Shifting Passages - Revision history

Admiral Billy: /* Evolvia */

2020-03-12T03:18:42Z

‎Evolvia

AvovA: /* Shifting Passages */ added difficulty

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‎Shifting Passages: added difficulty

Choongmyoung: /* Strategy */

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‎Strategy

Choongmyoung: /* Preventing Wall Formation */

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‎Preventing Wall Formation

Choongmyoung: /* Preventing Wall Formation */

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‎Preventing Wall Formation

Choongmyoung: /* Evolvia */

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‎Evolvia

Choongmyoung: /* Preventing Wall Formation */

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‎Preventing Wall Formation

Choongmyoung: /* Preventing Wall Formation */

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‎Preventing Wall Formation

Choongmyoung: /* Preventing Wall Formation */

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Choongmyoung: /* Preventing Wall Formation */

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 == Evolvia ==
-The boss of the Shifting Passages is Evolvia (there is also another random boss). Every time Evolvia is struck, his special abilities change randomly to one of the following:
+The boss of the Shifting Passages is Evolvia (there is also another random boss). Every time Evolvia is struck, their special abilities change randomly to one of the following:
 * Counters Fireball

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 [[File:Shifting_Passages.jpg|right|600px]]
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 == Shifting Passages ==

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 == Strategy ==
-Like most of the maze levels, Shifting Passages will force you to find some way to avoid being trapped. Use of the {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph is ''highly'' discouraged as there is a virtually 100% chance this will block you off. Unless you have the {{s|ENDISWAL}} glyph, you should convert IMAWAL on sight. Likewise, this means worshipping the {{g|The Earthmother}} is generally not a good idea. Finding the ENDISWAL glyph or using any form of knockback (the easiest thing to do is prep {{g|Binlor Ironshield}} or a {{i|Bear Mace}}) is highly advisable to make the dungeon more porous and easier to move around. Because Evolvia teleports, you will need to make many holes as possible in order to chase him.  It's also possible to use {{s|WEYTWUT}} to move monsters out of the way; if they are placed in a location where a wall will form, the wall will not form until they are killed.
+Like most of the maze levels, Shifting Passages will force you to find some way to avoid being trapped. Use of the {{s|IMAWAL}} glyph is ''highly'' discouraged as there is a virtually 100% chance this will block you off after all walls are formed. Unless you have the {{s|ENDISWAL}} glyph, you should convert IMAWAL on sight. Likewise, this means worshipping the {{g|The Earthmother}} is generally not a good idea. Finding the ENDISWAL glyph or using any form of knockback (the easiest thing to do is prep {{g|Binlor Ironshield}} or a {{i|Bear Mace}}) is highly advisable to make the dungeon more porous and easier to move around. Because Evolvia teleports, you will need to make many holes as possible in order to chase him.  It's also possible to use {{s|WEYTWUT}} to move monsters out of the way; if they are placed in a location where a wall will form, the wall will not form until they are killed.
 Because Evolvia teleports, has retaliate fireball in one of his forms, and has a reasonably high number of hit points a pure caster strategy is not recommended. Similarly, his death gaze and 80% physical resist form means that melee specialists still want to carry the BURNDAYRAZ glyph. Remember that Evolvia's abilities change whenever he's struck; if, say, you don't want to be poisoned, fireballing him will trade {{t|Poisonous}} for something else.  Because BURNDAYRAZ will leave him {{t|burning}} you can hit another monster to "ping" him and reroll his abilities a second time if desired.  If at all possible, try to kill the other boss before exploration is complete, allowing you to focus on Evolvia alone after you've completely explored the dungeon.

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 To make 100% sure, these tiles have 100% chance to become a wall.
 * The rightmost column and the topmost row.
-* A tile which is in odd-th rows from right and odd-th rows from the top. (Even-th rows from left and even-th rows from the bottom)
+* A tile which is in odd-th rows from right and odd-th rows from the top. (Even-th rows from left and even-th rows from the bottom) This is very important because nearly all monsters will have this "safe" spot next to it. Unless you are being knocked back, you can kill nearly every monster without forming any walls with positioning yourself on the spot. Advanced players can even use {{g|IMAWAL}} without being stuck.
 Be extra careful when you take wall breaking option. Knockback or specifically ENDISWAL approach is a good way to dig some holes around the hallways, but is may ruin your effort to prevent wall forming. If a tile was a wall but you broke it, this tile will NOT become a wall afterward; so positioning player or monster above the tile will not prevent wall forming. Also care about minotaur's knockback, wall will be formed after you are knocked back.

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 == Preventing Wall Formation ==
-One trick on the Shifting Passages is that walls will not form if there is something blocking them from forming.  This will also prevent other nearby walls from forming.  Teleporting a monster into a position where a wall will form, or standing your own character in such a position whenever you make a killing blow, will alleviate the problems of wall formation.  In order to do this, though, you must predict where the hallways will appear.
+One trick on the Shifting Passages is that walls will not form if there is something blocking them from forming.  This will also prevent other nearby walls from forming.  Teleporting a monster into a position where a wall will form, or standing your own character in such a position whenever you make a killing blow, will alleviate the problems of wall formation.  In order to do this, though, you must predict where the hallways will appear. "Nearby" is based on your character's position.
-The simplest approach is simply to pick a tile with two walls next to it.  These tiles are more likely than others to become walls in the future.  If you take some more time, you can look for rows of nearby monsters, powerups, glyphs, and shops.  Since the position of these things is never where a wall will form you can try to use that to identify future hallways, and the walls that will surround them.  Another easy one is edge tiles; If you see gaps of 1-4 empty spaces in between walls against the edge of the dungeon it is very likely that they will become walls in the end.  These are great places to put monsters with {{s|WEYTWUT}}.
+The simplest approach is simply to pick a tile with two walls next to it.  These tiles are more likely than others to become walls in the future.  If you take some more time, you can look for rows of nearby monsters, powerups, glyphs, and shops.  Since the position of these things is never where a wall will form you can try to use that to identify future hallways, and the walls that will surround them.  Another easy one is edge tiles; If you see gaps of 1-4 empty spaces in between walls against the edge of the dungeon it is very likely that they will become walls in the end.  These are great places to put monsters with {{s|WEYTWUT}}. Ironically, if you build an artificial wall via IMAWAL on that tile, it prevents nearby wall forming just like when you've placed a monster or yourself on it. The more walls that form, the easier this becomes, so if you guess wrong it will become slightly easier to predict the wall placement the next time you make a kill.
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 The more walls that form, the easier this becomes, so if you guess wrong it will become slightly easier to predict the wall placement the next time you make a kill.
 To make 100% sure, these tiles have 100% chance to become a wall.
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 * A tile which is in odd-th rows from right and odd-th rows from the top. (Even-th rows from left and even-th rows from the bottom)
-Be extra careful when you take wall breaking option. Knockback or specifically ENDISWAL approach is a good way to dig some holes around the hallways, but is may ruin your effort to prevent wall forming. If a tile was a wall but you broke it, this tile will NOT become a wall afterward; so positioning player or monster above the tile will not prevent wall forming.
+Be extra careful when you take wall breaking option. Knockback or specifically ENDISWAL approach is a good way to dig some holes around the hallways, but is may ruin your effort to prevent wall forming. If a tile was a wall but you broke it, this tile will NOT become a wall afterward; so positioning player or monster above the tile will not prevent wall forming. Also care about minotaur's knockback, wall will be formed after you are knocked back.
 The simplest solution is to bring the {{i|Titan Guitar}} in. This will immediately break or erode all the walls, and no wall will further be formed.

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	Evolvia always has first strike and blink.		Evolvia always has first strike and blink.
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		+	There had been a phenomenon which you suddenly dies when you hit Evolvia with Reflex potion and not at full HP. This was because Evolvia changes its ability when being hit first, then death gaze kills you. This has been patched by devs as an exception.

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 Be extra careful when you take wall breaking option. Knockback or specifically ENDISWAL approach is a good way to dig some holes around the hallways, but is may ruin your effort to prevent wall forming. If a tile was a wall but you broke it, this tile will NOT become a wall afterward; so positioning player or monster above the tile will not prevent wall forming.
-The simplest solution is to bring the {{i|Titan Guitar}} in. This will immediately break or erode all the walls, and no wall will further formed.
+The simplest solution is to bring the {{i|Titan Guitar}} in. This will immediately break or erode all the walls, and no wall will further be formed.
 == Recommended Classes ==