Crawl Relay Part 2: Dungeon Boogaloo

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Psieye:
Don't forget to bring a weapon of distortion for a quick exit out of pandemonium. Really though, if you're worried about losing mutations then best we clear Zot:5 now, leave the orb where it is, then go visit Chireiden. Nue is beyond the point of needing mutations to win. Nue's Dragon form is ridiculously strong in Zot:5, I just tried it.

barasia:
you do know if i clear out Zot:5, the temptation of insta winning is too much :P

and yes weapons of distortions, that completely miss my mind! (remembers the good old times of Doom-Repercussions of touhou (the last game with Patchouli), where i forgot distortion weapons just as i entered pandamonium/chireiden XD )

but i assume we are aiming for a full rune run, so i'l refrain from Zot:5 until we get all runes.

Psieye:
Temptation to win? I guess that's a good instinct to have but I just don't feel it myself. I play this game for the stories it generates, not to pull some trinket back to the surface. Well, there's dev talk of making the orb run more exciting, but until then there is no incentive for winning to me.

barasia:
Heres my update!

we start at 216000. and should end in 221000.
the layout of Dispater looks good and is compact enough for Haunt Spams to be effective. hopefully its the same story for Tartarus.

i reach Tartarus at 216600, after going to manage the loot. i opt to use the Regen ring.
i also brought along a ring for blinking.
you may think that why dont we use the blink spell, but you see, Blink spell cost 2mana and spell slots while the Evoke blink cost 1 mana.
also i need to practise Evocations to use the Attack staves properly.

the layout of Tar:7 looks new. Rod of discovery shows im near a loot room so i may as well break inside rather than knock the front doors.(i didn't know there were front doors until later :P )

:getdown:
Looks like da shit jsut hit teh fan!

Indeed, jsut how many are they!

My army vs your army okay?

Staff of Asmodeus is simply awesmoe! it regularly spams Bolts of Fire and Lighting Bolts, both elements which they are NOT resistant too. it clearly helped me. In a Single Bolt of Fire/lightnig bolt, i deal much more damage per turn than if i try to melee them. in 2 bolts of fires, i kill 3 Souleaters, but it may take up to 10 turns to kill 3 soul eaters by melee.
thats my reasoning for upgrading Evocations.

then Hell summons came to get me while Flandre timer is coincide, so i get an unwanted DEX boost.

never the less, Lets just say Haunt spam is nesscessary when you get swarmed.
and

A few Hellfires from the attack staff alerted and EVERYONE came swarming.....

Taking refuge in the Loot vault and blocking off the entrance with Haunts.

i found this awesmoe glove among the useless loot, as well as a ball of energy.

if you remember the good ol sdays of PAtchouli-Life the Ball of energy is a mana powerhouse, refilling mana in 1-2 turns.
with good enough Evocations, it makes our ability to channel mana OBSOLETE.

The next area was abit of a maze, full of hidden doors. bascially, i jsut use the rod of discovery at the end and middle of the hallways.
eventually reaching a very laughable and FLAWED layout for Shikieki.

I have Smite attacks. She doesn't. Thats all i have to say here.

Several Haunt smites later, she's almost defeated,

And i end it with a cheap shot. out hellfire smite ability.

Yeah....it wasn't very challenging......

And i forgot to take pics but right after i entered the vault, i almost got killed!
I TOTALLY underestimated Mimas. after by easy victory over Shikieki, i became cocky and went to melee Mima.
the result is a very painful series of Dispel Undeads that nearly ended my run!

so i decided to escape back to hell to heal up and put down the rune.
Flan decided to mutate but i was still in lich form so our beautiful form isn't tainted by Flan!

After healing up, i return down to get teh rest of the loots, and never making the same mistake of attempting to melee Mima.

I've spent 2500 turns to finish Tar, what now?

most of teh other rings, suck, except for this ring but its still obselete.

To sum up the loot, i got a good glove, a ball of energy, and an adequate ring.
the rest of the the loot sucks.

I return to Lair to get a dagger of Distortion and a book that has the Yukari Gap spell.

after doing some preparations for Pandamonium, im at 219000 turns. that leaves me roughly 2000 extra turns.
what preparations you ask?
Dagger of distortion.
Books taht have : Yukari Gap(portal), Necromicon, and Dragon Form.
some food and thats it.

With the extra 2000 turns, i feel abit confident now to clear Zun:5 so i do so!

i also brought along a book for Dragon form to try it out eventually.

OH? whats this?! Mannosukes in loincloths?!

theres nothing like a bunch of zombiegoasts to share my burnt vision which i cannot unsee.

You can never have too many allies in such a open room. Lets jsut say, i can quickly fill up the room with ghosts using the BALL OF ENERGY.

Then i fought THREE orbs of fire with some nasty electric golems.
even with such a large army, it turns out the most effective way of killing them was to melee tham as they simply plow through the ghosts.

BUT these orbs of fire kept spamming Polymorph and caused Nue to lose alot of hitpoints. if Nue wasn't in Lich form, no doubt she's lose her Fire resistance and gain some nasty ones.

but after killing them all(only the Left room), i think its safe to try Dragon form.
i only have 500 turns left. plenty of turns to get the Beer of Zun.
Also Nue MASTERED unarmed combat. i can't wait to turn into a dragon!

<insert nostalgic image of Dragon vs touhou characters> remember taht image where theres a Dragon head the size of a continent, and several small figures standing on mountain peaks ready to take on the dragon? Yukari with her umbrella being on of the small challangers.

"YOU ALL VS ME KAY?"

PWNED

Beer of Zun is in our sights!

i did not even need more than 100 turns get past the Mannosukes.

After that i did not take screen shots, but i can say this.
Despite Nue's Dragon form overpoweredness, she ahs one FATAL WEAKNESS.
suddenly 3 orbs of fire and an ancient lich swarmed in from the RIGHT room.
Nue tried her best to resist mutations butr she manage to get Shout X1
whats most dangerous is that her HP went from 200 down to 50 HP in just a few turns, because of TORMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nue escaped luckily and my epic run did NOT come crashing down.

So yeah, Dragon is awesmoe and all, but i'd rather stick to lich form.

ALSO, its almost impossible to have Necromutation + dragon form spell, due to spell slots scarcity.

you can only have one or the other, so bring the neccessary books.
Also bring a book that has Bladehands because Dragon form means we LOSE ALL buffs from Armour, such as our resist colds and such.

Dragon form = insane atack power. ALOT of weaknesses. NO cold resistance, No torment resistance etc.
Bladehands = impressive attack power, with no weaknesses except for Torment vulnerable.
Lich form = Best form. can use Haunt Spam + ball of energy powerups.
But no REgen Spell......

choose one of Nue's 3 main forms. i would choose Lich form for teh Pandamonium run,

It's be ideal if we have Dragon form as a Finishing ATTACK, on Utsuho. we can Haunt Spam first, then USe dragon form to finish her off!
but we need more spell slots for that.

So the gate to Pandamonium is as follows.

Nue got a bad mutation due to the Orb of fire spams during our Dragon form.

a potion of mutation fixes that but removes out Robust +10% and Heal +1.
Lets NOT taint Nue's perfect figure anymore okay?

I finish according to Turn quota.

Nue's already prepared for Pandamonium, with the dagger of distortion.
Just make sure she has a book for blade hands.
you can decide whaever further preparations you need.
i personally think royal jellies are fine, because they cure stat drains.
we have heal wands but you can bring heal potions too.
just remeber that you'll be stuck there for a long time.

Be prepared but not OVER prepared.
you dont wanna reach there and find you have no space to pick up the loot.
only bring whats neccessary. Nue as she is now is quite alright and prepared.
Its the books that important.

i recommend you train Translocations so we can insta win it using Portal/Yukari Gap hax when we get all runes.
good luck

barasia:
also Maullar did say to skip his turn he said "taking a hiatus".

so its probably Psieye's turn now.

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