12-30-2003, 08:00 AM
Hope for a +3 FN Orb with a lot of +mana.
Make a Stealth(TalEth) Armour. It has:
25% Faster Casting Rate (MORE NOVAS PER SECOND!)
25% Faster Hit Recovery (QUICKER GETAWAYS FROM TRAPS!)
25% Faster run/walk speed (EVEN QUICKER GETAWAYS!)
-3 magical damage taken (LESS DAMAGE FROM PESKY MAGES!)
+15% Mana Regeneration Rate (MORE MANA TO PLAY WITH!)
+30% Poison Resistance (Anda-who?)
+15% Maximum Stamina (MORE ENERGY TO RUN AWAY WITH!)
+6 Dexterity
Clvl Required: 17
In short, it's got pretty much everything a caster could want. And yeah, I know there's a lot of caps there, but I wanted it to look like an advertisement. Yes, I'm a Stealth addict. :P I'd suggest verious levels of chipped sapphire armours until you can use it.
Rhyme(ShaeEth) Shield:
Cannot be Frozen (Hah! Who's the smurf now? Didn't work against Holy Freeze, and I think it still doesn't.)
40% Faster Block Rate(For those cases when you actually blocked)
20% Increased Chance of Blocking(ditto)
Regenerate Mana 15% (a sweet +30% regen already, with Stealth)
+25% to all Resistances (Always welcome)
+25% to Magic Find (Useful)
+50% Extra Gold from Monsters (ditto)
Clvl Required: 17
Lore(OrtSol) Helm:
+1 to all skill levels (More Frost Nova goodness!)
+2 Mana per Kill (On top of all that regen? This is gravy!)
Lowers Damage by 7 (combined with the MDR from Stealth, makes you harder to kill overall)
30% Lightning Resistance (always useful against LEBs)
+10 Energy (MORE MANA!)
+2 Light Radius (ahh, whatever, just means you can see who you kill more clearly)
Clvl Required: 27
Except for the Lore, the other 2 are pretty easy to come by. Shae could be a problem unless you twink though. But they start dropping around late Act 5.
If you can, craft Caster(Perfect Amethyst+certain magical items) set items. A +2 cold skills/Sorc skills amulet would be perfect(but likely to be min level 30+). Caster Belt/boots would be worthwhile too, especially if the boots have FRW.
Alternatively, you can go with a 3DT/Ancients' Pledge shield for resistances(but that requires more str, and slows you down)
The reason why you'll want FRW is twofold. First, you'll be wanting to run around activating as many creatures as possible, so that you can maximise the use of FN. Secondly, you'll want to run away(only enough to get behind the furthest part of the crowd) when they start surrounding you, so increased speed plus them being slowed down will ensure you do.
Make a Stealth(TalEth) Armour. It has:
25% Faster Casting Rate (MORE NOVAS PER SECOND!)
25% Faster Hit Recovery (QUICKER GETAWAYS FROM TRAPS!)
25% Faster run/walk speed (EVEN QUICKER GETAWAYS!)
-3 magical damage taken (LESS DAMAGE FROM PESKY MAGES!)
+15% Mana Regeneration Rate (MORE MANA TO PLAY WITH!)
+30% Poison Resistance (Anda-who?)
+15% Maximum Stamina (MORE ENERGY TO RUN AWAY WITH!)
+6 Dexterity
Clvl Required: 17
In short, it's got pretty much everything a caster could want. And yeah, I know there's a lot of caps there, but I wanted it to look like an advertisement. Yes, I'm a Stealth addict. :P I'd suggest verious levels of chipped sapphire armours until you can use it.
Rhyme(ShaeEth) Shield:
Cannot be Frozen (Hah! Who's the smurf now? Didn't work against Holy Freeze, and I think it still doesn't.)
40% Faster Block Rate(For those cases when you actually blocked)
20% Increased Chance of Blocking(ditto)
Regenerate Mana 15% (a sweet +30% regen already, with Stealth)
+25% to all Resistances (Always welcome)
+25% to Magic Find (Useful)
+50% Extra Gold from Monsters (ditto)
Clvl Required: 17
Lore(OrtSol) Helm:
+1 to all skill levels (More Frost Nova goodness!)
+2 Mana per Kill (On top of all that regen? This is gravy!)
Lowers Damage by 7 (combined with the MDR from Stealth, makes you harder to kill overall)
30% Lightning Resistance (always useful against LEBs)
+10 Energy (MORE MANA!)
+2 Light Radius (ahh, whatever, just means you can see who you kill more clearly)
Clvl Required: 27
Except for the Lore, the other 2 are pretty easy to come by. Shae could be a problem unless you twink though. But they start dropping around late Act 5.
If you can, craft Caster(Perfect Amethyst+certain magical items) set items. A +2 cold skills/Sorc skills amulet would be perfect(but likely to be min level 30+). Caster Belt/boots would be worthwhile too, especially if the boots have FRW.
Alternatively, you can go with a 3DT/Ancients' Pledge shield for resistances(but that requires more str, and slows you down)
The reason why you'll want FRW is twofold. First, you'll be wanting to run around activating as many creatures as possible, so that you can maximise the use of FN. Secondly, you'll want to run away(only enough to get behind the furthest part of the crowd) when they start surrounding you, so increased speed plus them being slowed down will ensure you do.