Best ring ever or completely worthless junk?

[tasonir]

So I'm playing my first ever octopode conjuror and I've found two artifact rings by dungeon level 4 (one was in the sewers)...But I'm really not sure how good one of them is:

SustAb, MUT, +Lev, rElec, rF+, str+3

Obviously, the question is if I can handle MUT. At what level of glow do I have to take the ring off, or should I just not bother with it at all?

Also, does a ring with Dam-2 apply to spell damage like magic dart? The total stats are MR, +3 dex +4 int -2 damage, so it is probably still worth it, even so.

[slowcar]

i would be wearing a ring with MUT in emergency situations only.

[TehDruid]

Picked up the Plutonium sword once, you get contaminated like hell and it also has Curse which means it can recurse itself on equip so no casual switching on and off... The speed at which you get bad mutations is just insane. But these pieces of equipment without Curse have their uses. Just take them off every time you leave combat. It's just a matter of tediousness, mostly.

[rchandra]

say the ring is in slot p, it would be worth defining a macro (with ~ or ctrl-d) for Pp - if equip_unequip is true in your configuration, this will put it on or off as appropriate. set it to F9 or some other key you aren't using.

[eharper256]

Only even worth considering if you have no other source of rElec in a pinch. Personally, I wouldn't bother; MUT has to offer something very good to risk it.

The second ring is fine if you're not melee'ing, though its hardly awe inspiring.

[Stormphoenix]

What if you wore a resist mutation amulet? Would that stop MUT?

[slowcar]

What if you wore a resist mutation amulet? Would that stop MUT?

no, only lessen the impact. The amulet gives you 90% resistance, but not total immunity.

[pratamawirya]

90% is against direct mutation, like that from neqoxecs. Against glows (like from a MUT stuff), it's only 50%.

[cerebovssquire]

Also, rememer it doesn't mutate you directly but makes you glow, which would still allow the effects of severe magical glow (draining, acid, poison, if I remember correctly, and explosions) to kick in.