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Crawl allows you to play using widely different play styles, depending on your character and god choice. The wide variety of choices offered might intimidate or even overwhelm new players. These are a selection of strong combos from the main character archetypes in the game.  
 
Crawl allows you to play using widely different play styles, depending on your character and god choice. The wide variety of choices offered might intimidate or even overwhelm new players. These are a selection of strong combos from the main character archetypes in the game.  
  
* '''([[Minotaur]]/[[Hill Orc]]) ([[Berserker]]/[[Fighter]])''' ([[Vigrid's Hill Orc Fighter Guide|Strategy guide]]): Pure melee builds. Find a big weapon and the heaviest armour, worship [[Trog]] or [[Okawaru]] and beat things to death.  
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*'''[[Troll]] [[Berserker]]''': For the newcomer of this game. Even being listed in tutorial, but this combination is sufficiently strong until mid-game, helping the player to understand the basic game system.
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*'''([[Minotaur]]/[[Hill Orc]]/[[Gargoyle]]) ([[Berserker]]/[[Fighter]])''' ([[Vigrid's Hill Orc Fighter Guide|strategy guide]]): Pure melee builds. Find a big weapon and the heaviest armour, worship [[Trog]] or [[Okawaru]] and beat things to death.
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*'''[[Centaur]] [[Hunter]]''': A typical ranged character. Centaur speed and HP increase survivability. Worship [[Trog]] or [[Okawaru]] for weapon, armour as well as ammo gifts.
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*'''[[Deep Elf]] [[Conjurer]]''' ([[MistyMan's Deep Elf Conjurer of Vehumet guide|strategy guide]]): Offensive caster.  Your damage dealing capability is your best defense; with [[Iskenderun's Battlesphere]] you rip through dangerous enemies that many other characters would have to avoid.  Worship [[Vehumet]] for even more punch and a steady supply of mana.
  
* '''[[Centaur]] [[Hunter]]''': A typical ranged character. Centaur speed and HP increase survivability. Worship [[Trog]] or [[Okawaru]] for weapon, armour as well as ammo gifts.  
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*'''[[Merfolk]] [[Ice Elementalist]]''' ([[Nabalzbhf's Merfolk Ice Elementalist Guide|strategy guide)]]: A good hybrid (melee and magic) build. Great aptitudes for [[Charms]], [[Dodging]], [[Fighting]], [[Polearms]], and [[Ice Magic]].
  
* '''[[Deep Elf]] [[Conjurer]]''' ([[MistyMan's Deep Elf Conjurer of Vehumet guide|strategy guide]]): Offensive caster. Your damage dealing capability is your best defense; with [[Iskenderun's Battlesphere]] you rip through dangerous enemies that many other characters would have to avoid. Worship [[Vehumet]] for even more punch and a steady supply of mana.
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*'''[[Spriggan]] [[Enchanter]]''' ([[Huggz's Spriggan Enchanter guide|strategy guide]]): The classic stealth and stab build. Spriggans are a great stealth class for new players since their high speed lets them flee when stealth fails. [[Ensorcelled Hibernation]] makes stabbing things really easy.  
  
* '''[[Merfolk]] [[Ice Elementalist]]''': A good hybrid (melee and magic) build. Great aptitudes for [[Charms]], [[Dodging]], [[Fighting]], [[Polearms]], and [[Ice Magic]].
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*'''[[Gargoyle]] [[Earth Elementalist]]''' ([[Majang's Caster Walk-Through|strategy guide]]): A durable caster with powerful destructive spells. Worships [[Vehumet]]. A good choice for a first attempt as a caster.
  
* '''[[Spriggan]] [[Enchanter]]''' ([[Huggz's Spriggan Enchanter guide|strategy guide]]): The classic stealth and stab build. Spriggans are a great stealth class for new players since their high speed lets them flee when stealth fails. [[Ensorcelled Hibernation]] makes stabbing things really easy.  
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These are just few examples, there are lots of other combinations that are reasonably easy to play. Feel free to experiment.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:07, 20 January 2016

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Crawl allows you to play using widely different play styles, depending on your character and god choice. The wide variety of choices offered might intimidate or even overwhelm new players. These are a selection of strong combos from the main character archetypes in the game.

  • Troll Berserker: For the newcomer of this game. Even being listed in tutorial, but this combination is sufficiently strong until mid-game, helping the player to understand the basic game system.
  • Centaur Hunter: A typical ranged character. Centaur speed and HP increase survivability. Worship Trog or Okawaru for weapon, armour as well as ammo gifts.

These are just few examples, there are lots of other combinations that are reasonably easy to play. Feel free to experiment.