Post edited 10:45 am – February 10, 2011 by kidandresu

Hi guys

I think most of us who have played through the game and kill satan several times with all characters will all agree that the little fairy emo wizard is clearly the most easy and powerfull character, and also possibly the most versatile (well, at least it is for me).

I always tend to go for mele wizard, with the so effective telestab and the devastating magic crystals, it´s fairly easy to go through all levels. but recently i have discovered the ultimate strategy to follow with her… it happened by chance, once i got a slowing wand, I found it to be extreemly powerful and i decided to stick with it, this wand slows targeted enemies down a 33% of their speed (one stopped turn for every two moved)… so, as you know, the higher the energy, the more damage the wizard deals, then i decided to farm a bit in the genius for blue potions which i drunk em all at full energy , plus a couple of increase energy scrolls, plus the 5 increase skill, i ended up with an unstoppable wizard cannon, it's amazing how powerfull she can get like this.

so last game i decided to go for this build again, but this time i managed to keep in locker 14 blue potions, plus a couple of spellbooks, and this time with the regular wand u start with… the results were astonishing. she was just a slayer, no enemy, even in hell 3, could even get close enough…

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As you can see in the image, i got to satan´s with 105 points of max energy, and only with teleport skill, i was so freaking powerfull i didn´t even need any other skill, my +0 normal wand dealt 45 to 50 damage per attack, 90 to 100 in critics, well, with such little beast satan was just piece of cake,

of course this build has this prequisite, it depends in the farming of blue bottles, which make it not very fan to play… also it is not challenging… but it worths a try, at least just once, just to feel the power for a littl while….

Post edited 6:56 pm – February 14, 2011 by kidandresu

Josh said:

I found this interesting, so I tried it, and I can confirm that it works.  I currently have a wizard on Hell 3, pretty much immune to everything, with Magic Crystals to kill tougher enemies quickly and the wand for everything else.  Level 3 purify heals fast enough to make me immune to hunger.  The only real risk: getting sloppy and occasionally letting through a hit that reduces max HP by one.  So far I've lost 2 max HP to that, but gained 4 max HP by leveling.

Hey, I'm glad that it worked for you…

Actually I have tried this build several times more… (getting addict to power maybe?) :P all of them identically successful. The thing is that this little slaughterer does not depend on loot to succed, unlike the crusader or the skellyman, with which i only could kill satan being really well equiped…, she only needs her wand and a nice boost of mana, and success is guaranteed.

I have refined this build a bit… now I spend my first point straight away in EP UP (a skill I didn´t hapen to give any value before), and drink blue bottle all of it in the first turn, this makes the wand to literally double the damage in the beginning, most monsters will die in a couple of shots…. the next skill will go of course for the greatest ability of teleport, yes, it is overpowered, but it is so great… I don't know if i care about it…

This way you can pass through the first three levels to the genius easily, once in the genius, try to get al least 8 or 10 blue bottles, (you shouldn't have problems with food), and drink em all (dont worry, you won´t need em in the future for traditionall uses, like molotov coktel or mana refillers, belive me). From this point, easy as pie, you don´t need to get 100+ max ep like i did on my first try, that was because i storaged 14 blue potions on the locker on a previous game, and that is too much power, actually getting to satan with 70 or 75 max ep and your three glass balls is more than enough.

Concerning to the wizard teleport castration, i am kind of sad about it, but agree that she is just too powerful compared to the other two guys, and that is not fairy fair, they would probably need a bit of balance. So I support it :)

And the farming issue, I find Josh suggestions in general pretty good, for the matter of the fairy, no safe threshold to keep her away from genie's fireballs sounds like a great solution.

rdermyer said:

The instakill after a while combined with the fainting from hunger method would be effective and is used in other roguelikes that I have played. I am always surprised by the lack of notification when I start to take hunger damage, considering I was notified at 25 and 10.

Spamming 'oh, i'm positively famished' messages and the like once you hit zero stomach could also passive-aggressively address hunger evasion … or just turn on iAds when people have gone too far when farming? teeheehee

Tested on 100 Rogues v. 2.8 and still viable. Damage scaling from energy has apparently been scaled down quite a bit, but still the easiest way to defeat Satan. Starting with EP UP also still a good idea.

From there on, it's a personal choice between Purify and Crystal Ball, whichever suits your personal preference. I find myself using Purify, but Crystal Ball can wake wanding so much easier when herding monsters in corridors.

As this build requires absolutely no gear it's the perfect choice for stacking up a cabinet for another game. Just wand, teleport and purify if needed.

Just killed Satan on Rogue difficulty with this build in starting robes and +2 wand I had to enchant since I got two scrolls and no more cabinets were forthcoming. Didn't farm for potions.

One little thing though, so far every time I've killed Satan the game has crashed and recovering the saved game is impossible. Is this a known issue?