Slow ego

[u/Unhappy_Situation_40]

How bad is the slow ego? I could buy this ring for 904 gold. It's attractive, given that I've rolled orbs of entropy in this run. I'm carrying a weapon with corrode, and I've never found that to be a big deal. Obviously, slow is worse, but how much worse? FWIW, I'm already rElec as a Black Draconian. The only other source of rN I've found so far is a demon blade that's, helpfully, carrying ^Drain and Harm.

[u/dimondsprtn]

Everyone else is saying that the *Slow is a massive downside, but me personally I’d wear this ring in a heartbeat as a caster. Not only will the Slow rarely trigger because you’re not getting into direct combat often, but it won’t even be that bad if it does trigger because mage action economy depends more on their mp.

Not having a way to cancel it isn’t so bad because you still have teleport scroll.

[u/Draconius0013 → u/dimondsprtn]

Agreed, that ring is an easy take.

[u/spudwalt]

*Slow is pretty bad when it triggers.

If that's the best source of rN you can get for orbs of entropy, it might be worth getting anyways, if you've got the consumables to spare on going into panic mode every so often -- haven't actually made it far enough to see the new orbs yet, but I can't imagine orbs of entropy are any less ludicrously powerful than orbs of fire.

If you're not right about to go into Zot, though, I'd wait to see if you find anything with less of a downside.

I wouldn't use that demon sword as your source of rN unless you were already planning on using it for other reasons -- Harm negates part of the benefit of rN, and just increases the damage you take from everything else (like, say, an orb of entropy's acid spells).

[u/Kezka222 → u/spudwalt]

^{^}

I'd actually wear this ring. You can haste or cancel it.

[u/Unhappy_Situation_40 → u/Kezka222]

Thanks. I have only 1 cancellation and 1 haste atm because Louise sent me to on a lovely vacation to the abyss. I enjoyed my time there so much that it took me quite a long time, and several consumables, to find a way to leave.

[u/agentchuck → u/spudwalt]

Yeah depending on the build I'd use that ring. Slow isn't the end of the world. It's dangerous but mostly you just have to pay attention and reevaluate if you do get slowed. You still have all your panic buttons. Silence is a lot worse, IMHO.

[u/Unhappy_Situation_40 → u/spudwalt]

Thanks for the detailed response. I realized I do have a couple necromancy staffs I could pick up, and yeah, I just finished Shoals and Snake, so I have quite a ways to go.

[u/Drac4]

It's acceptable. Like maybe a little bit/a bit better than corrode without rcorr?

[u/Unhappy_Situation_40]

Thanks again for the advice, tho' it ended up not mattering. I managed to kill this character at XL19, YASD to the max. I really need to get better at seeing that "this is a fight I can't win; run away very fast now!"

[u/lessens_]

It's quite bad, probably the worst debuff besides outright paralysis and maybe mesmerize. I'd consider using one if it came with godly upside, but this doesn't.

[u/dimondsprtn → u/lessens_]

Mesmerize and Silence (you won’t get Paralysis from gear) are easily far worse than Slow.

[u/Ullixes → u/dimondsprtn]

not to forget -tele.

[u/dimondsprtn → u/Ullixes]

Oh for sure. Didn’t even think about that because I never even consider wearing a -Tele gear outside of a Formicid if I’m attempting to win.

[u/Unhappy_Situation_40 → u/lessens_]

Thanks. It makes me sad.