by Darvin on Tue May 19, 2015 12:56 am
Daily 18/05/2015 - Halfling Sorcerer on Ick Swamp
Bah, I hate Ick Swamp, and Frank (is that guy weighted more heavily on dailies or what?) just makes it worse. Fortunately, today's daily loadout and map layout was very generous. Sorcerer with Mystera available as a prep is nice, fireball just sitting near the dungeon entrance is basically a free fireball magnet prep in and of itself, CYDSTEPP gives peace of mind as mis-click protection on a map filled with barbing bushes, shop pool was decent (not much in the way of HP+ though) and there were plenty of easy opportunities for power-leveling. The subdungeon also was a very favorable one given the bosses, as corrosion helps negate the weakening of Itsssama and is one of the best ways to break through Frank. I got the Elven Boots with my translocation seal then took a second hit of Mystera's mana boon to (combined with my extra booster prep) hit the 25 mana threshold for 10 mana per mana potion. I never did get around to getting Mystic Balance even though I could afford it, as I used HALPMEH for both boss battles. I bought the platemail to give me some extra melee longevity and took down Frank first (with a slight hiccup as platemail complicates mid-battle dings) then turned around and cleared Itsssama. Since I already had most of the map explored, I converted Platemail, bought a fortitude tonic to clear off the weakening, and went for unstoppable.
My time is inaccurate; I was about 40 seconds faster than the leaderboard indicates (though as of this writing I'm still #1 right now).