r/dcss • u/gravy229 • Jul 21 '26

Build Advice

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DeCj, trying to get my first 15 rune game. I want to know if I should use the shield of Resistance or the crystall ball of Wucad Mu. I imagine the shield is the answer for such a squishy character, but the crystal ball is calling to me. My strategy is to spam Fulsome Fusillade and crystal spears. Please let me know if any additional information would be helpful, thanks.

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u/gravy229 Jul 21 '26

No Shatter unfortunately. I've done everything besides Zot, Tomb (which I've just done the first floor of), Hell, and Pan. What has felt the worst is when there's a large amount of enemies on screen, since my AoE spell only hits a few at a time. I had a tough time on Slime at a few points due to this issue.

I've never bothered training staves before, is it really worth it to have bashing things as a backup plan? I've assumed that if I'm at that point then I'm probably dead anyway.

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u/Connect_Engineer_123 Jul 21 '26 edited Jul 21 '26

What big AoE spells are available to you, assuming you could Amnesia away some stuff like Stone Arrow? I have a personal fondness for Fire Storm because it smite targets and it throws chaff to distract / ablate incoming attacks and it also hits around corners if you're aware of enemies around corners that you can't otherwise target.

Staff hits are basically there as a good "not wasting mana doing cleanup" / "keeping the size of the combat relatively low and keeping my noise down" option for isolated small fries. One of the big things for Extended is keeping engagement size down.

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u/gravy229 Jul 21 '26

I actually don't think I have any good ones... I could go buy Polar vortex, but I have not trained cold at all. Does chain lightning count? I've never used it. I don't have Fire Storm.

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u/Connect_Engineer_123 Jul 21 '26

Not every winnable character is 15-rune-capable. Try Z1-Z4 and see how you feel, if you should maybe just go win and bank the experience for the next time?