Questions from a Min-Maxer (skill spoiler)

[Hissssa]

Well until I got down to the screamer room I couldn't really afford to have him unequipped. Wuuf starts off as a weakling and Gothmog is only a wizard at the start. He really didn't lag all that far as there is a +6 mana wand on the way to the screamer room. As soon as I picked it up he was beginning to cast. It's a very small price to pay to have an axe early on in the game. If you don't pick stam there is only 1 other axe in the dungeon until you get the hardcleave. But the way the game is made the axe is one of the best weapons for a skilled fighter as you can easily click melee on both your champions then move back one square (repeat until enemy is dead). At least in dungeon master where the enemies were slow to move and react high alpha damage was vastly superior to high rate of fire weapons. Now leveling up is a different story as you want rapid clicking and low damage.