VGT Olympics

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For the Cheekiest challenge (done with Orc Rogue of GG -> Dracul(+PM)), you can't get any cheekier than this, well you can but it would be kind of hard to pull off killing an L8 from the first floor,

Results:
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... CC57B657A/

Last hit to H:
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... 4E19C1BD6/

Definitely had lots of good luck with this, I had Gloves of Midas, Viper Ward, Soul Orb and later Platemail and Martyr Wraps. Bysseps and Lemissi were also super useful. Not everything was smooth though, I didn't boost my HP at all with GG (forgot about it) and Patches decided to not give me any resists at all. So was tough facing the Warlocks (you only see 2 in the screenshot but there were actually more, this bunch on the No-XP floor which was around the time I had to buy the Platemail to even tank a hit from them). Rogue with a Platemail wasn't exactly easy to use either, always having to heal up to put in more hits and first strike for the finishing blow was essentially negated. I also made some mistakes in the sense that I thought I could have pushed my resists further with Body Pact (up to 50% or more) but forgot that Body Pact doesn't work with No-XP mobs. Thus, I should have taken Dracul's LifeSteal much earlier. Pretty much used up everything (had a couple of health potions left, 1 bloodpool, and 5 more mobs for extra HP from lifesteal and the bloodpools they leave behind).

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[The Tapir]

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Some quick thoughts about the "toughest" challenge - Binlor-less Rat VGT victory:

1. Dracul

Dream Set: Bearmace, Draining Blade, Vampiric Blade/Stone Sigil, Soul Orb, Burndayraz/Pisorf, Free Slot

Halpmeh would have been great but it's tough to use it with Dracul especially you are going to lose piety from killing the quite numerous Undead mobs in VGT. Though, I think it's possible to leave it lying around until the end when fighting H if you are low on resources (being able to cast it once for every few bloodpools can make a big difference). Without Halpmeh, Poison might be a small problem so you might have to rely on lifesteal and bloodpools (or bloodswells) especially when facing Snakes and Dragon Elite.

Alternative Set (Not sure if this would work out): Bearmace, Draining Blade, Alchemist's Scroll, Gloves of Midas/Vampiric Blade/Stone Sigil/Soul Orb, Burndayraz/Pisorf, Free Slot

I thought that being able to boost HP with Rat helps by making bloodpools worth more health and also you can overheal more and start fighting H at surplus health.


2. Mystera

Dream Set: Bearmace, Draining Blade, Soul Orb, Halpmeh, Dragon Soul/Mage Plate, Free Slot

Soul Orb is absolutely necessary as you don't want to lose more precious piety to getting punished for mana-burn. Dragon Soul can be awesome especially if you don't need to convert to Dracul and can go to H with it. Without a damage glyph, might be a little hard to make use of snooker damage.


3. JJ

Dream Set: Bearmace, Draining Blade, Getindare, Halpmeh/Burndayraz/Pisorf, Free Slot
[Edit: So, I realized Halpmeh can also be used, might be better]

I am thinking you could probably get the first 20 piety to grab a health or mana boost before using Consensus from PM to get Petition. Getindare and Peak-a-boo can help to generate surplus piety needed to fuel Body Pact. Obviously, this would be the hardest since you have to deal with both Mana-burn and Poison and prepping JJ basically means you have 1 less inventory slot. Hopefully, Getindare can help to avoid some of these statuses (can't remember but I think that for my winning VGT rat run, I didn't have anything to protect against poison and mana-burn, so it's definitely doable with a bit of luck and proper timing of shop buys, levelup refills, etc.).


I haven't got to test these out but will do when I have more time after coming back from my 2-week vacation,

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Finishing up the rest of the challenges (all except the Rat one) before I go off for my vacation:


1) For 2.a. Non-Paladin no altar conversion (one deity + Pactmaker allowed)

Entry 1: Human Bloodmage of Dracul (+PM)
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... BC2E2F7C6/

Entry 2: Orc Monk of Dracul (+PM)
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... 8EC8D0DB5/


2) For 2.b. Non-Paladin "Mono-God" (only one deity allowed, OR Pactmaker)

Entry 1: Human Monk of Dracul
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... E761C5ABD/

Entry 2: Human Wizard of Dracul
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... 3250CDB72/
To see bottom row: http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... B866700CA/

Entry 3: Human Bloodmage of Dracul
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... E1F1533FA/


3) For 6. Battle of the Holy Priest Vs the Undead King (PRIEST ONLY, prep Pepper, bring to H and turn him undead for the fight)

Entry 1: Orc Priest of GG (+PM) -> Dracul
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... 7B96C407B/
Bring Pepper to H:
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... 560BE124F/
Turn H Undead:
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.c ... 9E25E1BB0/

[I had wanted to more entries for this, like Dwarf or Halfling Priest but finding those quite tough, so just 1 entry. Prepping Patches means less 18% Resists from Dragon Shield. As can be seen, even with optimal race like Human or Orc, I pretty much needed first floor PM for Body Pact, Halpmeh and Soul Orb. And still won with only a small margin]

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for 2.b. Non-Paladin "Mono-God" (only one deity allowed, OR Pactmaker)
orc monk of binlor, but since the monk can do vgt faithless most of the mono deities are probably doable