Don't rely on them or simply don't possess one? I'm asking in earnest as someone with similar thoughts on the matter. He used his to nearly destroy me. Causing tears to fall is more of a blow than drawing blood.

[And now the darting begins. She's going to chase that king throughout the board until her own king is similarly compromised in retaliation.]

Check.

→→Move out of check again
→→Attack her king and grant the stalemate
→→Protect your king by sacrificing a piece
→→Pause to think