up past floor 700 now. decided to ditch all the shields in favor of more energy (not that i really need it yet).
Old setup: 19 x 3 = 57 attacks
New setup: 9 x 9 = 81 attacks
Plus, I can trade energy for keys and luck ring storage to try to find more golden whetstones! I've decided i'm going to try to get to floor 1000 before i call it quits.