In general, Ice Cave is best because I need to take extra steps to avoid wizards. The treasure rooms in Earth Cave are so far off the path that I don't know if they're feasible. Gurgu is a possibility, as there are some treasure rooms close to the path. Also, this is really an all-or-nothing deal, if I can't easily pick up all the items I need, it will be faster to just buy them all at once in Gaia.
Where is part 2?
Worst possible? You have the worst damage output,
For instance, KRAKEN- if WhM dies in one hit as you say, won't BlM do so too? And lack the dodge boost of a possible RUSE to get away with it?
AE D0 38 8A ED 60 DB 72 5C 59 27 D8 0A 4A F4
34 08 A9 C3 96 56 3B F1 55 F8 6B 31 EF 6D 28 AC
41 68 1E 2A C1 E5 8F 50 F5 3E 7B B7 4C 14 39 12
CD B2 62 8B 82 3C BA 63 85 3A 17 B8 2E B5 BE 20
CB 46 51 2C CF 03 78 53 97 06 69 EB 77 86 E6 EA
74 0C 21 E2 40 D4 5A 3D C7 2B 94 D5 8C 44 FD EE
D2 43 00 BB FA C6 1D 98 A0 D3 54 5F 5E DC A8 00
AF 93 A1 E1 6C 04 DE B6 D7 36 16 C5 C8 C4 E4 0F
02 AB E8 33 99 73 11 6A 09 67 F3 FF A2 DF 32 0E
1F 0D 90 25 64 75 B3 65 2F C9 B0 DA 5D 9F EC 29
CE E3 F0 91 7A 58 45 24 1C 47 A4 89 18 2D CC BD
6F 80 F6 81 22 E9 07 70 FB DD AD 35 A6 61 B4 A3
FE B1 30 4B 15 48 6E 4F 5B 13 9C 83 92 01 C2 19
7F 1A 1B 71 B9 3F 4E 9B BF 9E 87 0B 10 57 F2 26
79 9A 05 C0 E0 F7 4D 7D CA 52 9D F9 BC AA FC 8D
7E D1 A5 42 E7 D6 76 A7 84 8E 66 7C 23 88 37 49
D9The game does a hit roll and then a damage roll and repeats for each hit. Early on the best spot to land is 05 for the hit roll and C0 for the damage. That will be a high-damage crit. Later with two hits the best sequence is 01 C2 19 7F. That gives two critical hits and is the only possibility to do so for most weapons.