Originally posted by RNG_Wizard:

I suggest you try going all in on the eitr foods and see if that's your kind of playstyle. You'll gimp your health and stamina in the process, but everything in the Mistlands one shots you anyway, and when you're using staves you aren't spending stamina on attacking so having lower stamina doesn't hurt too bad.

Use full Eitr food, and the staff of protection, and you should be pretty much invincible. The staff adds a 200 health shield at skill 0, and that goes up quickly as the skill increases. 200+ bonus health that is spammable (to an extent) makes you a lot harder to kill. I would even recommend trying one HP food, one stamina food, and one Etir food for a melee build. Bring out the staff, cast, swap to melee and fight with your high armor gear, and re-cast between fights... You'll only have enough Etir to cast between fights, but you'll swap a 80 Health 5 Hp/Tick food For a 28 Health, 3 HP/Tick food and a 200+ HP shield. (Seeker Aspic vs. Honey glazed chicken or a meat platter)