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‎Strategy: added note on deities

Darvin at 21:02, 25 August 2012

2012-08-25T21:02:25Z

Darvin: /* Strategy */

2012-08-25T21:02:07Z

‎Strategy

TheJohns at 07:56, 21 June 2012

2012-06-21T07:56:19Z

TheJohns at 07:34, 21 June 2012

2012-06-21T07:34:07Z

Madness: Robot: Cosmetic changes

2012-04-22T09:24:08Z

Robot: Cosmetic changes

Madness: clean up

2012-04-22T04:39:25Z

clean up

Madness at 18:51, 21 April 2012

2012-04-21T18:51:12Z

Madness at 18:50, 21 April 2012

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 The elf can easily push his max mana up to 20, allowing the Warlord to use CYDSTEPP twice.  With a little effort, an elf can reach 25 mana, which allows him to regenerate 10 MP every time he drinks a potion.  The convenient thresholds greatly increase the efficiency of the Warlord class.  By combining schadenfreude potions, mid-battle level-ups, and other benefits, it's entirely possible to get upwards of 15 death protections in a single battle.  Only bosses with the mana burn property or incredible amounts of endurance even stand a chance against a fully-equipped elf Warlord, and weaker monsters are easy prey to the Elf Warlord's damage burst.
-The weakness of an Elf Warlord is that his damage output will be much lower than you'd normally want from a physical-damage specialist.  Finding some way to increase his damage otuput is paramount to success.
+The weakness of an Elf Warlord is that his damage output will be much lower than you'd normally want from a physical-damage specialist.  Finding some way to increase his damage output is paramount to success. While Elf Warlords are less efficient than their Orc/Human counterparts, they make up for it with the added flexibility of being able to fireball targets.
 '''Fighter/Assassin'''
 The massive mana pool the elf brings to the table means you gain an enormous amount of extra spellcasting power every time you level-up.  Using the SWIFT HANDS feature of the Assassin or the fast XP-gain of the fighter, you can obtain many level-ups throughout a boss battle to fully restore your mana and keep spellcasting.
 '''Wizard'''

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 '''Other Classes'''
 The Elf is one of the more unique races in that he's not very dependent upon class features.  Simply using the BURNDAYRAZ glyph and leveraging an expanded mana pool is an approach that works well for any class except the {{c|Berserker}}, and enables the Elf to play entirely contrary to a class's normal strengths and weaknesses.  This makes the elf particularly effective for specific quests, such as the Complicated Task 6, which require you to play as a specific class while ''not'' using its primary class features.
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 |ConversionCost=70
 |ConversionEffect=+1 Max Mana
-|SuggestedClasses=Fighter, Wizard, Warlord, Assassin, Transmuter
+|SuggestedClasses=Fighter, Wizard, Warlord, Assassin
 |Unlock=[[Hippie Haven]]
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 == Strategy ==
-Elves benefit enormously from the Schadenfreude Potion.  This item causes you to regenerate an amount of mana equal to the amount of damage you sustain when you are attacked.  High level monsters usually deal more than 50 damage, so the only limit is how high your max mana is. By using the special "Apothecary" preparation, you can increase the number of shops that sell potions and purchase many Schadenfreude Potions.  This grants an elf an absolutely enormous amount of spellcasting power.
+Elves benefit enormously from the Schadenfreude Potion.  This item causes you to regenerate an amount of mana equal to the amount of damage you sustain when you are attacked.  High level monsters usually deal more than 50 damage, so the only limit is how high your max mana is.  By preparing a Schadenfreude potion and buying one in the dungeon, an Elf essentially gains two full restores on his mana pool.  This grants an elf an absolutely enormous amount of spellcasting power.
-When playing as a combat-oriented character class, elves will suffer due to their low damage output.  The HP->Attack booster swap preparation is highly recommended when playing classes such as the Warlord or Paladin, which find the elf's large mana pool useful but desperately need to increase their attack damage.
+When playing as a combat-oriented character class, elves will suffer due to their low damage output.  If playing as a class such as the {{c|Paladin}} or {{c|Warlord}}, Elves should try to find something that improves their damage output to compensate and keep up with what a {{r|Human}} or {{r|Orc}} can do.
 Elves make very strong Fighter, Warlords, Assassins, and Wizards.
 '''Warlord'''
-The elf can push his max mana up to 20, allowing the Warlord to use CYDSTEPP twice.  By combining schadenfreude potions, mid-battle level-ups, and other benefits, it's entirely possible to get upwards of 15 death protections in a single battle.  Only bosses with the mana burn property or incredible amounts of endurance even stand a chance against a fully-equipped elf Warlord.
+The elf can easily push his max mana up to 20, allowing the Warlord to use CYDSTEPP twice.  With a little effort, an elf can reach 25 mana, which allows him to regenerate 10 MP every time he drinks a potion.  The convenient thresholds greatly increase the efficiency of the Warlord class.  By combining schadenfreude potions, mid-battle level-ups, and other benefits, it's entirely possible to get upwards of 15 death protections in a single battle.  Only bosses with the mana burn property or incredible amounts of endurance even stand a chance against a fully-equipped elf Warlord, and weaker monsters are easy prey to the Elf Warlord's damage burst.
 '''Fighter/Assassin'''
 The massive mana pool the elf brings to the table means you gain an enormous amount of extra spellcasting power every time you level-up.  Using the SWIFT HANDS feature of the Assassin or the fast XP-gain of the fighter, you can obtain many level-ups throughout a boss battle to fully restore your mana and keep spellcasting.
-In the case of Elf Assassins, you have the unique opportunity to bring your maximum mana up to 19.  Once your mana is this high, you can cast BURNDAYRAZ twice and then poison the enemy with APHEELSIK.  When fighting enemies that are too strong to attack physically, this lets you spend more resources on damage and less maintaining your poison.
+In the case of Elf Assassins, you have the unique opportunity to bring your maximum mana up to 19.  Once your mana is this high, you can cast BURNDAYRAZ twice and then poison the enemy with APHEELSIK.  When fighting enemies that are too strong to attack physically, this lets you spend more resources on damage and less maintaining your poison.  The Elf Assassin can further boost the efficiency of this pure spellcasting poison game by using the BLUDTUPOWA glyph.
 '''Wizard'''
 Combining a spell cost discount with a large mana pool means maximum spell power.  If you were looking for a license to go nuts with spellcasting, Elf Wizard is it.
-'''Transmuter'''
+'''Other Classes'''
-By using the Transmuter's ability to effectively double all your conversion points, an elf Transmuter can get its mana to amounts no other class combination could imagine, even with its penalty to max mana. For other races, the Transmuter's strength is rather underwhelming, so if you play a Transmuter, elf is the way to go.
+The Elf is one of the more unique races in that he's not very dependent upon class features.  Simply using the BURNDAYRAZ glyph and leveraging an expanded mana pool is an approach that works well for any class except the {{c|Berserker}}, and enables the Elf to play entirely contrary to a class's normal strengths and weaknesses.  This makes the elf particularly effective for specific quests, such as the Complicated Task 6, which require you to play as a specific class while ''not'' using its primary class features.
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 |ConversionCost=70
 |ConversionEffect=+1 Max Mana
-|SuggestedClasses=Fighter, Wizard, Warlord, Assassin
+|SuggestedClasses=Fighter, Wizard, Warlord, Assassin, Transmuter
 |Unlock=[[Hippie Haven]]
 }}</onlyinclude>
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 '''Wizard'''
 Combining a spell cost discount with a large mana pool means maximum spell power.  If you were looking for a license to go nuts with spellcasting, Elf Wizard is it.
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	Elves benefit enormously from the schadenfreude potion. This item causes you to regenerate an amount of mana equal to the amount of damage you sustain when you are next attacked. High level monsters usually deal more than 50 damage, so the only limit is how high your max mana is. By using the special "apothecary" preparation, you can increase the number of shops that sell potions and purchase many schadenfreude potions. This grants an elf an absolutely enormous amount of spellcasting power.		Elves benefit enormously from the schadenfreude potion. This item causes you to regenerate an amount of mana equal to the amount of damage you sustain when you are next attacked. High level monsters usually deal more than 50 damage, so the only limit is how high your max mana is. By using the special "apothecary" preparation, you can increase the number of shops that sell potions and purchase many schadenfreude potions. This grants an elf an absolutely enormous amount of spellcasting power.

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	Combining a spell cost discount with a large mana pool means maximum spell power. If you were looking for a license to go nuts with spellcasting, Elf Wizard is it.		Combining a spell cost discount with a large mana pool means maximum spell power. If you were looking for a license to go nuts with spellcasting, Elf Wizard is it.

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