Anyone Can Win Vicious Part 1: Naga City

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People often see vicious dungeons as above and beyond. Yes, they are much tougher, but with the right strategy and planning anyone can win a vicious dungeon. The object of my mini-series of annotated playthroughs is to prove to you that you can beat vicious, no matter who you are. I plan to prove this by going through and beating every vicious dungeon with a human fighter. The reason is with a fighter, you have to have a good strategy and know little tricks to make dungeons easier, as they themselves have very little leverage. I do not recommend you do this. One last important note: to beat most vicious, you will need top notch preparations. Make sure you have upgraded all of your buildings as high as you can.

In the first part of this collection we will look at Naga City. With all 9 altars and 10 bosses to kill, this dungeon is seen as an extreme. When most people see it for the first time they are usually overwhelmed, because this dungeon provides you with more options than any other dungeon. Still, no matter how daunting, every dungeon is beatable. We'll start off by looking at my preparations.

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Dragon Shield: This is probably the greatest all-round preparation in the game. Unfortunately, it is gated behind a vicious dungeon. If you do not have it, I recommend you take a tri-sword instead. Black Market: This is more of a personal preference. Still, it helps because you can unlock more altars or sacrifice more gold to Tiki Tooki. Tiki Tooki: This is the key element of my strategy. You'll see why later on. Magnet: Fireball: This is essential for classes that need leverage early, and the fighter needs as fast as he can get it. Perseverance Badge: A great prep that gives more damage and takes up little room. Bazaar: I chose not to take any preps. Really any of them would have been fine, but I didn't need to. Potion Kit: Health and Mana Potions are always useful. Whupaz is essential for every vicious dungeon. Reflex is always helpful. Schadenfreude is nice against the physical resist bosses. Translocation Seal: Since I want to save money for the arena, I should steal an item to save gold.

Let the run begin!

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Here's my opening situation. Please note that you do NOT worship Tiki Tooki off the bat. So, what I'm about to do is buy this fine sword and attempt to kill the level 2 vampire. Now, you may be thinking, "How will he kill a level 2 vampire?" The key is burning. When you hit a monster with a fireball, it incurs one level of burning. That means three things: 1. If you fireball it again it will do one extra damage per stack of burning. 2. If you hit it or another monster, it will discharge the stacks, dealing one magic damage per stack and removing them. 3. The monsters regeneration is at a -1 per tile penalty. The third ability is INCREDIBLE at low levels. It means this level 2 vampire will regenerate at the same rate as me. Then, with my new fine sword and the BURNDAYRAZ damage, I will outlast him in a fight, as long as I reveal enough tiles. Let's see what happens:

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Unfortunately, while my strategy would have worked, I was quickly gridlocked in by monsters. I also picked up the PISORF glyph, but I don't have enough mana to push something away to get more blackspace. I have to use my death protection to kill it.

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