06-12-2004, 11:58 PM
Orb has no alternative. If you only have 30 points for offense, what else would you choose? Fireball is at least 60 points, firewall and nova 40, the lightnings 80+, meteor 40+ (60-80)... I really see no alternative to Orb in that case.
About DR: I bought a jeweler's of amiace off of hell Charsi, and I put 3 SOLs in it. 33 DR. That was the shield I used all through hell.
The real problem is, that there is no way you can lower the damage that your mana takes. I had like 400 energy at that point, lots of (ok, low-mid quality) mana charms, 2x 100+ bahamuts, frosties, gloom's, silkveave, shako and a PSapphire skin. I really have no idea how I could've had more mana (sort of an OHM), and I had serious trouble even in 1 player hell act 3 (ok, Travincal is tough for anyone, but hey).
Until hell, nothing can stop you... with the exception of MB bosses. They ARE one-hit killers, 2.5k mana goes down in a single hit. I play softcore, but even there it became frustrating.
Good luck with your build.
BTW: I saw a pvp-er running around with TK/ES/Fball/Mastery combo, and she did comparatively good. If you also plan to max warmth (great idea if you have the points to counter the mana loss), this does not seem to be viable.
About DR: I bought a jeweler's of amiace off of hell Charsi, and I put 3 SOLs in it. 33 DR. That was the shield I used all through hell.
The real problem is, that there is no way you can lower the damage that your mana takes. I had like 400 energy at that point, lots of (ok, low-mid quality) mana charms, 2x 100+ bahamuts, frosties, gloom's, silkveave, shako and a PSapphire skin. I really have no idea how I could've had more mana (sort of an OHM), and I had serious trouble even in 1 player hell act 3 (ok, Travincal is tough for anyone, but hey).
Until hell, nothing can stop you... with the exception of MB bosses. They ARE one-hit killers, 2.5k mana goes down in a single hit. I play softcore, but even there it became frustrating.
Good luck with your build.
BTW: I saw a pvp-er running around with TK/ES/Fball/Mastery combo, and she did comparatively good. If you also plan to max warmth (great idea if you have the points to counter the mana loss), this does not seem to be viable.