Firewall.
Apology of Firewall:
Firewall is one of, if not the single best spell in Diablo, especially for Rogues.
Main uses : 1/ A pack of range attackers that stand still (they are toast)
2/ A pack of monsters trapped by wall/fence/whatever
3/ Cast at your feet, and toast ennemies as they come close
The point 3/ requires that you stand still so that ennemies must stay in the firewall to hit you
But you won't be swarmed for long !
Caveats : 1/ beware diagonals 2/ beware fire-immune 3/ doesn't stop Steel Lords/Blood knights/etc
Drawback : it prevents you from advancing fast in the level, as you must wait that they time out.
USE if you are weak and your ennemies are strong
DON't USE if you are Strong and ennemies are weak
Miscellaneous comments on the other posts.
Your Rogue is pretty much ok for the level you are playing in. Your equipment is GOOD. I personnaly prefer to play Caves level
with rogue, especially Rogue/firewall combo as there is place to move around your walls. If you want to Min/max powerplay, though, stick to normal/hell, find items
and buy elixirs, but it might be less fun.
Stone curse is hugely mana-intensive for mid-levels characters. I use it on Steel Lords (and co) whith weak rogues and mages. I use it on bosses. I may use it on advocates as a mage. I use it on advocates as a high level warrior.
IMHO, most strategy posts are biased towards uber powerful characters, hence FireBall popularity. I find Firewall incredibly powerful for low-midlevel characters,
and on top of that, only high-slvl firewall is really annoying as it lasts for ever.
-- Aykavil
Apology of Firewall:
Firewall is one of, if not the single best spell in Diablo, especially for Rogues.
Main uses : 1/ A pack of range attackers that stand still (they are toast)
2/ A pack of monsters trapped by wall/fence/whatever
3/ Cast at your feet, and toast ennemies as they come close
The point 3/ requires that you stand still so that ennemies must stay in the firewall to hit you
But you won't be swarmed for long !
Caveats : 1/ beware diagonals 2/ beware fire-immune 3/ doesn't stop Steel Lords/Blood knights/etc
Drawback : it prevents you from advancing fast in the level, as you must wait that they time out.
USE if you are weak and your ennemies are strong
DON't USE if you are Strong and ennemies are weak
Miscellaneous comments on the other posts.
Your Rogue is pretty much ok for the level you are playing in. Your equipment is GOOD. I personnaly prefer to play Caves level
with rogue, especially Rogue/firewall combo as there is place to move around your walls. If you want to Min/max powerplay, though, stick to normal/hell, find items
and buy elixirs, but it might be less fun.
Stone curse is hugely mana-intensive for mid-levels characters. I use it on Steel Lords (and co) whith weak rogues and mages. I use it on bosses. I may use it on advocates as a mage. I use it on advocates as a high level warrior.
IMHO, most strategy posts are biased towards uber powerful characters, hence FireBall popularity. I find Firewall incredibly powerful for low-midlevel characters,
and on top of that, only high-slvl firewall is really annoying as it lasts for ever.
-- Aykavil