Rat Monarch

[Tinker]

Tinker's Guide to winning any map*, anytime, with the Rat Monarch:

1. Preparations


2. Orientation


3. Exploration, corrosion poking and leveling


4. Special mentions to Exploration


5. Bossfight(s)


*EDIT: VGT is now included in the service, please refer to the specific post: http://www.qcfdesign.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3271&start=174

[MTaur]

What do we think about Gloves of Midas? I think it's a "think about" item, even at level 1. Inventory space is really hard to come by, but a little help getting early bonus XP from the refill, which eventually pays for itself before turning into CP, can be a very good thing. I probably wouldn't prep the item, though.

[Tinker]

[Darvin]

Gloves of Midas are pretty much an auto-buy for any class if you have the inventory space for it, but simply are not worth the preparation slot. It's definitely very synergistic with the Rat, but not so much as to change my opinions on its value as a preparation.

For preps, I'd actually have to give a shout-out to Yendor. Immediately promoting to level 5 is really nice for the Rat, since he gets a lot of value out of leveraging blackspace and you can start to work corroding high-value targets earlier.

[William]

[Tinker]

Quick poll... Do you guys fancy details/write-up?

I could probably fill volumes thanks to the several builds, many runs, and different approaches I went through, but I'm a bit afraid that providing a "recipe" would just curb other players' enthusiasm to discover a solution on their own (which might actually be different from mine, I felt for some of my previous builds that they could work, and I'm certain I didn't even think of all the possibilities...).

What do you think?

[sitnaltax]

My vote is yes! I like reading reports, and playing DD is fun enough in its own right that I don't have a strong need for the thrill of being a trailblazer.

[William]

[Darvin]

Give us all the details, and feel free to gloat a little along the way

[MTaur]

Yeah, if anything, someone might be able to work out one of your discarded non-solutions.