From what Darvin wrote, I think specifically, 1. You can avoid punishments that much more reliably in some cases, and 2. Weytwut is great for speed runs.
I should've listened. I forgot that there were two bosses, blew 50 piety on Tomithy, and then had a lvl 9 blocking off the other boss... X-P
It was still easy enough that I won with Parched. But it could've been smoother. EM wasn't bad for an Elf, though! Corrosion and mana spikes, good times. I'll never reach the top 10 for daily speed, but I can hit the top 10 streaks if I can just outlast 7 or 8 from whoever's left... Gotta be the tortoise...