Well, even with normal armor, no bonus def from piety, and no EE or pots, I don't really have to use SS a lot, the shark drops keep me healed most of the time.. So I'll try upping my def, and bringing extreme def pots (I have a bunch collecting dust in my bank anyways, and I don't need as many summon pots as you use so I'm not wasting invy space), and bring some extra food and see if I still need soul split. And 1 more question, I'm barely killing fast enough to need like 2 or 3 summoning pots per trip, and I find myself waiting for spawns sometimes, how do you get around this? My cannon is in the same spot as your pics. Thanks for the help. Edit: It didn't work, the lack of space in my invy made it hard to pick up drops, and I still had to use SS sometimes. I need an EEE, I'll just use leeches for now.