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[freeformschooler]

Melee is sort of like that, actually. That's why probably the most viable late-game melee strategy is maxing out Counter, if possible.

[3]

There's absolutely no way vanilla melee is viable lategame, unless you're very lucky with equipment and break Counter. If you thought Arch Diggles were bad, then, well, wait until you see level 11. Muscle Diggles do at least 50 damage on a normal hit. Then you have to deal with the prevalence of things with corruption attacks, ridiculous procs and so on. Swashbuckling might go some way to making fighting isolated enemies easier, but if you plan on killing anything more than one enemy every 40 turns...

That said, I haven't yet checked if Werediggle form cancels out existing buffs or just prevents you from casting them while it's active. Turning a passive spell on just prior to using it might work out well.

[SirAaronIII]

So I'm messing with my melee build. How does this sound?

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Swords - for swordlyness
Dual Wielding - for awesomeness
Archery - for ranged damage
Smithing - for better armor and weapons
Tinkering - for ammo
Burglary - for free stuff/lockpicks
Perception - for seeing traps and stuff

I'm thinking of dropping archery and tinkering, but I like being able to disarm traps with tinkering and I can't decide what to replace them with.
Also my crappy mage thing, which sucks:

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Promethean - FIRE!!!!!
Staves - for the sweet staves
Magic Training - free power up
Wandcrafting - for the nice wands
Fungal Arts - mushrooms are easier than potions, and poison res is nice
Burglary - free stuff/lockpicks
some other kind of magic - I can never decide

Needs improvement.

[Tlc2011]

Just got the DLC [which i have never heard of before]

I expect it to be more awesome then the fact i now have a friend for once

[Darkmere]

Also my crappy mage thing, which sucks:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Promethean - FIRE!!!!!
Staves - for the sweet staves
Magic Training - free power up
Wandcrafting - for the nice wands
Fungal Arts - mushrooms are easier than potions, and poison res is nice
Burglary - free stuff/lockpicks
some other kind of magic - I can never decide

Needs improvement.

Skip wandcrafting, burglary, and staves. Promethean, Psionics, Mathemagic, Alchemy, Blood Magic, and whatever.

Lockpicks are at the end of the tree now, so they're points-expensive. Staves don't give you anything and if you dual-wield orbs you shouldnt have that much trouble (esp with alchemy) getting mana regen. Alchemy should yield dozens of potions and trucks of booze, psionics and mathemagic give you crowd control and an escape. Fire is for burning things.

Ah, if you really don't want to make potions you could skip them and just make booze to fuel your rampages and Szyzygy buff.

[Criptfeind]

Lockpicks are in the second slot, teleportation is last slot.

[Enzo]

So I'm messing with my melee build. How does this sound?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Swords - for swordlyness
Dual Wielding - for awesomeness
Archery - for ranged damage
Smithing - for better armor and weapons
Tinkering - for ammo
Burglary - for free stuff/lockpicks
Perception - for seeing traps and stuff

Sounds more like a no-magic build than a melee build. After a few levels, you'll probably be relying on your bow more than your swords. I'd swap out Smithing for a utility-magic personally, unless you're determined to do a no-magic run. The first two levels of Emomancy, for instance, are high-utility spells that are useful even if you have terrible magic-power.

Right now I'm playing a almost pure magic build, iz fun:

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Promethean - to hurt things
Emomancy - general utility
Mathemagic - for the lulz
Leylines Walker - for the manas
Alchemy - because potions
Burglary - lockpicks, free items
Shield Bearer - reduced squishiness

[Cthulhu]

Protip:  Don't eat roots of t'char near a shop.

I'm done with this game for a while.  Every death now is something retarded.

[Darkmere]

Lockpicks are in the second slot, teleportation is last slot.

So they are, so they are. Well then, 1-point wonder it is. I change my recommendation accordingly.

[Aklyon]

I've been playing as a mageish thing.

Promethean - FIRE!
Psionics - general utility
Big Game Hunter - For instant guard diggles
Leylines Walker - For manas!
Blood Magic - for even more manas!
Staves - A big stick is as good as anything else if I have to melee, really.
Perception - Laser Eyes!

Any suggestions?

[3]

Get a reliable escape option. Mathemagic is obviously ideal, but that depends on how many points you want to spend.

[Jimlad11]

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[Simmura McCrea]

Also a gift achievement thingy. Make some Diggle Nog, I think.

[Aklyon]

Diggle Nog is made how?

[cerapa]

Brewing.

Diggle egg, grog, and something else that I dont remember. I dont think it took any skill in alchemy, but I arent sure.