How do people deal with desert burrowers?

[Martyn van Buren]

Would like some tips.  I've been using aimed spells like ball lightning, but they're expensive for the droves of the things you get. 

[laughingman]

I try to jump over them whenever possible. It's not too hard if there's just one or two on the screen.

Ball lightning is about the best way I've seen to deal with them but a properly aimed fireball can be effective. TAB-targeting is your friend in that case. It's when there are mobs of them in a boss room that things start to get hairy. In that case, Ice Cross and similar spells have gotten me through.

[FallingStar]

Ya, if its just crossing a region jumping is fine, a single jump and double tap to hit the new speed spell can arc you over quite a few, can get up on a platform or something if you're really worried about the damage from that before hitting the speed dash.

Killing I normally go with the hurl rock or meteor, since both tend to travel along the ground a bit, have enough damage to kill in 1-2 shots.  I use tidal pulse in boss rooms where there might be a lot of them, but its so slow its not really useful outside.

[keith.lamothe]

I drop a rock on them.

[Itchykobu]

Forest rage slides across the ground nicely, and it's cheap too. Also, throwing down wood platforms to stay off of the ground is helpful.

[snelg]

Fire touch or rock, or just jump past them.