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Bobross419: /* Lair */

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‎Lair

Bobross419: /* Resource Discipline */

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‎Resource Discipline

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‎Resource Discipline

Bobross419: /* Early Combat */

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‎Early Combat

Bobross419: /* Staircase Selection */

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‎Staircase Selection

Bobross419: /* Level 2 */

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‎Level 2

Bobross419: /* Thrown Weapons */

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‎Thrown Weapons

Bobross419: /* Wands */

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‎Wands

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‎Wands

Bobross419: /* Things to Avoid */

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‎Things to Avoid

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 Yred’s powers should be enough to overcome any of the main threats you’ll be encountering in Lair. The outer walls often have single corridor recesses if you need to pull a pack and fight.
-Enemies here are either poison resistant or have poison attacks, and most have to close to melee range to attack you. This is a good place to spend any darts you’ve collected from your early dungeon levels.
+Enemies here are generally either vulnerable to poison or have poison attacks, and most have to close to melee range to attack you. This is a good place to spend any darts you’ve collected from your early dungeon levels.
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 These three basic items are enough to get top tier players to Temple in all but the harshest seeds, but you should have found other resources by the time you’re hitting D:4.
-As soon as you’ve hit D:4, you’re going to identify ALL your scrolls. This may seem counter to having good resource discipline and it’s not a practice that should be blindly followed on every character, but I personally do for the most part. The primary reason for this is that the faster we begin worshiping Yred, the sooner we’re guaranteed to be able to finish Lair and Orc. Secondly, anything not identified is unusable to you anyways and since Yred carries Lair and Orc, the potential short term benefits of getting us to Yred outweigh the long term cost of having one less ?blink for example. If you did find some shops along the way, it can be worth it to spend a little on identifying potions and scrolls; primarily: ?identify itself, the low supply (?blink), or the detrimental (!mutation).
+As soon as you’ve hit D:4, you’re going to identify ALL your scrolls. This may seem counter to having good resource discipline and it’s not a practice that should be blindly followed on every character, but I personally do for the most part. The primary reason for this is that the faster we begin worshiping Yred, the sooner we have the tools to finish Lair and Orc. Secondly, anything not identified is unusable to you anyways and since Yred carries Lair and Orc, the potential short term benefits of getting us to Yred outweigh the long term cost of having one less ?blink for example. If you did find some shops along the way, it can be worth it to spend a little on identifying potions and scrolls; primarily: ?identify itself, the low supply (?blink), or the detrimental (!mutation).
 Once we get to Temple, the next phase of resource management comes into play.

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 These three basic items are enough to get top tier players to Temple in all but the harshest seeds, but you should have found other resources by the time you’re hitting D:4.
-As soon as you’ve hit D:4, you’re going to identify ALL your scrolls. This may seem counter to having good resource discipline and it’s not a practice that should be blindly followed on every character, but I personally do for the most part. The primary reason for this is that the faster we begin worshiping Yred, the sooner we’re guaranteed to be able to finish Lair and Orc. Secondly, anything not identified is unusable to you anyways and since we’re guaranteed Lair and Orc with Yred, the potential short term benefits of getting us to Yred outweigh the long term cost of having one less ?blink for example. If you did find some shops along the way, it can be worth it to spend a little on identifying potions and scrolls; primarily: ?identify itself, the low supply (?blink), or the detrimental (!mutation).
+As soon as you’ve hit D:4, you’re going to identify ALL your scrolls. This may seem counter to having good resource discipline and it’s not a practice that should be blindly followed on every character, but I personally do for the most part. The primary reason for this is that the faster we begin worshiping Yred, the sooner we’re guaranteed to be able to finish Lair and Orc. Secondly, anything not identified is unusable to you anyways and since Yred carries Lair and Orc, the potential short term benefits of getting us to Yred outweigh the long term cost of having one less ?blink for example. If you did find some shops along the way, it can be worth it to spend a little on identifying potions and scrolls; primarily: ?identify itself, the low supply (?blink), or the detrimental (!mutation).
 Once we get to Temple, the next phase of resource management comes into play.

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 ; Menkaure: Lead with flame
 ; Ijyb: Use the same wand she has or flame/iceblast depending on the threat of the wand. Charm her if there is a pack around that can kill her for you.
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 === Staircase Selection ===
 [[File:28_picking_stairs.png|thumb|upright|Start clearing from the southernmost stairs for the chance at an early strong homie with good pull dispersion for bringing in the monsters guarding the middle stairs.  The top stair offers less visibility and more possibility of being trapped in a choke point.]]
-Selecting the best staircase is a bit of a skill and art form. You want to be close enough to packs or major threats for your starting homies clear without being surrounded.
+Selecting the best staircase is a bit of a skill and art form. You want to be close enough to packs or major threats for your starting homies to clear without being surrounded.
 Some knowledge of the branch denizens is helpful as well, since the walls that may feel safe at your back in early dungeon and Lair will soon be used against you by deep troll earth mages,

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 ; [[Blink]]: Its uncontrolled nature is offset by recall and the fact your homies are likely to be taking up more squares in the direction of the enemy.
 ; [[Call Imp]]: The reach weapon means it can do plink damage even in pack fights, and it can take a hit enough to make space if you need to run.
-; [[Construct Spike Launcher]]: Reliable counter to invisible enemies, falls off around S-Branch but can still see limited use.
+; [[Construct Spike Launcher]]: Reliable counter to early invisible enemies, falls off around S-Branch but can still see limited use.
 ; [[Jinxbite]]: Falls off after Lair, but irresistible damage and drain make short work of even highly armoured and evasive enemies. Can be triggered by damaging throwing or ranged weapons.
 ; [[Lesser Beckoning]]: Helps reduce fight and noise sprawl, serviceable through Zot.

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 ==== Thrown Weapons ====
-Due to the permanent horde or shambling undead, our throwing skill won’t get a lot of use, but don’t underestimate another tool to save your potions and scrolls. The cumulative damage effects of the venomous darts can make a big impact on early Ogres or offset a Troll’s natural regen enough to chip them down. Outside of short blades, darts will be thrown much faster than anything you’re swinging until you’ve gotten a couple runes, so throwing a few directly in a tough monster’s face is also a valid tactic. Consider Atropoa or Datura oppose HD instead of willpower, so they can shut down some monsters that our wands and most spells have a hard time effecting. Since throwing and stealth both scale well, you can expect to see boomerangs hitting 1.0 around the end of Lair and mindelay about the time you’re clearing S-Branches; javelins will hit 1.0 about the time boomerangs hit mindelay and achieve mindelay of their own sometime during Vaults.
+Due to the permanent horde of shambling undead, our throwing skill won’t get a lot of use, but don’t underestimate another tool to save your potions and scrolls. The cumulative damage effects of the venomous darts can make a big impact on early Ogres or offset a Troll’s natural regen enough to chip them down. Outside of short blades, darts will be thrown much faster than anything you’re swinging until you’ve gotten a couple runes, so throwing a few directly in a tough monster’s face is also a valid tactic. Consider Atropoa or Datura oppose HD instead of willpower, so they can shut down some monsters that our wands and most spells have a hard time effecting. Since throwing and stealth both scale well, you can expect to see boomerangs hitting 1.0 around the end of Lair and mindelay about the time you’re clearing S-Branches; javelins will hit 1.0 about the time boomerangs hit mindelay and achieve mindelay of their own sometime during Vaults.
 ; [[Javelin|Silver Javelin]]: Use them early if you have to, but preserve through mid-game as they do boatloads in the end game.

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 ; [[Wand of light|Light]]: Blinds most enemies in the game, reducing combat effectiveness and setting you up for the less powerful forms of stab. Use liberally, but maintain one or two charges in reserve.
 ; [[Wand of digging|Digging]]: Make 2 or 3 tile wide corridors, clear pillars from rooms so your entire pack can hurt enemies, make a murder hole when SHTF, and save 4-5 charges for your orb run.
-; [[Wand of acid|Acid]]: Does to AC what does to EV. Apply once to a high AC monster and take them to pound town.
+; [[Wand of acid|Acid]]: Does to AC what roots does to EV. Apply once to a high AC monster and take them to pound town.
 ; [[Wand of charming|Charm]]: Bad guys killing other bad guys never gets old. Use the same anti-pack tactics you learned from the start.
 ; [[Wand of paralysis|Paralysis]]: Great setup for sleep stabs, especially early game. Evo, Stealth, and Short Blades all scale well to keep this relevant through the whole game.

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 ==== Wands ====
-Outside of the initial three wands, Crawl has nearly a number of wands that might drop. Since only one of the AoE and Hex wands (in addition to Bolt) are generated per run, Artificers are in the unique position that they could potentially have more wands than the average player. Rounding out the AoE set alongside our starting wand of Ice Blast are the wands of Roots and Warping. Charm alternates with paralysis, and you’ll eventually find any one of Quicksilver, Light, or Acid. Wands are a core component of our fully hybrid playstyle, and outside of keeping a couple 2-3 charges in reserve for emergencies you should be using them pretty liberally to defend your potions and scrolls.
+Outside of the initial three wands, Crawl has a number of wands that might drop. Since only one of the AoE and Hex wands (in addition to Bolt) are generated per run, Artificers are in the unique position that they could potentially have more wands than the average player. Rounding out the AoE set alongside our starting wand of Ice Blast are the wands of Roots and Warping. Charm alternates with paralysis, and you’ll eventually find any one of Quicksilver, Light, or Acid. Wands are a core component of our fully hybrid playstyle, and outside of keeping a couple 2-3 charges in reserve for emergencies you should be using them pretty liberally to defend your potions and scrolls.
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 ; [[Wand of quicksilver|Quicksilver]]: Debuff the enemy’s buffs. Removing invis lets your zombies target major threats like dread liches. Does not remove the ice form status.

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 === Things to Avoid ===
-Outside of the aforementioned branches and portals, there’s a few monsters, bound souls, and items that you should just avoid.
+Outside of the aforementioned branches and portals, there’s a few monsters, bound souls, and items that you should just avoid with this build.
 ; [[Vv]]: Pretty much immune to everything including getting beat on; unbindable. Will wipe your horde using you as the toilet paper.