01-21-2004, 10:00 AM
And not a nice one. This is a THEME character, don't you get it? :)
Anyway, since you asked:
Frost nova has 2 synergies, blizzard and Frozen Orb. given a 20-20-20 setup one would get:
Frost nova: 280-337
Orb: 267-282
+10 cold skills:
Frost nova: 530-612
Orb: 415-435
(Orb damage calculated with 1 point in it's synergy; ice bolt is a prereq that you have to take to get Blizzard and Orb.)
Orb has a 1 second timer, meaning that one can cast (at 9 frames) 25/9 = 2.8 times as many novae as Orbs, giving Nova an effective damage of 1472-1700.
But enough of the good news. Frost nova costs 38, Orb 39 mana at level 30, and as anyone who has ever used Orb can testify, it hits more than once. That is, even if one wanted to make an all-out FN sorc, one'd need VERY strong presence of mind not to start spamming orbs...
Taking into considerartion, that a 20-20 Ice bolt-Orb combo would do 569-597 damage, this is definitelly not a path advised for the masses.
But will make a lovely theme character I am sure.
Anyway, since you asked:
Frost nova has 2 synergies, blizzard and Frozen Orb. given a 20-20-20 setup one would get:
Frost nova: 280-337
Orb: 267-282
+10 cold skills:
Frost nova: 530-612
Orb: 415-435
(Orb damage calculated with 1 point in it's synergy; ice bolt is a prereq that you have to take to get Blizzard and Orb.)
Orb has a 1 second timer, meaning that one can cast (at 9 frames) 25/9 = 2.8 times as many novae as Orbs, giving Nova an effective damage of 1472-1700.
But enough of the good news. Frost nova costs 38, Orb 39 mana at level 30, and as anyone who has ever used Orb can testify, it hits more than once. That is, even if one wanted to make an all-out FN sorc, one'd need VERY strong presence of mind not to start spamming orbs...
Taking into considerartion, that a 20-20 Ice bolt-Orb combo would do 569-597 damage, this is definitelly not a path advised for the masses.
But will make a lovely theme character I am sure.