Which of these weapons should I use?

[diviton]

Here's my character, for reference:

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 Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup version 0.12-a0-2107-gc557f1f (tiles) character file.

Lorenzo the Phalangite (Merfolk Ice Elementalist)  Turns: 71030, Time: 05:12:19

HP 126/131       AC  8     Str  9      XL: 18   Next: 19%
MP  37/37        EV 25     Int 21      God: Fedhas [******]
Gold 457         SH  0     Dex 16      Spells: 11 memorised,  5 levels left

Res.Fire  : + + .   See Invis. : +   r - +6,+3 glaive of Plusoc {chop, Contam +Inv
Res.Cold  : + + +   Warding    : .   F - +2 robe {rC+ rF+}
Life Prot.: + . .   Conserve   : .   (no shield)
Res.Poison: .       Res.Corr.  : .   y - +0 cap
Res.Elec. : .       Clarity    : .   c - +0 elf cloak {rC+} (curse)
Sust.Abil.: . .     Spirit.Shd : .   D - +1 pair of gloves of the Hare {Acc+4 Stlth
Res.Mut.  : +       Stasis     : .   l - +0 pair of boots
Res.Rott. : .       Ctrl.Telep.: .   o - amulet of resist mutation
Saprovore : . . .   Flight     : .   C - ring of Shadows {+Inv rN+ EV+4 Acc-4 SInv
                                     b - ring of sustenance

@: somewhat resistant to hostile enchantments, extremely stealthy
A: change form in water, swift swim, Int +1
a: Evolution, Sunlight, Growth, Reproduction, Rain, Renounce Religion, Evoke
Invisibility


You are on level 1 of the Lair of Beasts.
You worship Fedhas.
Fedhas is exalted by your worship.
You are not hungry.

You have visited 5 branches of the dungeon, and seen 36 of its levels.
You have also visited: Ice Cave.

You have collected 3833 gold pieces.
You have spent 3396 gold pieces at shops.

Inventory:

Hand weapons
 r - the +6,+3 glaive of Plusoc (weapon) {chop, Contam +Inv rF+ rC++}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It inflicts extra damage upon your enemies.
   
   It protects you from fire.
   It greatly protects you from cold.
   It lets you turn invisible.
   It causes magical contamination when unequipped.
 x - the +6,+11 halberd "Mud Pie of Death" {pain, +Fly Str+2 Int+2}
   (You found it on level 4 of the Lair of Beasts)   
   
   In the hands of one skilled in necromantic magic, it inflicts extra damage
   on living creatures.
   
   It affects your strength (+2).
   It affects your intelligence (+2).
   It lets you fly.
 R - the +5,+8 glaive of the Guard {elec, +Rage AC+5 SInv}
   (You took it off a yaktaur on level 17 of the Dungeon)   
   
   Occasionally, upon striking a foe, it will discharge some electrical energy
   and cause terrible harm.
   
   It affects your AC (+5).
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It lets you go berserk.
Armour
 c - a cursed +0 elven cloak of cold resistance (worn)
 l - a +0 pair of boots (worn)
 y - a +0 cap (worn)
 z - a +2 orcish robe of magic resistance
 D - the +1 pair of gloves of the Hare (worn) {Acc+4 Stlth++ Curse}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   It affects your accuracy (+4).
   It may recurse itself.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 F - a +2 robe of resistance (worn)
Magical devices
 d - a wand of teleportation (5)
 g - a wand of heal wounds (4)
 n - a wand of disintegration
Comestibles
 a - 3 meat rations
 f - 10 strawberries
 j - a choko
Scrolls
 e - 4 scrolls of identify
 h - 3 scrolls of blinking
 k - 2 scrolls of fear
 w - 2 scrolls of fog
 G - a scroll of teleportation
 I - 3 scrolls of remove curse
Jewellery
 b - a ring of sustenance (left hand)
 m - an uncursed ring of ice
 o - an amulet of resist mutation (around neck)
 q - a +2 ring of strength
 s - an uncursed ring of protection from magic
 B - a cursed +3 ring of protection
 C - the ring of Shadows (right hand) {+Inv rN+ EV+4 Acc-4 SInv Stlth++}
   (You bought it in a shop on level 4 of the Orcish Mines)   
   
   [ring of invisibility]
   It affects your evasion (+4).
   It affects your accuracy (-4).
   It protects you from negative energy.
   It enhances your eyesight.
   It makes you much more stealthy.
 H - an uncursed ring of protection from fire
 J - an uncursed ring of wizardry
Potions
 i - 2 potions of speed
 K - a potion of flight
 L - 2 potions of resistance
 M - a potion of berserk rage
 N - 3 potions of heal wounds
 O - 4 potions of curing
 P - 2 potions of might
 Q - 3 potions of brilliance
 S - 3 glowing yellow potions
 U - a potion of restore abilities
 W - a slimy purple potion


   Skills:
 - Level 11.0 Fighting
 - Level 22.0 Polearms
 - Level 12.6 Dodging
 - Level 6.2 Stealth
 - Level 4.5 Traps
 * Level 13.1 Spellcasting
 - Level 7.0 Conjurations
 - Level 8.0 Charms
 - Level 1.5 Summonings
 - Level 2.0 Transmutations
 - Level 16.0 Ice Magic
 - Level 6.0 Air Magic
 - Level 9.4 Invocations


You have 5 spell levels left.
You know the following spells:

 Your Spells              Type           Power        Failure   Level  Hunger
a - Freeze                Ice            #####        0%          1    None
b - Ozocubu's Armour      Chrm/Ice       #######...   1%          3    None
c - Throw Icicle          Conj/Ice       #######..    1%          4    None
d - Summon Ice Beast      Ice/Summ       #######...   1%          4    None
e - Condensation Shield   Ice/Trmt       #######...   1%          4    None
f - Apportation           Tloc           ###.......   6%          1    None
g - Bolt of Cold          Conj/Ice       #######...   10%         6    #####..
h - Swiftness             Chrm/Air       ######....   1%          2    None
i - Freezing Cloud        Conj/Ice/Air   #######...   17%         6    #####..
j - Summon Butterflies    Summ           ####.....    2%          1    None
k - Deflect Missiles      Chrm/Air       ######....   45%         6    #####..


Dungeon Overview and Level Annotations

Branches:
Dungeon (19/27)            Temple (1/1) D:4             Orc (4/4) D:11
    Elf (0/3) Orc:4          Lair (8/8) D:9          Shoals (4/5) Lair:6
 Spider (0/5) Lair:3        Slime (0/6) Lair:6       Vaults (0/5) D:18

Altars:
Ashenzari
Cheibriados
Elyvilon
Fedhas
Kikubaaqudgha
Makhleb
Nemelex Xobeh
Okawaru
Sif Muna
Trog
Vehumet
Xom
Yredelemnul
Zin
the Shining One
Beogh

Shops:
D:4: (  D:5: [*+  D:8: ?  D:9: /  Orc:3: /*  Orc:4: %(/=[
Shoals:3: (

Annotations
D:14 Agnes
D:19 Rupert


Innate Abilities, Weirdness & Mutations

You revert to your normal form in water.
You are very nimble and swift while swimming.
Your mind is acute (Int +1).

The weapons are:

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+6,+3 glaive of Plusoc (weapon) {chop, Contam +Inv rF+ rC++}

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+5,+8 glaive of the Guard {elec, +Rage AC+5 SInv

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+6,+11 halberd "Mud Pie of Death" {pain, +Fly Str+2 Int+2}

Which is the best and which is the worst?

[pratamawirya]

1. Training necro for the pain brand isn't really worth it if you're a follower of Fedhas.
2. Elec hurts.
3. AC+5 is pretty sweet.

I'd use the glaive of the Guard.

[Davion Fuxa]

glaive of Plusoc may be best if you plan on wearing a Fire Dragon Armour.
glaive of the Guard looks best since your AC is suffering, and you can replace your Ring of Shadows with something better.
halberd "Mud Pie of Death" is most useful for the +Fly or perhaps against things like Ancient Lich, Orb of Fire, Greater Mummy, and other omniresistant enemies.

[rchandra]

glaive of the guard is probably best, but 11 is a big plus and pain remains good through zot:5 so if you have any necro spells worth using (agony/regen/borg come to mind) I'd use Mud Pie of Death and get 20 necro. I may be also influenced by the name.

[Sar]

halberd "Mud Pie of Death" ... perhaps against things like Ancient Lich, Orb of Fire, Greater Mummy, and other omniresistant enemies.

Compared to a +8 glaive?

[Lasty]

Yeah, the +8 glaive will do better against all of those omni-resistant (including pain-immune) enemies at pretty much any decent skill level.

[diviton]

I've been using Glaive of the Guard and its been working nicely. I had a feeling you guys would pick that one but I had to be sure.

Unfortunately I equip ID'd the Contaminated Glaive, so I had to wait off the contamination. I had rMut so no big deal and no mutations sustained.

[Sar]

Muts from Contam have 50% chance to bypass rMut (muts from Malmutate only havr 10% chance), I would probably read ?vulnerability if I had it.

[diviton]

I thought of vulnerability but I didn't have any. No matter though. I just died after going up a staircase with about 70% of my HP. On the turn I went up, Frederick Iron Shotted me the same time a Centaur Warrior shot me. I had 17HOP and was sandwiched between them. I had two options. Evoke my Heal Wounds wand or blink above the warrior. I figured the wand would be bad because Freddy could use any of his spells and almost certainly kill me even after the HP boost and if it didn't somehow, the arrow definitely would have. So I blinked above the warrior. He shot me and I died.

So pissed. This is the fourth MfIE I've splatted this late in the game and this is the first time I had access to Icestorm. Rage.

[Sandman25]

I thought of vulnerability but I didn't have any. No matter though. I just died after going up a staircase with about 70% of my HP. On the turn I went up, Frederick Iron Shotted me the same time a Centaur Warrior shot me. I had 17HOP and was sandwiched between them. I had two options. Evoke my Heal Wounds wand or blink above the warrior. I figured the wand would be bad because Freddy could use any of his spells and almost certainly kill me even after the HP boost and if it didn't somehow, the arrow definitely would have. So I blinked above the warrior. He shot me and I died.

So pissed. This is the fourth MfIE I've splatted this late in the game and this is the first time I had access to Icestorm. Rage.

My condolences. Did you know about Frederick? It can be useful to put exclusions on stairs and !annotations for levels to trigger confirmation.

[diviton]

Yes and no.

I knew he was on that floor, but I didn't know he was standing right there. I knew he was awake and wandering. I know most Crawl players advocate running and I definitely see the wisdom in that, but I all to often ger killed by something I decided to leave alone.

Not that I should have been fighting Freddy anyway. Just unfortunate.

[Sandman25]

I see. You were unlucky. I have Quicksilver dragon on the floor with Orcish Mines entrance, I was lucky it didn't kill me when I entered Orcish Mines twice (second time for Elven Halls). Maybe it will kill me on ascending though

[diviton]

A QS dragon that early? Whaaat?

[Sandman25]

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  8961 | D:8      | Noticed a quicksilver dragon


There is some special vault which I have never seen before. It does not have any doors though

[diviton]

That's nuckin futs, dude. Did it see you? I can't imagine surviving an encounter with a Quicksilver Dragon seeing you that early, save for maybe popping a teleport scroll as soon as it entered los.

[Sandman25]

That's nuckin futs, dude. Did it see you? I can't imagine surviving an encounter with a Quicksilver Dragon seeing you that early, save for maybe popping a teleport scroll as soon as it entered los.

No, it didn't. I immediately retreated and ran to nearest downstairs as fast as I could. Stealth is the best skill sometimes.

[diviton]

Hahahaha, I can't take this ****ing game anymore. I just got another one going and I hit XL9. I found a ring of wizardry and a bookof the warp. Incredible. Then I find a shop selling unID'd gear, so I spend about 40 gold on a robe and cloak... which ended up being Archmagi and Preservation. Basically, I have the best start a character could possibly have. Not a minute later a centaur appears, its close so I move towards it. As soon as im in melee range, a horde of gnolls including a sergeant appear. If I ran, I die from arrows, if I stay, I die from reaching weapons. No tele or blink. I feel so angry squandering such a beautiful start but its funny and I have to laugh.

[Sandman25]

That's the worst case, when mood goes from the best to the worst in several seconds...

[WalkerBoh]

Looks like you're getting to know crawl, be warned she is a frosty, cruel bitch. The only mercy is you died early instead of sinking tons of time into the game first.

[tasonir]

Wait until you die in tomb with 14 runes