So what are your favorite character builds for Dungeons of Dredmor so far? Of course, besides the ever popular Random set. It can either be a 'for fun' themed set that probably will get slaughtered, or a set you've actually found really effective to get deep down in the dungeon with.

So far, my most successful build has been McViking. Using Axe Mastery, Dual Wielding, Berserking, Mastery of Armour, Perception, Viking Magic, and Smithing.

He basically becomes stronger and more durable every time he gets hit, and can just wade through monster zoos pretty fast. The only big downside is that it's pretty boring to play, with almost all passive abilities. Very durable and kills quickly, but really doesn't do much besides hack folks up over and over.

Currently, I'm using:
 

• Maces
• Golemancy
• Mathemagic
• Promethean
• Smithing
• Assassination
  

Promethean (Obvious Fireball) + maxed Blood Magic is pretty much the win button.
 
Still haven't managed to get past the fourth floor cause I'm stupid and careless but I've taken out 100+ zoos in a matter of moments.  Haven't even needed to level anything else up, but I've been using Magic Training for the power boost and Burglary, Archaeology & Perception for added survival.  Acid traps and the rare named mob in the middle of a zoo with a ranged attack have been my only nemeses so far.

@LiQuid3600 said:

Promethean (Obvious Fireball) + maxed Blood Magic is pretty much the win button.

Combine that with maxed Ley lines and you're pretty much unstoppable.

The one that I've gone furthest with so far was
 
Swords
Berserker Rage
Dual Wielding
Master of Arms
Assassination
Smithing
 and something else I can't remember...
 
The only reason I died was because of a strong poison I didn't realize had affected me.  I've mostly just been playing around for fun though, and only slightly dabbled in magic. 

My current and most successful build is:

Sword

Shield

Crossbow

Berserker Rage

Alchemy

Smithing

Tinkering

I've been putting most of my points into the sword skills.

The build I had turned out pretty good. Unarmed Combat Berserker Rage Artful Dodger Burglary Fungal Arts Vampirism Fleshsmithing Pretty kickass kung-fu vampire. Beserker, Fungal, and Vampirism add bonuses to melee, and Fleshsmithing and Fungal give ways to heal outside Vampirism.

Alchemy is great but only if you use a recipe wiki. The bookcases give way too many recipes for the wrong skills.

Maxed alchemy can net infinite mana from booze, hundreds of healing and mana pots, plus an 8 star staff and 5 star orb and invisibility potions for running.

Worked great for me until floor 5 when the game crashed and I lost everything.

Swordplay
Dual Wielding
Artful Dodging
Perception
Burglary
Assassination
Smithng

Haven't found a favorite one yet. But i keep sticking with warrior like skills so far. Also question. How the hell does that Archaeology skill work, the thing about getting XP for the item, if any one knows please tell me how to use it, i tried it out, but never found out how to actually do it.

Haven't found a favorite one yet. But i keep sticking with warrior like skills so far. Also question. How the hell does that Archaeology skill work, the thing about getting XP for the item, if any one knows please tell me how to use it, i tried it out, but never found out how to actually do it.

@pornstorestiffi said:

Haven't found a favorite one yet. But i keep sticking with warrior like skills so far. Also question. How the hell does that Archaeology skill work, the thing about getting XP for the item, if any one knows please tell me how to use it, i tried it out, but never found out how to actually do it.

Just equip the skill and then right click on an item in your inventory. The item in question has to be an artefact though, not just any random item. Artefacts are items that have special names. The ones you get from the Anvil of Krong also work with this skill.

Just killed Dredmor 2 minutes ago with this build: 
 
Swords 
Dual wield 
Armor 
Vampirism 
Assassination 
Berzerker Rage 
Perception 
 
I had about the best gear possible near the end. Clearing every floor helps including the zoos.

Unarmed (Use 2 shields. Don't have to worry about weapons)

Vampirism

Berserker

Golemancy

Archaeology (The last few skills are fantastic, especially the one that lets you reuse the anvils, and with all the relic weapons you'll find that you don't need, you can donate them to a museum for faster leveling)

Dodging

Criticals

My best set, if I remember right, was: Unarmed, Archaeology, Arithmancy, Dodging, Deadshot, Promethian, and Burglary. I haven't had a chance to refine it too well, but it seemed pretty good, once I got the skills started, and I just began to steam roll through the levels (something that proved to be my downfall, when I advanced to the 5th floor a bit too early)

Is Vampirism really that good?  I get kinda paranoid at the thought of not being able to heal automatically outside of battle. 

My favorite set : 
 
Swords  
Axes  
Burglary 
Assassination 
Dual Wielding 
Artful Dodger  
Master of Armors

My latest is 
 
Unarmed 
Promethean 
Magic Training 
Blood Magic 
Ley Lines 
Fungal 
Alchemy 
 
Unarmed and Ley Lines (and probably Magic Training too) are completely useless, so if/when I die, I'm gonna swap those out and take Archaeology or Tinkering and Perception to help with traps cause traps are a pain in the ass.  I read the next patch is going to be nerfing Obvious Fireball.  Hope the nerf isn't too bad cause that's practically the only thing I use.  

My favorite build is always the one of the guy who's still alive. (WHY MUST THEY ALWAYS DIE?!)

Staves (all of the skill descriptions for this one are phallic jokes)

Dual Wielding (you read that right motherfucker dual wielding STAVES)

Mathemagic (TWEED!)

Viking Wizardry

Astrology

Magic Training

Ley Walker

I'm currently using the following Build to beat that Game on "going rouge" + Permadeath and am doing pretty good so far:

• Staves
• Alchemy
• Ley Lines
• Necronomiconomics
• Magic Training
• Blood Magic
• Archeology

The Mana you get from Ley Lines and Blood Magic should be used to Spam the 2nd Skill in Necro "Nightmare Curse".

Use Eldritch Inhabitation for Monster Zoos or large packs.

My last build, and the was I got more points before dying, was:
 

• Axe
  
• Dual Wielding
• Artful Dodger
• Burglary
• Assassination
• Smithing
• Tinkering

I got to level 5 and got cornered in a zoo with a build that was 
 
Blood Magic 
Promethean Magic 
Swords 
Master of Arms 
Wands  
Assassination 
Necromancy 
 
That was probably the most fun I had in the game.  The basic necromancy spell is a little too punishing, though, imo.