Machaka in CB

[Cainehill]

Chazar said:
Oh, and you missed other threads tackling the issue:[list][*]"Newb Q: Pretender options for Machaka?": Zen's advice for beginners, which continues with "Machaka needs gold"

Of course, one (not very dependable) way to get gold is to take Luck-3, Death-3, at least with the CB mods having increased the relative value of luck. Getting 200, 500, even 1000 or 1500 gold in an event can make up for quite a bit of otherwise bad scales. (Similarly, getting a staff of storms, ring of wizardry, etc).