by Darvin on Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:01 am
Just beat Naga City again as a dwarf thief. I used dodge instead of blood shield this time and performed even better! I didn't even need to desecrate all the alters to win (still using Agnostic Collar, though). As much as CYDSTEPP Rogue was my first thought, damage resist thief seems to be the best approach here. I've now won twice with varients of this tactic, and with pretty crappy glyphs both times (entered end-game with only BURNDAYRAZ; some of those bosses would have been pushovers if I'd have had HALPMEH).
The end-game seems to work best with some combination of GG, Mystera, and Dracul. Use your potions while under Mystera and use her cheap refreshment after finishing off a boss. With essentially 8-10 mana potions, you should have no problems building up to 100 piety. Switch to glowing guardian and use protection a few times, then convert your glyphs (no more mana to spend) for whatever piety they're worth and jump over to Dracul to blood swell your way to victory. Desecrate the other alters as necessary to facilitate your jumping.