[[File:Naga_City.png|right|450px]]

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== Overview ==
'''Monsters:''' {{m|Dragon Spawn}}s, {{m|Goo Blob}}s, {{m|Naga}}s, {{m|Serpent}}s, {{m|Warlock}}s, {{m|Acid Blob}}s, {{m|Burn Viper}}s, {{m|Vampire}}s

'''Boss:''' ''Nine'' of the regular bosses (all but Bleaty, Firstborn and Medusa), plus Kinissssch (HP 475, ATK 90, Magic Resist 50%, Magical Attack, Corrosive, Death Protection (5), becomes cowardly at 50%)

== Special Rules ==

No altars spawn in the first area unless prepared.

A Hooded Figure will be somewhere in the map. Talk to them to take a one-way trip to the Arena.

The arena has 2 main areas: The Prayer Room and The Arena. The Prayer Room has every altar, each unlockable for 20 gold, except the Pactmaker, who is free.

The arena has three shops which, unlike the rest of the arena, do not respawn each wave. They hold a keg of mana, a keg of health and The Amulet of Yendor. In each of the four corners a monster is spawned. One is level one, one is level three, one is level five, and one is level seven, and they are automatically bloodless.

In the Arena, you will face nine bosses in waves of three. The nine consist of Lord Gobb, Frank the Zombie, Tomithy Longdall, Super Meat Man, Jörmungadnr, Aequitas, The Iron Man, The Tormented One, and The Tower of Goo. After each wave the blackspace in the arena is replenished, (but not the walls of the arena or the prayer zone), and a new wave of bosses and corner monsters will spawn (corner monsters spawn in different locations from previous waves, so you can build them up over multiple waves).

After you defeat the third wave, the blackspace is replenished and Kinisssch shows up on the battlefield, spawning no corner monsters.

== Strategy ==

(todo: summarize the important points of [[Annotated Playthrough Naga City]] and [[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 1: Naga City]] here)

Regen-fighting is the word here. Poison is useful, as are mid-battle level-ups using the corner enemies. The piece de résistance in the boss gauntlet is usually the Tower of Goo and its 75% physical resist: you'll need to either save a lot of mana for this battle, or bring a lot of resistance erosion to it. If it's not him it'll be Frank the Zombie, who has high stats and is immune to poison.

Tikki Tribute - Level up fast with catapult tricks. Worship Tikki Tooki in the clean up phase to get poison, then convert to Mystera for the arena. Use poison to kill all of the bosses without special strategies and follow directions for the ones that do. Convert to the Glowing Guardian or Dracul for extra hp and/or mana after you run out of potions.

Orc Rogue/Glowing Guardian - Prepare Glowing Guardian, attack bonus increasers, Patches, and an item that either provides high attack bonus or high conversion rate. Buy and convert all possible items you won't use later (using bonus potions to get an early level catapult), use Absolution ~5 times for some bonus HP. The objective is to get base damage to achievement levels (150+); this makes poisonless regen-fighting a doable strategy.

Half-Dragon - After enough item conversions, the half-dragon can do even more damage per strike than an orc rogue, without HP difficulties, and easily kills bosses with physical or magic resistance. Hit the bosses into each other, or into other enemies; try to hit low damage bosses into high-damage ones to get a head start. Prep the Dragon Shield and do anything that raises resists or base damage, and convert everything you don't need. Prep Binlor (for piety farming, knockback bonus and a bit of magic resist), Dracul (for blood shield mostly, though all of his boons will do you a bit of good), or Taurog (for resists and piety farming); if you don't worship Dracul switch to him in the arena for Blood Shield.

Gorgon - You have to beat the level 3 times to unlock the gorgon, but her incredible ability at regen-fighting makes her extremely suited to beating it again. Worship Binlor while leveling up to farm piety and magic resist, and switch to Dracul in the arena for even more resists.

== Quests ==

=== Vicious ===
Snakes? SNAAAKES! - Complete Naga City with any 3 classes. Unlocks the playable {{c|Gorgon}} monster class.

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Dragon Isles

2015-06-07T16:46:25Z

Brickey8: /* Overview */

Dragon Isles

2015-06-07T16:44:00Z

Brickey8: /* Strategy */

[[File:Dragon_Isles.png|right|450px]]

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== Overview ==
'''Monsters:''' {{m|Dragon Spawn}}s, {{m|Druid}}s, {{m|Serpent}}s, etc etc etc

'''Boss:''' Firstborn, Matron of Flame

== Special Rules ==

Defeating the Firstborn will unlock the path to the Lair.

The Lair is a narrow corridor that starts with two Dragon Guards flanking a wall that vanishes if they're defeated, followed by four Dragon Elites and finally the Matron of Flame.

The Matron drops {{i|Dragon Shield}} instead of a trophy, but The Firstborn drops a dragon scale as normal. Although the dragon scale is the only trophy in the dungeon, you may choose to sell it for 25g, but you can also leave with it and sell it to the taxidermist.

== Strategy ==

(todo: find out if any content from [[Annotated Playthrough Dragon Isles]] and [[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 2: Dragon Isles]] is still useful)

After the interminable curse-corrosion-weaken trifectas of most Vicious dungeons, this is a fresh breath of air. Prefer HALPMEH to PISORF or BURNDAYRAZ, as there are no walls and the Matron retaliates. The final gauntlet can be bypassed with a single use of a wall-breaking ability and WEYTWUT to leap over the other four enemies. Or if you make it to level 10 and have WONAFYT, you can summon the Matron to you after destroying the wall or killing one guard.

Assassin - Play competently enough to reach level 10 in the main dungeon (A {{i|Balanced Dagger}}, the [[Goblin]] race or worship [[Dracul]]/[[Tikki Tooki]] may be useful); this will allow you to make short work of the Matron's escort and handle her as you would handle a slightly lighter-weight Super Meat Man.

Berserker - The berserker trivializes the first half of the dungeon with his magic resist. If you save enough popcorn, you can use that magic resist for the Matron as well.

Crusader - Resists such as the Dragon Shield's are nearly useless for other classes in the lair because of the curse bearers, but not for the Crusader! Keep some level 1 and 2 enemies alive to build momentum and truly show the dragons the meaning of pain.

Priest - If you already have the {{i|Naga Cauldron}} from the [[Naga City]], you can see just how much HP a Halfling Priest can accumulate. A {{i|Trisword}} helps too. If possible, limit resource use with the Firstborn by using [[APHEELSIK]].

== Quests ==

=== Vicious ===
Here be Dragons - Complete Dragon Isles with any 3 classes. Unlocks the playable {{c|Half-Dragon}} monster class.

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Dragon Isles

2015-06-07T16:42:30Z

Brickey8: /* Strategy */

[[File:Dragon_Isles.png|right|450px]]

__NOTOC__
{{stub}}

== Overview ==
'''Monsters:''' {{m|Dragon Spawn}}s, {{m|Druid}}s, {{m|Serpent}}s, etc etc etc

'''Boss:''' Firstborn, Matron of Flame

== Special Rules ==

Defeating the Firstborn will unlock the path to the Lair.

The Lair is a narrow corridor that starts with two Dragon Guards flanking a wall that vanishes if they're defeated, followed by four Dragon Elites and finally the Matron of Flame.

The Matron drops {{i|Dragon Shield}} instead of a trophy, but The Firstborn drops a dragon scale as normal. Although the dragon scale is the only trophy in the dungeon, you may choose to sell it for 25g, but you can also leave with it and sell it to the taxidermist.

== Strategy ==

(todo: find out if any content from [[Annotated Playthrough Dragon Isles]] and [[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 2: Dragon Isles]] is still useful)

After the interminable curse-corrosion-weaken trifectas of most Vicious dungeons, this is a fresh breath of air. Prefer HALPMEH to PISORF or BURNDAYRAZ, as there are no walls and the Matron retaliates. The final gauntlet can be bypassed with a single use of a wall-breaking ability and WEYTWUT to leap over the other four enemies. Or if you make it to level 10 and have WONAFYT, you can summon the Matron to you after destroying the wall or killing one guard.

Assassin - Play competently enough to reach level 10 in the main dungeon (A [[Balanced Dagger]], the [[Goblin]] race or worship [[Dracul]]/[[Tikki Tooki]] may be useful); this will allow you to make short work of the Matron's escort and handle her as you would handle a slightly lighter-weight Super Meat Man.

Berserker - The berserker trivializes the first half of the dungeon with his magic resist. If you save enough popcorn, you can use that magic resist for the Matron as well.

Crusader - Resists such as the Dragon Shield's are nearly useless for other classes in the lair because of the curse bearers, but not for the Crusader! Keep some level 1 and 2 enemies alive to build momentum and truly show the dragons the meaning of pain.

Priest - If you already have the Naga Cauldron from the [[Naga City]], you can see just how much HP a Halfling Priest can accumulate. A [[Trisword]] helps too. If possible, limit resource use with the Firstborn by using [[APHEELSIK]].

== Quests ==

=== Vicious ===
Here be Dragons - Complete Dragon Isles with any 3 classes. Unlocks the playable {{c|Half-Dragon}} monster class.

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Chemist

2015-06-07T16:37:34Z

Brickey8: /* Races */

== Class Features ==

'''ADDITIVES''': Start with BYSSEPS, which can be cast for stacking bonus damage, but the mana cost doubles each cast.

'''PRESERVATIVES''': Extra potion shops.

'''COLOURANTS''': Potions have strange side effects. Health and Mana potions only restore 10% of your health instead of the usual 40%. Drinking a health or mana potion puts you in a form with double regeneration based on that potions type, but will also prevent you from regenerating the other. Your form resets to normal on level up.

== Unlocking ==

The Chemist class requires the Enhanced Edition of Desktop Dungeons.
You will find him in a medium sized sub dungeon surrounded by lava. Contains a passive creature called "A What?" which when talked to, simply says it wants you to retrieve something. A meatman of your current level is in the subdungeon and a few walls. Breaking/Mining/Destroying the walls will uncover an unidentified rock item. Pick it up and return it to "A What?" to complete the subdungeon. As a reward, this subdungeon unlocks the Chemist class for future play.

== Races ==

=== Orc ===
The Chemist can acquire a huge damage bonus very easily, even at level 1, so the Orc Chemist is a no-brainer. Convert items early on to easily kill high-level foes.

=== Goblin ===
The Chemist can't use health and mana potions to spike damage against a boss, so mid-fight level ups are very important. Still, the Orc is probably more useful.

Avoid taking the Gnome or Halfling, because their extra potions won't help much against the boss.

== Strategy ==

Like the Warlord, the Chemist's bonuses are almost completely defined by one glyph, {{s|BYSSEPS}}. Spending six mana gives you a 60% bonus to your next attack, and if you spend another 8 mana you can make that 90%. Since all this mana can be recovered before combat starts, you can easily score higher-level kills against low-health monsters to level up. You can use it again for a second hit if you haven't found another damage glyph. Just be mindful of your blackspace consumption, and be careful not to waste your charged-up hit clearing popcorn out of your way. Consider killing some lower level enemies right after leveling up just to use up some of your spare health.

BYSSEPS stacking isn't quite as effective against bosses, though you should still use it for the first hit. Hopefully you'll get there with enough untouched popcorn for a mid-fight level up.

Ideal glyphs for the Chemist are those which allow him to land two hits against an enemy he could otherwise only hit once; {{s|WEYTWUT}}, {{s|GETINDARE}} and {{s|CYDSTEPP}} (though again, beware your blackspace consumption). {{s|IMAWAL}} is also good since you want to score high-level kills early on. Any items which boost your health or base damage are valuable, especially early on. The {{i|Trisword}} and {{i|Alchemist Scroll}} are particularly good since your potions aren't very useful when killing the boss.

Speaking of which, Colourants is usually a weakness in disguise. Your health and mana potions are almost useless for spiking damage, and without good planning the alternate forms are a hinderance. Once your health or mana is regenerated to full the other one still won't regenerate at all, and the only way to get rid of it besides leveling up is to spend another potion to switch to the other form. Health form is almost useless since the Chemist has nothing else that boosts regen fighting without spending mana. Mana form is a little more useful since the Chemist often wants to pump a lot of mana into BYSSEPS (and possibly CYDSTEPP) while his health is already full, but even then you should only use potions for the last big monster you kill before leveling up. Don't be afraid to just convert them to please deities or spend them early to power up items. Other potions, most notably the {{i|Schadenfreude Potion}}, still work as normal, and you'll be able to pick up extras thanks to Preservatives.

== Deities ==

{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Unlike for everyone else, the {{t|Might}} from Stone Form stacks with the might from your glyph, and does so without raising the BYSSEPS glyph's cost; this turns {{s|PISORF}} into an extra layer of might for only 4 mana on top of its damage abilities. Stone Skin is also great for surviving extra hits to score high-level kills or finish off a boss, and PISORF gets enemies out of your path without wasting your might. Since you have no natural resistances there's no need to keep your piety above zero; just cast PISORF or ENDISWALL a couple times whenever you want to buy a boon.

{{g|Glowing Guardian}}, {{g|Dracul}}, {{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: Since your potions won't do you much good against the boss, the health and mana restoration boons from these deities are especially valuable. Converting your potions for piety, Jehora's early boons and to avoid their dislikes isn't a big loss. Cleansing from the Glowing Guardian can also let you apply your great physical might into kills against magic-resistant enemies (especially high level wraiths); combine it with fireballs rather than going for a second hit.

{{g|The Earthmother}}: The Chemist is very good at killing monsters 2-3 levels above him for bonus XP. Entanglement makes this even easier and {{s|IMAWAL}} increases the payout (at the cost of even more blackspace), making the Earthmother an obvious choice. Later, Clearance is good against the bosses for all the reasons mentioned for the above deities.

{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Since the Chemist likes to kill high level enemies in 2-3 hits and can afford to ignore a lot of popcorn, you shouldn't have much trouble gaining piety with Tikki Tooki and most of his boons will be pretty useful. Reflexes is especially good since health potions are otherwise nearly useless, though the second hit from the Reflex potion won't have any levels of might.

{{g|Mystera Annur}}: The only boons she offers that a Chemist would want are Magic and Refreshement, and even those aren't ideal unless the boss is very resistant to physical damage. Still, you'll be spending lots of mana as you explore so piety gain is easy.

The only god who is really bad is {{g|Taurog}}, since repeated use of BYSSEPS will upset him a lot. Skullpicker is not enough to make up for that.

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Chemist

2015-06-07T16:36:34Z

Brickey8:

== Class Features ==

'''ADDITIVES''': Start with BYSSEPS, which can be cast for stacking bonus damage, but the mana cost doubles each cast.

'''PRESERVATIVES''': Extra potion shops.

'''COLOURANTS''': Potions have strange side effects. Health and Mana potions only restore 10% of your health instead of the usual 40%. Drinking a health or mana potion puts you in a form with double regeneration based on that potions type, but will also prevent you from regenerating the other. Your form resets to normal on level up.

== Unlocking ==

The Chemist class requires the Enhanced Edition of Desktop Dungeons.
You will find him in a medium sized sub dungeon surrounded by lava. Contains a passive creature called "A What?" which when talked to, simply says it wants you to retrieve something. A meatman of your current level is in the subdungeon and a few walls. Breaking/Mining/Destroying the walls will uncover an unidentified rock item. Pick it up and return it to "A What?" to complete the subdungeon. As a reward, this subdungeon unlocks the Chemist class for future play.

== Races ==

'''Orc'''
The Chemist can acquire a huge damage bonus very easily, even at level 1, so the Orc Chemist is a no-brainer. Convert items early on to easily kill high-level foes.

'''Goblin'''
The Chemist can't use health and mana potions to spike damage against a boss, so mid-fight level ups are very important. Still, the Orc is probably more useful.

Avoid taking the Gnome or Halfling, because their extra potions won't help much against the boss.

== Strategy ==

Like the Warlord, the Chemist's bonuses are almost completely defined by one glyph, {{s|BYSSEPS}}. Spending six mana gives you a 60% bonus to your next attack, and if you spend another 8 mana you can make that 90%. Since all this mana can be recovered before combat starts, you can easily score higher-level kills against low-health monsters to level up. You can use it again for a second hit if you haven't found another damage glyph. Just be mindful of your blackspace consumption, and be careful not to waste your charged-up hit clearing popcorn out of your way. Consider killing some lower level enemies right after leveling up just to use up some of your spare health.

BYSSEPS stacking isn't quite as effective against bosses, though you should still use it for the first hit. Hopefully you'll get there with enough untouched popcorn for a mid-fight level up.

Ideal glyphs for the Chemist are those which allow him to land two hits against an enemy he could otherwise only hit once; {{s|WEYTWUT}}, {{s|GETINDARE}} and {{s|CYDSTEPP}} (though again, beware your blackspace consumption). {{s|IMAWAL}} is also good since you want to score high-level kills early on. Any items which boost your health or base damage are valuable, especially early on. The {{i|Trisword}} and {{i|Alchemist Scroll}} are particularly good since your potions aren't very useful when killing the boss.

Speaking of which, Colourants is usually a weakness in disguise. Your health and mana potions are almost useless for spiking damage, and without good planning the alternate forms are a hinderance. Once your health or mana is regenerated to full the other one still won't regenerate at all, and the only way to get rid of it besides leveling up is to spend another potion to switch to the other form. Health form is almost useless since the Chemist has nothing else that boosts regen fighting without spending mana. Mana form is a little more useful since the Chemist often wants to pump a lot of mana into BYSSEPS (and possibly CYDSTEPP) while his health is already full, but even then you should only use potions for the last big monster you kill before leveling up. Don't be afraid to just convert them to please deities or spend them early to power up items. Other potions, most notably the {{i|Schadenfreude Potion}}, still work as normal, and you'll be able to pick up extras thanks to Preservatives.

== Deities ==

{{g|Binlor Ironshield}}: Unlike for everyone else, the {{t|Might}} from Stone Form stacks with the might from your glyph, and does so without raising the BYSSEPS glyph's cost; this turns {{s|PISORF}} into an extra layer of might for only 4 mana on top of its damage abilities. Stone Skin is also great for surviving extra hits to score high-level kills or finish off a boss, and PISORF gets enemies out of your path without wasting your might. Since you have no natural resistances there's no need to keep your piety above zero; just cast PISORF or ENDISWALL a couple times whenever you want to buy a boon.

{{g|Glowing Guardian}}, {{g|Dracul}}, {{g|Jehora Jeheyu}}: Since your potions won't do you much good against the boss, the health and mana restoration boons from these deities are especially valuable. Converting your potions for piety, Jehora's early boons and to avoid their dislikes isn't a big loss. Cleansing from the Glowing Guardian can also let you apply your great physical might into kills against magic-resistant enemies (especially high level wraiths); combine it with fireballs rather than going for a second hit.

{{g|The Earthmother}}: The Chemist is very good at killing monsters 2-3 levels above him for bonus XP. Entanglement makes this even easier and {{s|IMAWAL}} increases the payout (at the cost of even more blackspace), making the Earthmother an obvious choice. Later, Clearance is good against the bosses for all the reasons mentioned for the above deities.

{{g|Tikki Tooki}}: Since the Chemist likes to kill high level enemies in 2-3 hits and can afford to ignore a lot of popcorn, you shouldn't have much trouble gaining piety with Tikki Tooki and most of his boons will be pretty useful. Reflexes is especially good since health potions are otherwise nearly useless, though the second hit from the Reflex potion won't have any levels of might.

{{g|Mystera Annur}}: The only boons she offers that a Chemist would want are Magic and Refreshement, and even those aren't ideal unless the boss is very resistant to physical damage. Still, you'll be spending lots of mana as you explore so piety gain is easy.

The only god who is really bad is {{g|Taurog}}, since repeated use of BYSSEPS will upset him a lot. Skullpicker is not enough to make up for that.

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Imp

2015-06-07T15:10:29Z

Brickey8:

Naga City

2015-06-07T15:05:40Z

Brickey8:

[[File:Naga_City.png|right|450px]]

__NOTOC__

== Overview ==
'''Monsters:''' {{m|Dragon Spawn}}s, {{m|Goo Blob}}s, {{m|Naga}}s, {{m|Serpent}}s, {{m|Warlock}}s, {{m|Acid Blob}}s, {{m|Burn Viper}}s

'''Boss:''' ''Nine'' of the regular bosses (all but Bleaty, Firstborn and Medusa), plus Kinissssch (HP 475, ATK 90, Magic Resist 50%, Magical Attack, Corrosive, Death Protection (5), becomes cowardly at 50%)

== Special Rules ==

No altars spawn in the first area unless prepared.

A Hooded Figure will be somewhere in the map. Talk to them to take a one-way trip to the Arena.

The arena has 2 main areas: The Prayer Room and The Arena. The Prayer Room has every altar, each unlockable for 20 gold, except the Pactmaker, who is free.

The arena has three shops which, unlike the rest of the arena, do not respawn each wave. They hold a keg of mana, a keg of health and The Amulet of Yendor. In each of the four corners a monster is spawned. One is level one, one is level three, one is level five, and one is level seven, and they are automatically bloodless.

In the Arena, you will face nine bosses in waves of three. The nine consist of Lord Gobb, Frank the Zombie, Tomithy Longdall, Super Meat Man, Jörmungadnr, Aequitas, The Iron Man, The Tormented One, and The Tower of Goo. After each wave the blackspace in the arena is replenished, (but not the walls of the arena or the prayer zone), and a new wave of bosses and corner monsters will spawn (corner monsters spawn in different locations from previous waves, so you can build them up over multiple waves).

After you defeat the third wave, the blackspace is replenished and Kinisssch shows up on the battlefield, spawning no corner monsters.

== Strategy ==

(todo: summarize the important points of [[Annotated Playthrough Naga City]] and [[Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 1: Naga City]] here)

Regen-fighting is the word here. Poison is useful, as are mid-battle level-ups using the corner enemies. The piece de résistance in the boss gauntlet is usually the Tower of Goo and its 75% physical resist: you'll need to either save a lot of mana for this battle, or bring a lot of resistance erosion to it. If it's not him it'll be Frank the Zombie, who has high stats and is immune to poison.

Tikki Tribute - Level up fast with catapult tricks. Worship Tikki Tooki in the clean up phase to get poison, then convert to Mystera for the arena. Use poison to kill all of the bosses without special strategies and follow directions for the ones that do. Convert to the Glowing Guardian or Dracul for extra hp and/or mana after you run out of potions.

Orc Rogue/Glowing Guardian - Prepare Glowing Guardian, attack bonus increasers, Patches, and an item that either provides high attack bonus or high conversion rate. Buy and convert all possible items you won't use later (using bonus potions to get an early level catapult), use Absolution ~5 times for some bonus HP. The objective is to get base damage to achievement levels (150+); this makes poisonless regen-fighting a doable strategy.

Half-Dragon - After enough item conversions, the half-dragon can do even more damage per strike than an orc rogue, without HP difficulties, and easily kills bosses with physical or magic resistance. Hit the bosses into each other, or into other enemies; try to hit low damage bosses into high-damage ones to get a head start. Prep the Dragon Shield and do anything that raises resists or base damage, and convert everything you don't need. Prep Binlor (for piety farming, knockback bonus and a bit of magic resist), Dracul (for blood shield mostly, though all of his boons will do you a bit of good), or Taurog (for resists and piety farming); if you don't worship Dracul switch to him in the arena for Blood Shield.

Gorgon - You have to beat the level 3 times to unlock the gorgon, but her incredible ability at regen-fighting makes her extremely suited to beating it again. Worship Binlor while leveling up to farm piety and magic resist, and switch to Dracul in the arena for even more resists.

== Quests ==

=== Vicious ===
Snakes? SNAAAKES! - Complete Naga City with any 3 classes. Unlocks the playable {{c|Gorgon}} monster class.

{{MainNav}}