Which technique could I use to increase my resistance to slashing and piercing damage?

Question

In Dungeon of Dredmor, every time I reach dugoen level 4/5 things are getting hard. In particular I have some problems with monsters that cause slashing and/or piercing damage like Pumpkinn and Witchy.

I tried increasing my dodging chance but they hit me anyway 4 times out of 5. Also damage absorption seems to not be enough, and they attack me with 4-8 damage and even more if they crit.

Using a warrior slashing monsters are less dangerous but piercing monsters still hit hard; using a rogue or a mage I have problem with both.

Do you have any suggestions how to fight and survive these type of mobs?

Answer

• Wait for the patch where armor will help
• focus on block if you are heavy armor.
• I believe you can find items that have some resist for it
• Assassination
  • blackjack the monster sometimes so it sleeps instead of attacking
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• Vampirism
  • Take some life back with each hit
  • Sparkle to stun
• Astrology has a passive chance on hit to AoE everything around you, sometimes stunning
• staff skills can stun sometimes

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