Favourite god?

[Sanguine]

I gotta go with Humbaba. His first two blessings are life-savers. 3/5 of my successful runs are with him. Tengri and Ikshana are also great.
I haven't really clicked with the rest of the pantheon yet; just have to find the right builds.

[CrabNicholson]

Ikshana is favorite for summoners, otherwise Apophis or Humbaba

[ColorlessGreenIdea]

Oros is, in my opinion, currently the most powerful god in the game. Her ability buffs every single piece of equipment you'll ever get, while also letting you use the overpowered Pugilism skill with any weapon.

I slept on Ikshana because their ability seems weak, but turns out they are extremely good. They get two prayer charges on step meaning you can churn out a nigh infinite amount of prayers per floor. And while +20 summons isn't anything fancy, it does put summon builds off to a great start while also letting you devote more points to speed.

Mardok has probably the best Prayer 1 in the game. Healing that recharges on attack is extremely strong, especially when combined with ways to attack while praying.

Fawdaa is my overall favorite just because I love teleport builds so much. With Fawdaa, Qamar and some smart building, you can easily teleport 5-10 times each Stand Still while melting the whole map.

[Arcvasti]

Big Ashem fan here. Ashem is incredible for builds with summon-on-prayer, because the prayers chain into each other, so you can just do like 30 consecutive prayers if needed. And the third prayer also does a *lot* of damage and has no range limit, so you can chill behind your vast army of cadavers/snakes/etc while you obliterate your enemies with astral damage.

The strongest god atm is definitely Apophis. +1 str per floor is insane, and while you will probably die if you get attacked too much, Apophis is extremely generous with divine intervention so this isn't a deal-breaker at all. Oh, and once you hit prayer 3 you can just spam that to obliterate everything before it even gets into range.

[ColorlessGreenIdea]

Originally posted by Arcvasti:

Big Ashem fan here. Ashem is incredible for builds with summon-on-prayer, because the prayers chain into each other, so you can just do like 30 consecutive prayers if needed. And the third prayer also does a *lot* of damage and has no range limit, so you can chill behind your vast army of cadavers/snakes/etc while you obliterate your enemies with astral damage.

The strongest god atm is definitely Apophis. +1 str per floor is insane, and while you will probably die if you get attacked too much, Apophis is extremely generous with divine intervention so this isn't a deal-breaker at all. Oh, and once you hit prayer 3 you can just spam that to obliterate everything before it even gets into range.

Oh yeah! I completely forgot about Apophis. That guy is completely insane, especially for self-damage builds.

[Sanguine]

Well ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I've been missing out on these gods. It's incredible how diverse the build-making is in this game.

[Sanguine]

Originally posted by ColorlessGreenIdea:

Originally posted by Arcvasti:

Big Ashem fan here. Ashem is incredible for builds with summon-on-prayer, because the prayers chain into each other, so you can just do like 30 consecutive prayers if needed. And the third prayer also does a *lot* of damage and has no range limit, so you can chill behind your vast army of cadavers/snakes/etc while you obliterate your enemies with astral damage.

The strongest god atm is definitely Apophis. +1 str per floor is insane, and while you will probably die if you get attacked too much, Apophis is extremely generous with divine intervention so this isn't a deal-breaker at all. Oh, and once you hit prayer 3 you can just spam that to obliterate everything before it even gets into range.

Oh yeah! I completely forgot about Apophis. That guy is completely insane, especially for self-damage builds.

Off-topic, but what are the optimal stats/perks for a self-damage build? I tried multiple times to make one and it just fell apart mid-game.

[Ouroboros]

Originally posted by Kaliyug:

Off-topic, but what are the optimal stats/perks for a self-damage build? I tried multiple times to make one and it just fell apart mid-game.

So, the thing with self-damage is, you /need/ to have a source of healing. There's flat out no way to mitigate self-damage other than fixing yourself up afterwards. In order for the healing to keep up, it's usually good to get a decent chunk of willpower as well. The main options I usually go with for healing are batform, roil, or poison skin. Even if you have a healing prayer of some sort, having access to passive healing is really helpful.

[Sanguine]

Originally posted by Ouroboros:

Originally posted by Kaliyug:

Off-topic, but what are the optimal stats/perks for a self-damage build? I tried multiple times to make one and it just fell apart mid-game.

So, the thing with self-damage is, you /need/ to have a source of healing. There's flat out no way to mitigate self-damage other than fixing yourself up afterwards. In order for the healing to keep up, it's usually good to get a decent chunk of willpower as well. The main options I usually go with for healing are batform, roil, or poison skin. Even if you have a healing prayer of some sort, having access to passive healing is really helpful.

I had this Goblin Mubarizum self-damage dex bleed/poison build that used roil, fire healing and poison skin (level 5)--even then, I just couldn't survive past mid-game (fourth cycle). I'd just randomly get two-shotted out of nowhere. I don't think I invested enough in Willpower though, I think that's the problem. WIL was around 15 or so. I'll try again with a focus on WIL and switch to Apophis. Thanks dude.

[Ashenzarea]

Mardok has strong enough prayers to win without picking any skills, at least in the first cycles.

I'm firmly in team Dumuzi:
- A great all-rounder with 3 strong healing prayer charges per floor and 2x6 damaging prayers to help with monsters resistant to your main damage.
- 3 free summons per floor are a godsend when you need some meat shields.
- Armor transformation makes all prayers stronger and increases survivability
- The ice character who negates the inflexibility damage penalty makes Dumuzi really shine

[forrestomintero]

Definitely apophis. +1 strength per floor doesn't just enable a melee build. It also means you can pump nothing but willpower and/or dex without any loss of efficiency. Even if you literally have no strength focus in your build it's a ton of extra block/armor/encumbrance/ max hp that requires absolutely no investment on your part. On top of that, you don't have to actually use the prayers at all. It's perfectly valid to hold them as free revivals, which charge very easily.

Also, honorable mention to formus. All you need is any source of "do game effect on stand still" and you're pretty much set. Infinite ants that aren't affected by the minion cap and easily recharged prayers is a great combo for a lot of builds.

[Ulfsire]

phoenix, always ape, strength only

[Sanguine]

Originally posted by Ulfsire:

phoenix, always ape, strength only

The man himself has spoken.

I'm curious, is there a "canon" hero (race/class/god) that you have in mind? The warrior in the menu art looks almost like a light-skinned Mubarizum wielding an axe and a knife with a fire familiar (I think) beside him; I've always wondered if he was the true slayer of the King.

[JackThejil]

My favs are Oros and ant god (formus), depending on if I care about encumbrance/flexibility or not. Oros makes so much about the equipment system stop mattering, and I just like the passive summoning going on with antgod. Great fun if you can get some k-skirt or somethin' going.

[ShroudedInLight]

I'm loosely annoyed at the Wurm right now because she is very clearly color coded as being a psychic goddess and when I tried to bring her on my psychic only run she was useless.

Still haven't played with them all yet but there are some that seem more helpful than others.

[ynkl1245]

Humbaba was the best way to learn this game, at least for a beginner like me.