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This is my first proper Stone Warden win and it was my second try with them. The first one did not fare so well. The 50% speed debuff is a HUGE problem if you try moving in combat.
I died once and used the Blood of Life. A rare minotaur took me out in the Maze.
I'm actually surprised I pulled off a victory with this one since there is a bug that set my movement to 50% even with Vines turned OFF. With them on, my movement was ZERO unless I buffed it (with an amulet and boots). Not sure when this happened, but I noticed it in the Vor Armoury. I would take a step and I expected everyone else to get 2 actions...instead I almost got killed, as they had about 10 actions (my movement was 10% at that point).
Nevertheless, the Warden is very tanky and can take a beating.
I took the two shield prodigies. This is probably overkill on normal unless you want to go toe to toe with Atamathon or the Room of Death (I did both). Stone Fortress makes you very tanky. 94% of my armour as flat damage reduction agaisnt ALL non-physical attacks for 8 turns. My armour was 209+ at the end. That's almost as good as unstoppable on normal.
Tarrasca is fantastic with Vines. The 50% speed debuff gives you a 50% damage reduction. I equipped it as soon as I found it.
Damage output was lacking on this character. I think that shields with the Earthen Fury attribute would be necessary on a higher difficulty. On the other hand, the character that I played previous to this one was a dual staff Reaver, so perhaps my expectations are too high.