Amaemon

Useful Info

Amaemon the Diabolical Poisoner is a unique demonspawn with an orange demon friend, the ability to summon scorpions, and a weakly enchanted demon whip of venom (with a 1% of instead being Snakebite). He tops this off with Concentrate Venom, increasing the power of all this poison.

Location

• Dungeon: 8-12
• The Lair
• Orcish Mines:1

Tips & Tricks

• Poison resistance is highly recommended. If you don't have it, consider avoiding Amaemon until you find some; if that isn't an option, do your best to kill him as quickly as possible, preferably from a distance.
  • A potion of resistance will help in a pinch. A potion of lignification will also grant you rPois, but be careful where you turn into a tree -- you won't be able to move afterwards, and the orange demon can strike you from a distance.
• Much like other summoner/ally-focused monsters, aim to limit how many things can strike you during the fight. Retreating to a corridor or a kill hole will cut down on the poison you'll take. Killing Amaemon will remove the main threat from the fight -- an orange demon on its own tends to be a fairly easy foe.
• If you focus on using physical attacks, try not to close to melee range with Amaemon's orange demon ally; being weakened means you'll take longer to kill Amaemon, giving him and his scorpions that much more time to inject lethal amounts of poison.
• Many characters, whether they were using Maces & Flails or not, will appreciate getting an early demon whip off of Amaemon. It might come with a small negative enchantment, but it's well worth using some scrolls of enchant weapon to beef it up.

History

• Amaemon was introduced in 0.29.