I acquired +13 crystal plate armour of the Enchanted Forest {Regen+ rCorr} and branded my quarterstave to protective. Combined with Icemail 3 I could get 52 AC
I know protective isn't a very good brand, but I wanted to save my last remaining Brand Weapon scroll.
One problem of the character is that I found no MR+ at all. Wizards have a 51% chance to paralyse/banish/slow me, and I have no reliable way to break LOS or close distance. I just found the warlock's mirror which can give me a 45% chance to reflect hexes, which is really tempting but incompatible with my quarterstaff.
One wizard banished me but I managed to get out of the Abyss with minimal consumable use, because of my high HP regen. I've been paralysed/slowed multiple times, but because of my massive AC it's not been too much of a problem.
Just now I took a step towards a (hasted) wizard with LCS, and he hit me with 2 spears, bringing me to 24/108 hp That was a bad move. Maybe I should just have skipped this floor when I realised it had a wizard vault.
I don't think I have any options which guarantee survival. The main options I'm considering are Slouch and Step from Time. Does anyone know which of those would give me the best odds of survival? (I have 0 stealth)
Also for strategy, I'd be interested to hear which offence & spells you'd consider best. The main options I'm considering are staves, bows/xbows/slings, and hexes & fire magic.
Character dump: https://underhound.eu/crawl/morgue/pete ... cordia.txt