Tomb Titivator
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Joined: Saturday, 30th July 2011, 00:58
Newbie Advice Please
I've gotten about 20 characters to this point so far and can't seem to get past it.
I try to avoid Lair if I don't have poison resist and something to deal with Hydra. I do ok on Mines until bottom floor (a lol at a flood of Ogres busting out of a room quickly turned into a nice view of my inventory screen for my DDNe). Once I get down to D12-14 I end up facing some monster I haven't seen before that doesn't have any tips in the wiki/bots and die.
Is this just a case of keep playing? I don't mind that, but I like to see some progress. Crawl is a lot of fun, but the tedium of dying 3-4 times in a row before finding the Temple is wearying. I've been reading around in the forums quite a bit and finally decided to post for help.
I've played a few other mage classes and they weren't really all that fun for me. Poison seems to work best for me, but kiting is boring I usually die before I can get mid-level DD to a reliable cast (I do use MC, just kind of boring).
I like the idea of throwing weapons to soften targets up and I'm always on the lookout for something with the returning brand. I tried MDFi/Be and didn't really like the MD very much.
Any suggestions for a build to try (Please not Spriggen, I've had 3 of them starve to death already... RNG really hates me) that fits in with what I'm looking for and will help me push past this plateau?
Thanks!
KoboldLord wrote:I'm also morbidly curious now as to how Shatter is abusable for 'stealth tricks'. It's about as stealthy as the Kool-Aid Man smashing through the walls and running through the room