03-10-2004, 10:32 AM
This depends on whether you are talking softcore or hardcore. If this is softcore then you don't need resists (or even life) and can focus exclusively on offense.
No matter what the hammerdin is still the most powerful overall build. It combines a powerful(the most powerful?), unresistable area of effect attack with some of the best defense (holy shield) and almost the best transportation (vigor) skills. No matter what build you make it won't be as good as a fully juiced up hammerdin.
For softcore I've had good luck with a strafe amazon but it is fairly gear dependent. You also die a lot because the offense gear doesn't leave much room for resists. A single point in lightning bolt and a decent javelin on switch takes care of physical immunes. While I've never used the mighty windforce I did use an upgraded 199 buriza and that worked.
Build is here:
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...hl=&#entry38065
In hardcore I'm currently building an orb/fwall sorc who seems to be doing well and in a5 NM. I'm hoping my holy freeze merc will be able to hold hell cold immunes still long enough for fwall to do it's thing.
No matter what the hammerdin is still the most powerful overall build. It combines a powerful(the most powerful?), unresistable area of effect attack with some of the best defense (holy shield) and almost the best transportation (vigor) skills. No matter what build you make it won't be as good as a fully juiced up hammerdin.
For softcore I've had good luck with a strafe amazon but it is fairly gear dependent. You also die a lot because the offense gear doesn't leave much room for resists. A single point in lightning bolt and a decent javelin on switch takes care of physical immunes. While I've never used the mighty windforce I did use an upgraded 199 buriza and that worked.
Build is here:
http://www.lurkerlounge.com/forums/index.p...hl=&#entry38065
In hardcore I'm currently building an orb/fwall sorc who seems to be doing well and in a5 NM. I'm hoping my holy freeze merc will be able to hold hell cold immunes still long enough for fwall to do it's thing.
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