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How much ought I overtrain a weapon to retain mindelay when using Ru abilities, assuming that there is no draining also done by monsters?

From my personal experience:

If I'm lightly using apocalypse/draw power then the drain at most 0-2 full skill levels.

If I'm heavily using those powers, and not allowing the previous drain to wear off, then it reaches 3-5 skill levels(maybe even more than that in very desperate situations)

So overtraining by about 2-3 levels should be sufficient to retain min delay. If your drain is reaching higher than 3-4 levels, then you should probably re-think your tactics.

I don't think it's actually that important to maintain mindelay at all times.

I have certainly learned not to rush to mindelay at the expense of defenses. However, this particular character is a minotaur of staves who sacrificed Armour skill, so extra weapon levels will be relatively cheap.

None at all, imo.

Yeah, somewhere between 0 and a little. Staves are cheap, so maybe more towards a little.

Okay, thank you, I accept the consensus that losing mindelay for a short time is not a big deal.