EE:Qualifying Round

This feature is part of the Extreme Edition fan-made expansion.

Qualifying Round dungeon is the  Magician bronze challenge. In this dungeon, you start on the outside of a ring of monsters. There is an inner circle with many glyphs, shops, and boosters, as well as the boss, Admin Fizzzz. The outer ring contains two attack boosters, two health boosters, and a  LEMMISI glyph guarded by two level 9 enemies.

Preparations

There are no preparations allowed on this challenge.

Resources Available

There are no altars or potions in this challenge, and less boosters. There are only two shops, and they always have a  Keg of Mana and  Keg of Health. As a Magician, you start with  WEYTWUT, and  LEMMISI is guaranteed to appear on the outer ring. Every other glyph is available in the inner ring. The map is much smaller than usual, only 12 tiles along each direction, and starts partially explored.

Special Rules

You can't attack Admin Fizzzz unless all other monsters have been defeated. If you do, he gets massive stats and becomes essentially unkillable. When all monsters besides Fizzzz are defeated, the central area is opened and you can traverse it freely.

Monsters

 Druid,  Wraith,  Acid Blob,  Warlock,  Dragon Spawn,  Djinn,  Frozen Troll,  Slime Blob are all guaranteed to appear.

Monster difficulty is 80%.

Boss

Admin Fizzzz?:  Thief icon, Attack 60, Health 317,  Magical Attack,  First Strike.

Strategy

 Gnome is a strong pick here, but many races can work -  Elf is another good pick since you'll be getting most of your restoration from levels. Your first goal is to get to  LEMMISI. You can do this immediately by using  WEYTWUT to swap with one of the level 9's - this will let you conserve blackspace. Then, you can pick up  LEMMISI and use it to reveal Admin Fizzzz.

Now you can use  WEYTWUT again to swap with Admin Fizzzz and access the resources in the center. Pick up the mana boosters, buy the  Keg of Mana, and grab some spells to help you level. You definitely want  BURNDAYRAZ to make use of your heavy fireballs, and  GETINDARE can also be a huge help for efficient levelling. Make sure to fill your inventory - you can convert spells you don't want later if you need to slow some enemies.

Now you can use  WEYTWUT again to swap with Fizzzz and get back to the outside. Start exploring the outer ring, using your spells to kill higher level monsters. You will probably need to start with level 2 monsters while you are level 1, but due to the low monster difficulty you should be able to start taking on enemies that are 2, 3, or even 4 levels higher than you pretty quickly. This will get you extra XP and help you clean up the popcorn later. The easiest targets are generally  Slime Blobs, slowed  Djinn,  Druids, and  Acid Blobs, while  Frozen Trolls are likely to be problematic. Grab the damage and health boosters when you can without wasting blackspace.

Once you have cleaned up all the monsters, you can take on Fizzzz. He has fairly low stats and relatively unimportant traits, so as long as you have some resources left (glyphs to slow him, potions to spike, etc) you should be able to take him out.