The Second Best Nemelex Follower?

[blueeyedlion]

I've noticed the general consensus that a SpEn is the best follower of nemelex, but I always starve to death from spell hunger before I can find enough non-meat food.
Now I'm trying out a KoAs, but there has got to be something else. Any suggestions?

[cerebovssquire]

"everyone"

I've noticed the general consensus that a SpEn is the best follower of nemelex

Err.... the consensus is probably that SpEn is a *good* follower of Nemelex and that Nemelex is one of the best gods for SpEn along with Kikubaaqudgha. Consider, for instance, how many consumables a mummy can sacrifice (besides the general sacrificability (is that even a word ) of detect curse or vulnerability scrolls, you have no use whatsoever for food or potions, so you can snag quite a number of Wonders decks early.

(also, you know that you should train Spellcasting on SpEn quite heavily and not spam Honeycomb/Ration spells? Getting Ensorcelled Hibernation castable without a hunger cost is rather trivial)

[blueeyedlion]

What class would you recommend for a mummy of nemelex?

[AtT]

Stalker! (or Transmuter if not playing trunk)

[cerebovssquire]

Necromancer, Air Elementalist, Warper would be my first choices... but as said before Nemelex is good on anyone (with the exception of those who start with Trog or Lugonu, where the wrath is nothing you can deal with before higher-levelled).

[TehDruid]

For me Spriggans and Felids are at the top because they're pretty "noob-friendly", then mummies just because they don't need any food. But mummies are a pain in the ass to get going. You need some great luck with experience cards to get your skills to decent levels so you don't get your ass kicked, well, at least not too much. Try a MuWz of Nemelex, though.

[Dingo]

Everybody has a great endgame with Nemelex. Really, I think decks are sorely underrated. I even ditched Makhleb for Nemelex with my DDNe at endgame. Decks are pretty crappy without Nem's abilities, but with them they can be amazing. I think thick melee classes would greatly benefit from Nemelex after running with Okawaru or similar for a while; nothing quite like having a few stacked decks of escape and destruction to have instant, controlled teleport and sick LCS for someone who can't even cast a spell (think golden dragon armour or silenced)

[cerebovssquire]

Really, I think decks are sorely underrated.)

Huh? Nemelex is usually regarded as "overpowered with a lot of micromanagement needed to be really powerful" which seems quite accurate to me.

[Dingo]

Eh, not that much micromanagement. I think they're more overpowered than most people realize... what with tomb cards, instant controlled teleport, legendary trowels (see here), early powerful summons, exp cards, helix, and the fact that none of these require MP or stats besides evocations to use

[cerebovssquire]

There is micromanagement involved to use Nemelex to his full; this means knowledge of deck weightings (for instance, if I'm just sacrificing everything I'm only going to get destruction and summonings decks), gift timeouts if we want to be really pedantic, and the fact that you're going to want to micromanage your decks by stacking them, etc.

[sir_laser]

Just don't do what this noob did here.

[Sojiro]

Spriggans in general are probably the best nemelexites, thanks to their high speed allowing them to run from bad draws and high Evocation apt.

Mountain Dwarfs are excellent Nemelex worshippers, with a high Evocation apt and a heavy armour playstyle where the magical powers of the cards become very useful.

Mummies are pretty good since they can sacrifice all the corpses and food and potions. And then immunity to both poison and torment make the Destruction decks pretty much harmless to them (just be careful where you aim).

Kobold have good Evocation apt, so they can make a good choice, and they're not as frail as Spriggans, much more basic to play than mummies, and unlike MD they can easily go into spellcasting.



That would be my ranking. But honestly, Nemelex is great with pretty much everyone.
(as a side note if you have Hunger issues with Spriggans, try a Wizard, they have lower hunger-cost for their spells and higher starting Spc)