Ziggurat Zagger
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Re: AK: Which Weapon to Distort
mps wrote:I would never distort a quick blade myself, since for one finding a quick blade is unlikely to happen before ****** and you should always make the distortion weapon when you have the piety to do so without delay, barring complete garbage weapon drops. (As I said upthread, though, I can see the argument for distortion on a fast polearm, because the reaching helps with blink travel time and works well with spectral weapon if you have it.) However, I've specced a few people who have used distortion quick blades (not as Lugonu followers) against zot monsters. What I can say from direct observation is that it's considerably weaker than a battleaxe, the damage is bad, and the blinking and teleportation is dangerous because you're not actually killing things, you're just hoping for banishment.
What? A weapon with 20 skill levels is more powerful than a weapon with 8 skill levels? Devs should fix the bug, please report it. Seriously, you should stop arguing about things which you have not used in your games. You are probably playing OP characters, that's why you don't see value in distortion. When you are fighting 200% HP OoF as short/long blades Sp, distortion is clearly superior to everything you can use. It is an extreme example of course but it should make it obvious how distortion can be extremely good. Also you should not care about blinking that much, it is optimal to have some powerful way to kill things at distance.
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