Demonspawn Fighter help

[Jarkovsky]

I've been playing crawl since I used to call it Linley's and have tried many characters/class/god combos since then but the one class I am alternating between loving and wanting smash my computer in frustration with are Demonspawns. I've been trying to get a DSFi off the ground and succeeded once, insofar as I was rocking with some decent artefact gear and a maximumly enchanted demon whip until I got abyssed by a Deep Elf and ended up getting crushed by a Hellephant.

ANYWAY, I guess what I wanted to ask you guys is you advice with regard to which god you would go for and which skills you would consider leaving on/off? I know it is heavily dependent on the mutations you have at the moment, but I wondered if any of you have a basic rules set you follow when trying out a fighter.

I'm sitting at the ecumenical temple and my mutations are:

Hooves for the feet
Fire breath
Highly magic resistant

(I'd post the character sheet but I don't know where to find it/or how to post it correctly )

Thanks!

[Grimm]

I always put my fighters under Okes for the gear and (eventually) haste, but if I play a DS I usually go with Makhleb. Feels right.

[colma]

DS of Lugonu. Always.

...but when I melee I usually go CK, so good luck finding an alter haha. Mostly for flavor, but the ability to blink with no spell casting/items is nice.

I'd probably go Okawaru or even Trog

[Jarkovsky]

Yeah, I'm having trouble deciding between Trog or Mahkleb. What about generic fighter tips: is it better to be always training your whole skill set or should I turn off shields and armour or what not? The only character I've ascended was a Mountain Dwarf fighter of Oka, but that was more than a year ago and I can't remember what is reccomended anymore