02-19-2003, 01:50 AM
I recently made an inferno sorc, with a secondary of nova. It's gone rather nicely, with the exception of nova guzzling more mana than anything I've ever seen before. I use Leaf, though the best two-socketed staff I managed to find was a +1 warmth. Inferno itself is working quite well. Nova... sucks too much mana. I have a habit of putting a lot of points into Vit, and I don't have much mana. I'm hoping to land a Stone sometime, but that's entirely dependent on luck. I don't miss blocking, but maybe that's because I've never played a sorc that didn't use a staff. I simply hired an act 5 merc, and though he isn't great at killing things (he's fallen a bit behind my level and has only mediocre gear), he attracts critters long enough for me to flame them. Cold armors would probably be a help, but I'm spending all my points on firet masteries. I'm too stingy to even put two points into getting teleport. For equipment, something with +mana, especially on jewelry and such, will be helpful. Circlets would probably provide valuable skill adders, but I haven't found any good ones yet. A stealth runeword armor might help - I'm using a trellised armor of the squid, IIRC.
Not much more advice I can give you. I haven't gotten to Hell yet, and I'll probably die before I get there (I play almost entirely HC). But it works well through NM, at least.
Not much more advice I can give you. I haven't gotten to Hell yet, and I'll probably die before I get there (I play almost entirely HC). But it works well through NM, at least.